VAR and Refereeing 2025/26 | General Discussion
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The red for Beckham in 98 was soft as feck.
Suggesting AI refs would be consistent is hilarious. They'd just make up their own rules and would even more inconsistent than human refs.
Em, that exchange was started by you complaining about other people having an opinion.Erm…
One, no it wasn’t and laughing emojis don’t make an argument any stronger.
Two, I was saying Jippy IS allowed an opinion but you assumed the meaning instead of asking.
I agree, in a world where Martinez and Ballard are getting sent off for barely more than brushing their hands through an opponents hair, then it's to be expected that fans get wound up by Silva getting away with a malicious slap out in a moment of frustration.
I don't want to see any of them get a red card, but this is the climate they have created.
I was laughing, not arguing.
See?
Hard to get post meanings? Happens to all of us.
Anyway, back to listening to Robson
(Even re reading this, doesn’t read right. Give in)
Was it deliberate?
Average for the Premier League is rubbish.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...all-news/bruno-fernandes-var-man-utd-33919419
Dean: "I’m not sure what’s happening — they’ve obviously had a look at it; they’re not doing anything, they’ve just had a chat with Fernandes and check complete. You run the risk with VAR; that could have gone either way.”
Merson: “They didn’t even book him, Mike.”
Dean: “Well, it’s May, isn’t it?”
Simon Thomas: “What? It might be May for you, but the referee’s still got a job to do, hasn’t he?”
Dean: "I’m not sure what’s happening — they’ve obviously had a look at it; they’re not doing anything, they’ve just had a chat with Fernandes and check complete. You run the risk with VAR; that could have gone either way.”
Merson: “They didn’t even book him, Mike.”
Dean: “Well, it’s May, isn’t it?”
Simon Thomas: “What? It might be May for you, but the referee’s still got a job to do, hasn’t he?”
Jesus fecking Christ these guys are so fecking incompetent.
fecking hell how revealing. Absolute twats.
The movement of the arm upwards just as he passes him suggests it was. Who runs with their arms at head height?
Yeah I think it had to be deliberate. You don't do that accidentally.
It's just epic gaslighting at this point. Nothing more, nothing less.
The audacity of football fans wanting a red card in May of all months will never cease to amaze me...
Really sums up the unprofessional attitude these guys have towards their jobs.
Surprised Bernardo Silva got away with that punch as well.
It’s May, it’s fair enough.
Same here. I don’t (or didn’t) subscribe to those ABU conspiracy bollocks but it’s getting really hard to ignore all these obvious calls against us and majority of the media and pundits also just going along with it.
That response from Dean is laughable. It’s actually so quite unbelievable that I’m just laughing as I think of it
So we can add the earth's orbit around the sun to the list of reasons we get reffed differently. Cool.
I'm a police officer and I choose not to arrest anyone on Fridays because it's almost the weekend. Even if I witness a robbery in process, I just let it happen.
It’s the classic ‘I have no argument so I’ll say something silly’.That response from Dean is laughable. It’s actually so quite unbelievable that I’m just laughing as I think of it
Just fecking admit it was wrong.
It’s May! Can’t expect much this time of the season bud.
Wasn’t it Dean who claimed it couldn’t be a penalty “in a game like this” when one of the city defenders wrapped himself around Hoijlund?
Is anyone really surprised at the lengths they’ll go to in excusing laughable calls?
Is anyone really surprised at the lengths they’ll go to in excusing laughable calls?
It’s not just May for me; it’s all year round.
The rest of that exchange makes it clear that was a joke and Dean actually criticises the referees decision.
Dean: "I'm just annoyed about decisions in games where they're just not making decisions. Fulham's a prime example today. Just a poor performance on the pitch.
"They're just not making decisions on the pitch. Joking apart, May or not - that's an easy decision to make. We've had a penalty shout five minutes before with Man United, that could have gone either way, a challenge in another game, they're just not making decisions and I don't know why that is."
Thomas: "Is that something they're going to have to address this summer?"
Dean: "They're going to have to, because it's just not good enough. We were talking earlier off-air about it, it's easier to go red, make a big and brave decision and go red card, and everybody's happy if they [the decisions] stay on-field because it's a good decision. I think they're just scared of going red, they're just petrified."
Dean: "I'm just annoyed about decisions in games where they're just not making decisions. Fulham's a prime example today. Just a poor performance on the pitch.
"They're just not making decisions on the pitch. Joking apart, May or not - that's an easy decision to make. We've had a penalty shout five minutes before with Man United, that could have gone either way, a challenge in another game, they're just not making decisions and I don't know why that is."
Thomas: "Is that something they're going to have to address this summer?"
Dean: "They're going to have to, because it's just not good enough. We were talking earlier off-air about it, it's easier to go red, make a big and brave decision and go red card, and everybody's happy if they [the decisions] stay on-field because it's a good decision. I think they're just scared of going red, they're just petrified."
The Sunderland player should have gone for being a sneaky bellend, regardless of force.
But then Licha could also have gone.
But then Licha could also have gone.
How’s a player supposed to have a proper pre-season knowing he’ll be suspended for the opener? Completely ruins the pre-season as a spectacle. Might even rob his chances of a move.
He could've killed him!
How ironic, Arsenal get a goal against chalked off for a foul on a corner, when they score multiple goals fouling everyone
This is it. I think its a foul but they've done that all season long.
So did that VAR check the 2 Arsenal players carrying out bear hugs on the West Ham players?
Costly for West Ham.