Not Dale Johnson

Formerly wrote blog at ESPN FC. Discussing VAR, regulations and referee calls. Explaining complex rules in ways designed to make upset fans more upset.

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

🚨 Personal news klaxon! 📷 My time at @ESPNFC
are now the good ole days, and since there is no official VAR Review, I will try to cover the key topics briefly here on X and much, much more. Here's the hottakes for MW8 in @premierleague

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

KMI panel rules 5-0 that Arsenal deserved a penalty when Maatsen made clear contact with Guimaraes and the panel further ruled unanimously that it was a second yellow and the defender should have been sent off.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: The Premier League's Key Match Incident Panel has concluded that there was one missed VAR intervention at Villa Park. They believed Arsenal should've been awarded a penalty for Ian Maatsen's challenge on Bruno Guimarães 🚨

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

Here’s the best part not mentioned below Wolves had six errors go in their favor so surely that helped them…not get relegated. Oh snap! 🤣

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

REVEALED!
Every Premier League VAR and refereeing error this season

🟥 Arsenal escaped 3 red cards and 3 penalties - actually received 0
✅ Gunners & Chelsea benefit from most ref mistakes
❌ Leeds the ONLY club not to gain from a referee or VAR error

👇
https://t.co/qMzDZgXi2H

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

@fpl_TCK @UtdKobi @DailyAFC You should go over to the new account on BBC where the article explains why VAR should not have intervened.

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

@SkySportsPL Oh Jamie - it’s not VAR that makes it difficult to defend, teams are just better at set pieces. Players (including ex player pundits) need to take more responsibility for poor defending instead of blaming technology! @SkySportsPL

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

Oh Jamie - it’s not VAR that makes it difficult to defend, teams are just better at set pieces. Players (including ex player pundits) need to take more responsibility for poor defending instead of blaming technology! @SkySportsPL

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

"This is the MAIN REASON Ange Postecoglou lost his job!"
"VAR has made it SO DIFFICULT to defend corners!"

Jamie Carragher and Gary O'Neil analyse Nottingham Forest's undoing from set-pieces... 🔎

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

@ESPNFC @premierleague @Arsenal Just because Simon Hooper couldn't move out of the way of this pass, does not mean that a whistle must sound. Villa players should have kept playing rather than watch Tels miss this wide open goal opportunity. As a referee, it's good when players show they make mistakes too.

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

🚨 Personal news klaxon! 📷 My time at @ESPNFC
are now the good ole days, and since there is no official VAR Review, I will try to cover the key topics briefly here on X and much, much more. Here's the hottakes for MW8 in @premierleague

[Not Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonESPN]

@ESPNFC @premierleague Of course @Arsenal fans would love to have this call, but the reason VAR was invented was to ensure that maximum entertainment was achieved and awarding a PK here would have virtually ended this match - where's the fun in that?!