The Michael Oliver farce. Arsenal won. Wolves lost. Oliver lost, too. Report from Molineux where we witnessed an all-time hall of shame refereeing decision: https://t.co/07pSyiWExn
5Live experts on Lewis-Skelly red card…
Pat Nevin: “a bar so low even a limbo dancing snake couldn’t get under it…”
Mark Chapman: “baffling and nonsensical from supposedly one of our best referees.”
@SkySportsPL “Not every touch of the ball after the whistle is going to be a yellow card”
I.e common sense does come into it and letter of law argument is nonsense.
Yet says he has no choice but to send off Rice.
Just a joke and I’m still crying about it
Spare pair of tickets (seated together) for Aston Villa away.
I can't make it and the away ticket transfer has now closed 😭
Like + Repost + Comment to be in with a chance, I'll pick a winner next week.
London room up for rent for £400 a month - but you have to 'look after the landlord's children three hours a day and move out on weekends' https://t.co/GzfFy8JoEG
I would only use VAR for three things:
1) Goaline technology and ball in/out of play. This is an objective decision with the right tech in place.
2) Semi-automated offsides. This is an objective decision with the right tech in place.
3) Off the ball incidents. VAR can only intervene if the referee has not seen something rather than change a subjective decision they have already made. For example, the Bruno forearm smash of Jorginho.
I would focus more efforts/resources on upskilling referees so they can make the right calls such as the foul on Gabriel, as they are becoming too reliant on technology to bail them out and it’s actually worsening decision making. Effectively you have men in a box somewhere re-refereeing the game.
Worst decision of the match by a healthy margin and a decision #Arsenal had earned by not backing down physically which turned Guimares into a child. Officials made up a reason to not send him off. Pathetic.