A reminder of the kind of person Diogo was and how beloved he was by everyone.
Absolutely heartbreaking news today. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time. ❤️
Gary’s hands are tied so he’s spouting corporate nonsense here and minimising a major incident.
I was at #CFCWHU Sept last year what would have been a good last min West Ham equaliser was chalked off for a supposed foul by Jarrod Bowen on CFC keeper Mendy in the build up. The decision was scandalous and the referee’s body PGMOL have since apologised for the decision. But judging a foul is NOT as clear cut as judging offside. This is the first time a goal has been wrongly chalked off on an offside decision. Football fans have reacted because you’re either offside or you’re not.
As lovers of the game, we have every right to know exactly what went wrong. That it doesn’t happen again is also how the game evolves.
As an extreme example, if airlines said after every air crash “it’s a f@@k up! we’ve all done it” there would be no airline industry. The first phase of an investigation (yes the analogy fits as chalking off a good goal for offside is metaphorically a ‘crash’) is to obtain the data relevant to the mistake. For planes, it’s the black box flight recorder. For Premier league football it’s the conversation between VAR & the referee. This needs to be released into the public domain. The fact that they haven’t means something very wrong has taken place.
@LFC had a good goal wrongly chalked off against a close rival when down to 10 men which could have a massive impact on the season. As a club they have every right to ask for transparency - as in find out exactly what went wrong - and take it from there.
In a post VAR world we are in uncharted territory. Any outcome after such a mistake is on the table, even replaying the game, who knows?
But an apology for “human error” - which is precisely why VAR was introduced to guard against - now being used to draw a line under the incident?
Not a chance in hell.
1. Whole football world complains about the standard of referees after a clear and "significant" error.
2. Liverpool suggest doing something about it.
3. Lots of journalists and football fans outraged that Liverpool would suggest actually doing something about it.
Makes sense.
I didn’t know Andy Rourke personally, but I have felt every note he played since I found the Smiths when I was teenager.
It’s a strange feeling when somebody from your favourite ever band dies.
Thank you for the music, Andy. R.I.P-Bass.