Harry Maguire pretending to be kicked in the head when he isn’t touched at all, David Raya pretending to have been launched to the floor when he isn’t touched at all…surely the time has come to retrospectively ban this sort of play acting/cheating? Pathetic and awful to watch.
When VAR was first mooted, all fans thought it would be for when that forward was two yards offside. Or when that defender punched the ball off the line.
Not for this computer dominated, mathematical, slide rule, new rules bureaucracy.
Football got hijacked by office workers.
I’ve said it a million times and will think it forever……if you can’t tell it’s offside without forensic investigation, delaying the game for far too long - then let the goal stand and get on with it 🤦🏻♂️
With these ones I can understand why the referee would send just him off if they didn’t see it fully.
The referee is a metre away, he can clearly see they do the exact same thing but one just falls to the floor.
Send them both off or no one.
5. miserable! Watford have been awful again tonight & we're 1pt off the play offs with a game in hand.... standard is rubbish! I think if they brought var in I'd actually give up my season ticket #modernfootball#FootballTwitter
4. the ball to each other before going long... gamesmanship by all players/benches, drink breaks, players going down so everyone can have a drink/break up any momentum the other team are trying to build. Technical ability of the players is so poor, the whole experience is just
3. pulling etc. Finally the ball comes into play & the ref either gives a free kick for something pathetic or nothing happens, then we go through it all again.... when the ball finally is in play we have to watch the 3 least technical players on the pitch (keeper & 2 cb's) pass
2. so slow, no urgency from players to go quick. Refs kill it by making sure everything is set up before the ball can be played. Every set piece we have to wait for every player to get in position, refs/linesman/4th officials to be ready, then the ref goes & speaks to players
1. Football is sooooo dull..... I'm genuinely done with it!! Even live its appalling, so boring, no atmosphere, players have no flair or ambition to be exciting just do their job. The actual game is just throw ins, goal kicks, free kicks, corners, 'injuries' constant time wasting
Imagine showing someone this photo 10 years ago and telling them that the game was cancelled 10 minutes before kick off, due to ‘player safety’. After the opponents and their fans had travelled 3.5-4 hours to the ground. Absolute joke.
#hcafc#watfordfc
We need a nation wide campaign to stop the referees giving fouls for defenders falling over when they’re under pressure facing their goal and grabbing the ball.
It’s honestly the worst thing in football.