Tim Atkinson

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@AllThingsBlades Absolute 10!

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@dannyhall04 @JapaneseAcid Great news…must be happy with current situation behind the scenes. U T B

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@SheffieldUnited That’s absolutely class!

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

VAR

I enthusiastically welcomed it. Was sold on the higher percentage of right decisions so we could all go home knowing football justice had been done and we could concentrate on which player was crap instead.

But I was wrong. Woefully and completely wrong.

Waiting 5 minutes for a decision to be made alone means the system isn't fit for purpose. Why? Because I sat with TV producers who said everything would be wrapped up in 10-30 seconds. It has literally taken the spontaneous joy from the most important part of the game. A goal.

Then, one thing completely blindsided me and many others.

Subjectivity.

I thought there would be science and a nailed on guarantee of a successfully and universally accepted decision. How wrong we were. Instead, arbitrary lines are drawn that simply can't with any certainty say whether a player is offside or not. So a human in a portacabin, 200 miles away only does what the referee can do, make a best guess.

Likewise handballs, dives, any penalty decision to be honest. A subjective decision decided out of stadium allowing an increasingly small and poor refereeing pool a get out of jail free card. Instead of them making a shit decision and owning it, they just pass it on 200 miles away so 3 men in a portacabin can make a shit decision instead. Lunacy.

For the love of the game, let's go back to investing in getting more referees, respecting them so that they join the trade and don't feel constantly abused. In short, treat them like rugby referees. Ultimate respect.

Then, fuck VAR off, it's ruined the game, made it petty and chaotic, and taken that one ingredient that you simply can't replace, instantaneous joy.

As a player and fan I accepted a referee making a bad decision in a game in the same way I accepted fucking up a shot or pass. We're all human.

Let's get back to that, humans doing their best, everyone walks away from the ground accepting that and less unrealistic pressure put on officials to be perfect when perfection doesn't exist in any walk of life.

VAR stinks. A system designed to help is a massive hindrance and it's about time pundits, fans, players, referees, clubs put pressure on authorities to get rid of it. We only need goal line tech, the rest can and should be refer refereed by humans making their best judgement. A best judgement that was over 98% right( audited fact pre VAR).

Enough is enough, fuck it off.

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@fesshole Onion o

[CairnBet @CairnBet]

VAR. Turn it off lads. Just turn it off. You've managed to destroy two leagues in 3 days.

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@JeffStelling Getting really fed up up with football now. VAR is horrific.

[Mark Crossley @bignorms]

Games gone
Embarrassing, I’m sick of watching this beautiful game of ours totally ruined by VAR
Shambles, and if you going to have it then get an ex pro in the studio

[Singe 🔴⚪️⚔️ @BrettBrookes]

Best half of the season, best away end of the season and a summer to rebuild for a tilt at the championship under the best manager the city has seen in a generation. Onto England and the WC now!

[UpTheBlades @FFanatic1889]

He built us from the bottom in L1 to the Premier League. He promised us after the Premier League season that we'd be better and much stronger and he delivered. This season shouldn't erase that. He's the man for the job. He knows how to solve this, he's done it before.

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

Imagine going back to the crazy days where fa semis were affordable and at neutral grounds. Best day of the football calendar, even better than the final. Football is bleeding the fans dry.

[Chris Holt @HoltChris]

I say it all the time but I hate this. City’s fans are mostly working class from Manchester, they were at Wembley a few weeks ago, they’re there every year, they go deep into CL every year. There’s only so much anyone can afford. The issue here is FA Cup semi finals at Wembley

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@FootyScran @swfc Dog shit

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@AllThingsBlades It’s utterly shit. So downbeat. Get rid. UTB

[CONAR PRICE @conarprice666]

United fans are so fucking weird digging out Wilder because we’ve missed bare chances, dominated a game only to be let down by the quality of our subs.

Half the squad isn’t Wilders, he came in to stop us getting relegated and cunts are crying we aren’t getting top 6🤣🤣🤣

[Mat Coll @ColliverM]

Class. Some need to understand with any other manager we were almost certainly going down. He’s not perfect. But he’s a close as we are ever ever gunna get

[Mick Seaman @blade8960]

@CowensSteve @ColliverM @Annies_song_ Everyone has an opinion, and that’s fine. But when people decide they know more than a manager that’s brought us great success in the past and dragged us back from certain relegation to league 1, you have to question how bright they are. But as I said everyone has an opinion 😎

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@HenryBushnell @TheAthletic Shock news …… bunch of mafia gangsters….dont give a shit about the game of football…. All about money, money, money.

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@jadenjlee @Shoreham_boys89 Drums are for twats…. Not for the lane

[Tim Atkinson @tim_tatkinson]

@PurelyFootball Footballs entered the era of health and safety legislation…fun police… weird fuckers interpreting confused rules badly. VAR is killing the joy that footie offers up.