Will Crawte

New album Emotions out now on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

Pre-save my new album "Emotions" on Spotify: https://t.co/4JRGSfxODi (powered by @distrokid)

[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.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@DaveSidwel71790 @ITFCHIBBZ @GoodCFCtakes I genuinely thought similar to this when we went up two years ago. I was convinced we’d comfortably avoid relegation. But then we fucked up recruitment and got battered every week. Get the recruitment right and you’ve/we’ve got a chance.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@QPRTravels Are you lot actually deaf?! I was there and it was fuggen amazing. Probably the bottom 3 away fans we’ve had all season so there!

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@1875Jake Yep. The ONLY reason

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@chris_sutton73 Fingers crossed we recruit better this time around

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@spencermorgan93 A massive fuck you to women astronauts 🤷🏼

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

Surely everyone has seen that this looks like a massive penis, right? #nasa

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@ITSCofficial Ironically, a political statement 🤷🏼

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@beyoncegarden 🤣 that reminded me of this 🤣

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@Ojbb_ I was dubious at first, but it’s a foul, and it’s in the penalty area 🤷🏼

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@van_der_finz He’ll never be sacked. He has an incredible bond with Mark Ashton. He’ll either be poached or he’ll walk away looking for a new challenge.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@lukeym20 We’ll finish 3rd, Wrexham will finish 6th. They will eliminate us and go on to win at Wembley.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@JShodanVR I’d invest in this setup if it didn’t cost a gazillion 🤷🏼

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@StokeyyG2 Errrm. More footage please.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@suffolkev @sammorsy08 So sad that he didn’t get the farewell he deserves. Prime Morsy was untouchable 💙

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@HarryyClarke6 @CAFCofficial Love and miss you buddy 💙

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@Rovers Ipswich fan here. Why is Cantwell captain? Even his team mates appear to hate him. When he was down injured, not one went to check on him. Fans barely made a peep but scoring an own goal after 3 minutes is probably the cause.

[Will Crawte @tractorboy1985]

@MrPitbull07 Great story, but it was when a kid said "Mrs. Chen knew when we were drowning. She threw life preservers disguised as extra tater tots. Now nobody's watching" that I knew it was fake 🤣