DavidMarrio

30 minutes ago, Colly said:

I think this is a nonsense by the way. You can go back to my comments on the Champions League final in Paris to see I don't have that attitude, but I also don't see why fans of other teams should be up in arms about the decision. I certainly don't remember fans of other clubs kicking up a fuss about the one I mentioned above which was admittedly less comical but an equally bad fuckup, especially when the on field ref even watched it on tv and still got it wrong.

I'm not saying about people in here but generally speaking the shit I've had said to me because of where I'm from and the team I support, its really not nonsense. Holiday for my wifes 30th we spent 5 days in an all inclusive hotel having a Londoner have a pop because of where we are from, every time saw us. That's one example of a number. Champions League had so many people saying stuff about its always the scousers etc rather than hang on what's going on here. 

I don't care about the result. I care about having a system that is fit for purpose, with people being able to communicate on a basic level and make the correct calls. It was a system put in place to reduce human error not create more.  If that happened to any other team I'd feel the same. I don't like the culture there seems to be with the refs of automstically backing up friends ala Mike Dean on VAR and the Cucurella incident last season cause he didnt want to embarrass or make his mate feel bad. 

Have dedicated VAR officials. Have dedicated onfield officials. Be more transparent, why not mic the refs up. Why is it that first two weeks players were booked for doing the card gesture and now why is it Joelinton (this is just one example I'm picking but can be so many other players) can do it 5 times and not get booked? 

There needs to be better standards across the board than there has been. I get subjective decisions can be contested. Jones' red is a perfect example because despite the vast majority on here being it is a red, so many in the media etc have said the opposite. Offside especially with technology is not subjective. Is he off or isn't he. 

That could have been any match. It may have happened several times and we may not have known. But if this brings catalyst for change then good cause it needs to happen. If not I'd rather go back to not having VAR and if someone makes a mistake its sound cause least it's more understandable 

12 minutes ago, Hobo said:

tbh every club in the league and its supporters should be mad at that and not give way to "lol liverpool" sentiment. The latter doesn't help improve the situation.

Yeah but anti-Liverpool/scouse rhetoric always trumps common sense thinking in football. Any chance to score points, "Always the victims" and all that jazz. 

Just now, Cymbols said:

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Up there with our sweaty kits are making us play bad....

4 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Both true statements.

How often do you get a situation as bad as that though. Bit different then your usual subjective iffy decisions. You'd be singing a different tune if that was the other way round.

But they even themselves out and other bad decisions in the past and all that tribalism bollocks....

Absolute incompetence and a farce

2 hours ago, Hobo said:

Darren England officiated in UAE just 48 hours before VAR error

Not just Darren England. Like to add Michael Oliver (4th Official) and Dan Cook (assistant VAR). Just not a good look at all

39 minutes ago, Lineker said:

Of course games could be different if our officials could use the VAR properly.

You win some, you lose some, it evens out across everybody. Unless you're Hughes.

 

Don't be LiverHughes, guys 

I could find a tweet of "England's brave" Harry Kane's tackle on Robbo the other season that should have been a red and other decisions too if we're going down that route. 

I just want to point out. If we're saying that offside decision is a case of "it'll even out" then it's just an acceptance of how bad the standard of officiating is across the league as a whole.

What's the point in VAR if we're still going with the "ah you get some you don't" attitude. Go back to the old way of things and have goal line tech. The whole point of VAR was to go you've made a clear and obvious mistake there. Not muddy the waters more. 

Result doesnt bother me before theres more liverhughes stuff. We're two points off top, playing well and we held on until the very last second with 9 men. I didn't think we would be in this position where we are and I'm made up with the team we have and the quality of new signings like Szoboszlai. 

What bothers me is how bad officiating has come to the point it feels like every game across a match week will have had some fuck up in it and there's no accountability or anything from it cause they all stick up for one another and don't hold their hands up ala Mike Dean saying "ah i didn't wanna put pressure on my mate".

Also where is the consistency. First two match weeks they cracked down on players waving yellow cards. Then it just doesn't exist anymore. Mac Allister against Chelsea, Nunez against Bournemouth....and then poof, it's gone that rule now. 

You'll see a post in here about a bad ref decision every game week. Then Howard Webb will be selective over what VAR decisions are shown going look at the boss job we've done in these 4 incidents. 

My ramble over. 

Just now, Jimmy said:

Lol the PGMOL have apologised cos Diaz’s goal should’ve stood. 

My dad could have seen that it should have stood and he's been dead for over 14 years

16 minutes ago, Lineker said:

However even if your first yellow clearly shouldn't have been a yellow; don't be so daft to go pick up a second one immediately thereafter like that. No?

It is. Its brain dead. But it's never a yellow for the first. Its never a foul. 

But that was honestly one of the worst officiating performances I've seen. On pitch and VAR.

It's across the league and there's no accountability or repercussions and it feels like it's just accepted as the standards are crap. 

I do think so far this season, we've shown we are probably the best team in the league when it comes to back againdt the wall, up against adversity

Can't be mad at the team. They played brilliantly against such adversity and bollocks and defended really well with 9 men, showed a lot of character. Team last season would have crumbled.

Massively unlucky there with some absolutely shite officiating

The biggest of injustices 

1 minute ago, Colly said:

Klopp is going to be insufferable.

I hope he is. Cause there has been some utter bollocks officiating

Jota getting his first yellow card for a player kicking himself and falling over sums it up. 

3 minutes ago, Colly said:

Yeah, the still image thing drives me mad. It's a red though.

I think that's what has wound me up the most. It's literally the first thing the ref sees when he goes over to the monitor and I do think whether people think it is or isn't a red, that still image being the very first thing you are shown is gonna have a sway in your decision making. I don't think that should have been done, it should have been shown from the start of the incident and different angles then a decision made.

Just now, FLiam said:

A clear red.

You must have been on the VAR for this game. Pick the still image at the end without any of the context

Gakpo sacrificed his knee to end this injustice 

Diaz looked on by a good yard or two before the Son goal, didn't bother with any lines or anything then we just concede.

Farce this. 

Even the VAR then was a joke. Show a still image of the very end instead of showing the footage from the start for context 

Just now, Lineker said:

Lol wut

You seriously think that's a red? Behave. His foot skims off the ball, its a yellow card at most. 

What a load of shite that red card is

Aston Villa 1 vs. 1 Brighton (Sat 12.30pm, TNT)
West Ham 2 vs. 0 Sheff Utd (Sat 3pm)
Wolves 0 vs. 3 Man City (Sat 3pm)
Tottenham 1 vs. 2 Liverpool (Sat 5.30pm, Sky)
Nottm Forest 0 vs. 0 Brentford (Sun 2pm, Sky)

Week 7 - Arsenal

28 minutes ago, Colly said:

I was unnecessarily pessimistic. Fucking great second half.

FYI if anyone wants to go to a Newcastle game in the near future just turn up 10 minutes before kickoff and wave anything resembling a barcode at the turnstile guy. That's how well e ticketing is going.

I miss paper tickets. Few of the turnstiles tonight didn't work and a few had issues with android phones. Got in the ground to see Leicester score

1 hour ago, Kyle said:

This might be premature but currently it looks like the Villa squad have had their powers stolen ala Space Jam.

If they didn't have sweaty kits it would have been a different story

3 hours ago, Naitch said:

Imagine the xG if Jackson could hit the ball towards the goal instead of Row Z, or sometimes not at all!

That video someone made of expanding the goal until his shot against Bournemouth would have went in made me feel so sorry for the lad. 

Then his picking up 5 yellow cards already compared to his goals. 

He's going to be turned into a meme player