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Worst performance by the officials this season
This thread might seem a bit harsh but it's always the bad performances we remember. When the officials have a good game it doesn't really register, which is as it should be. I've always been told that if you don't notice the ref he's usually had a good game.
When i say officials, i refer to the onfield officials plus VAR.
Regarding the bad performances, we are spoilt for choice this season.
I am most familiar with decisions where my team is involved, i'm obviously aware of other bad performances throughout the season, but i will start with a performance where Liverpool was involved.
The Spurs v Liverpool game. Paul Tierney (ref), Chris Cavanagh (VAR).
Harry Kane wasn't sent off for his dangerous studs up challenge because Robertson jumped and Kane only caught his ankle, and Jota wasn't awarded a penalty when he was bundled over because he steadied himself to shoot. Both reviewed later as clear and obvious errors by the ref.
I could list a hundred more mistakes but I would like to hear everyone elses opinions on this matter.
Thanks
When i say officials, i refer to the onfield officials plus VAR.
Regarding the bad performances, we are spoilt for choice this season.
I am most familiar with decisions where my team is involved, i'm obviously aware of other bad performances throughout the season, but i will start with a performance where Liverpool was involved.
The Spurs v Liverpool game. Paul Tierney (ref), Chris Cavanagh (VAR).
Harry Kane wasn't sent off for his dangerous studs up challenge because Robertson jumped and Kane only caught his ankle, and Jota wasn't awarded a penalty when he was bundled over because he steadied himself to shoot. Both reviewed later as clear and obvious errors by the ref.
I could list a hundred more mistakes but I would like to hear everyone elses opinions on this matter.
Thanks
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Everton got a public apology for it too which is very unusual .
I sometimes wonder if any other apologies have been issued that were not made public. If I were to hazard a guess, i would say yes.
The 38 league games decided the title.
Managers often say they get someone ringing up so definitely does happen.
Fair point but we hear fans and managers say so often if this and that had gone another way …
So you don’t think poor officiating has any affect on the outcome of the league. 760 games and not one error that affects the outcome of a game. And no it doesn’t even itself out over the season.
No i dont think 1 bad refeering descsion has decided a title.
Your also making 2 different points there, an error can of course affect the outcome of 1 game but not an entire season.
And where is there 760 games?
Have I double counted? You don’t think or you know that to be a fact, because if Everton for example had been relegated Im pretty sure they would be almost unanimous in their opinion that if the Rhodri handball had be given they could have survived, and there’s been many more similar errors.
Football is lottery more so now than ever. But there seems to be nothing that can be done about. VAR was supposed to make it better, but it hasn’t.
They had 38 games to avoid relegation themselves though.
I think a poor refereeing decision has a minimal effect over the course of a 38 match season. It’s an easy excuse to make for a manager or supporter, but teams finish a league season where they deserve to.
Anyone that moans about the standard of officiating in the Premier League needs to watch a few Scottish games. A few referees up here have been promoted far above a level they can handle (the main culprit is only there because his dad was a FIFA official 20 years ago, and he’s an abysmal referee), and so many games end up completely out of the referee’s control. And we’re getting VAR up here from next season, god help us all.
Main thing to remember is if you have a bad referee, they’re bad for every team not just your own.
It doesn’t work like that though, your competitors had 38 but in practice you only had 37 your they had an advantage, even worse if the bad decision was against a competitor. Yes we all know football isn’t that simple, but to say bad officiating doesn’t affect outcomes is naive in my opinion.
But even a bad ref doesn’t make a bad decision every game and sometimes they make several. The lottery is, are they going to make a bad decision in your game. And it doesn’t mean if your team gets a bad decision this week then fate will ensure you get one in your favour to even it up.
It’s all abuse and little praise.
That is true .
Even worse at grassroots level with officials being attacked by parents in kids games .
What is all that about ?
I qualified as a ref and reffed kids games, quite some time ago now though.
I doubt many from the PGMOL read this thread which we are mostly talking about, and I’m pretty sure they already know how most football fans think. I don’t think it’s abuse to say refs make mistakes.
You don’t think it’s abuse ? This from another thread in football
What a corrupt fat useless excuse of a ref this bloke is - clusterf**k decision for Leicester's opening goal, blatant yellow cards ignored, stops play when Leicester gets injured whilst continues when Saints player on ground
Also look in a certain fans thread and you’ll see them called corrupt frequently.
So yes it is abuse
Too many fans think abuse is ok. Watching the matches last week shows that it so isn’t.
Well I was talking about this thread obviously