Topic: PL: Liverpool (4) Salah 20', Mane 46', 52, S v West Ham (0) 12.08.18 KO 13.30pm.

[Millie]

No VAR decision took 20 minutes in the World Cup.

[Rush 82]

Palace pre match thread is up.

[redmark]

This isn't true. It would be taken advantage of all the time otherwise.

The latter doesn't make the former untrue (and funnily enough most players don't, the vast majority of the time).

If a player wants to take advantage, he goes down holding his head, anywhere on the field. That's all it takes.

[free_at_last]

I have no opinion on this either way, but surely most refs will have wins or draws for us? We are a top team and hardly lose.

Another point - why the hell is he refereeing more of our games than any other teams:
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/anthony-taylor/bilanz/schiedsrichter/847/saison_id/0/wettbewerb_id//funktion/1/land_id/0/heim_gast//plus/1

Can he request our games? The league is very tight at the top these days and most games depend on just a few percent of things going right. Just "shaving" a goal here and there off our results can seriously impact our position(especially if that also "shaves"
points). I'm not saying that this is a grand conspiracy(although it did cross my mind) but I don't think somebody with such
manchester baggage should be reffing more of our games than anybody else - better for the integrity of the league to appear questionless than to allow unusual circumstances like this.

[dptlfc83]

The latter doesn't make the former untrue (and funnily enough most players don't, the vast majority of the time).

If a player wants to take advantage, he goes down holding his head, anywhere on the field. That's all it takes.

What you said isn't true tho.

[Gerrard#1]

No VAR decision took 20 minutes in the World Cup.

A bad VAR decision cost Croatia the final. It fixes nothing when incompetent referees are still making the final decisions.

[bravarado7]

Was watching this at a pub. Before the game started, West Ham supporters were singing and chanting in loud voices as a reaction to our allez allez. End of first half, their faces had the look of 'we are screwed today'. Just like the players, those fans couldn't believe what had hit them. 2/3rd of the pub was allez allez allez for the length of the game while the rest had the look of someone who is mourning inside. They left early and couldn't even wait for the game to finish. Meanwhile, the allez allez allez never ended.

[afc tukrish]

What you said isn't true tho.

Does that make what he said somewhat... primitive?

[dptlfc83]

Does that make what he said somewhat... primitive?

What's all this ptimative stuff about? Genuine question

[El Lobo]

Does that make what he said somewhat... primitive?

He seems to be able to write in somewhat coherent sentences so think you’re barking up the wrong Bush there

[Millie]

A bad VAR decision cost Croatia the final. It fixes nothing when incompetent referees are still making the final decisions.

What has that got to do with the time it takes?

[PoetryInMotion]

A bad VAR decision cost Croatia the final. It fixes nothing when incompetent referees are still making the final decisions.

It didn't cost Croatia anything. The decision was arguable and not clear-cut and Croatia still conceded 3 other goals in the game. What are you smoking?

[gregorio]

Quite a good start to the season