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General Football and Sport / Re: VAR! Video Assistant Referee & Shite Referees in General
« Last post by redtel on Today at 12:59:12 pm »Exactly. If Taylor motions 'he got the ball' (which he did) he has to say that to VAR, so if VAR watch that replay, clearly see he didn't win the ball at all, but don't overrule it, there is absolutely a case to answer as to why.
So either he's shit at his job and shouldn't be on VAR, is scared to overrule Taylor and therefore shouldn't be on VAR, or is corrupt and shouldn't be on VAR.
Genuinely shocked at the whole narrative that is coming from various places today and yesterday, that 'as IF refs are corrupt', like it's beyond comprehension that an English ref could be swayed by all manner of things in their decision making.
Where is THAT coming from? Some guy on the radio today basically saying refs just aren't corrupt. Why?!?
I do agree that why would someone be corrupt against Forest but not Everton when they are both down there, I do question that. But if it's not corruption, it's absolute incompetance, and it needs stamping out of the game.
Gone are the days of 'that's a pen, but the ref hasn't seen it'. He now has two more sets of eyes that CAN see it, and even THEN they fuck it up or just decide not to give it. Which has led to these 'corruption' shouts more than ever.
I reckon it’s the middle one. He’s scared to overrule a referee who is higher in the pecking order than he is.
It’s a replica of the Doku kick where the FIFA referee Oliver makes his judgement “Not for me” despite Macca having his back to the referee. Taylor makes his signal that Young got the ball and runs away to signal no penalty. Again, the players are facing away from Taylor so he gets I wrong.
In each case Attwell simply goes along with the referee who he doesn’t feel he can challenge. He even brushes off the appeal of his var assistant who asks if he is sure about that decision at Anfield. Very interested to hear his comments to Taylor on the Young incident.
There is a list of which referees who have favoured home teams in PL games. Attwell is at the top I think as it probably makes his job easier if he doesn’t have the crowd on his back as well as the 22 players. He isn’t strong minded.
Atkinson selects which officials are paired together and in selecting Attwell to be on var with Oliver and later Taylor he is giving them the confidence to make decisions with little or no kickback. The fact that both these incidents happened in Liverpool where the crowds are vociferous shall we say, makes me think he was hand picked.