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[parklane1]

What we need to get rid of is PGMOL. We need to take refereeing (and the budget) away from the PL and put it back with the FA. There should not be a single element of governance with the PL. P45s for Webb, Jones, Tierney, Taylor etc.

It frustrates the hell out of me that we've given these planks perfectly good technology and whether we call it corruption or incompetence then it is failing the laws of the game so badly. They should feel utterly ashamed at the weekly circus that they create.

Because we didn't act on guys like Mike Dean and Mike Riley all those years ago, we allowed this craziness to build bit by bit. Howard Webb's team are an utter disgrace. It's easily fixed with P45s.

I do not disagree with that at all but VAR is a mess, i have been against it from the begining its spoils the match flow, annoys the fans and there is as many mistakes happening now as the were before it came in. I was in the minority when i called it to be banned in the begining but its good to see that there are far more fans who go to games are seeing what a Farse it is.

 

[parklane1]

Yeah I dont really get the ref going to the monitor. Its a complete waste of time. Like you say, 99% of the time they are making him go see he made a mistake and if he does choose to disagree then whats the point in having a bunch of experts watching slow mo replays if he doesn't trust them. Plus it wastes time, looks brick, ruins the experience.. and now they even added the part where he has to announce what he has seen, even though no one is listening because we know already 99% of the time what the decision is because otherwise he wouldnt have gone to the f**king monitor in the first place!!

Bin it all and set fire to it!!!!

Gets my vote.

 

[SteveAWOL]

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[Robbo]

While we get Oliver, apparently. Prepare yourselves for a clusterfudge of controversial ref calls on Sunday, when the refs take center stage in both matches, hell bent on protecting the product and whatever narrative they have decided should be played out.