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General Discussion / Re: bayer leverkusen v arsenal - halil umut meler (VAR: rob dieperink)
« on: Wed 11 Mar 2026 19:34 »
Even if there’s the tiniest bit of contact (the Arsenal player actually kicks the Bayer players heel), you cannot be rewarding dives like that. Pure cheating from the Arsenal player and appalling from the VAR.

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General Discussion / Atletico Madrid v Tottenham
« on: Tue 10 Mar 2026 22:03 »
Not specifically about the referee but the laws of the game. When will this sport actually get serious on concussions like other contact sports?? There were two Tottenham players on at the end that should not have been there after a head clash.

It is high time a temporary concussion replacement option is made available and at this level, an independent doctor is available to ensure nobody cheats the system.

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General Discussion / Re: Arsenal v Chelsea - Darren England (VAR: John Brooks)
« on: Mon 02 Mar 2026 07:28 »
I believe Neto’s complaint was that he was not aware he was on a yellow card. The footage couldn’t be found where the yellow card was brandished to him either, though it was for dissent.

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General Discussion / Re: Worst performance ever
« on: Sat 17 Jan 2026 14:09 »
Barry Knight - Ipswich v Bolton play off semi final second leg. An otherwise fine referee had about 5 head losses in a single half. That’s the one that sticks out and I have no connection to either team.

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General Discussion / Re: J BROOKS - Spurs v Liverpool
« on: Sat 20 Dec 2025 19:57 »
The criticism regarding the first red card is very harsh. I would like to see where the referee saw it from, it would be easy to miss the intensity of the tackle from behind. And it’s no wonder referees are more hesitant to flash a straight red as they have the back up of the VAR. its pretty to think about it from a psychological view.

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General Discussion / Re: Felix Zwayer: Inter v Liverpool
« on: Tue 09 Dec 2025 21:53 »
That is one of the worst VAR interventions I’ve ever seen. In rugby they always show these incidents at full speed, so why isn’t the official here seeing it that way?

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General Discussion / Re: Jarred Gillett: Tottenham v Chelsea
« on: Sun 02 Nov 2025 14:14 »
Quote from: Leggy on Sun 02 Nov 2025 14:08
Quote from: Lionator27 on Sat 01 Nov 2025 23:12
The Bergvall incident at the start of the game shows how important it is that concussion substitutions come into the game. Take him off, do an assessment, if he passes it then he can come back on. Having permanent substitutions will make it very tough to get players to go off, especially if it turns out they’re just dazed and not concussed.

Agree 100% in principle, but I need to be shown how it can be successfully deployed WITHOUT teams using it to their advantage.  For clarity, I mean faking a head injury to give a player a break (or have an "impact" sub for 10 minutes) and then return him to the game.

In rugby union you have an independent match doctor that oversees these things and I can’t remember any controversial incidents. Regardless head injuries are more important than any of it anyway when we consider the amount of early onset dementia related deaths there’s been in the sport.

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General Discussion / Re: Jarred Gillett: Tottenham v Chelsea
« on: Sat 01 Nov 2025 23:12 »
The Bergvall incident at the start of the game shows how important it is that concussion substitutions come into the game. Take him off, do an assessment, if he passes it then he can come back on. Having permanent substitutions will make it very tough to get players to go off, especially if it turns out they’re just dazed and not concussed.

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General Discussion / Re: Referee's shootout error leads to FA Vase replay.
« on: Sun 26 Oct 2025 07:55 »
Quote from: rustyref on Sat 25 Oct 2025 00:05
Quote from: Lionator27 on Fri 24 Oct 2025 17:21
I think some of the rhetoric here is a bit harsh. It’s a mess up of course, it’s a technicality that the officials should’ve known. But in this case, standing them down and punishing them isn’t going to help anyone as they’re already going to be beating themselves up over it. Get them back out there the next week and support them while sending them a new copy of the LOTG.

The clubs wouldn't agree. The home club have to shell out for the cost of putting the game on again, paying the match officials, all of which costs money.  The away team have to pay for travelling again, and all of this is because three match officials didn't know the laws of the game.  I know at one point there was a suggestion put to the FA than when a game had to be replayed due to refereeing errors the costs should be recovered from the match officials, this was rejected but I'd say there is an argument to say they should forfeit their match fees.

I agree it is annoying and something that clubs at that level absolutely don’t need and perhaps the FA could help out. But my point is that punishing officials is counter productive when it’s a mistake of this nature.

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General Discussion / Re: Referee's shootout error leads to FA Vase replay.
« on: Fri 24 Oct 2025 17:21 »
I think some of the rhetoric here is a bit harsh. It’s a mess up of course, it’s a technicality that the officials should’ve known. But in this case, standing them down and punishing them isn’t going to help anyone as they’re already going to be beating themselves up over it. Get them back out there the next week and support them while sending them a new copy of the LOTG.

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General Discussion / Re: Michael Oliver: Liverpool v Man Utd
« on: Sun 19 Oct 2025 16:38 »
Bad call which led to a goal. Liverpool will be rightly fuming.

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General Discussion / Ruebyn Ricardo - Birmingham v Hull
« on: Sun 19 Oct 2025 09:15 »
Seemed like a difficult game to officiate and there seems to be some allegations from Hull towards the Birmingham coaching staff.

Anyway good to see a red card for this dissent. It was obviously bad whatever was said based on the reaction of the other players. https://x.com/itvfootball/status/1979639228737695763?s=46

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General Discussion / Re: Sam Barrott - Everton v West Ham
« on: Tue 30 Sep 2025 14:00 »
I think Dewsbury-Hall’s issue is that the last three have been unlucky. Against Wolves he was booked for a foul where the player dived, against Liverpool it was that quickly taken free kick dissent situation and then last night. I’m a Leicester fan so I’ve seen him a lot, this is not a dirty player and certainly not one to show much dissent on the field. It’s just one of those things that he’ll have grow up over but I understand his frustration.

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General Discussion / Re: T HARRINGTON - Forest v Sunderland
« on: Sun 28 Sep 2025 12:36 »
An absolutely exceptional decision, and clearly instinctive but calmly dealt with too.

If officials get berated for decisions like that, it’s proof that we will never win. Therefore we’ve just got to do our jobs and suck it up. Well done Tony.

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Select Group 2 / Re: Fri 19th - Mon 21st Sep 2025
« on: Mon 15 Sep 2025 19:05 »
He used to be absolutely stacked back when he first got into SG2 but he seems to have lost the muscle and gone for lower body fat %. He genuinely looked like a rugby player (and not a prop).

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