St Darren Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 All of them awful. The ones on the pitch, the ones on VAR. Until they are held accountable for their performances then the standard will continue to be awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob-Englefield1 Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 I certainly think the standard could be higher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 There's on one answering questions though. Mike Riley doesn't do anything. Tierney will be back reffing next week and kavanagh will be back on the field with that incompetent Atwell on VAR no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 Would be a lot easier if the bloody players stopped cheating and appealing everything. Thecupfootballblogger and B Manning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 11 hours ago, TheolderIgetthebetterIwas said: Would be a lot easier if the bloody players stopped cheating and appealing everything. Players wouldn't do it if the referees were competent in doing their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, St Darren said: Players wouldn't do it if the referees were competent in doing their job. What rubbish Darren!!! Players cheat at every opportunity and will always do so, even if the referee is the best in the world! B Manning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Just now, Goldeneye said: What rubbish Darren!!! Players cheat at every opportunity and will always do so, even if the referee is the best in the world! Have the players cheated in those incidents yesterday? The Newcastle penalty incident is probably the worst of the lot. Players now feel the need to go to ground in order to get a penalty as if they stabbed up the referee doesn't give anything. Such are our new 'laws' something would only be turned over if "clear and obvious". It's time that they were called out and have to answer to someone. At the moment they answer themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Players cheating and diving, the laws being applied to the letter rather than the spirit of the law is ruining football. Get rid of the utter rubbish that is VAR, use it only to assist the lino for goal line decisions, it is not needed in other capacity. B Manning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Keith B said: This same old rubbish keeps being spouted. The refs job is not easy - he relies on the assistance of his linesmen/women. He's always going to be wrong in the opinion of someone. I still say the referees do what is a very difficult job, very well. Do away with VAR, keep goal line tech and let the officials do their job. But whilst VAR is here, it should be acting on incidents like yesterday shouldn't it? Or is it because Kane is England captain and the media darling. Gerrard, Rooney, Terry all used to get away with a lot more because of their status. baldy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I'm a Spurs fan of 60 years...Kane was off for that even in local football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted December 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Keith B said: I can't really comment on your point about media darlings Darren - I don't know, although that may carry some weight - but I hope not. Can't comment on the incidents yesterday, I was watching one of my grandsons playing rugby. Have a look at the incidents then come back to me. 14 minutes ago, TheolderIgetthebetterIwas said: I'm a Spurs fan of 60 years...Kane was off for that even local football! This is my point, we can see that from exactly what VAR is looking at, so why hasn't he got involved in that. I also agree that Robertson's was a sending off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, St Darren said: This is my point, we can see that from exactly what VAR is looking at, so why hasn't he got involved in that. I also agree that Robertson's was a sending off. Get rid of VAR! B Manning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I will always be a supporter of referees , without them there would be no game BUT!!!!!! being a Wolves supporter , after the debacle in their game with Manchester City last week I have to say that some are poor . The ball striking Mountinou's chest under the armpit ?????? how did VAR miss that ? Jiminez's first tackle being given as a foul then a yellow . He was wrong to prevent the free kick and deserved the yellow card for that admittedly but most pundits and referees didn't think the tackle was a foul . Sadly with the amount of money involved in league positions in qualifying for Europe , and the relegation issue points lost to poor refereeing decisions mean a lot . All the best everyone for Christmas and New Year , I've got tickets for the 2 Argyle games over the holiday so I'm hoping that there's no lockdown , travel restrictions or game postponement . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Harry Kane thought his tackle was a good hard tackle and was surprised to even get a booking, in his 1st interview with Sky he even said he touched the ball. Can't wait to see him stay on his feet when someone does that to him next week!! He'd be the first person crying to the ref. I've got to agree with Shearer, Jenas and most of the others that the standard of refereeing is shocking. Even with the Robertson tackle the ref thought it was only a yellow at first, when it was quite clearly a red from the word go! 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SON OF LINEKER Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 23 hours ago, St Darren said: All of them awful. The ones on the pitch, the ones on VAR. Until they are held accountable for their performances then the standard will continue to be awful. Totally agree Darren,it's ruining the game Once upon a time there was an idea to continue the 18 yard line across the pitch to the touchline and any player the wrong side of this would be offside,simple as.Beginning to look more sensible by the day thanks to the current VAR mess. ' Up The Town ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Do you seriously think an experiment with the 18 yard idea would ever be tried ? It's too simple an idea . During my long life I've discovered that it's easy to be critical of rules and organisations . Usually when you hear the reasoning behind the rules you can see the reason for them . However in the case of F.I.F.A. I believe that they are a ri incarnation of the Marx Brothers without the humour . Going back a few years , they banned the back pass to the goalies hands , no real logic to it except a feeble reason that it stopped time wasting .That really worked they now play the ball across the field and back .to waste time . The recent handball fiasco which was so complicated that nobody really understood it . This season it's been changed but still nobody understands it . The flagging for offside scenario ie. leaving the flag raising late , whoever thought of that and what's the logic behind it . It might work in professional football with neutral , trained lines people , but what about the poor substitute who's handed the lino's flag on a wet afternoon in Meveggisey ?. Imagine the abuse they'll get with a late flag .These people don't seem to grasp that professional football is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of football played and what work at the top level doesn't necessarily work lower down . Football is or should be a relatively simple game but the rule makers remind me of Lord Hives the great engineer from Rolls Royce . When Rolls took over the jet engine production from Frank Whittle , Hives was told " it's a basically simple engine " He replied " don't worry we'll soon take the simplicity out of it ". ps I only used Meva as an example , I wasn't implying that the players at Meva are abusive . TheolderIgetthebetterIwas and stevieb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 I should have added that one quite obvious rule to be implemented would be to prohibit substitutions after 75 minutes also more severe punishment for the practice of deliberate systematic fouling of a danger player . By this I mean the practice of a player fouling another player persistently until he's boked an then another player takes over . By danger player I mean someone like St. Maxim at Newcastle or Grealish ( when he plays ) . End of sermon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Another ridiculous decision by our incompetent officials. The refereeing team of Tierney and Cavanagh fail to see a clear handball. This being the same duo who failed to send off Harry Kane and give a penalty to Liverpool in the Liverpool v Spurs game. When are we going to get referees who apply the laws on a consistent basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 1 hour ago, St Darren said: When are we going to get referees who apply the laws on a consistent basis. Well until that happens Darren, at least it pretty much equals itself out over a season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Hocking Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, Dave Deacon said: Well until that happens Darren, at least it pretty much equals itself out over a season! I’m not so sure you’re right on this one Dave: Arsenal’s last 115 games: 1,148 fouls, 15 red cards Burnley’s last 115 games: 1,145 fouls, 0 red cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighairydave Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 3 hours ago, St Darren said: Another ridiculous decision by our incompetent officials. The refereeing team of Tierney and Cavanagh fail to see a clear handball. This being the same duo who failed to send off Harry Kane and give a penalty to Liverpool in the Liverpool v Spurs game. When are we going to get referees who apply the laws on a consistent basis. Not sure you can put the blame on Tierney, I'd challenge any on field referee to get a clear view of it from that angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Lannowethian said: I’m not so sure you’re right on this one Dave: Arsenal’s last 115 games: 1,148 fouls, 15 red cards Burnley’s last 115 games: 1,145 fouls, 0 red cards Being a Spurs supporter, I can't see anything wrong with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 6 hours ago, bighairydave said: Not sure you can put the blame on Tierney, I'd challenge any on field referee to get a clear view of it from that angle. He's part of the refereeing team. The whole protocol of VAR is wrong. Why hasn't Cavanagh said go and look at it? Tierney could see its struck somewgere close to his arm, the crowd give a decent reaction! Then they come out afterwards and say that it should have been a penalty. Honestly, all of them are awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighairydave Posted February 27, 2022 Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 50 minutes ago, St Darren said: He's part of the refereeing team. The whole protocol of VAR is wrong. Why hasn't Cavanagh said go and look at it? Tierney could see its struck somewgere close to his arm, the crowd give a decent reaction! Then they come out afterwards and say that it should have been a penalty. Honestly, all of them are awful. If your are told though its fine you aren’t going to look anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted February 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2022 50 minutes ago, bighairydave said: If your are told though its fine you aren’t going to look anyway. Hence the protocol being wrong. The VAR has made Tierney look worse. I've no idea what Cavanagh saw. As Lampard said. It's incompetence at best. Now we can all read into what we think is worst!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 And Mike Riley gas now apologised to Everton for the incorrect decision. Oh great that's all fine then. Would like to hear the reasons that Kavanagh have for not giving a penalty. All of them.... Shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 It was a strange one not to give that handball when you consider some that have been given! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 One of the main problems in the modern football world at the moment is the money involved . The older generation watched the game for the entertainment value , in those days the Everton fans would have gone home fuming about the referee and disappointed with 2 points lost . Obviously they would have been more annoyed if it affected their relegation battle . Today however from the club perspective it's not just the humiliation of relegation it's the loss of £90 + million per season , a sum badly needed to pay their astronomical wage bill . ( I mean all clubs not just Everton ) . Has V.A.R. made the situation worse ? we now have a situation where it's not just the referee and his or her assistants who are held to account but the V.A.R. people monitoring the game . Digressing from the post a bit , are the clubs partly to blame ? . I often wonder why they don't have more input into the rules of the game , after all they are the ones who have to abide by them . One or two things baffle me , I'm not the brightest of people I would never have to worry about M.E.N.S.A. crazing me to join . One is ....... a few seasons ago a sin bin system was introduced to village level football in an effort to eradicate dissent . My man at the F.A. says it was a great success at that level . SO why hasn't it been adopted at the top level ? Another why haven't they banned substitutions after 75 or 80 minutes ? We all know that the majority are made in order to run down the clock and break up play . If they want to improve a game that , at the top level is becoming boring , why haven't they considered these things ? Most fans are sickened by the sight of players surrounding the officials , waving imaginary cards etc , diving , wrestling at corners , if I wanted to watch wrestling I'd watch the circus at W.W. F. , people have complained about it for years but very little has been done to eradicate it . WHY ? Weather warm up here Older early blossom out , just waiting for the swallows and house martins to appear ( hopefully ) allotment still to wet to do much . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 hours ago, fenman said: One of the main problems in the modern football world at the moment is the money involved . The older generation watched the game for the entertainment value , in those days the Everton fans would have gone home fuming about the referee and disappointed with 2 points lost . Obviously they would have been more annoyed if it affected their relegation battle . Today however from the club perspective it's not just the humiliation of relegation it's the loss of £90 + million per season , a sum badly needed to pay their astronomical wage bill . ( I mean all clubs not just Everton ) . Has V.A.R. made the situation worse ? we now have a situation where it's not just the referee and his or her assistants who are held to account but the V.A.R. people monitoring the game . Digressing from the post a bit , are the clubs partly to blame ? . I often wonder why they don't have more input into the rules of the game , after all they are the ones who have to abide by them . One or two things baffle me , I'm not the brightest of people I would never have to worry about M.E.N.S.A. crazing me to join . One is ....... a few seasons ago a sin bin system was introduced to village level football in an effort to eradicate dissent . My man at the F.A. says it was a great success at that level . SO why hasn't it been adopted at the top level ? Another why haven't they banned substitutions after 75 or 80 minutes ? We all know that the majority are made in order to run down the clock and break up play . If they want to improve a game that , at the top level is becoming boring , why haven't they considered these things ? Most fans are sickened by the sight of players surrounding the officials , waving imaginary cards etc , diving , wrestling at corners , if I wanted to watch wrestling I'd watch the circus at W.W. F. , people have complained about it for years but very little has been done to eradicate it . WHY ? Weather warm up here Older early blossom out , just waiting for the swallows and house martins to appear ( hopefully ) allotment still to wet to do much . Warm-ish here but wet, wet, wet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Manning Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Dont be silly Keith. baldy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted March 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Keith B said: Have you signed up for the referee's course yet then Darren ? Why would I? That's not the question is it? Have you? Referees are not forced to do the job. They choose to do it. Like my job, I'm expected to get things right. If someone who's me where I've got something wrong, I then correct what I've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Manning Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 Like my job Darren only I think mine was far more responsible and no chance to go back and get it right, it had to be right first time plus I am also a referee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted March 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 hour ago, B Manning said: Like my job Darren only I think mine was far more responsible and no chance to go back and get it right, it had to be right first time plus I am also a referee. The VAR (referee watching a video replay from multiple angles) couldn't get see that that was handball. As Lampard said. It's incompetence at best. In your job, what happened if you got it wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Manning Posted March 3, 2022 Report Share Posted March 3, 2022 ,In my job if I got it wrong I could easily have been responsible for the lives of up to 400 people in any given instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted March 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Another error from Stuart Atwell (VAR) in failing to send off the Brighton keeper at the weekend. He's awful. The referee in the Chelsea v Newcastle game has an absolute stinker as well. Get rid of the absolute dross that are British referees and encourage international referees to come and ref in the Premier league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 Your British Darren, so if you were a referee you would be absolute dross as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 The referees in the premiership are not really allowed to referee anymore in my opinion. They just cannot win. Thecupfootballblogger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted March 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Goldeneye said: Your British Darren, so if you were a referee you would be absolute dross as well! 10 hours ago, Goldeneye said: Your British Darren, so if you were a referee you would be absolute dross as well! They're currently awful. Why does it revert back to "why don't you ref" "you'd be shite as well". I'm not a referee, I don't want to be a referee. My point us that these referees get away with poor decisions week in week out and nothing gets done. VAR hasn't helped as it's still subjective on some of the decisions. Unfortunately Atwell is just awful at both codes. 2 hours ago, Keith B said: Our paper stated that Mike Dean is retiring at the end of the season Darren. Chin up 🙂. Yeah. Hopefully John moss will be the next to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 I think that Wolves fans will totally agree with you Darren . Jiminez was sent off for a second yellow against Leeds when he collided with the keeper . Today A Villa player collided with the Wolves keeper in identical scenario and a penalty is given . I hesitate to be critical of referees and the Marx Brothers inspired V.A.R. system but I'm leaning toward your way of thinking Darren . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 St Darren if you want some amusement look at the Wolves section on the Express and Star website , the "Fans discussion " on Saturdays game . One of the Fans comments about referees makes your opinion seem quite mild by comparison . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 Easy to be critical and hard to be impartial, but after the officiating in that game and the erratic eccentricities of Darren England in this encounter, patience is strained to breaking point. England was determined to let the game flow and that in itself is an admirable approach, but his leniency and inconsistency simply incensed both teams who were both pitched to boiling point with perceived injustices. Inevitably, he surrendered control and a game that was never approaching any real measures of bad temper ended with an unseemly brawl. Premier League referees really are a grossly overrated species, convinced of their own infallibility, insufferably smug and worst of all, frequently incompetent. Truly a breed apart. However, fear not; one semblance of succour emerged from a quiet Premier free week. That ham-actor, the thespian supreme, The Wirral’s very own antithesis to Sir Laurence Olivier, Mike ‘Nelly’ Dean has wiped the greasepaint off his whistle and with the dramatic tragicomedy reserved for RADA’s finest announced his retirement from refereeing. No doubt with the intention of spending more time with himself to bolster his skyscraper of an ego. Narcissism never recruited a more committed, self-obsessed devotee; the brandishing of brightly coloured cards will never be administered with such theatrical aplomb ever again. Give yourself a red one Nelly! Exit stage left and please keep walking to the nearest diva’s dressing-room. Much overdue relief from a constant thorn in our side; extricated at long, long last. Sheer bliss! Heaven grant that Wolves avoid his final curtain call! To save you the bother I've copied it Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 3 hours ago, fenman said: No doubt with the intention of spending more time with himself to bolster his skyscraper of an ego. Didn't I hear somewhere he's going to get involved in the VAR set-up? 😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted April 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 A potential title decider this weekend, Manchester City v Liverpool. The PGMOL decide to give the game to: Anthony Taylor from Greater Manchester On VAR, Paul Tierney from Salford Seriously, they do themselves no favours. Granted its hard finding competent officials in the first place but these two are going to come under scrutiny on Sunday either way they come at it. Perhaps Mike Dean could take over from Mike Riley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 22 hours ago, St Darren said: but these two are going to come under scrutiny on Sunday either way they come at it. Are you suggesting they will be bias because from the Manchester area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted April 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Dave Deacon said: Are you suggesting they will be bias because from the Manchester area? They could be, or they could go the other way to show they're not bias. They shouldn't be put in that situation in the first place. Brianmooreshead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Deacon Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 20 minutes ago, St Darren said: They shouldn't be put in that situation in the first place However not fair they shouldn't get the chance to ref a game like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 Can I just clarify , the post quoted by Keith is not mine , it is part of a match report by a journalist which I posted . Things have reached a sorry state when people start making death threats , where will it end ? threats made to goalies making an error , strikers missing goals . This was once a game enjoyed by what used to be classed as the working classes to both play and watch . Money has ruined it , along with agents who in my view have corrupted the game by encouraging their players to move about to earn themselves even more money . The days of one club men like Gerrard , Lampard etc. are fast disappearing . TheolderIgetthebetterIwas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted April 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 14 hours ago, fenman said: Can I just clarify , the post quoted by Keith is not mine , it is part of a match report by a journalist which I posted . Things have reached a sorry state when people start making death threats , where will it end ? threats made to goalies making an error , strikers missing goals . This was once a game enjoyed by what used to be classed as the working classes to both play and watch . Money has ruined it , along with agents who in my view have corrupted the game by encouraging their players to move about to earn themselves even more money . The days of one club men like Gerrard , Lampard etc. are fast disappearing . Lampard, formally of West Ham you mean? Dave Deacon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldeneye Posted April 9, 2022 Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 No problems with Rugby Union, Rugby League or Cricket - they accept the ref's decisions and get on with the game. It's time the the football fraternity grow up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, Goldeneye said: No problems with Rugby Union, Rugby League or Cricket - they accept the ref's decisions and get on with the game. It's time the the football fraternity grow up! They accepted it from the start though and the punishments are far harsher. 10 yards in rugby is massive, sin bin is an even bigger punishment and normally makes a big difference. It doesn't make much of a difference in football as tactics are changed. In football you can influence a referee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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