it reminds one of the emperor's new clothes a little bit

i say a little bit because i'm pro var but not this "mates down the pub" version of var

Posted By: Chris Peacock on October 3rd 2023 at 23:44:27

Message Thread

the PMGOL audio is out (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 18:52:38
- You fucking what? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:25:26
  - corruption plain and simple (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 20:58:15
    - Because the VAR fucked up (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:20:30
      - You are going to do on this hill arent you? (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 21:25:09
        
        Well I don’t think many think it’s crooked (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:30:49
  - It's confirmed to me that most football refs are pretty thick (Other Football) - jamesward, Oct 3, 20:40:17
    - There absolutely was protocol (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:50:27
      - Absolutely obvious the protocol should be that the (Other Football) - jamesward, Oct 3, 20:52:24
        
        It hasn’t been an issue before (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:57:49
        
        For me it’s like a plane crash (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:00:25
        
        It’s like a plane crash in more ways too (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 3, 21:05:41
        
        Exactly that’s my point (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:22:06
        
        And yet still people moan more about VAR (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:02:24
- When I wanted tech years back all I wanted was managers to have the opportunity (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Oct 3, 19:53:15
  - Careful what you wish for etc (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 3, 20:27:59
- Imagine if this would of happened to the likes of us (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Oct 3, 19:28:52
  - What also beats me is how var works in every other league except the prem (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Oct 3, 20:03:07
    - And other sports (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 3, 20:31:27
      - Lol at UK VAR being so different to everywhere else 🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:35:26
        
        And the red cards for clash of heads in rugby looks great! (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:37:07
      - ^this (n/m) (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 20:32:59
    - power. people not wanting to let it be open mic like in other sports know that it will sli (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 20:10:28
      - Yeah Benitez wasn’t seething last night (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:19:31
  - Yes (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 3, 19:30:04
  - Vimto (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 19:29:36
- ... (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 19:17:49
- Massive cock up, but nothing could be done once free kick was taken (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Oct 3, 19:12:12
  - just have better flow charts and fewer people chatting shit (n/m) (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 20:29:45
  - They realised 7 seconds after the restart (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:15:40
    - Thankfully VAR here to stay (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:34:09
  - yep VAR is dogshit. get rid. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 19:26:50
    - It shouldn’t be though (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 3, 19:30:57
      - get AI to do it then (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 19:32:06
        
        If Norwich does badly we dont disband the club (Other Football) - usacanary, Oct 3, 19:42:45
        
        FML I’m on the same page as USAC (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:26:13
        
        and FWIW the NFL system works very well but.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Oct 3, 19:54:36
        
        Final paragraph 👌 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:27:36
        
        NFL refs are hardly the model... (Other Football) - CWC, Oct 3, 20:36:24
        
        So like rugby then (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:27:49
  - VMT re: get in the bin. The VAR operator noticed, not the refs! Utter incompetence. (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Oct 3, 19:23:42
    - Why would the ref notice? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:16:33
      - The refs plural, as in the VAR and assistant VAR (n/m) (Other Football) - JD3, Oct 3, 20:21:49
        
        Need specialised VAR’s like me and Lamps said (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:39:55
        
        Lamps and I (Other Football) - Tombs, Oct 3, 21:07:32
        
        Apologies (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 21:22:56
        
        👍 (Other Football) - Tombs, Oct 3, 21:33:05
        
        it reminds one of the emperor's new clothes a little bit (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 23:44:27
- Utter incompetence. Too many people talking (Other Football) - DiscoDale, Oct 3, 19:00:46
  - Yeah no mate (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 19:26:23
  - like they do in the cricket (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Oct 3, 19:04:03
  - it was a goal. should have stopped the game and awarded it. (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 19:01:26
    - IFAB don’t allow it (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:26:21
    - Absolutely nothing (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Oct 3, 19:30:16
- Corruption or incompetence? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 3, 18:53:28
  - have you seen the video? (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Oct 3, 18:56:25
    - I’ve read the transcript (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 3, 20:02:05
      - You’d need to be fucking mental to see corruption (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 3, 20:26:55

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