Referees. The case for the defence….

[Carrick Dave]

Good article in The Athletic giving an insight into the ref’s world. Are we sympathetic?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/764296 ... -ios-share

[The Subhuman]

I do think VAR has compromised good refereeing with it's daft conditions and you always feel the ref is compelled to change his mind if he's told to visit the replay booth....

[CUSSIE01]

Good article in The Athletic giving an insight into the ref’s world. Are we sympathetic?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/764296 ... -ios-share

I feel sorry for them Dave, it’s easy for us armchair warriors who have 40 different tv angles slowed down to make a decision but the ref has one chance to get it right at normal speed. To then be hung out to dry by his bosses and possibly suspended or dropped altogether must be a sickener.
I detest VAR, before that stihshow was introduced you got some decisions & lost others, had a good moan in the pub afterward and forgot about it before the next game and now they still manage to get it wrong while leaving fans in the stands wondering WTF is going on.
Won’t stop me calling the ref a w at the next game though.