England & Cook to return after Liverpool VAR error
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Darren England and Daniel Cook return to Premier League duty this weekend for the first time since their VAR mistake in Liverpool's loss to Tottenham.
  • TheLimeyLemmon@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    A week from now:

    “Fundamental changes implemented” assures Howard Webb after fourth official Darren England accidentally designates 58 minutes injury time in Brentford game.

    • vadapaav@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      And those fundamental changes?

      Only referees with eyes will be able to officiate the games from the season starting 2026

  • train4karenina@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    If we want to see improvements in refereeing standards, we need to improve the culture and working environment.

    Firstly the principles of a no blame culture are a decent place to start. We need to acknowledge the possibility of error and support those who commit them to learn and grow from them.

    Issue we’ve got his most football fans are thick as shit. They are the exact reason refereeing is so awful.

    It’s very rare a team lose a game and the ref isn’t flagged as a key issue. Yet, it’s very rare at the end of the season the league table doesn’t feel meritocratic.

    I’d love to see a shift in acknowledging a few things:

    1. Human error is a part of the game and that includes referees. The standard they are held to is insane. Yes clear and obvious errors are a problem, but there is so much grey area that just doesn’t matter too much.

    2. There isn’t corruption in the referees in England. There isn’t a conspiracy theory against your team. There is no wider plot. Just errors.

    3. A culture of respect and appreciation for refs that’s extends to the managers and the players. The game can’t happen without them. Yes they sometimes have poor games, like a player does. It’s not deliberate.

    4. Acknowledgment the game is rarely decided by the ref. You see it with things like a yellow card. Yes, maybe the yellow is harsh. It’s still the players fault if he then gets sent off. You rarely lose a game because your side didn’t get the one corner or whatever.

    Basically, football fans, most of you on here fucking love to piss and moan about the referees. You love it. It means you don’t have to blame your shit team, or acknowledge the opposition was better than you.

    If you want better, if you want improvement, maybe, just maybe move away from a culture than if a ref makes an error people threaten to kill him and accuse him of match fixing.

    As, like in every other walk of life, abusing someone for an error doesn’t reduce errors.

  • zi76@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    At least they aren’t on VAR duty…

    England will be the fourth official as Brentford host Burnley on Saturday.

    Cook has been named as an assistant referee for Sheffield United’s home game with Manchester United, also on Saturday.

  • Iennda@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I think they should ref a Liverpool game first. It’s the only way to truly test them.

  • HarbyFullyLoaded_12@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Absolute joke you can be this incompetent in your job and not face the consequences.

    Best part is you’re not allowed to call them out, Alisson said in the post match interviews that the players feel like prisoners not being able to speak out against them after the match in fear for even further punishment.