Watched two matches: Chelsea Vs Brighton & City Vs Tottenham and both games had huge referee-ing errors at the end…How did Brighton not get a corner kick when the ball clearly hits a Chelsea player and goes out the line…And why did the referee stop Silva’s 1v1 chance against Tottenham to award a foul in favour of city…I am neither a brighton nor a city fan but both these decisions angered me so bad…And these smug referees just walk out with their satisfied punchable faces playing with the feelings of the fans and sanctity of our league…This is probably one of the most exciting seasons in recent times and yet we can’t enjoy it to the fullest coz of these incompetent referees…PL should just fire all English referees and import referees from other countries…

  • Distinct-Highlight38@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Neither were particularly game changing decisions TBH. As crazy as it sounds, in justification of Hooper it’s a pretty isolated 1v3, Silva isn’t particularly outpacing any of those players and you could argue there isn’t an advantage to be played. Is it still a shaky call? Absolutely. But I do not think it’s as outrageous as anyone’s saying it is.

  • chall_mags@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You seem to believe that there is a magical country full of incredible referees who never make any mistakes. If you could point us in the direction of this fantastic place, it would be great appreciated

    • XxAbsurdumxX@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I understand your point, but I really cant remember there being so many huge ref mistakes last season. Sure, those happened. And minor mistakes will always happen. But this season we have huge blunders every single week, and I can’t remember it being that bad before

  • Fella600393@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Dont just blame the referees. Adingra knew that the ball hit Colvill’s face, still he appealed for a penalty. Sanctity of the game is a joke for players too with blatant simulation in every match. Now referees too are pitching in with their bit.

  • dayo2005@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m certain the decision in the Spurs/City game was because the ref blew for the foul immediately but play didn’t stop. He then had no choice but to pull is back.

    That’s my take anyway!

  • Talking_Gibberish@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Refereeing has been bad for a while but this season has just been so much worse than anything before. Needs a complete overhaul with new people but I doubt we will get that.

  • Visionary_Socialist@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Just expected to take the apology and believe in all seriousness that this is all just totally genuine incompetence. Nothing to see here. Same guy who did Spurs-Liverpool? Just a tragic coincidence.

  • HarHenGeoAma62818@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Without even joking the referees are become more famous than the players and all for the very wrong reasons !!! VAR fuck me what a joke that is

  • Spicyfeetpics00@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The city call, while sucks is completely part of the game. The ref made a split second decision for advantage. You can’t have it both ways. There should be no mistakes with VAR but these on field calls are part of the game

  • cvslfc123@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Because Simon Hooper is an absolute turkey. He always has a clueless expression on his face.