[Football] Iran v Portugal

Simster

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Jul 7, 2003

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #61

Bry Nylon said:

What a farce! Utter shambles!! [emoji38]ol:

VAR making a mockery of the World Cup, just as everybody knew it would.

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Don't agree. It's that referee in particular making a mockery of the world cup. Clearly that is NEVER a pen and feeble weak minded refs like him just crumple when faced with being asked to look at the monitor. Absolutely pathetic. And now we've just been told Egypt have already complained about that ref, which just about proves my point.

To reiterate, VAR is a good addition IMO, but needs to be used properly and I'd say 10-15% of the time, that isn't happening.

 

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition

Jul 20, 2003

19,636

• Jun 25, 2018

• #62

It's all very dramatic but is it football?

Can't believe neither team played their joker.

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #63

Badly behaved players, appalling referee, great goal, dubious penalty, saved penalty, managers not having a clue what's going on, VAR being used for all the wrong reasons.
Yep, a boring game.

 

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redoubtable seagull

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Oct 27, 2004

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #64

timbha said:

the most farcical game so far .......thanks to VAR

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I thought VAR was for things where an obvious mistake has been made or something missed by the ref. He seemed to get involved in looking at incidents that were borderline.

 

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seagulls4ever

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #65

KZNSeagull said:

Do the Brits really not have any Ref's good enough for the World Cup?

This is a farce. Glad it's not an England game. Entertaining though for all the wrong reasons.

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This has already been explained many times. There's no English refs because Clattenburg couldn't be replaced after he went to Saudi Arabia. I think I even recall someone explaining this to you in another thread?

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #66

Thunder Bolt said:

Russia now avoid Portugal. Hmmm I wonder how many roubles were left in the referees changing room.

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Mustafa said:

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that there could be something funny going on with this World Cup... Lots of freak results, introduction of VAR, Russia...

Not serious of course... but I might have to requote this if/when Russia somehow win the World Cup.

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Beat you to it.

 

Weststander

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Withdean area

• Jun 25, 2018

• #67

CRcheat should've got a red.

Pepe last game, another Portugese today, rolling around to the foul that never was.

It's so easy to dislike them.

Why does a talented team of winners at club level, have to resort to the tactics of a second rate footballing nation?

 

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Raleigh Chopper

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Sep 1, 2011

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #68

I thought VAR was there to be able to get the major decisions right.
Absolutely hopeless referee.
2 good games ruined by VAR and yet again players going down holding their faces without being touched.
I have been totally wrong about almost everything so far during this World Cup so far, but VAR and the play acting is ruining this competition.
Its like watching football dissolve in front of your eyes.

 

Geestar

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #69

Triggaaar said:

You saw the footage and know it wasn't a penalty - the ref saw the footage and gave it. It's the fault of the referees.

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So it doesn't seem to be helping the referee's...just adding more confusion.

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Stato

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Dec 21, 2011

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #70

Thunder Bolt said:

Russia now avoid Portugal. Hmmm I wonder how many roubles were left in the referees changing room.

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As they now have to face Spain instead, they would have wasted their money.

 

KZNSeagull

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• Jun 25, 2018

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• #71

seagulls4ever said:

This has already been explained many times. There's no English refs because Clattenburg couldn't be replaced after he went to Saudi Arabia. I think I even recall someone explaining this to you in another thread?

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Not me, no. But you can carry on being patronising. I do apologise for upsetting you.

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #72

Stato said:

As they now have to face Spain instead, they would have wasted their money.

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That depends on which ref they can buy for that game.

 

Blackadder

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Jul 6, 2003

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Haywards Heath

• Jun 25, 2018

• #73

Panel rightly complaining at the amount of diving and play acting by players.

This is the panel that includes ...er... Didier Drogba!

 

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Kinky Gerbil

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #74

Var is a farce

In its current form, making up rules for it as they go along

 

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TomandJerry

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #75

Thunder Bolt said:

Badly behaved players, appalling referee, great goal, dubious penalty, saved penalty, managers not having a clue what's going on, VAR being used for all the wrong reasons.
Yep, a boring game.

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Football is meant to be contraversial! Love it

 

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Saunders

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #76

Geestar said:

So it doesn't seem to be helping the referee's...just adding more confusion.

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To be fair some referees have no experience of working with it and others have a lot more, its been rushed in a bit fast.

 

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Diablo

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #77

The Iranian player in Ronaldo incident should have been given the Red Card he was the one cheating !!!!

Iranian Penalty complete and utter Farce..

 

Stato

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #78

The penalty decision does provide the opportunity for us to enjoy Uruguay v Portugal. One of them will go out and that pretty much guarantees dummies being spat: fighting, arguing, spitting, kicking or biting. Either Suarez or Ronaldo is odds on to leave the pitch in tears and possible disgrace. You've gotta love the World Cup.

 

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• Jun 25, 2018

• #79

seagulls4ever said:

This has already been explained many times. There's no English refs because Clattenburg couldn't be replaced after he went to Saudi Arabia. I think I even recall someone explaining this to you in another thread?

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Mike Effin Dean would have been better than that clown today. I know what you're saying is technically correct but do you really need to be patronising when we could drag refs out of the Championship who would have stopped that game turning in to a farce?

 

KZNSeagull

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• Jun 25, 2018

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• #80

Diablo said:

The Iranian player in Ronaldo incident should have been given the Red Card he was the one cheating !!!!

Iranian Penalty complete and utter Farce..

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Oh I don't know. It looked like Ronaldo went to punch him, decided half way through that he might break a nail, so pulled out and scraped his hand across his face. He seemed to have made a fist anyway.