There wasn't much football.
But the rest was certainly a spectacle worth watching. Hopeless officials, 22 infantile cheats, inflamed managers.
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[Football] Iran v Portugal
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There wasn't much football.
But the rest was certainly a spectacle worth watching. Hopeless officials, 22 infantile cheats, inflamed managers.
Throw the Barca v Real love in FIRMLY in to the mix and I've got the pair of them off. Might even stick a few quid on it.
Are you remembering the championship referees that we had in our last season there? Because they would be as bad if not worse from my memory.
This exactly. If the Iran match tonight was nasty, just wait for Uruguay vs. Portugal.
... every cloud. Are Paddy Power running a book on Suarez having a goal ruled out by VAR because his teeth are offside?
Thanks for that this is so glorious.
Tunisia v Panama promises to be violent.
Going by the spain VAR offside decision you cant score with your head so I doubt they would even consider teeth.
seagulls4ever
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My sincere apologies. I get frustrated with the trend of demonstrably false information being passed around the interwebs. It often starts with people who have an agenda or who are just talking out their arse, who then pass that false information onto others who won't necessarily have any reason to question it, and then it spreads on from there. But I obviously got you mixed up with someone else, so sorry about that.
Raleigh Chopper
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But its not difficult is it, you get to clearly see something you have missed allowing you to make the correct decision as a professional referee, and get it wrong.
The last 10 minutes of that match, the ref totally lost it, including forgetting to add on extras time.
KZNSeagull
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I remember them very well because I write about them. Some were dreadful but, just from memory, Stewart Attwell playing a brilliant advantage at Fulham away and QPR at home in the same season when an incident packed game was controlled perfectly were better referreed than some Premier League games, never mind tonight.
EDIT - had to look it up. Keith Stroud did QPR at home that season and gave an obvious penalty and sending off without the need for seven men in a studio and a monitor.
seagulls4ever
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I'm still annoyed that the ref didn't add the correct amount of added time and no one on TV mentioned it.
The problem for me is that we are not being told what the referee is, unlike other sports it might be the referee not taking advice from the VAR people or it might be the VAR people getting it completely wrong. They are hiding in a veil of uncertainty deliberately. Also some referees have been reluctant to ask for the assistance even when they haven t had a good view of what happened that is ignorance or inexperience.
One good decision doesnt make up for Attwell for me he would be out of his depth in the WC. Edit to add he is a premiership level refere sadly due to his performances I saw of his this season.
Isn’t the game supposed to be about the players?
IMO this is changing the emphasis.....
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seagulls4ever
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The FA did try and offer a replacement but FIFA refused. I disagree with that and think it was extremely short sighted. Relatively speaking, the Premier League has some of the best officials in the world who are used to games of a high magnitude. To be honest, the ref reminded me of Mr Dean who I would hope would never be recommended!
I'm not saying Attwell should be at the World Cup. I'm saying he would have done better than the guy in charge today. But then so would Stevie Wonder.
Which part of the advantage he played at Fulham away didn't you like (clue, we scored from it)?
I'm not saying Attwell should be at the World Cup. I'm saying he would have done better than the guy in charge today. But then so would Stevie Wonder.
Which part of the advantage he played at Fulham away didn't you like (clue, we scored from it)?
I am saying he wouldnt plus he is actually a premiership referee as of 2016/17 and we were talking championship referees.
Pavilionaire
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I can't believe that more people aren't pointing the finger at FIFA. It is a travesty that the system hasn't been fine tuned before the World Cup.
Tonight was bad but I fear that is nothing compared to what will happen when the stakes are raised.
The refs tonight have set have set a precedent for reviewing then giving pens on the flimsiest of evidence.
2 year's of preparation by FIFA would have made this a welcome addition, but no testing means we have 3 weeks of farce to look forward to.
Tonight was bad but I fear that is nothing compared to what will happen when the stakes are raised.
The refs tonight have set have set a precedent for reviewing then giving pens on the flimsiest of evidence.
2 year's of preparation by FIFA would have made this a welcome addition, but no testing means we have 3 weeks of farce to look forward to.