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@mlawton Of course people who are not used to think too much tend to reduce it to matters of benevolence / malevolence, intentionality / randomness, etc.
But the facts remain, and if they are verified, and we can agree on a factual reality as described by the cold hard data, it shouldn't be impossible to agree that changes are necessary to correct whatever it is that is skewing the process that yields the undesired results.
@vruz I actually thought Kavanagh called a pretty decent game on his own. He didn’t give the penalty, perhaps being unsure of contact, and allowing VAR the option. Fair. Awarding a penalty was justifiable, if harsh.
The AR advising a possible offside on Robbo, from his vantage & immediate thinking, was entirely justifiable.
But VAR disallowing the goal continues a trend of malpractice, having also recently upgraded VVD’s foul to a penalty, despite reasonable doubt as to location. Smells bad.
@mlawton Yes, I mean refereeing in the broader sense of the process and decisions at every level.
@vruz I knew that was your sense too, but lacked the room in the post. (And I’m ranting!)
As for VAR, I would like to understand why some clubs always seem to benefit and others don’t. Why do some teams always get the same referee assignments? Why don’t we follow the example of rugby, which has no whiff of impropriety in their VAR system? How are VAR officials also peers with match officials? How are match officials graded?
It seems to me that the real problems are systemic, not personnel.
@vruz not recently, but now I’ll have to go find it.
I’d previously found his argument on the bizarre number of fouls against LFC relative to other high possession teams to be very compelling.
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