BigPaul
Well-known member
I don't watch the Premiershit, so I don't often see VAR and all the controversy surrounding it, so the England v Germany match interested me.
It seems to me that the ref simply did not bother giving the 2 penalties in the sure and certain knowledge that VAR was going to give them anyway.
In both cases he was a short distance away with a very clear view, but waved away appeals both times.
When I watched Slabhead commit that first foul for the German pen, the first thing I said was Penalty! It was clear to me watching on the telly that it was a pen, but the ref, 10 yards away said no.
So, is it often the case that refs do this?
In the second case, it was a really nasty foul that he saw fit to book the player for AFTER he had seen the TV replay.
It's a worrying trend because how many fouls, maybe serious will they not bother to give in other parts of the pitch?
Refs could be sleepwalking to redundancy at this rate.
It seems to me that the ref simply did not bother giving the 2 penalties in the sure and certain knowledge that VAR was going to give them anyway.
In both cases he was a short distance away with a very clear view, but waved away appeals both times.
When I watched Slabhead commit that first foul for the German pen, the first thing I said was Penalty! It was clear to me watching on the telly that it was a pen, but the ref, 10 yards away said no.
So, is it often the case that refs do this?
In the second case, it was a really nasty foul that he saw fit to book the player for AFTER he had seen the TV replay.
It's a worrying trend because how many fouls, maybe serious will they not bother to give in other parts of the pitch?
Refs could be sleepwalking to redundancy at this rate.