Originally Posted by
BOBPAISLEYFAN
IMHO enough is enough, these supposedly innocent Referee mistakes are happening more and more with each passing game and we now need to analyse and understand it is happening.
The media react when Managers and players lose their shit over poor decisions, but what they fail to understand is that these small poor / incompetent decisions can have massive implications on the day and further down the line, for the Clubs and players involved. For example it can deny a team victories in a Cup competition, can ultimately result in Relegations, these small margins of a drawn fixture that should have been a win, can and has in the past denied teams Title victories they ultimately deseved.
Last season LFC missed out on the Champions League qualification by a few points, which costs the club a minimum of £50M, so is it any wonder Managers and players alike lose their shit in post match interviews…, but all that happens to the referee is he just receives a nice long weekend with his family… ffs
The situation exacerbated still further when it happens to be the same official that appears to make the same costly mistakes against the same team, time and time again…unconscious bias is an actual phenomenon and yet seems to be ignored.
If a given match official has made a bad mistake against a team once and is called out about it by the Manager, the next time the same Refs does it again against the same team and the Manager calls him out again, human nature tells us that its going to result in both parties feeling very aggrieved and then we have “fait accompli” unconscious bias is going to occur, its a no brainer.
I am now of the opinion the Referee association has to conduct a forensic review of every Premier League game played this season, to identify the incidents of clear errors, naive Refereeing and incorrect implementation of the rules and the poor analysis of VAR to root out these failings once and for all, because if it doesn’t , at the moment the PGMOL is clearly not fit for purpose…
My personal biggest bug bear is and has been for years is simulation, which happens in every bloody game and Refs are so bloody naive they fall for it every bloody time, just because a player falls to the ground and screams like a girl does not mean its a bloody foul….it is the ultimate get out of Jail card for players when under pressure or have lost control, so bloody annoying..
In yesterdays game alone, Bissouma acted as though he had his leg broken but carried on without a problem within seconds of the Red card, he then simulated being fouled by Salah after losing control of the ball in a dangerous position and yet it was Salah that got booked, he then got away with actually deliberately shoving his hand into Endos face with no yellow card issued
Then Spurs left back, not sure of his name, then simulated a foul by Jota when in truth he tripped over his own leg after actually kicking Jota who just happened to be behind him and had clearly made no attempt to hinder his forward movement , and then for Jotas second yellow, the same left nack knowing Jota was on a yellow played a blinder and looked like he had been shot when there was no or very little real contact, the Referee then instead of just having a word with Jota couldn't get his card out quick enough…. that in my opinion is so naïve is not Refereeing and a proper Ref would have handled that so much better.
I know it wont happen and nothing will change but a video compilation of just poor decisions against Liverpool this year would not make for a comfortable watch, but if a similar video was released of every error against every team, oh my days we would end up sacking the lot of them….
Rant over….I repeat poor result but massive morale victory yesterday, I am so proud of my team …!!!
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