I do not for a second think *all* Arsenal fans are nutters. Refs are doing fine. Thanks. - ThreadSky

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barryglendenning.bsky.social • 91 days ago

I do not for a second think *all* Arsenal fans are nutters. Refs are doing fine. Thanks.

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cleatsupkeep.bsky.social•89 days ago

Do you think the two calls that were discussed in the article are the refs doing fine?

barryglendenning.bsky.social•89 days ago

Refs occasionally make errors. That's fine.You are golfing in your profile pic. Did you go around in par? If not, why not? Stop dropping shots.

cleatsupkeep.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hope you're trolling and smart enough to know that is a terrible analogy. There is no golf equivalent for reffing with VAR, or for reffing at all. Yes, refs do mistakes, I also think they get it wrong more often than they should, and try to lean on VAR too much

barryglendenning.bsky.social•89 days ago

What is wrong with leaning on VAR? It is a service that is available to help them.

cleatsupkeep.bsky.social•89 days ago

I feel it is because VAR is overly deferential, both being afraid to tell the head ref he has made a mistake (see https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/13297646/ref-watch-var-frightened-to-overturn-referee-michael-olivers-decision-on-myles-lewis-skellys-red-card-says-stephen-warnock), and refs being afraid to make big calls because they think they will have VAR to fall back on

usjay.bsky.social•89 days ago

It shouldn’t be making decisions on incidents that are undetectable to the naked eye or which take longer than 3 minutes to adjudicate on.

usjay.bsky.social•89 days ago

Your colleague, Jonathan Wilson, wrote an excellent piece about how Arsenal contributed to their own downfall with several dismissals, Barry. Inconsistencies in how our top refs and VAR apply the laws is baffling and bloody annoying though. Referee Mr Oliver should have stopped play straight away.

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