AUDIO RELEASED:

[clangers]

Completely unacceptable. The lack of procedural process is appalling. It's a couple of mates watching TV and reviewing decisions from their front room.

 

They are putting VAR and by definition themselves ahead of sporting integrity.

 

Compare this to the way Rugby Union is normally officiated where there is a clear and communicated process they follow. 

 

I can understand why they don't want the audio broadcast as we'd realise just how confused, stupid and amateurish they actually are.

[Bob]

6 officials involved on the day and the only lad who notices is the fella that used to work in blockbuster.

 

Protocol bollocks. Speak up, tell the ref immediately. Nothings happened, the balls back out of play, absolutely nothing contentious going on, stop the game, talk to the ref, get the ref to talk to the managers, everyone - even the spurs fans when they learn why - has more respect for the twats.

 

as it is, as we’ve learned is that these pricks thought they would probably be best served saying nowt and pretending it hadn’t happened, just like their boss and his old bosses like it.

 

At least the audio is believable. At least we can stop thinking about bribes. They’re just as shit as we thought they were.

[sir roger]

More evidence for those like myself who said VAR would be better with dispassionate technicians, and not Brooksy, Daz, Hoops and the rest of the PGMOL fuckwits.

 

 

 

[Chris]

I mean let's be honest, it still doesn't pass the sniff test does it?

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, Chris said:

I mean let's be honest, it still doesn't pass the sniff test does it?

Not one bit. 

 

I wonder if it happened to the mancs would they have decided to tell the ref to pull it back?  

[El Rojo]

Imbeciles.

[Mark M]

The Video operator needs to get promoted- the other gobshites should be sacked. Fucking off to UAE as well… 

[deiseach]

I've spent way too much time doomscrolling about this. They'll introduce protocols to prevent anything like this happening then cry "human error!" when it happens again and introduce protocols...plus ça change. There's another one for Dave, Chris.

[Megadrive Man]

Emergency Pod klaxon 

@dave u

@Chris

[an tha]

What a shambles.

 

Unprofessional - open to all sorts of misinterpretation - no wonder fuck ups happen.

 

They need a proper overhaul of how they do stuff and procedure put in place that is followed to letter to make it clear what is on field decision, what is being checked and why and how and what decision from VAR is with agreement then of why and what happens next and clarification all understand, agree and are happy.

 

Clowns.

[sir roger]

3 minutes ago, Chris said:

I mean let's be honest, it still doesn't pass the sniff test does it?

 

I dunno, they went automatically into arse-covering mode, using ' the game has restarted ' excuse for their own ends, and I don't see the team involved being a factor at that point.

[Pete]

Sue the cunts  at the end of the season when we lose another title to City by a point. 

[Anubis]

So, the only person at Stockley Park who actually saw what was happening was a technical bod, and not any of the qualified referees in the room.

[sir roger]

1 minute ago, Anubis said:

So, the only person at Stockley Park who actually saw what was happening was a technical bod, and not any of the qualified referees in the room.

I wish I was surprised.

[Reckoner]

Well done, boys. Good process.

[Moo]

This business about the VAR not being able to see the on field decision on their screen, how else is it relayed to them if not on the screen? Was he told verbally and somehow still didn't realise? I don't know if this actually came from PGMOL so it may or may not have been the case anyway, and doesn't really change anything only amplify the incompetence, just curious. 

[Reckoner]

18 minutes ago, Chris said:

Convenient for them to announce Curtis' ban stands at the precise moment the audio goes out.

And remarkably quick too. They are all open and transparent for about 6 seconds before the arse covering passive aggressive dark arts begin again.

[Creator Supreme]

I'm just surprised they didn't increase Curtis's ban, wankers!

[Rushies tash]

If they wanted to cover their arses, why wasn't this released straight away?

 

This whole business stinks. There's no way all the decisions that went against us in that game happen to Utd or City.

[John102]

Nothing too surprising in there, shambles as expected.

 

My biggest issue is that when they are doing to the lines, that seems to be a manual process. I dont know why but i thought that was all automated. If they are the ones who draw the lines or decide where the line should be, all of these incredibly tight offsides are brought into doubt. 

 

May just be the way its done

[Baresi]

[Gnasher]

Darren England is half asleep after his trip to the UAE on the Thursday. So I'm blaming Jurgen Knows. 

 

[Denny Crane]

A goal was scored and not given and they knew and did fuck all. Completely unacceptable. They followed a massive mistake by woeful judgement. 

[Mook]

I'd imagine you'd get more sense out of a group of chimps discussing nuclear physics.

 

Quite unbelievable levels of incompetence.

[Pete]