If various pundits and TV stations hadn’t made criticising the officials an art form, showing “incidents” over and over in slow motion from half a dozen angles and learned to respect the referees decision it wouldn’t be necessary. Scrap VAR and ban players and managers who harangue the refs after every decision.
Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Mar 2018, at 20:25, John Boocock (M) <j...@boocock.net> wrote: > > Best laugh of the night :-) > > Sent from the North > > On 28 Mar 2018 20:02, Michael Benjamin <m...@myray.com> wrote: > > It VARies > Dr Michael Benjamin, > Community Psychiatrist. > SKYPE: BEDENOGA > PHONE: [1]+972-505-317772 > BLOG: Times Of Israel ||Quora ||Jerusalem Post > AMAZON AUTHORS PAGE; > myRay: Online CBT > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Leedslist <[2]leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org> On Behalf Of Tim > Leslie > |Sent: Wednesday, March 28, [3]2018 8:48 PM > |To: [4]leedslist@gn.apc.org > |Subject: [LU] Tum Ti Tum > | > |Seeing as we're all bored, just a quick moan about VAR if that's > OK??? > | > |I've argued for years that Referees need a professional backup to > do their job, in > |the 21st Century. Goal line technology is fantastic and the concept > of video > |technology I fully support, TYPICALLY, for Footballing authorities, > it is being > |appallingly implemented and I think, in ONE fundamental area, > they've got it > |ALL. TOTALLY. WRONG. > | > |Italy's penalty last night was, in my humble opinion, never a > penalty. > |If we're going to give them out when someone accidently steps on > someone's > |foot (Who has lost control of the ball anyway), we might as well > all pack up and > |go home. Stupid. Anyway, the referee gave a corner, the Italians > ALL insisted it > |was a corner. That HAS to be the end of it. > |It simply HAS to be down to the referee, not some faceless > individual hidden > |away who then confuses everyone and holds up play to make a > decision such as > |that. That wasn't, as is written in the VAR guidelines, a "clearly > wrong decision ... > |made in conjunction with the award or non-award of a penalty kick" > - debate > |reigns today across the football world as to whether or not it was > penalty ... > |hardly clearly wrong if you ask me!. > | > |Conspiracy theorists of the World can unite IF that sort of > decision is made by a > |German, against England, in a World Cup Final (Fat chance I know, > but you get > |the gist!) OR a Brazilian against Argentina etc. etc. > | > |My biggest and, really only, argument against it is that it HAS to > be used ONLY > |by the referee, when he (or she) is not certain about such a > decision. Last nights > |example; Corner. That is what the referee, confidently, gave at the > time. So all > |those 'traditionalists' who moan "Oh you can't have that, it will > take all the > |debate out of the pub and spoil the fun" ... clearly it won't, > people would still > |argue it was a penalty today. If the referee, a 40 something year > old man, > |struggling to keep up with a bunch of millionaire athletes who ping > a ball around > |WAY faster than any human can move and are TAUGHT and train at how > to > |cheat!, see's someone go down in the penalty area and they are > CONVINCED it > |was a foul. Penalty, there and then. Done. IF, and only if, he may > be unsure (HE, > |no-one else) then he should be able to call in VAR to help HIM make > the > |decision. I suspect if this was the case, many many more Yellows > would be > |shown at the time, thereby punishing the cheats, rather than in > retrospect, when > |the points have been won or lost. > | > |That's all [The prevoius correspondence:] BI > | > |StigOfTheVARDump > |_______________________________________________ > |Leedslist mailing list > |Info and options: > [5]https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > |To unsubscribe, email [6]leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > | > |Find us on Facebook [7]https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > | > |RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > [8]https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [9]leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > Find us on Facebook [10]https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > References > > 1. tel:+972505317772 > 2. mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org > 3. tel:20188 > 4. mailto:leedslist@gn.apc.org > 5. https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > 6. mailto:leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > 7. https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist > 8. https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > 9. mailto:leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > 10. https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
