True - seemed to be better used in the World Cup but still there were issues of course including the final with the France penalty for handball.

On a week to week basis you might not get consistent usage or mangers complaining why wasn't it used for one incident and not another.

And yes rugby style comminication could be useful but the folks in charge seem seem to think we're all going to kick off big style when a replay is shown..

We aren't all Millwall/West Ham!

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Edited by Superhorns3 (24 Aug 2018 3.14pm)

I couldn't agree more with this. The reason football gave against doing this years ago was that they were concerned about players swearing at the ref. Not a good enough reason in my view and it's just pandering to unacceptable behavior. If they swear at the ref they should be booked.

In a similar way we have allowed the same to happen with diving. It's obvious when a player is trying to con a referee even if there is contact. Some degree of contact has to be allowed as it's turning the game into a farce. I'd like to see players with a bit of pride play the game with honesty and integrity. Not throw them self about on the floor like toddlers having a fit.

In both cases on Monday Salah went down like he had been shot, even though it took countless replays to establish where contact had been made and people still aren't certain. Some people accept the narrative that if a player gets touched they have a right to go down. As far as I'm concerned, that's just giving in to the cheats.

Going back to rugby, its very difficult for the players to get away with anything anymore, unless your New Zealand. It took a few years to sort this out, but VAR has to be brought in at some stage and we'll have to go through these teething issues.

sorry but was the post about good old tony taylor who has given us 6 pens one against watford gasp shook horror, and 4 against so dont make silly statements unless you think taylor is such a bad ref he got our pens wrong,think about it.

and dont forget tony taylor played for us could be his dad maybe

Edited by michaelpearce (24 Aug 2018 4.02pm)

mostly northerners

So I take it you were happy with Taylor's performance today then?

On Monday I said that was the worst ref performance I'd seen for a while and today Taylor goes and tops it within a few minutes. Blatant sending off offence against Wilf not given and then gives Wilf the most preposterous yellow card. Sent a clear message to Watford that thuggery was fine by him and it was unfair of us to field such a good player. He then looked stupider and stupider as he failed to make his subsequent decisions look consistent with those two.

Two total disgraces out of three so far. Good going.

It's absolutely f***ing pathetic, it really is.

Edited by chateauferret (26 Aug 2018 7.12pm)

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