‘Referees will get their own spotlight as from this season, they will announce the reasoning for VAR decisions to crowds.’
This could be an interesting development - I don’t like the idea of referees being given more attention as there are already some with a tad too much ego that like to make things all about themselves but if this was in sooner I would have loved to see Cootes stand up in front of the kop to explain that the decision was made because he hated Klopp and had been running white lines before the game kicked off or hear them try and explain that whole good process debarcle.
They don’t explain the decision or the process. They simply say what the outcome is. This change was aimed more at match-going fans who were left in the dark as to what was actually happening.
Was going to post that same article. I wrote the other day how I was getting the feeling that everyone wanted to jinx Liverpool because they were spending a lot of money while failing to mention it was THEIR money and that they were absolutely compliant with PSR, not to mention how they had fifth or sixth biggest net spend this summer in PL.
Slot would be the first head coach in the history of football (not being at Real Madrid) who found himself under pressure after winning PL title, enjoying the full backing of his club’s hierarchy and his fans, and all of that before a ball has been kicked in the new season.
For us who still rely on legal streams it’s the first season when all games not at 3pm in the four leagues are shown live. So no more having to go with the choice at 2pm on a Sunday.
The model will improve as the season goes on and I can input data from this season but it doesn’t look a million miles off using what I have (last season’s data)
