I understand that to be honest. But lets say ex professionals that have a clue what they are talking about. Not the comedians we see on thd box nowadays
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FIFY
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Fine but they many of them arenât on the box for a reason and though I like Arsene some of the ideas he is coming up with are bollocks.
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Heâs nearly gone full senile
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Maybe the likes of Klopp. Someone also give Rafa a job that isnât at a batshit club
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Iâm not surprised that PGMOL is just circling the wagons. Theyâre defending their own. Itâs obvious that shouldnât have been ruled out. It undermines the entire purpose of the rule. But if thereâs even a shred of doubt in their favor, theyâll cling to it to protect their deteriorating reputations.
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Yep, and even though I dislike Mourinho he would have the nous to understand what is required
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Actually, I seem to recall that he got a yellow, which is worse, because he actually saw the incident and thought it was on a par with a shirt pull.
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I really donât think they give a flying fuck.
Michael Oliver is case in point - the man took a job from Man Cityâs owners, and weâre meant to believe that coincidentally all the decisions he gives in their favour (or against Cityâs rivals) are justâŚwell the right decision. The list is quite extensive now.
Coote didnât give a fuck. If it werenât for one of his supposed friends releasing footage of him calling Jurgen a German Cunt whilst taking lines, heâd still be reffing PL games.
Howie the ex copper contradicts himself on a regular basis, and then thereâs Ref watch (or Refs friends) where Dermot flip flops more than a fish out of water.
Do we need to mention ClatterburgâŚ
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Sky wonât ever say âitâs wrongâ until Howard Webb/PGMOL say as much. They will skirt around it, and release articles for the clicks to keep the debate alive 
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The only case of a working league referee ever openly admitting they hate a club they are expected to ref.
The only club to ever have a goal ruled out because VAR got confused about what the onfield decision was.
The only club to have had a player physically assaulted by an official.
LiVARpool.
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He didnât even do it openly - it was in private, and he got fucked by a mate.
Iâm sure that plenty of other refs make it clear to their chums what they really think of certain clubs/managers etc - but they arenât daft enough to be recorded doing it, and even less likely that happens now.
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I sometimes wonder what the ref in the middle thinks when he sees it back.
If that was me I would be livid and would be having words with the VAR team for not asking me to go to the screen and have a look at it and decide for myself.
But VAR for me had an agenda and described everything to ensure the onfield decision stood.
Wouldnât it be great if a ref came out after a game and said that if he had got chance to review it he would have changed the call.
VAR seems a law unto themselves.
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WhyâŚweâve all got a good ideaâŚbut the clowns in black run a game to their own tuneâŚoh yeah..de Ligt is a MancâŚso that might influenceâŚ
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https://x.com/TheDalglishStnd/status/1988337282827661695
A bit of a leak from an Arsenal fan also concerned at Oliver the âcheatâ.
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He used to actually be the best.
He reffâd multiple intense clashes with City well / fairly when he was in his prime.
And we came away deserved winners from many of them.
One can imagine why they targeted him for corruption.
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That is still the most ridiculous decision Iâve ever seen!! 
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The presenter, Jeremy Clarkson, was at that match. In the following weekâs Top Gear, Richard Hammond commented that, â(Jeremy) decided to go to South Africa and watch a Dutchman kick a Spaniard in the heart.â
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All joking aside, he could have seriously hurt our lad Xabi! It was sheer intention to injure.
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