Would you consider unconscious bias as cheating or not? And would you be happy for it to keep happening time after time after time, or would you at some point complain about it, and say it must stop?
There was a need to flag though as the assistant referee believed Nunes was offside. He was wrong but it's what he thought
The why did he wait so long after the ball went in, and how do you know that this is what he thought?
As pointed out earlier, the linesman did not flag when the goal went in!!!!!
He waited until the attacking phase had ended, like they are instructed to do. He then checked with the ref and flagged. I know that's what he thought because its what he did. Conspiracies aren't invented in 3 seconds.
Not forgetting he was suspended for a season for breaching the terms of his employment contract for not informing the PGMOL of his involvement in an online racehorse syndicate.
Not cheating as such, unless teams are trying to get refs they see as unconsciously biased to ref their games or something like that. It's definitely not good for the game and is frustrating as hell though. Not sure what we should actually do about it though? Wave banners and placards? Stop going to games? Crowdfund investigative journalists to dig into the subject? All three and more?
So why no flag for Salah
He's off up the line. He doesn't think it's offside. He flags when he is told to, in no uncertain terms, by the ref jerking his hand up. Why does he need to check with the ref? He's level with the play, could see right along the line. If he thinks it's offside he flags. He doesn't, until he is instructed to.
That was more baffling than the other one
It's the officials who are cheating though, whether it's unconscious bias that is causing it or far more conscious bias, or financial gain. The officials are cheating.
If he'd have thought thst he'd have done it straight away. I don't buy it. They let play go on, in case there's a goal. And usually flag when there isn't a goal. On offsides there is no 'clear and obvious' or 'revert to onfield decision'. They put lines out and decide yes or no. Absolutely no need for flag. And if he thought offside, flag up straight away. Sorry, but no. If he believed nunes was off side, flag, not after being told to
No point bothering mate, not worth getting upset about it, we know it's corrupt but **** all we can do about it. Made my choice and out of attending any more games.
Sorry to hear this Rhoswolf but to be honest, I'm of the same mind myself.
As clear pen as you will ever see
Only just got round to watching it. How has the ref not seen that? Right in front of him and the added evidence of Matheus’ boot flying off.
Scott is a crap Ref and if he actually said that then that's ridiculous but the standard of refereeing isn't all that much better in many European leagues. The reason that UEFA comps are so well refereed in general is because they're the cream of the crop from across the continent, the best of the best.
That’s kinda my point. The Premier League is the most watched league in the world, with some of the best players, the best coaches. And as fans we pay enough money to expect a high standard across the whole thing. If the best referees in the world are Polish, Slovakian, Jtalian, French, whatever, then it’s not unrealistic to say why can’t they be refereeing in our league. The current referees in the premier league to a man are diabolical.
