[Albion] Premier League 27-29/10/23

[The Wizard]

The whole don’t care how long it takes to make the right decision is all well and good but the experience for the fans inside the stadium is absolutely atrocious, the VAR rooms seem like panic ridden pits of despair, if it’s taking you 5 and a half minutes to draw lines on a screen then you’re clearly incompetent at your job.

The paying customers in the stadium can’t stand it, the paying customers who pay to watch on TV can’t hear the discussions either, I’d have a lot more sympathy if I could hear the discussions, but they won’t let us hear in because then we will hear what an absolute shit show it is.

And after all that I’m still not convinced that was the right decision.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Home and away supporters were singing together "This is embarrassing"* during the five minute wait for a decision.

*to the tune of "Is there a fire drill?" which is to the tune of an opera I think, but you know what I mean.

 

[lawros left foot]

Chelsea have only won 1 home game since April.
Thomas Frank has won more games at Stamford Bridge in 2023 than Poch and Fat Frank combined.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Wolves- Toon is a big match here. If we are to finish top 6 again we'll probably need to finish above Newcastle. Tonali's suspension and their Dortmund defeat have made for a bad week for Eddie Howe, and we could do with Wolves adding to the pain.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Home and away supporters were singing together "This is embarrassing"* during the five minute wait for a decision.

*to the tune of "Is there a fire drill?" which is to the tune of an opera I think, but you know what I mean.

I think it’s Donna’s Mobile from Wriggle Eto(Samuel’s brother) or something like that.

The supporters were right - the use of VAR in the PL is a complete shambles

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Teams that Chelsea have beaten in the league in the past 12 months:
Burnley, Fulham, Luton, Bournemouth, Leicester, Leeds, Crystal Palace.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Superb equaliser for Bellingham against Barca. Real won 2-1 with two late goals from Bellingham.

 

[Gabbiano]

Jose Sa proving once again to be one of the worst keepers in the Premier League.

As an aside I hadnt realised that Southampton and Leeds had managed to get their shit together in the Championship. Shame, hopefully Ipswich can continue to spoil the party.

 

[dazzer6666]

1-1

 

[Is it PotG?]

Good game this, come on Wolves.

 

[Washie]

Never a penalty

 

[Acker79]

VAR know that's not a penalty, but are just trying to determine if it's wrong enough to overturn.

EDIT: Apparently they don't think it's wrong enough.

 

[dazzer6666]

More VAR shite. If the goon watching the replay isn’t sure, just tell the onfield ref to have another look

 

[Is it PotG?]

Never a penalty in a million years.

Absolute bollocks

 

[The Wizard]

Never a penalty in a trillion years

He stopped the kick and actually flicked the ball the Newcastle player then trod on him, unbelievable.

 

[Ethelwulf]

How the f*** is that a penalty . Another terrible day for VAR

 

[Dave the OAP]

VAR. what is the ducking point!

that was ridiculous

 

[LamieRobertson]

Awful decision

 

[Washie]

The referees are not fit to do the job

 

[Sheebo]

I’m pretty sure there is actually zero contact with the foot there and Schar dives - so poor from the VAR officials - at least send the ref over.