Premier League 2025-26

[Mourne Red]

Liverpool might go invincible this season.. Ffs another late goal

[gawa316]

Deserved that

[laoislad]

Deserved that

Totally. Really bad.

[Mourne Red]

Liverpool might go invincible this season.. Ffs another late goal

Well I've never been as glad to be wrong

[Milltown Row2]

Mentally monstering by Palace

[Captain Obvious]

Mentally monstering by Palace

The sprit of Crystanbul

[Mourne Red]

Am I biased or is that not a blatant pen

[mrdeeds]

Am I biased or is that not a blatant pen

The joys of a Liverpool fan as ref.

[RedHand88]

Gabriel is a complete dose of dung

[Blowitupref]

Not a good weekend with some of the decision making by VAR. 

[lurganblue]

Not a good weekend with some of the decision making by VAR. 

you could just copy and paste that every week

[snoopdog]

Is anyone else slowly getting turned off from soccer with all the VAR nonsense and added time at end of each half. Goals are scored and you automatically think wait a minute that could overrule that. Its gone very stale.

[thewobbler]

Is anyone else slowly getting turned off from soccer with all the VAR nonsense and added time at end of each half. Goals are scored and you automatically think wait a minute that could overrule that. Its gone very stale.

I've been tuning out more and more over the past decade. The lack of physicality permitted in the game means almost every team plays "low block" football, and the better teams play "low block, ball retention" football. I can't gain much enjoyment from either variation.

But I'd agree, VAR really hasn't helped the situation. I fully appreciate the importance of each score in soccer. Hence when there's a goal, it should be met with a spontaneous eruption of happiness. And that has been been severely muted over the past few seasons. Throw in the fact (well, my opinion) that VAR officials almost never rule against clubs that might compete for the title - for fear of the back lash - and it's just short and simple, a load of contrived shite.

[tiempo]

Is anyone else slowly getting turned off from soccer with all the VAR nonsense and added time at end of each half. Goals are scored and you automatically think wait a minute that could overrule that. Its gone very stale.

There is a serious stench of foul play coming from within the PGMOL itself, very off-putting

[Joeythelips]

How they have got VAR so badly wrong is absolutely bizarre. In a fast paced contact sport such as football you will always have fouls and offside decisions that are 50/50 calls (or even 60/40 ones). If you slow teh game down to address all of these you spoil the game itself. Calling refs over to watch a pitch side monitor is a farce and unfair to the ref imo.

It was meant to be brought in to capture the CLEAR AND OBVIOUS errors that the officials have missed. If it takes 5 relays slowed down to the nth degree then it aint clear and bloody obvious. You would still have some contentious calls but big errors (Henry's handball for France springs to mind) get captured.

VAR should be a VAR official watching the game, he sees a reply, if it is an obvious mistake he intervenes and does not ask the ref for his opinion or a discussion he makes the call. Everyone would be happy with that.