Standard of Refereeing

[Rigadon]

The interference was subjective in this case and that is what makes it all flawed.  Mr Rednapp perfectly illustrated the point that there was no real interference as Semedo was getting nowhere near McGinn even we assume Rogers poleaxed him which he certainly did not.  If it is Liverpool at Wolves that is getting allowed.

The final bit, all day long.

[aj2k77]

VAR just allows a double layer of bias. If you get past the refs you then have to get past full kit wanker watching slow mos.

[dave shelley]

To use a boxing analogy first used by Terry Downes when talking about boxing I the US "Over there you have to knock 'em out to get a draw".

[Somniloquism]

Is Dermot still a ref? Just wondering how he has heard the VAR broadcasts or do the studio people hear those anyway? However I did raise that it a lot of the decision depended on the way the call was made. I still would have preferred the ref to make the final call though.

As for the "independent" decision that the Woods call was wrong, I would have actually stated it was offside anyway as he does push ahead of the defender from an offside position AND went for the ball as well so I'm not sure where they think that was a wrong call.