Miles Away
Well-Known Member
You are almost certainly right about outright corruption. Subconscious bias by a collection of ill equipped referees favoring the bigger teams, however, is very real.It's incompetence not corruption.
Decisions that benefit the 'big' teams are focused on more. But the truth is that referees are making a mess of VAR all the time.
Consider the type of characters that become referees. Then put them in charge of technical support for the role. Then let them overcomplicate it. That's where we are.
The standard of refereeing is really poor at the moment. Mike Riley has been disastrous as head of PGMOL and is quite rightly being removed. Bizarrely that is happening in the middle of this season so the whole set up is in limbo. Add in a lot of experienced referees quitting leaving us with a brain void. What we're left with is a bunch of halfwits trying to avoid responsibility.
VAR should make being a referee easier. Somehow these idiots are making it harder.