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aggi in reply to @jonny

I dunno dude. if you didn't enjoy the PL 'product' this year then not sure what to say.

I thought the product was shit this year. It's obviously shitter when you're down the bottom and not winning and know that you're going to get hammered by the likes of Man City.

But crap refereeing, and VAR in particular, makes going to watch games horrendous. It strips all the excitement and spontaneity out and leaves you with long spells of standing around wondering what the fuck is going on. Add to that the constant diving (which is constantly rewarded) and it is just a bit shit to watch.

Even though we (Burnley) suffered from some inexplicable refereeing/VAR decisions this season we fully deserved to go down. Not good enough at defending (which wasn't too big a surprise) or scoring goals (that was a real problem) with Kompany seemingly hugely naive, very stubborn and unable to resist tinkering with the team every week.

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andyp in reply to @aggi

Fuck VAR.

I’d probably accept it if it only covered goal line and offside decisions, but even then we’d still complain. But for fouls and handballs and the like, give the ref the sole responsibility back.

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ELbowloh in reply to @andyp

I hate VAR for the simple reason that it just kills the joy of the game, that goal celebrations are muted or delayed for VAR checks. Just bin it. The negatives far outweigh any positives.

Goal line technology can stay and I think semi-automated offsides could work, but the rest can go in the bin.

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