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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: badref
       Date: April 12, 2021, 12:28 pm
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       I think that is the worst VAR offside call I've seen so far.
       Absolutely abysmal.
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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Joecphillips
       Date: April 12, 2021, 12:31 pm
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       That was a textbook opportunity to show how well var works and
       it was messed up spectacularly, there’s clearly either a problem
       with the way it’s used, are lines required on all offside calls
       if so horrible implementation or there’s a problem with the
       people being too reliant on technology or not willing to use
       common sense
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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: April 12, 2021, 1:07 pm
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       It's no wonder managers get sacked and teams get relegated...
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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Carter
       Date: April 12, 2021, 1:24 pm
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       Ive sorted it new technology needed, and of cousre a very good
       dose of common sense
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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Claretman
       Date: April 12, 2021, 4:37 pm
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       Classic case of following the var guidelines and not seeing the
       wood for the trees by Beck and Friend, similar to the goal line
       technology failure var episode At villa park first day back last
       season after the lockdown.
       No common sense used at all. Referees are becoming robots, not
       allowed to think out of the box.
       For all its worth a visit to Barnard Castle for the var
       employees tonight is needed.
       Diagne was clearly behind the defenders trailing leg, in fact
       Bartleys shoulder which was covering Diagne’s shoulder ( the
       supposed reason they couldnt draw lines ) was behind the
       defenders trailing leg.
       Think the on field ar was slightly behind play, skewing his
       angle, giving him the impression diagne was offside.
       Cant blame the ar for flagging,  hope the on field officials
       communicated to var as to whom was flagged offside.
       Possibly ar thought Bartley scored?
       I have never been convinced with Beck when watching him live in
       the past, i know he officiated at the highest level but always
       thought his performances held clattenburgs team back.
       Yes i think they cocked up and are trying to hide behind the var
       guidelines instead of owning up.
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       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Mackem ref
       Date: April 12, 2021, 6:16 pm
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       Completely agree with VAR - very poor again tonight. Clearly
       onside, however I have an element of sympathy for Friend and
       Beck. If the protocol says you need a clear angle on the camera
       to draw all of the necessary lines, and you can’t do that, do
       you expect them to use initiative and ignore the protocol? Would
       Riley and PGMO back them if they made the correct decision but
       didn’t draw the lines? I’m not sure they would given the number
       of statements released this season defending the indefensible!
       As for the match itself, I thought Hooper was absolutely first
       class. Did his job with the minimum of fuss, intervened when he
       needed to, allowed the game to flow as much as possible and
       seemed to have complete respect of the players. I feel Hooper
       has had an excellent season. I know many on here question
       whether he is PL material, but this season I reckon he’s been
       one of our steadier performers. Time for Riley to reward those
       performing well and give him a consistent run of PL games!
       #Post#: 29853--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Joecphillips
       Date: April 12, 2021, 10:07 pm
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       --- Quote from: Mackem ref link ---
       >
       > Completely agree with VAR - very poor again tonight. Clearly
       onside, however I have an element of sympathy for Friend and
       Beck. If the protocol says you need a clear angle on the camera
       to draw all of the necessary lines, and you can’t do that, do
       you expect them to use initiative and ignore the protocol? Would
       Riley and PGMO back them if they made the correct decision but
       didn’t draw the lines? I’m not sure they would given the number
       of statements released this season defending the indefensible!
       >
       >
       > As for the match itself, I thought Hooper was absolutely first
       class. Did his job with the minimum of fuss, intervened when he
       needed to, allowed the game to flow as much as possible and
       seemed to have complete respect of the players. I feel Hooper
       has had an excellent season. I know many on here question
       whether he is PL material, but this season I reckon he’s been
       one of our steadier performers. Time for Riley to reward those
       performing well and give him a consistent run of PL games!
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Accidentally disagreed but if that’s the protocol I agree
       #Post#: 29854--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Referee21
       Date: April 13, 2021, 12:39 am
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       Irishref once again on a rampage to get officials sacked.  They
       made a mistake. If you made a mistake at work would you get
       sacked? Kevin Friend has refereed near 250 matches but one
       mistake means he should be fired.
       A mistake that’s it.
       The only mistake is allowing irishref to continuously negativity
       review every referee and performance. More balance required.
       #Post#: 29855--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: Mackem ref
       Date: April 13, 2021, 1:52 am
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       I agree referee21 - a mistake is all it is, learn from it and
       move on. However, this season there have been a fair few
       mistakes from VAR so I seriously hope there is some sort of
       review at the end of the season with changes made for next year!
       One I would propose straight away is a list of specialised video
       assistants so our full time refs aren’t juggling referee, fourth
       official and VAR appointments, sometimes all on the same
       weekend!
       #Post#: 29856--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Simon Hooper - West Brom v Southampton
   DIR By: DublinRef
       Date: April 13, 2021, 2:57 am
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       --- Quote from: Mackem ref link ---
       >
       > Completely agree with VAR - very poor again tonight. Clearly
       onside, however I have an element of sympathy for Friend and
       Beck. If the protocol says you need a clear angle on the camera
       to draw all of the necessary lines, and you can’t do that, do
       you expect them to use initiative and ignore the protocol? Would
       Riley and PGMO back them if they made the correct decision but
       didn’t draw the lines? I’m not sure they would given the number
       of statements released this season defending the indefensible!
       >
       >
       > As for the match itself, I thought Hooper was absolutely first
       class. Did his job with the minimum of fuss, intervened when he
       needed to, allowed the game to flow as much as possible and
       seemed to have complete respect of the players. I feel Hooper
       has had an excellent season. I know many on here question
       whether he is PL material, but this season I reckon he’s been
       one of our steadier performers. Time for Riley to reward those
       performing well and give him a consistent run of PL games!
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I agree Hooper is refereeing really well. To be honest I was
       very doubtful at one stage he would remain a PL referee but he
       seems to have developed into a safe pair of hands. As you say
       they now need to appoint him more regularly so he can build on
       his form and cement his place as a solid PL referee.
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