Dogawful Officiating

[olliemort]

Honestly like even the explanation doesn’t even match the actual foul ffs. Var normally takes ages to make decisions and just literally 10 seconds for this one, can actually fuck off. Dodgy as fuck 

[Stifler]

Just now, Lush Vlad said:

Erm….

Him and his equally cunt of brother have went out every single fucking time to ruin our games, all because we had the audacity to challenge Huddersfield for Promotion. Fuck him, fuck his brother, fuck all the professional referee’s, and fuck the PGMOL. A bunch of current bastards who are overdue some fucking comeuppance which the footballing world are owed to be allowed to stand back and watch. 

[geordie_b]

11 minutes ago, Mike said:

Both Madeley's should have been blowjobs.

that’s your match report there…

[gbandit]

An utterly despicable display. Should be in front of the firing squad by midnight 

[Stifler]

The club should be complaining to the level that he never referees us again. Honestly man, him and his brother fucking hate us.

[Kid Icarus]

I know recency bias is powerful, but can you think of a worse performance than that that we've had to endure?

[La Parka]

Honestly no. 

 

Unless Cacapa Vs Portsmouth counts

[TRon]

44 minutes ago, gbandit said:

An utterly despicable display. Should be in front of the firing squad by midnight 

 

 

Or should be given a medal and a 21 gun salute for standing up for hard man British football. 

 

"In my day the soft cunt would have had both legs broken before given a pen, the diving cunt, blah, blah....urhhgh! "(heart attack). 

[Dr Venkman]

33 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

I know recency bias is powerful, but can you think of a worse performance than that that we've had to endure?

Forest away 19/3/23

[Theregulars]

Thought we could have had 3 penalties, any one would have done. In declining order of incompetence:

 

1. trev”oh” on Gordon (indefensible)

2. James on Barnes (don’t see where he got the ball and was a slide from behind, but commentators seemed less livid and they’ll know better than me)

3. Fofana handball (would have been harsh but arm clearly away from body, although think it was probably natural with momentum).

 

While I’m not quite with stifler on the murdering them vibe, I do think the madleys are problematic and have history with us. For me the VAR is the bigger villain: scared to give a penalty against a big side as he would have taken flack from the big side. Thought he bottled it. I don’t get how anyone with knowledge of football can watch a replay and think that’s a body to body for a contested ball. He steps over Gordon’s ankle and barges him off the ball. It’s a free kick anywhere else on the field. 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2025 by Theregulars

[Mattoon]

That was by far the worst referee performance I have witnessed at least this season, literally gave Chelsea a free point in that 2nd half, blind to everything they did, I'm livid with it.

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Thought we could have had 3 penalties, any one would have done. In declining order of incompetence:

 

1. trev”oh” on Gordon (indefensible)

2. James on Barnes (don’t see where he got the ball and was a slide from behind, but commentators seemed less livid and they’ll know better than me)

3. Fofana handball (would have been harsh but arm clearly away from body, although think it was probably natural with momentum).

 

While I’m not quite with stifler on the murdering them vibe, I do think the madleys are problematic and have history with us. For me the VAR is the bigger villain: scared to give a penalty against a big side as he would have taken flack from the big side. Thought he bottled it. I don’t get how anyone with knowledge of football can watch a replay and think that’s a body to body for a contested ball. He steps over Gordon’s ankle and barges him off the ball. It’s a free kick anywhere else on the field. 

 

 

 

 

 

VAR could be so useful but as long as referees are making decisions, they will always protect their own. 

[Mattoon]

1 hour ago, olliemort said:

Honestly like even the explanation doesn’t even match the actual foul ffs. Var normally takes ages to make decisions and just literally 10 seconds for this one, can actually fuck off. Dodgy as fuck 

 

Especially after pawing over every angle trying to chalk off our second goal

[Stifler]

13 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Thought we could have had 3 penalties, any one would have done. In declining order of incompetence:

 

1. trev”oh” on Gordon (indefensible)

2. James on Barnes (don’t see where he got the ball and was a slide from behind, but commentators seemed less livid and they’ll know better than me)

3. Fofana handball (would have been harsh but arm clearly away from body, although think it was probably natural with momentum).

 

While I’m not quite with stifler on the murdering them vibe, I do think the madleys are problematic and have history with us. For me the VAR is the bigger villain: scared to give a penalty against a big side as he would have taken flack from the big side. Thought he bottled it. I don’t get how anyone with knowledge of football can watch a replay and think that’s a body to body for a contested ball. He steps over Gordon’s ankle and barges him off the ball. It’s a free kick anywhere else on the field. 

 

 

 

I never said murder him. I made an analogy about if he got beaten up with CCTV showing it and the judge said there was not enough forced used to constitute assault, it would be like that penalty decision of his.

[Theregulars]

Sorry, should have been clearer: Wanting to see footage of someone having the shit beaten out of them and being hit with a crowbar across the head, then. 

 

[PauloGeordio]

[Kid Icarus]

49 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

Forest away 19/3/23

The disallowed Anderson goal? Aye, that was a terrible decision. Think the Ritchie disallowed pen and PSG handball beat today for individual decisions as well, but for all round performances I can't remember a worse one than today, terrible big decisions with huge consequences everywhere you look. 

[Hanshithispantz]

VAR generally won't change a decision if you could argue some vague case that it's correct, there's absolutely nothing to argue in favour of Chalobah here 

 

The speed in which they cleared it is suspect as fuck and the 'shielding the ball side on' excuse they gave is blatantly not true. No reason any of them should be involved in officiating a Premier League game again.

 

[gbandit]

It doesn’t really get more stonewall than that. It’s absolutely fucking sickening and impossible to argue against negligence / corruption 

[Kid Icarus]

The force he goes in with is unbelievable like.

[Disco]

Some absolute horseshit today. Garnacho not getting a red being the pick of the bunch for me. Horrible little cunt that he is.

[Jonas]

 Playing the ball or not has to be the key factor in a challenge like that and it doesn't deviate in the slightest in fact, where the non-touch occurred is when the ball runs its most smoothly and if its "shoulder to shoulder" is the hooking with leg for good measure just ignored or seen as a legit action.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2025 by Jonas

[TRon]

10 minutes ago, Hanshithispantz said:

VAR generally won't change a decision if you could argue some vague case that it's correct, there's absolutely nothing to argue in favour of Chalobah here 

 

The speed in which they cleared it is suspect as fuck and the 'shielding the ball side on' excuse they gave is blatantly not true. No reason any of them should be involved in officiating a Premier League game again.

 

 

 

To shield the ball it helps if you fucking have it like. 

[nufc123]

How can you call that shoulder to shoulder when he puts his foot in front and in Gordon?

[TRon]

He knows fine well he's not getting the ball, that's why he goes in extra hard on the man instead.