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[Kid Icarus]

Webb is a typical copper like. Assertive and sounds officious, respected and trustworthy, but it's all a fascade for being absolutely full of shit.

[Stifler]

The lack of a crowd noise from the referee’s mic as well as only a faint audio of the others players at best makes me believe this audio is created at a later date.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, Stifler said:

The lack of a crowd noise from the referee’s mic as well as only a faint audio of the others players at best makes me believe this audio is created at a later date.

Think you may have lost it

[Kid Icarus]

10 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

What’s naive about it? 

 

 

On 22/03/2023 at 10:41, Kid Icarus said:

Edited to get to the point

 

 

So we get the refs mic'd up. The idea being that at least we get a layer of transparency and know what's going on. You don't think that, just like with VAR and the issues above, there are unintended consequences that could maybe make our curiosity being immediately satisfied not worth it as a benefit?

 

1) when they fuck up, we get to listen to them fucking up in real time. We get to hear them misunderstand and incorrectly apply the rules. We get to hear them being indecisive and unsure, we get to hear them confidently assert that the black that we can see with our own eyes is actually white - even more maddening.

 

2) nothing actually changes, so we're all sat there like Matthew McConaughey screaming through the bookcase in Interstellar when they fuck up.

 

3) referees and the VAR will know that for every big call they make, there'll be an expectation for them to get on the mic and communicate it with millions of people listening into their conversation in real time. Consciously or unconsciously, that will impact upon the referee's and the VAR's courage to make those big calls.

 

Who's going to stand up and make the big call, then get on the mic knowing that them not just looking stupid, but sounding stupid might become a meme? - again leading to more non decisions that should be made.

 

4) An additional arbitrary layer of what constitutes a decision that should be communicated over the mics

 

And probably other consequences that we haven't even considered. And for what? So that we know what the rationale behind a decision is in real time rather than later? Something that we've never explicitly known in cases like that anyway. Total waste of time imo and opens another can of worms. It's like we learned nothing from begging for VAR to come in. At least with VAR you can argue the case for the worth of the net benefit we get from it. With this the net benefit of immediately knowing the rationale behind a decision is barely worth it for all the additional problems it would cause. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Kid Icarus

[SUPERTOON]

They should release the footage with Klopp and the 4th official from the spurs game.

[Miggys First Goal]

1 minute ago, Stifler said:

The lack of a crowd noise from the referee’s mic as well as only a faint audio of the others players at best makes me believe this audio is created at a later date.

 

Up there with Roswell and JFK assassination conspiracy theories this.

[duo]

It's a total PR exercise - Jamie and Gary are giving him a far too easy ride.  Been some shocking calls.

[Stifler]

Stadiums in the Premier League where the minimum attendance is 10k, and you can’t hear anyone in the crowd during a VAR check, aye right.

[Jordan]

FIFA in corruption shock. 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, duo said:

It's a total PR exercise - Jamie and Gary are giving him a far too easy ride.  Been some shocking calls.

That’s because it’s all rehearsed earlier in the day 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, duo said:

It's a total PR exercise - Jamie and Gary are giving him a far too easy ride.  Been some shocking calls.

Doesn’t sound like it worked very well. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Stifler said:

Stadiums in the Premier League where the minimum attendance is 10k, and you can’t hear anyone in the crowd during a VAR check, aye right.

 

It's just you not understanding how cardioid microphones work. 

[Decky]

1 minute ago, Stifler said:

Stadiums in the Premier League where the minimum attendance is 10k, and you can’t hear anyone in the crowd during a VAR check, aye right.

 

Some mics are good at cutting out background noise though. 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, Miggys First Goal said:

 

Up there with Roswell and JFK assassination conspiracy theories this.

Plenty of people believe those theories because in the Roswell one, they first said it was crashed UFO. In the 2nd the details relating to the Zapruda film, and how the magic bullet didn’t change direction is not publicised as much as they should be.

People fill in the blanks.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Wish they’d had VAR for the JFK assassination. 

[SUPERTOON]

 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Wish they’d had VAR for the JFK assassination. 

Zapruda film.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Very strong Leicester lineup on paper. 

[Kimbo]

I have zero faith in Leicester. I’d trust Southampton more.

[Miggys First Goal]

Just now, Stifler said:

Zapruda film.

 

Does that have the crosshairs though?

[Geogaddi]

That Leicester team really isn’t bad at all, they shouldn’t be anywhere near the bottom three really . It certainly looks a lot better than that Leeds team we played at the weekend.

 

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Geogaddi

[Stifler]

Just now, Miggys First Goal said:

 

Does that have the crosshairs though?

Aye.

VAR confirmed, dead.

[Holloway]

Hardly worth becoming emotionally invested in this game tonight, let's see how it unfolds. And then smash our two next homes 

[RS]

This is the game that turns Leicesters season around. Thumping home win. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, Holloway said:

Hardly worth becoming emotionally invested in this game tonight, let's see how it unfolds. And then smash our two next homes 

Have to assume liverpool will pump them, massive bonus if they don’t.