Football is finished! I love watching football, it’s my passion (as well as playing but age means I can’t as much nowadays). I watch about 7/8 games at the weekend, mostly premier league but also LaLiga, Serie A and Bundesliga. Then during the week I watch the European cup and Europa league. But the refs and the ridiculous rules are ruining the game. Last night in the Fulham game and tonight watching Newcastle vs PSG the refs and VAR have given the stupidest penalty decisions. I’m really starting to lose my love for the game. I don’t care who won or drew the game but the integrity of the game has gone. I hate it and it’s just been getting worse season after season. This is probably more of a rant but I just feel let down by the game I love to watch

  • Honigbrottr@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Lol no. There were too many important games decided by human error. As a Bayern fan there come 2 examples to mind: Bayern vs Madrid 2017 and Bayern vs Dortmund 2014 cup final

    Both of these were heavily influenced by massive mistakes from the referee. VAR does to many mistakes and that should be fixed. Football should be a fair game following the rules. Specially because goals are so important there cant be mistakes to either give or give not a goal.

    • TouristTricky@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      Human error is just that, human. Now we have human error amplified by technology. As I responded to someone else, I much prefer the brilliant game I grew up with to this Frankenstein monster.

      Over time, bad calls even out. That’s just the laws of probability. I’m sure there are legions of other Bundesliga fans who feel hard done by calls that went in Bayern’s favor, right?

      This mess hasn’t really improved anything but has cost us so much.