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Fair point, but not then booking Gordan for doing the same, and allowing persistent fouls by Joelinton, just wasn’t great from a consistency point of view. But I am fully aware that from the 70’s onwards referees at Anfield haven’t necessarily made rational decisions and have been swayed by the...

Would love a bit of xDogso. I thought in the Man Utd DOGSO red card, Forest had a covering defender, so xDogso would be high! Is 1.2 a good number? Isak 0.7!

Spot on analysis. I know the old boring rant of 'all we want is consistency' is really tiresome, but think this was the case on Sunday. If you set your stall out by booking TAA then that needs to be continued throughout the rest of the game.

https://x.com/lfctransferroom/status/1696269793983107249?s=46 Hands up to being a Liverpool fan, and think VVD was a red card, needed a few angles, but they showed one on MOTD that he clearly took the player before the ball, so a careless tackle and DOGSO, I think the thing that annoyed fans on...

Don't think this is going to help much

Yes, very weird logic, as he said in the interview that Anthony Taylor didn’t sound impressed, and said that he should have sent him to the screen. He said both managers had been booked and didn’t want to cause any more grief, but don’t think Conte could have argued if Taylor had given a...

Thank you. Yes, the Twitter chorus of 'corruption' is just ridiculous and needs to be ignored, but an admission that decisions could be influenced by 'non-rational' factors should be discussed. Maybe full-time VAR operators who are completely independent of referees may be the way forward...

It’s a really good interview that covers all aspects of refereeing, shame he was so honest about the VAR call.

The problem is that referees on VAR are mostly making subjective decisions, as are referees, and like all humans we are not rational and we don’t act like robots and always make the right call. So that thought process, (getting into psychology and behavioural economics here) could often be based...

I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it wasn't a spoof or a joke site. Mike Dean obviously has something to sell or a career to further by making these comments but does referees no favours at all. However, I still don't think the 'clear & obvious' error rule is watertight and needs...

https://x.com/telefootball/status/1694783982552965576?s=46 This is the problem about the ambiguous ‘clear & obvious’ errors, as this is open to interpretation, as Mike Dean, not clear and obvious decision was based on him not wanting ‘to sent his mate to VAR and get him into trouble’. I am...

Thanks, I see what you mean now.

Tackle at 8:40

Take your point, but thought the original decision was very harsh, and with 35min to go and the game at 2-1, could have had a real impact on Liverpool's season if Bournemouth had got a result, so don't agree that the system worked that well. When you look at this original red card that was...

I read that Liverpool we’re not going to appeal for this reason, so stand corrected

Yes, I had two on Sunday, as was having a sneaky look at the card with what to do if they come back on did it again (which I expected), or committed a yellow card offence! Luckily they didn't!

Yes, you are probably right as I haven’t done VAR obviously, and don’t know the ins and outs of ‘clear and obvious’. Liverpool wouldn’t have appealed this lightly as the ban would have been extended if they had lost, so their legal team must have been very confident in arguing in wasn't serious...

It’s not just ex players and managers, and quite rare for Dermot Gallagher to go against the officials but he explained, "Not a red card, for me. I think the problem here is the referee thinks this is a high tackle but it only becomes a high tackle because both players are there. "If you look...

Don’t think the red card was acceptable at all, and guessing the panel agreed that it wasn’t ‘serious foul play’. I am just really surprised Paul Tierney and the VAR team could look at that in slow motion and not get the referee to have another look. Think most serious commentators and...