EFL Refereeing Abomination Journal 25/26

[eblair]

This takes the biscuit. Ridiculous decision. How on earth can you not as ref realise when a player is appealing for a corner it is defo not a pen

 

Laughable

[Tuna]

Hate it but get VAR in.

[Spudulike]

Can't recall the last dodgy decision that went in our favour 

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, Kasey Keller said:

Var needs to be in the efl 

we can win without it 

no thanks 

[Bert]

Apart from the penalty I didn’t think he was that bad today. But it’s a really shocking decision to award a penalty. Player reaction says it all. All the time. 

[Jattdogg]

When are we going to learn? Just Neymar it all the time!

[PhillippaT]

1 minute ago, Jattdogg said:

When are we going to learn? Just Neymar it all the time!

[Jattdogg]

Just now, PhillippaT said:

Rolling rolling rolling

[lanefox]

51 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Can't recall the last dodgy decision that went in our favour 

We never get them , the dodgy ones always goes against , Mane doing his best Tom Daley impression at A field still infuriates me

[OntarioFox]

Bloody hell, just watched it back, that was clear as day NOT a penalty. I shrugged my shoulders in the ground because I figured with it being Faes it must have been his usual once-a-match brainfart but no, it was a perfectly timed challenge.

 

Well done to the lads for rallying after that injustice is all I can say - seemed to put a rocket up them. 👍

[ealingfox]

Marti needs to be calling this out - put a bit of pressure on for the bigger games.

[Bert]

41 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

Marti needs to be calling this out - put a bit of pressure on for the bigger games.

Remember the EFL hate us  

 

No coincidence we’ve been on the end of some shockers already. 

[StinckleyFox]

1 minute ago, Bert said:

Remember the EFL hate us  

 

No coincidence we’ve been on the end of some shockers already. 

This is the only valid explanation, they must have it out for us

[Les-TA-Jon]

4 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Can't recall the last dodgy decision that went in our favour 

No red for Ricky vs Birmingham? 

[Les-TA-Jon]

4 minutes ago, Bert said:

Remember the EFL hate us  

 

No coincidence we’ve been on the end of some shockers already. 

EFL, PGMOL and PL are all separate organisations, so how does this work in practice? 

[Bert]

11 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

EFL, PGMOL and PL are all separate organisations, so how does this work in practice? 

EFL employ the PGMOL plebs

[Bezzanator89]

36 minutes ago, Bert said:

Remember the EFL hate us  

 

No coincidence we’ve been on the end of some shockers already. 

Surprised we haven't been lumped with Gavin effing Ward as a permanent referee for the entire season. We'd be relegated and conceding an obscene number of dubious penalties.

[ClaphamFox]

52 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

EFL, PGMOL and PL are all separate organisations, so how does this work in practice? 

It doesn’t. The truth is even scarier: the refs really are that shit in this division. 

[FoxesWalk]

54 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

EFL, PGMOL and PL are all separate organisations, so how does this work in practice? 

But they all end in L, are you saying that’s a cOiNCiDeNCe?!

[CosbehFox]

6 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Can't recall the last dodgy decision that went in our favour 

Ricky P red card v Birmingham 

[coolhandfox]

Can see why it was given, ref doesn't get to see replay.

 

Like Ramsey red card, Faes gave him a decision to make.

 

Got to be a little smarter.

Edited 4 October 2025 by coolhandfox

[PhillippaT]

3 hours ago, StinckleyFox said:

This is the only valid explanation, they must have it out for us

Infamy! Infamy!

[gurru991]

9 hours ago, Tuna said:

Hate it but get VAR in.

The problem with VAR is that the people reviewing the decisions are the same shitty refs who are making bad calls week after week.

[LCFCJohn]

Obviously depends on if it’s the PL or not and VAR but as this does apply to the PL, is it wrong to expect perfection from them when they have video replays available?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2dn9lkp0e5o

[Brainy]

Mistakes on VAR is pretty unforgivable. Though each incident is unique and they can't necessarily be trained beforehand in how to deal with it. Everything else I'm with him though. The referee usually (probably, dunno) makes the least amount of mistakes on the pitch of all 23 people out there, will be the lowest paid yet also are the easy go-to excuse for managers and fans alike when the result goes against them.