From a match-going fan's point of view, it's absolutely shocking that the replays being shown to Stockley Park and Sky/TNT viewers are not shown in the stadium. It's absurd and ruins the match-going experience. I have no idea what the reasoning is. It won't lead to aggro in the stadium, VAR is all about being open and transparent.
Likewise, yesterday the Sky commentator and Gary Neville were clearly listening in to the comms between the ref and Stockley Park. Again, this just fuels 'cover up' and conspiracy theories. Why can they listen in but the TV viewers can't?
Rugby airs the two-way conversation on TV and shows the disputed incidents in the stadium and it works so much better.
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the claims of corruption are back...I wonder do those of you who suggest that mean, corruption as in, the game is corrupted by poor decision and/or a general bias to the bigger clubs? I am right on board with that.....but I think some of you mean more than that you actually think the EPL are fixing decisions to go one way or the other, i am not on board with that, because nobody has ever come up with remotely plausible answers to....
When and who has the secret meetings to decide which way to fix....why has there never been any inkling that these meeting happen?
How do they then communicate that to the var and on pitch teams....again thats hundreds of people involved and not one leak ever?
There are many more questions that make the whole idea laughable.
While a big percentage of fans believe this we can never hope to improve things....bad refereeing, unconscious bias, they are things that could be worked on if we pressured the EPL, but thats harder when half of fans just think its deliberate...how do you fix that?
Also those who think EPL or FA, or Uefa or FIFA are fixing games.....why the fuck do you spend your time and money on the game?
on May 11, 2026, 11:25 am, in reply to "