The Official Liverpool Thread - Part 2

[KolaKubes]

Well done guys. #proud

 

[Philby]

Strong rumours coming out of melwood that this whole saga between Slot and Salah has all been fabricated to try get a bounce out of the team and that Salah is actually carrying an injury.

Wow!


















...that's a slow rumour mill given Liverpool left Melwood in 2020.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

5% of the time (12 of 250) across the last 4 season the ref has maintained their original decision after an on-field review.

As the threshold for VAR to suggest an on-field review is supposed to be quite high then we really shouldn't expect it be above ~5%

Given VAR is sadly here to stay, the focus (imho) should be on quicker VAR decisions - and tbh it is reducing in average. But there are some notable cases where it has taken waaaaaaay too long.

That's EPL yes?

Of course it's low though. Guess what. You're a ref on the field. You have seen the incident once. You have 3 other professional refs in a studio who can look at this 150 ways in slow motion and dissect it. You go to the monitor, and you also don't want to hold a ground of 50,000 people up any longer than you have to. You're going to have to be one very brave boy to uphold your original decision.

It's very easy for people to be influenced without even knowing it, as numerous pyschology experiments have demonstrated over the years. If the ref is only going to stick to his decision 5% of the time, just get on with the fucking game. That's one way we could get faster decisions.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Na I just watched Konate's highlights video on Youtube and my sides are still sore.

You haven't seen the VVD clips?

Months of merriment. After Christmas dinner this year, I'm getting out the HDMI cable and watching them on the big screen.

 

[Crusty Ring]

You haven't seen the VVD clips?

Months of merriment. After Christmas dinner this year, I'm getting out the HDMI cable and watching them on the big screen.

I’m keeping those for the Christmas holidays, I haven’t the time to go through that treasure trove at the moment.

 

[The Duke]

I’m keeping those for the Christmas holidays, I haven’t the time to go through that treasure trove at the moment.

 

[Philby]

You haven't seen the VVD clips?

Months of merriment. After Christmas dinner this year, I'm getting out the HDMI cable and watching them on the big screen.

That's a euphemism if ever I've seen one

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

Strong rumours coming out of melwood that this whole saga between Slot and Salah has all been fabricated to try get a bounce out of the team and that Salah is actually carrying an injury.

The same fella who said the Cork hurlers had a scrap at half time?

 

[Philby]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1998843293296415085

 

[don]

Yeah - deserved to concede a pen for stupidity alone, like Konaté on Saturday! As with Leeds player on Saturday, Wirtz was not going to achieve anything when fouled. At best he was going to nick the ball and pass it back outside the area and set up a new phase of that attack. More likely was another Inter player was going to get the ball anyway.

those three VAR decisions, Konate v Leeds, Konate's goal and Bastoni last night. Each was 50-50, ie not a clear and obvious mistake. I was thinking each time ref would say *No, I will stick with my first decision" and yet....