[paulwardle]

Just seen awful decision for Orients goal v Stockport

Miles offside!!!

Just like our refs all season. Bad

[Johnnyspireite7]

paulwardle, on 10 May 2025 - 12:05 PM, said:

Just seen awful decision for Orients goal v Stockport

Miles offside!!!

Just like our refs all season. Bad

If it keeps Stockport in L1 so we could face them then good, rather a short trip to Outer Manchester than Inner London!

[boot]

Johnnyspireite7, on 10 May 2025 - 12:09 PM, said:

If it keeps Stockport in L1 so we could face them then good, rather a short trip to Outer Manchester than Inner London!

Imagine that was us on Sunday ! Not even marginal and a whole season could hinge on the incompetence of officials .Nothing good about it for me.

[Westbars Spireite]

Still rather that than VAR.

[newwhitblue]

You see it every week-end in sunday league football,it was shocking mind.

[boot]

Westbars Spireite, on 10 May 2025 - 12:16 PM, said:

Still rather that than VAR.

Not perfect but VAR gets far more right than wrong, At least the Wembley final has it, unlike our last visit and no check on an incompetent crucial decision.

[Westbars Spireite]

boot, on 10 May 2025 - 12:40 PM, said:

Not perfect but VAR gets far more right than wrong, At least the Wembley final has it, unlike our last visit and no check on an incompetent crucial decision.

It takes more from the game than it gives for me.

[JonB]

I’m presuming the ref has decided the orient player didn’t flick it on so the assistant has said it’s not offside. He is flicked it on so the ref has got that bit wrong, in terms of offside he’s ok from the first header but not the faint second one.

It is a very faint touch and not overly clear even on TV with a lot being taken from the fact the Stockport player has missed the header as much as it’s clear the orient player headed it.

[paulwardle]

Ref just missed another stonewall penalty for Orient!!

Where do they get these officials?

[Trigger]

paulwardle, on 10 May 2025 - 01:02 PM, said:

Ref just missed another stonewall penalty for Orient!!

Where do they get these officials?

Christ I hope ours aren't like this against us. He was looking right at it

[Looker-on]

paulwardle, on 10 May 2025 - 01:02 PM, said:

Ref just missed another stonewall penalty for Orient!!

Where do they get these officials?

You can tell it was a foul by the Stockport player gesturing to a spot just outside the box, as if to say "I fouled him outside!"

[Bluekent]

Westbars Spireite, on 10 May 2025 - 12:41 PM, said:

It takes more from the game than it gives for me.

Yeah true, if we were to get to Wembley at any point whether that be next week or in the future i’d not dare celebrate a goal properly, I’m still scarred from my first live var experience when I went to Portugal to watch England in the nations league against Netherlands. Jesse lingaard little toe offside in the last few minutes. The pile on I received whilst celebrating turned out to be a pointless exercise.

[boot]

Trigger, on 10 May 2025 - 01:03 PM, said:

Christ I hope ours aren't like this against us. He was looking right at it

I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he was levelling up on his missing the first Orient offside plus goal. It happens - they bend to the pressure and are even swayed by the crowd - humans not robots.

[RichThomps1]

JonB, on 10 May 2025 - 12:52 PM, said:

I’m presuming the ref has decided the orient player didn’t flick it on so the assistant has said it’s not offside. He is flicked it on so the ref has got that bit wrong, in terms of offside he’s ok from the first header but not the faint second one.

It is a very faint touch and not overly clear even on TV with a lot being taken from the fact the Stockport player has missed the header as much as it’s clear the orient player headed it.

It’s 100% clear he’s flicked it on

JonB, on 10 May 2025 - 12:52 PM, said:

I’m presuming the ref has decided the orient player didn’t flick it on so the assistant has said it’s not offside. He is flicked it on so the ref has got that bit wrong, in terms of offside he’s ok from the first header but not the faint second one.

It is a very faint touch and not overly clear even on TV with a lot being taken from the fact the Stockport player has missed the header as much as it’s clear the orient player headed it.

Dave challinor says the ref's told him he saw the flick on. If true, that's even worse on how they dealt with it. Simple conversation and they'd have the right decision

[warfey is a spireite]

Miles off clearly what is stupid linesman doing,

[Painted Wagon]

Dreadful decision, he was almost with the Orient fans

[sophocles]

Westbars Spireite, on 10 May 2025 - 12:41 PM, said:

It takes more from the game than it gives for me.

Completely agree. If somebody gifted me a PL ticket free of charge, I'd give it away (maybe flog it). The whole essence if football is it's pace, excitement and immediacy, which VAR throws a barrel of cold water over; it's absolutely rubbish and needs totally scrapping immediately.

[Sussex Spireite]

sophocles, on 10 May 2025 - 04:30 PM, said:

Completely agree. If somebody gifted me a PL ticket free of charge, I'd give it away (maybe flog it). The whole essence if football is it's pace, excitement and immediacy, which VAR throws a barrel of cold water over; it's absolutely rubbish and needs totally scrapping immediately.

Totally agree as well. The only thing I would keep VAR far is clear mistakes over red card decisions.

[frearsghost]

Two yards offside. Just shows you. However good you are football wise, you still have to beat the referee as well. Where was the linesman?

[Bluekent]

frearsghost, on 10 May 2025 - 05:08 PM, said:

Two yards offside. Just shows you. However good you are football wise, you still have to beat the referee as well. Where was the linesman?

Perfectly in line by the looks of the replay from the other angle. Pathetic decision.