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    DavidObs reacted to RustyRef's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    Agree, I liked him as a referee but as a refereeing "expert" he speaks absolute nonsense. Has developed the Hackett trait of almost...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle.
    He i used to like Mike Halsey as a Referee but my estimation has gone down with him seeking for Howard W to step down. One thing GS has...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle.
    I would go along with that. Whilst IFAB attempted to learn things from rugby, they were the wrong things. Moving play forward 10 yards...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle.
    It’s a blue sky idea & may be helpful for there to be a few trails, but I can not see a time when this would ever be introduced with the...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle.
    Much smaller dimensions & admittedly from limited knowledge of the game/laws/rules, less subjectivity required.
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    DavidObs reacted to Paul_10's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    Big cup tie on prime time TV involving two decent size clubs and a referee makes a mistake like that won't be forgotten about in a few...
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    DavidObs reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    I actually met Graham Scott last week and he comes across as one of the most intelligent people I’ve met in football. He actually said...
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    DavidObs reacted to Paul_10's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    From the bits I seen of Graham Scott on social media, he certainly seems to articulate his points well(like disputing the theory VAR has...
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    DavidObs replied to the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle.
    Graham Scott comes across very well in everything I have read from him, unlike a certain KH who has torn into Chris K and his colleagues...
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    DavidObs reacted to RefereeX's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    I don't understand the argument that Kav's undoubtedly bad day at the office on Saturday is an argument that referees have become too...
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    DavidObs reacted to Paul_10's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    I do think people's dislike for VAR do cloud their judgement though and the stats do prove accuracy goes up to around 98%, I think it...
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    DavidObs reacted to Big Cat's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    We've had it a long time now. Notwithstanding the factual stuff, like offside (I think that's a separate debate).... I'd argue the...
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    DavidObs reacted to es1's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    We (royal we) have turned refereeing at the top level into a science - it cannot be refereed robotically. Every stakeholder within the...
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    DavidObs reacted to Russell Jones's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    The fundamental question (for me) is whether the undoubted benefit of clearing up the occasional clear and obvious howler is, in fact...
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    DavidObs reacted to RustyRef's post in the thread Aston Villa v Newcastle with Like Like.
    If the keeper was in his penalty area I would agree with you that the path of the ball would be a question mark, but with no keeper he...
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