Attwell, VAR & The Great Referee Conspiracy
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Which referee's name strikes fear into your heart as a fan. Does Stuart Attwell really hate Arsenal and why do Premier League referees all look alike?... Hosts Dan Bardell and Flo Lloyd-Hughes are joined by The Athletic's Stuart James and Dan Barnes to reflect on the 'Great Referee Conspiracy' gripping the hearts of supporters across the country...
The guys discuss the concerning lack of diversity, accountability and whether 'consistency' is even possible in football.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.1 | Hello, I'm Dan Bardell and I'm Flo Lloyd Hughes |
| 0:17.9 | And welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | It's Wednesday, which means we're going to be picking out some of the best work available on the Athletic right now and putting the author under the spotlight. |
| 0:30.0 | There's Erdog. |
| 0:32.3 | Oh, so close to a goal. Appeals for a penalty. |
| 0:35.6 | Certainly gets a bit of Erdogard and no, it's gone against Arsenal. |
| 0:38.3 | I can understand we are promoting the challenges in the Premier 50-50 with the ball. |
| 0:43.3 | Sometimes we have seen a joke of penalties on a Z. |
| 0:46.3 | And sometimes we see real dangerous actions and we don't take action. |
| 0:51.3 | Bernardi Silver, Chuck has got to be so careful. Yeah, I think he's got a point. |
| 0:58.0 | Silver's thrown himself on the floor. |
| 1:00.0 | Zaka has got a little piece of his shirt and it's good movement and he has beat Shaka. |
| 1:04.0 | He is going to be blinded by the fact that he has got hold of his shirt and he's going to give the pen. |
| 1:08.0 | You know, we see that there are few game weeks, |
| 1:11.5 | few games where the referees, they become a bit softer in terms of penalties, |
| 1:15.9 | so in terms of recards, then it comes opposite, you know, |
| 1:19.0 | because they speak. |
| 1:20.5 | I don't know what happens, but we don't see the consistency even in the same game. |
| 1:28.9 | And after loads of big refereeing decisions over the weekend, |
| 1:32.4 | this week it felt like there was only really one piece to focus on. |
| 1:36.0 | And that's an article by senior writer for the athletic, Stuart James. |
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