VAR Has To Go!

Goldbridge Saves Football

Soccer, Sports

4.8 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The Premier League might be known as the home of the 'beautiful game', but we're arguing that the inconsistency in officiating and the blatant favoritism in decisions is threatening to tarnish its beauty. We're looking at two major incidents that have sparked our ire - a controversial penalty kick and a contentious handball decision. Join us as we question the efficacy of VAR, calling for its elimination to save the heart and soul of football.

Football isn't just about the players on the pitch, it's about the referees, the VAR officials, and how their decisions shape the game. This episode takes a hard look at the lack of accountability in these roles and the confusion this inconsistency is causing for viewers. We're not just talking about it, we're showing it, citing examples of matches where teams faced different consequences for similar actions. We're making the case for a return to traditional officiating - a return to common sense.

Brace yourself for some heated commentary as we take aim at the pundits in the football community. We're dissecting the contradictory remarks of Gabbie Bonglehore and Jermaine Genus, and we're not mincing our words. We're championing the underdogs, celebrating the triumphs of Sheffield United, Luton Town, and Burnley, while also determining the challenges faced by the big guns like Manchester City and Arsenal. Our mission? To ensure fairness prevails in the beautiful game, regardless of a team's standing in the league. We're not just talking football, we're advocating for its very future. Buckle up and join us.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the Goldbridge Saves Football Podcast.
0:04.7	We've got a massive show for you today, Mayhem show maybe.
0:07.8	I'm absolutely furious and not because Will's back on the show.
0:11.9	Will, welcome back from greasing yourself up in Greece.
0:15.0	Yeah, lovely that.
0:15.9	Thank you very much.
0:16.8	Probably good that it's an audio number because I've got no tan and it's I think I'm a bit paler than before but that's enough about that.
0:25.5	Well, I'll tell you what, it might be an audio podcast but it needs to go viral away from audio because I've got some clips that need to be spoken about.
0:34.1	I'm absolutely outraged and I'm so glad we have a podcast that is entitled
0:38.4	Saves Football, i.e. Goldbridge saves football, because football needs bloody saving will.
0:44.1	I'm absolutely disgusted by the mainstream yet again. Some of the Pratt Pundits of the
0:49.6	week are going to be brilliant. I mean, literal contradiction in the space of a few weeks. But I want to
0:55.2	start off with, and yes, some people might say not again. Yes, again, it is the officiating
1:01.4	in the Premier League. But also, not just that, it's a double whammy. The response to the absolutely
1:07.7	disgraceful decisions that these mainstream media pundits just ignore are they on the
1:13.8	gravy train will when they're not talking about the outrage for wolves against lutein or the
1:20.0	outrage that gusto got sent off and encetti as foul isn't as bad oh let's leave that we've got
1:26.5	podcasts to do about who's the funniest guy I've
1:29.0	ever been in the dressing room with or remember when Gazzo did that funny thing on the pitch
1:33.4	or I nearly pooed myself in another match. I'm outraged, Will, I'm absolutely outraged. The favouritism
1:39.2	in football and the sweeping under the carpet from the mainstream pundits needs calling out,
1:44.2	and I'm going to save football from it on this show.
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