Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

But to be fair to Atwell he only gets to see the incident live, once. Refs can make mistakes, that I can take. But the VAR has to be held to a higher standard for obvious reasons. To continuously make a bo11ox of it means something must change. Be that personnel or whatever, because a blind man can see it is broken.

And I'm not sure I'm comfortable with referees being put in front of the media to be honest. You can see some would absolutely LOVE it. Their ego would be massaged and some have huge egos. I don't think it would attract the best referees to the game but would attract a lot of attention seeking clowns.

If the attention seekers are making better calls I don't really care to be honest

Put the Ref and the VAR team out there, they are a package. Let them explain any decision that media would like to ask.
These "internal" reviews or whatever they do obviously don't do much as it's the same craic each week

If Atwell and the VAR team know they will have to sit in front of a camera at the end of the game and explain that they "thought it would be harsh to give another penalty against Bournemouth and take away the goal they had just scored" then they don't make that call IMO. Because that is outside the laws of the game and they know it.

And definitely, IF they don't give it and then the 2nd incident comes up they will know full well if they give that then it will be a massive media point at the end of the game and they will need to defend their position with logic and point to laws of the game.

They won't be able.

Currently they can decide that it would be too "harsh" on Bournemouth to take the goal away + give a 2nd penalty in the game and NOBODY gets to question why.

They need to be held to a higher standard and that only happens if there is more visibility and less sweeping under the rug internally.

We need to stop protecting them so much. They should be able to explain decisions clearly if they are doing their jobs to the best of their ability, or at the very least give a good thought process that lead them to a decision.

I only was thinking after Friday, Does anyone remember when var was first brought in, var checks would pan to the 3 refs i suppose in a room while the check was going on and you could see whats going on. Dont do that anymore.

Watching a vid on Liam Rosenior getting grief from the presenter and I searched for a comment I had

I think I nailed this one BUT then I saw this posted above it....

Thank God they were wrong 😅

if yer thinking about Flights? You can be Guaranteed its the Sunday anyway.

I can't see a Liverpool game being scheduled for 8pm.

What hotel is it?

Athletic article gave no specifics. Just said Ireland, 30mins from Dublin.

Sports Ireland Campus? I know it is in Dublin, but according to google maps it is 30mins drive from Temple Bar? Other than that is it likely the K Club?

Doubtful, I'd say it is almost certainly Carton House. Didn't Real use it a few years ago too.

It being a short trip I wonder if this is them just scouting the place before making pre season plans. There is talks they'll play a game in Dublin. Maybe they'll open their pre season tour in Dublin and will train here for a bit and enjoy a bit of golf.

That was 2009. Must have been the same time they played against Shamrock Rovers (Ronaldo s debut)

Utd being linked with Lewis- Skelly.

Reliable for Newcastle

Arsenal will surely want an arm and a leg for such a young player whose got a handful of England senior caps, only signed a 5 year deal last summer, and is versatile.