Garyâs hands are tied so heâs spouting corporate nonsense here and minimising a major incident.
I was at
#CFCWHU Sept last year what would have been a good last min West Ham equaliser was chalked off for a supposed foul by Jarrod Bowen on CFC keeper Mendy in the build up. The decision was scandalous and the refereeâs body PGMOL have since apologised for the decision. But judging a foul is NOT as clear cut as judging offside. This is the first time a goal has been wrongly chalked off on an offside decision. Football fans have reacted because youâre either offside or youâre not.
As lovers of the game, we have every right to know exactly what went wrong. That it doesnât happen again is also how the game evolves.
As an extreme example, if airlines said after every air crash âitâs a f@@k up! weâve all done itâ there would be no airline industry. The first phase of an investigation (yes the analogy fits as chalking off a good goal for offside is metaphorically a âcrashâ) is to obtain the data relevant to the mistake. For planes, itâs the black box flight recorder. For Premier league football itâs the conversation between VAR & the referee. This needs to be released into the public domain. The fact that they havenât means something very wrong has taken place.
@LFC had a good goal wrongly chalked off against a close rival when down to 10 men which could have a massive impact on the season. As a club they have every right to ask for transparency - as in find out exactly what went wrong - and take it from there.
In a post VAR world we are in uncharted territory. Any outcome after such a mistake is on the table, even replaying the game, who knows?
But an apology for âhuman errorâ - which is precisely why VAR was introduced to guard against - now being used to draw a line under the incident?
Not a chance in hell.
Jurgen Klopp handled the situation well last night after the game. Most football fans will have had empathy with what happened and recognised it was wrong!
However Liverpools statement tonight is a mistake! Talk of exploring all options ( what does that mean!!! ) and sporting integrity are dangerous phrases along with being vague and aggressive.
Sorry we f@@@@d up was enough!! I said this last night. Sorry should be respected and not undervalued.
This is a snap reaction that can always be wrong but I feel strongly about it.