Seemed like they did for the first weekend of games and then forgot about it.

There’s going to be VAR checks for imaginary cards waved, isn’t it?

Here’s a better idea. No refs. Both captains have an argument between them about whether the ball was in or not, and whether it was or wasn’t a foul.

Someone’s dad keeps time. Bonus points if they own the whistle and don’t need to borrow one.

No handball unless a player physically catches the ball. Slapping the ball is fine as long as the offending player just says it was ball to hand.

It’s only offside if the offending player was in the box and was too lazy to try and run back.

If losing, the home team captain can take the ball and go home.

Forget correct VAR decisions - just book players for next to nothing. Totally without a clue

There should be a blue card for when the refs make a bad calls. It would be used extensively but…

Should they punish refs for disallowing goals over imaginary VAR decisions

Yeah because THIS is the problem

Don’t worry they’ll only punish an Everton player this week and then punish anyone again

Seems a bit hypocritical.

Referees and their lickspittles like Dermot Gallagher in the media have sometimes talked about “oh well I thought about blowing for a penalty but the opposition’s lack of protests made me think to play on”

Yet here we have Webb (one of the shittest/easiest influenced referees in the PL era I might add) asking players NOT to protest or ask for decisions. You have players getting booked instantly for waving cards yet season ending horror tackles being waved on and good goals being disallowed. And of course sometimes they randomly ignore the wave card rule and let some players off with it

It all comes back to English refs being fucking useless, not one of them is UEFA or FIFA standard, sack them all and import good refs from abroad to match the levels the PL aspires to in terms of stadiums, players, managers etc. Can’t have the Greatest League In The World if these tossers are deciding matches and indeed titles due to blunders of officiating. What other professional body needs to write apology letters to affected clients(clubs in this case) every week due to their malpractice? Why are these wankers still here?

I would like to compel Howard Webb to fuck off

How about compelling PGMOL and referees to a third party investigation into their repeated “fuck ups” and their involvement in Middle-Eastern football?

I think they need to implement a card or flag system for the managers in the style that NFL coaches get here in the states. Each half they get to challenge one call they disagree with. But, if the ref’s call stands, there would be some punishment for the challenging team (maybe a yellow for the manager and the possibility of being sent off if they lose both challenges). If the ref reverses their call, advantage gets played to the team who challenged the call (offside call gets reversed, yellow/red card challenge gets overturned, penalty given, etc).

I think penalizing players who “wave an imaginary card” is definitely something that needs consistent enforcement, as others have already mentioned. But, that goes along with all the officiating. Consistency is the request from fans.

Howard Webb is a clown trying to herd a litter of clowns.

How about the ones that fake head injuries to break up play