VAR, Mike Dean admits ...

[Dr. Feelgood]

This is outrageous. It, however, will surprise nobody.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/08/24/mike-dean-anthony-taylor-video-assistant-referee-tottenham/

Mike Dean admits he failed to intervene on Var decision to protect his ‘mate’ Anthony Taylor

Former video assistant referee admits to making the 'pathetic' call at the climax of Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Tottenham last August.

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean failed to intervene on a major Var call because he did not want to cause his friend Anthony Taylor any ‘grief’, he has revealed.

In a remarkably candid admission, Dean said he made the “pathetic” call at the climax of the 2-2 draw between Tottenham and Chelsea last August.

Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella’s hair seconds before Harry Kane’s 96th minute equaliser, and Dean acknowledged that in the heat of the moment he made a bad choice not to suggest on-field official Taylor consider a sending off offence.

“I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view,” Dean told William Hill’s Up Front with Simon Jordan.

“It’s one of them where if I had my time again, what would I do? I’d send Anthony [Taylor] to the screen. I think I knew if I did send him to the screen … he’s cautioned both managers, he’s had a hell of a game, it’s been such a tough game end to end.

“I said to Anthony afterwards: ‘I just didn’t want to send you to the screen after what has gone on in the game’. I didn’t want to send him up because he is a mate as well as a referee and I think I didn’t want to send him up because I didn’t want any more grief than he already had.

“Anthony, he is big and bald and ugly enough to know if he is going to the screen he is going to the screen for a reason. If someone pulls their hair now it’s dead easy. It’s just a brainwave by me, a really bad call by me, and it kind of affected me as Var going forward.”

Dean’s remarks underline the human frailties which have often undermined the new technology. He was subsequently stood down from the next Premier League games and later decided he did not wish to continue as a video assistant referee.

“Probably I missed a few games because you get taken out of the limelight,” he added.

“That was a major error. If they don’t score from the corner it is not as big an issue. But I knew full well then I would be stood down the week after. I asked to take a bit of time off because it wasn’t for me.

“I used to get in the car on a Friday and was dreading Saturday. I was thinking, ‘I hope nothing happens’. I used to be petrified sitting in the chair.”

[Tonge moor green jacket]

If he missed the hair pull, as he says, then why would he refer the ref to the screen?

However, he then contradicts himself and says he should have referred him. Weird.

 

[Dr. Feelgood]

7 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

If he missed the hair pull, as he says, then why would he refer the ref to the screen?

However, he then contradicts himself and says he should have referred him. Weird.

 

He saw it, but decided not to refer it to the referee as it would embarrass him ... & he's a mate so didn't want to do that.

So instead of a foul to Chelsea & a likely sending off he allowed play to continue ... to a corner for Spurs, which led to an equalising goal & a point each instead of all 3 to Chelsea.

So many things wrong there.

[ZiggyStardust]

18 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

He saw it, but decided not to refer it to the referee as it would embarrass him ... & he's a mate so didn't want to do that.

So instead of a foul to Chelsea & a likely sending off he allowed play to continue ... to a corner for Spurs, which led to an equalising goal & a point each instead of all 3 to Chelsea.

So many things wrong there.

 

[tomski]

This isn’t going to get dealt with as it should. Mental

[only1swanny]

22 minutes ago, ZiggyStardust said:

 

Guys a football fan and probably just get's a bit to into it when watching, last one shows that. 

 

Shouldnt show any excitement as a ref, but suppose it's tricky not to. 

Edited August 25, 2023 by only1swanny

[Dr. Feelgood]

13 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Guys a football fan and probably just get's a bit to into it when watching, last one shows that. 

Shouldnt show any excitement as a ref, but suppose it's tricky not to. 

He's a tosser. His role is to make judgements based on the play & rules, not be a spectator, fan or pal of the players.

By his own words he decided not to raise a matter missed by the ref coz he was a pal & didn't want to embarrass him.

He's jacked it in now & presumably is hoicking himself around the Sport Speaker circuit. Cashing in. 

[only1swanny]

4 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

He's a tosser. His role is to make judgements based on the play & rules, not be a spectator, fan or pal of the players.

By his own words he decided not to raise a matter missed by the ref coz he was a pal & didn't want to embarrass him.

He's jacked it in now & presumably is hoicking himself around the Sport Speaker circuit. Cashing in. 

More than likely, bit of self publicity, sell some stories etc. 

[MickyD]

26 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Shouldnt show any excitement as a ref, but suppose it's tricky not to. 

See reaction from ref following THAT Frank Worthington goal v Ipswich. Probably doesn’t qualify as excitement but it isn’t often a ref applauds good play.

 

[Wanderlust]

This is why it winds me up listening to folk complaining about VAR. The technology itself is superb whereas the tossers "interpreting" it create all the discontent. OK we always had bad refereeing decisions - often because the ref simply didn't see it - but when the pictures are there for all to see there's no excuse, and incompetence - maybe even corruption - is laid bare. In combination with goal line tech, at least it cuts out a good majority of the really bad decisions that we used to get. Generally technology helps but an admission like that undermines all confidence in referees and they should discipline him to the full extent they can.

Edited August 25, 2023 by Wanderlust

[Underpants]

Why did Dean open his mouth about this? It could have quite easily have gone unsaid and no one would be the wiser. Instead it's opened a can of worms and folk will have even more reasons to dislike and question VAR.

[Jol_BWFC]

Mike Dean kills chickens. If you know, you know.

[jeep]

He's a Trashmere cunt, so no surprises....

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

He saw it, but decided not to refer it to the referee as it would embarrass him ... & he's a mate so didn't want to do that.

So instead of a foul to Chelsea & a likely sending off he allowed play to continue ... to a corner for Spurs, which led to an equalising goal & a point each instead of all 3 to Chelsea.

So many things wrong there.

 

“I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view,” Dean told William Hill’s Up Front with Simon Jordan

That's what's in the article. He says he didn't see it!

Then says he balls up and should have referred it.

If course its bonkers.

[MancWanderer]

49 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

Mike Dean kills chickens. If you know, you know.

Mike Dean, Mike Dean

The chicken killing machine

[ZiggyStardust]

36 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

“I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view,” Dean told William Hill’s Up Front with Simon Jordan

That's what's in the article. He says he didn't see it!

Then says he balls up and should have referred it.

If course its bonkers.

He says he missed the call . not that he didnt see it.

Otherwise, theres no story.

Unless you reading one line, interpreting it one way, and then deciding to ignore the rest of the article.

[mickbrown]

He’s always been an attention seeking gobshite 

When he sent Nolan off in that 2 pen game at Blackburn you could lip read Nolan beautifully. 
 

Something along the lines of, ‘that’s 3 penalties in 2 games you fucking dozey twat’  
 

Genius😀

 

[bolton in bedford]

3 hours ago, ZiggyStardust said:

 

Pretty sure he was just being his smug self in this instance, because the goal came from an advantage he gave rather than blowing for a foul in the build up.

It was a clip on one of Sky’s football funniest.

Bloke is still a proper bellend though.

[gonzo]

At least hes honest and at least it shows VAR is complete bollocks and just another humans interpretation and delegation of each Incident.

The whole thing needs scrapping.