Premier League chief executive Tony Scholes has revealed their referees and VAR are being emulated by football around the world, and has suggested there have been fewer errors this season than in previous years. The
Premier League was recently gripped by death threats from fans after he sent off an Arsenal player and a week later the chief executive said:
“The feedback I’ve had from the clubs in the league is, for the most part, the standard of refereeing has improved dramatically,” Scholes told reporters on Tuesday. “
Also in other leagues around the world, referees and VAR are using our country as a model to follow. Maybe you don’t feel that in England but that’s the message I’ve gotten from people around the world.”
Scholes also revealed that the Problem Analysis Committee this season After 23 games, the number of referee errors has fallen to 64, down from 80 in the same period last year.
There were 13 incorrect VAR decisions, seven less than the previous year. Of these, four were incorrect, led by the late penalty conceded by United in their 2-1 defeat at West Ham. The winning goal for Bournemouth
(drew 1-1 at Newcastle), the red card for Brentford’s Christian Norgaard (drew 0-0 at Everton) and the goal disallowed for Nottingham Forest’s Nikola Milenkovic (won 3-2 at Southampton) were the remaining errors.
No details were disclosed about the nine VAR errors that were not considered. The CEO continued: “No one underestimates the importance and impact of a single wrong decision. “
We know how much a mistake can cost a club. It can cost points and results and can cost managers and players their jobs. “
There is less than one VAR intervention every three games, which shows that the level of VAR intervention is not as high as many people think. We should also see that VAR errors this season have dropped from 20 to 13. “
Of course we have to push referees to improve the quality of their referees but we also have to recognise the progress that has already been made. เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย We are never going to get the best out of our people if we keep criticising and adding insult to injury.”
Scholes was also pleased that average decision times for VAR have been reduced from 66 to 40 seconds, and ended with praise for the Professional Game Match Officials’ Council (PGMOL):
“Two years ago Sam Barrott was refereeing in League Two, now he’s a FIFA referee. That’s an example of the PGMOL getting huge credit for improving referees in a short space of time.”