A bit of football and cricket

The A-League has started and the season looks great. No easy games. All the teams have improved and the football has improved as well. all the games thus far have been enjoyable to watch.

HOWEVER we have a problem with the VAR. In both derbies we have seen howlers made AFTER the Referee has looked at the video. In the Melbourne derby the Referee was conned by the attacker. Every referee has been conned. BUT if you watch a replay you should overturn the decision and have a drop ball. The Referee doubled down and award a penalty. Any fan who watched the replay knew this was absurd, This referee should not have another A-League game this season.

In the Sydney derby We had a Referee awarding a free kick for offside however he awarded a direct free kick not an indirect free kick. Let us be clear. No player HAS to get out of the road of another. If the Defender had to get to the wanderers player he had to go AROUND the other Wanderers players. This makes obstruction and offside untenable.

In Cricket we had David Warner walking off a cricket field because pf a 'sledge'. A few things here. g First the utter hypocrisy of Warner who was the main sledger for the test team.
Secondly the umpires should have intervened and stopped the talk. The fieldsman did not show respect for the batsman. That is part of the spirit of cricket.