{"id":294517,"date":"2023-11-07T17:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294517"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:24:40","slug":"every-fing-week-keys-blasts-hopeless-refereeing-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/every-fing-week-keys-blasts-hopeless-refereeing-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Every f***ing week!&apos;: Keys blasts &apos;hopeless&apos; refereeing standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;Every f***ing week!&#8217;: Richard Keys blasts &#8216;hopeless&#8217; Premier League officials in a 1,000-word rant on refereeing standards&#8230; and admits he&#8217;s &#8216;as angry as Mikel Arteta&#8217; after more VAR controversy this weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Keys has criticised refereeing standards in a furious rant on his blog<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He believes that &#8216;substandard officiating is ruining the best league in the world&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>CHRIS SUTTON: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a CLOWN &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Richard Keys criticised the standard of Premier League officiating in an astonishing rant on Monday, as he reacted to yet more VAR controversy this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta and Arsenal responded furiously after VAR chose not to disallow Anthony Gordon&#8217;s winner for Newcastle on Saturday, and the club subsequently released a statement urging PGMOL to improve the standard of refereeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have since criticised the Gunners for how they responded to the incident, Keys admitted he too was &#8216;angry&#8217; with the the controversial decision and has simply had enough of &#8216;hopeless&#8217; refereeing in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s blog titled, &#8216;Every f***ing week&#8217;, the beIN Sports presenter delivered a furious 1,000-word rant to prove, in his mind, why Premier League officials are &#8216;ruining the best league in the world&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Here we are again. Every f***ing week,&#8217; Keys began. &#8216;It simply isn\u2019t good enough. It can\u2019t go on.\u00a0I repeat what I said recently &#8211; our current crop of match officials aren\u2019t fit for purpose. They\u2019re hopeless.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77513123-12721185-image-a-44_1699373948891.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard Keys blasted the standard of Premier League officiating in a furious rant on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77410015-12721185-Mikel_Arteta_above_labelled_VAR_s_decision_to_let_Anthony_Gordon-a-38_1699373380512.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta (above) labelled VAR&#8217;s decision to let Anthony Gordon&#8217;s winner for Newcastle stand a &#8216;disgrace&#8217; on Saturday, as his side were controversially beaten 1-0 at St James&#8217; Park<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77448021-12721185-Keys_L_claimed_that_the_Egyptian_has_been_overlooked_for_individ-a-41_1699373435268.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keys (left, on beIN Sports with Andy Gray) is fed up with the &#8216;hopeless&#8217; standard of officiating<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77409961-12721185-Sky_Sports_pundit_Jamie_Carragher_highlighted_the_goal_would_hav-a-45_1699374031953.jpg\" height=\"268\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher highlighted the goal would have also stood without VAR<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;As you\u2019ve probably guessed &#8211; I\u2019m angry today. As angry as Arteta was &#8211; and he had every right to be. And Arsenal had every right to defend their man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I believe Arteta was well within his rights to express his frustration following one of the most outrageous injustices I\u2019ve seen on a football pitch this season &#8211; and there\u2019s a few to chose from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ask Gary O\u2019Neil if I\u2019m right. Or (Jurgen) Klopp. Or\u2026. There\u2019s too many.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>PGMOL came under particular scrutiny after VAR official Darren England wrongly adjudged Luis Diaz offside during Tottenham&#8217;s 2-1 win over Liverpool in September.<\/p>\n<p>The referees&#8217; governing body described England&#8217;s mistake as a &#8216;significant human error&#8217; and publicly released audio evidence of the blunder after Liverpool complained and claimed that &#8216;sporting integrity&#8217; had been undermined.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77406663-12721185-The_first_issue_VAR_checked_was_whether_Newcastle_midfielder_Joe-a-39_1699373387705.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The first issue VAR checked was whether Newcastle midfielder Joe Willock kept the ball in play<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77406659-12721185-Officials_then_tried_to_determine_whether_there_was_a_push_on_Ar-a-40_1699373409180.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Officials then tried to determine whether there was a push on Arsenal&#8217;s Gabriel by Joelinton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77513005-12721185-image-a-43_1699373731629.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There was even more controversy on Saturday after VAR failed to overturn Sheffield United&#8217;s stoppage-time penalty, which left manager Gary O&#8217;Neil (above) furious at the match officials<\/p>\n<p>Wolves were also on the unfortunate end of another controversial decision on Saturday, as VAR failed to overturn Sheffield United&#8217;s soft stoppage-time penalty, which handed the struggling side their first win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Keys claimed that certain pundits who work for leading broadcasters are refraining from speaking freely on the issue in a bid to please their employers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019m in the luxurious position of being able to say what I think about the falling standards of officialdom in our top league &#8211; but imagine taking a call from a high ranking PL broadcast official reminding you who pays your wages. Scary,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It happened to two people that I know recently. The message was clear &#8220;stop criticising the refs&#8221;. What sort of world are we living in when people who run the game also want to steer the narrative?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The presenter also surmised that on-field referees are holding back from making &#8216;big decisions&#8217;, confident that VAR will amend any mishaps at Stockley Park.<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/16\/77512941-12721185-image-a-42_1699373631451.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp (left) was incensed after Luis Diaz&#8217;s goal against Tottenham was wrongly disallowed in September. Liverpool released a statement slamming VAR&#8217;s significant error<\/p>\n<p>But Keys also feels that VAR&#8217;s persistent will to stick to initial on-field decisions is leading to the wrong calls being made.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;Between them the guys officiating Newcastle\/Arsenal had a nightmare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Havertz has got to go off. His challenge was ridiculous and ticked all the boxes for serious foul play under law 12. I believe Stuart Attwell got his yellow card out thinking that if he\u2019d got it wrong VAR would rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It\u2019s what refs do these days. They often don\u2019t make big calls because the technology is there as a back-up. As it happened &#8211; Andy Madley also failed to make the correct decision. 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