The utd referee and VAR referee have been, not stood down, but 'not selected' for the weekend fixtures.
It's an effective stood down. They couldn't be actually stood down because they hadn't been allocated yet, but they were deliberately not selected due to Monday night. According to BBC at least.
Its a classic solution by the authorities. They cant control what's said but they can bare face it. they know they've absolutely shafted a relegation troubled team game week 1 already and just want it all to die down. ideally another masive transfer story will shut us all up about them.
When I was writing it, I was being sarcastic which obviously doesn't come across (without the help of an emoji). As you say it is effectively the same thing but the PGMOL like to dress it up to save feelings or whatever.
I actually see it the other way around. I think that because it's a "not selected" under the official process, PGMOL have clarified that it is an effective stepping down to make sure that people know that.
I put him in my fantasy team. I put Haaland in last season just at the point where he didn't score for 3 games. I don't want players injured but who can I target next?
You said earlier that they couldn't be stood down because they hadn't been allocated yet but to my knowledge, stood down is the term they use meaning non-allocation and not a stripping of an already allocated game. Their standing down prevents them from being selected.
Apologies, I meant dropped rather than stood down, i.e. they couldn't be removed as they hadn't been allocated. In any event, it is because of the non-penalty. "Referee Simon Hooper, video assistant referee (VAR) Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Richard West are regarded as "not selected" rather than "dropped" as the weekend appointments had not been made prior to Monday's game. However, the move is a direct result of the collective failure to award the injury-time penalty and is part of Webb's demand for enhanced accountability for mistakes."
Once again we will be witness to the unrivalled magnificence of Pep's talent when he guides a tragically undermanned City to the title having lost Kev for a couple of games.
Cause they got all decisions correct that JB what annoys me is those refs will balance that decision up Probs against us
Shame about the god awful Swedish goalkeeping that have Spain their winner. Looked like a T-Rex special against Belgium
one of the worst goalkeeping errors in a major match. Thought so at the time. The GK had only to tip the ball coming straight at her over the bar. Contrived to just flick it into the net.
Women are on the brink of a world cup final. Two quick fired goals there retakes the lead and all but puts them there.
