Darren Bent Can't Make SENSE Of The "APPALLING" VAR Decisions Made During Forest Vs Everton! 👀🤔 

Absolutely no issue with what Forest said, if anything they are spot on, and they are actually saying what everyone is thinking. That was one of the worst refereeing performances I’ve seen. Forget VAR for a minute, how has Anthony Taylor not given at least 2 of those penalties on the field. Stuart Attwell on VAR needs seriously looking at, a Luton fan with 3 of the most biased, blatant incorrect decisions you’ll see.

“Sky Sports is in bed with the officials” Ben Foster

Love seeing the public not having an issue with what was said and the mainstream media hating it!

Of course Forest should be allowed to question a match officials integrity, as should everyone have, corruption exists at all levels in every walk off life

I suspect Forest released the statement like they did to make maximum impact, and it looks like its working, its finally getting people talking about all these bad VAR decisions, not just the ones that affect Forest. Something needs to be done even if its a review of the whole VAR process.

If Stuart Atwell wasn’t cheating it’s 100% worse for me. He should lose his job end of story, because either option is unacceptable

This is definately not the first game Mr.Atwell and Taylor have officiated and has ended in total chaos ..The most watched league with the worst officials..

Simple explanation - The officials are bent.

So Darren agrees the third appeal was a definite penalty. If Stuart Atwell is overseeing VAR, why isn't he sending the Taylor to the screen... it stinks.

Carragher and Neville are bellends. Just because they’re on sky, doesn’t mean ANYBODY respects what they say.

I'm clearly no Forest fan but they are right with the statement. I have said for a long time now that the officials are either incompetent or corrupt no in between. They are all bad. If you watched the Man City v Real Madrid match last week that was what you call a proper referee he was tremendous. The so called best league in the world with the worst text book referees . P.s Gallagher and Clattenburg were two of the most controversial refs out there.

Hey. That guy that phoned in does not represent most of us Forest Fans. Personally hope it was Marinakos that sent the tweet. And that he Sue's PGMOL. It's a limited company after all.

Do these guys know anything about Attwell? He's done nothing, except get 2 potentially 3 key decisions wrong. Also, His reputation? The guy gave a goal for a shot that went wide!!! Just to clarify, I'm not a Forest fan. I'm just sick of these ref's getting a free pass every week

Huge questions need to be asked why none of the decisions actually went to VAR!

Get the audio recordings quickly before the PGMOL do a dodgy edit. Actually, get an audio expert to check anyway

The VAR ref is a fan of one of the teams, no way should he be involved in the game for a team he supports.

Even if he didnt realise it, being a fan of an opposite team in that situation will come into it without him thinking. If they go down this will be a wild situation

VAR will decide the winners and losers of this seasons Premier League. Then theyll do it next season and so on. Why? Because the fans let it, because its funny when its not you. Why not put the rivalries aside, like with the super league, show that without us theres no Premier league, force change.

Spurs fan here I think Forest and Everton have been treated disgracefully this season.What about Chelsea and City? premier league in their pockets with corruption.

This comes down to having a conflict of interests... Any referee/VAR can easily have a conflict of interest, and removing them removes the potential conflict of interest affecting a game and a final result... This is why a judge or lawyer has to recuse themselves from any case in which they might have a lack of impartiality...

Cracks me up that forest are wrong to speak out,lots of people can't even comprehend that somebody could be bias.its happens in all walks of life,goverment,police why not football .if its not bias is he so bad he should never have been near a var job

Everton fans, some of them said that Forest should have had 2 penalties st least. Ashley Young really jeopardised Everton's chances of winning the game. Luckily they did win, but nevertheless it is crystal clear as day that the Established Top 6 will always have decisions go their way and the 14 other clubs will have decisions go against them. I want Everton and Nottingham Forest to both stay up for a few reasons, for Everton, they have been top-flight regulars for 7 decades now, Liverpool cannot have its two teams in different divisions and in Evertons case, they have been punished for being honest and truthful with their stadium plans and finances, unlike Man City who have denied the allegations against them and vice versa. Forest - It would be hugely unfair to see them go down again after 25 years trying to return and like Everton and the 12 other non-Big 6 clubs they have not had decisions go their way in recent games. So I feel for both clubs, as an opposing fan of Everton and Forest, they always have been big top-flight names and to see them be controversially relegated in place of two of the three that will go down, if it happens will be terrible. I believe Forest and Everton will stay up against the odds and the three promoted teams will return to the EFl..

All 3 pens not even a Forrest fan

Forest and Wolves have being robbed bilnd by refs this season

As a LFC fan let me say firstly, I feel Everton & Forest got fuked over with the points deduction when City have 115 charges being swept under the carpet. I want both teams to stay up... So this have nothing to do with either side. What happened yesterday was without a doubt corrupt beyond any reasonable doubt. It can't be denied. The PL is dead to me... We should all take a stand. They are laughing as all us fools, well no more for me.

Very odd how everyone (fans) in Social Media, irrespective of their club, is in support of Nottingham Forest, while the two Nottingham fans that I heard speak with the TalkSport guys (one of them here, the other in some previous video) go against the club's statement. Not sure what's going on here.

I disagree that Luton wanted a draw, a draw suited Forest and Everton more than anything, obviously both wanted to win but would take the point. Forest losing was the best result, but even then, it is more a case of unconscious bias from Attwell rather than deliberate in my opinion.

Forest getting Robbed by VAR and PSR

Attwell was disgusting. Forest were spot on.

This VAR is really working out well for the game isn't it? Its totally revolutionised the game and made football a joy to watch

Man city never gets penalties against them. What about Jack Grealish handball against Chelsea 😮😮

Why is it crossing the line. Attwell is a serious threat to any club out of the top 8. They should stop defending this buffoon.

Nottingham Forest is accurately stating the facts. These facts are open to scrutiny and stand strong under examination. If their integrity can't be questioned then I doubt it's the truth. Why not release the tapes immediately if they're so sure the officiating was integrity?

Just go back to one ref and start enjoying goals or whatever happens in the moment. VAR can just do offside. Hopefully better than Liverpool v spurs game.

Ashley Young is a NFFC fan, he tried his hardest to get them the points

I agree with Forest, it's been a disgrace all season for most teams except for man City

Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Everton, Coventry, Burnley, Liverpool, Chelsea etc... and obviously more will feel hard done by the VAR. The purpose of the VAR is to get the right results, but it has failed. Nottingham Forest had the balls to speak out, and from now on, everyone should. Also the EPL is getting destroyed by bureaucracy, media and pundits who have their analysis/script done by someone else. Our once beautiful game is now, a ugly mess, full of cheating/corruption. Also that referee who officiated the Forest v Everton match should be sacked and examined to see if his cranium is leaking, which would explain a lot.

Alex Ferguson could pick who refereed his games

The 3rd was a deffo penalty and a sending off as he's last man .How can all the fans can see but var can't, the mind boggles

Darren bent is great on talksport

Without a doubt, VAR needs to be referred by robots/AI for it to work fairly and objectively

Benty spot on.

If forest hadn't have put out that tweet to stir things up, people would not have been discussing the situation so much and acknowledging that forest were completely robbed. Great move in my view.

Taylor should be sacked. He is clearly incompetent to referee at this level. He is clearly relying on VAR to correct him if he is wrong. And the VAR ref Attwell clearly had conflict of interests to be anywhere near this game. Forest are right to question the integrity of Attwell and the corruption going on within PGMOL.

Releasing the audio doesn’t make a difference!! Sort out the quality of VAR management. Get them to talk to rugby video referees. Make them ALL accountable and it will work. Mic them up live

Luton did not want a draw. They wanted the team closest to them to lose. They see it as a straight contest with Forest as to who stays up. Last thing they wanted was a draw, where both teams move further ahead of them ! Amazing you cant see that !

Taylor has been seriously declining, just like a certain Webb who ultimately resigned from referring. It's a matter of time for Taylor

Atwell has done something wrong, isn't that the whole point of the topic? 3 times.

Refereeing in that game was appalling.. Forest deserved atleast one of those penalty shouts, if not two. Some of these referees and VAR are a disgrace!!

Imagine those two clowns using the words "Integrity" and "Class" when both of them have neither! All they are doing is following the producers narrative in their ears. They are being the mouth piece for money. I love the fact that 90% of fans are agreeing with us! This is happening in all walks of life now when it comes to those who have the power and the plebs who pay for it! They say one thing and we think another! Keep it up Forest! Keep the pressure on! Lets have the audio and transcript released! If there is no problem why are we still waiting for it to be released! They have it so lets hear it!

Whenever you are not allowed to criticise someone...there is or will be after a while....corruption involved

I watch a lot of football, Italian, Spanish, German and French and one thing i noticed is the referees in those leagues go to the monitor more often than the Premier League. The referee on the pitch should be making the decisions

I don’t honestly get with the technology they have and all the slow mo zoom cameras , virtual lines , heat motion , motion detector camera ect that they get these decisions so wrong ! The Audio var when released with Liverpool was so unprofessional it was a joke

Forest's frustration comes from having been on the end of seven or eight decisions as egregious as this just since Christmas. It's a build up that's been brewing for weeks.

Well done Forest 👍

Stuart Atwell that said Marcus Rashford is not interfering with play in Manchester derby at OT last season after escorting the ball from an offside position.

This cannot be incompetence, especially the third claim. Was this FA’s way of giving Everton points for having deducted them points?

Why would Luton want a draw?

We’ve seen match fixing in Italy in recent times, why are so many journalists so adamant that there is no corruption within the EPL. Atwell should never officiate again, how someone can have monitors in front of them and not see that third penalty decision as a clear cut penalty shouldn’t be involved in the game.

Luton doesn't want a draw, their main hope of escaping the relegation trap is by catching Forest. Everton was already looking safe prior to this match

Having your hands behind your back to make a block isn't a natural position though agree consistency means it should have been given. The first one is given week in week out and can't see any rational explanation for the third.

The thing is , Forest have gone down the official route of reporting and writing to the officials and all they get are letters back saying, sorry a mistake was made. So I don't blame them for the social media Post at all and wanting the audio of the conversations during the match. Simply because its happened too many times .

Wow, all of English media is reading off the same script. They all acknowledge the appalling officiating, but if you question their integrity that's going too far? (further fueling the corruption accusations) I'm glad these "pundits" don't represent fans.

Good. I hope this sticks to Atwell. He's not done his job properly. The Prem is the biggest league in the world, the money involved obscene. You should be on point. If I was inept in my job I'd be on warnings and then out on my ear. Why are these people being protected. To be inept in an arena where the stakes are that high deserves comeback. And it's not the first time he's messed up like this.

Maybe he had money on the game.....

Atwell was on VAR when the ball was given to Liverpool (wrongly) in the 98th minute. Also in the game against Bournemouth when a clear penalty wasn’t given

Well said forest, I'd say most football fans would agree with forest, each week we see bonkers decisions by var and officials.

EVERY Time Truth Is Spoken to Power. The speaker will be shouted down.

Neither can anyone else make sense of the VAR decisions, however apparently Nottingham Forest are in the wrong for highlighting issues

Why’s no one asking the question of match fixing? In any other country it’d be investigated and not investigating or asking questions because it might discredit somebody is rubbish. Atwell did a bad job, he needs to answer for it.

It's called a conflict of interest people. It is a HUGE consideration in any other industry. The football hierarchy is stuck in the seventies.

I don't watch every game, but it seems that VAR is being used to manipulate the final outcome. Since the Liverpool and Tottenham game at the beginning of the season, instead of getting better, it has got worse....

they were all 50/50 calls because forwards are looking to get contact by blocking defenders attempts to get the ball. if its not a clear and obvious error the VAR......

Who is holding PGMOL accountable

I fully understand how upset Forest are, we've all had these dreadful decisions go against us this season and, in my opinion, Forest were perfectly within their rights to call the officials performance out but maybe its not good when you make accusations about someone's integrity in public. Call out the standards of match officials, absolutely, but don't go down the "favouritism" route, it could open up a massive can of worms.

Im no chelsea fan but that free kick went between the wall, hit the mans arm, went off for a corner at worst and city get a goal kick. actually a pompey fan and weve just won the league but football is broken and nyo the game i fell in love with

The point people are missing is, forest did it the right way at the beginning and went directly to PGMOL before the game but they didn't listen. So now they are listening because they went to social media. So whos at fault then. If PGMOL did listen, and someone else was in VAR and Everton still won 2nil, then this would have been avoided.

Stuart attwell is from Nuneaton, who supports Leicester, I went school with him

I can tell you exactly who hates Tottenham and when we see the ref we groan…. Michael Oliver and Antony Taylor both dislike Tottenham with a passion and NEVER give us penalties that they give everyone else

Turning a blind eye to corruption. .

didnt see forest jumping up and down when Burnleys goal got chalked off!

you think THIS stuff is dodgy / morally wrong ? In Glasgow we have a guy who had a season ticket for Celtic and whos dad was employed by Celtic , freely allowed to ref Rangers ( and Celtics) games . Work that one out . His name is Kevin Clancy for avoidance of doubt.

If the FA or premier league do not believe that a referee (who is a Luton fan) could be biased and cheat why do they assume players would cheat by making all matches on the last day kick off at the same time to avoid cheating.

At this point it’s obvious that the officials are corrupt

The match should be replayed with all tickets provided free if charge. Televised and money given to charity. Lets see how good the FA are

Its seems everyone in the media is scared or are told to say that they way Nottingham forest went about it is wrong the fact is when it happened to Arsenal 3 in one game it was brushed under the carpet but this has to be corrupt how else can you explain those decisions.

Why do people have a problem with questioning integrity? Surely a standard part of checks and balances is to check people’s integrity, and then to review it. The refereeing decisions were so bad that it seems perfectly reasonable to raise it. Not from a Forest fan BTW

Think everyone is missing the point with the tweet. It’s to spark conversation and debate and to put it into light and it’s worked

One minute everyone's talking about them scrapping replays, now its all about forest and VAR🤔

Well done Forest go for it ! Once again we had bad decisions against us, this has been happening all season but I guess if we would have been given 3 penalties no question had we been at the other end of table !!!!

It’s funny how you can’t find the 4 bad calls on a clips of the game

How can it be considered 'below the belt' to complain about Stuart Atwell after the match when they raised the issue before the match and nothing was done. They did the right thing, PGMOL ignored them and now after some very dubious VAR decisions the problem that Forest highlighted has become a reality. Thats on the PGMOL. Its amateurism at best. The system is not fit for purpose

If you have a conflict of interest, you should not be officiating the game. That applies to all teams in the relegation zone... I would expect no officials with a Luton or Burnley affiliation involved in this game, and really, if it was at all possible, keep all Brentford or Crystal Palace supporters away as well. It's almost as it the PGMOL doesn't understand the concept of a conflict of interest.

Here’s the issue. I don’t think there’s any conspiracies or cheating etc. The reason why people go to that thought is because they think that ‘it can’t be that the Refs are that stupid there must be something more’. Well there isn’t anything more, there isn’t any cheating or conspiracy, the Refs are just that stupid and terrible at their jobs and the FA & Prem league are being embarrassed by the PGMOL every week!!

It's about time they had at least one ex professional footballer on the var panel

This season has seen some very very bad VAR decisions.

Forest are bang right with what they have done every week had decisions are made and it's discussed and forgot for it to happen again

3 pens that are nailed on, not given. Ryan yates getting a punch to the stomach, var and the ref, nothing given…not even a yellow, not even looking at it! Liverpool getting a sucker punch corner late on leading to a goal. Ivan toney literally moving the ball a yard on a free kick to avoid the wall…and we can’t question their integrity??? I’d love to see Phil foden getting punched by yates and var not bothering to look

I can't make sense of why darren bent has got a slot on talksport.

Why are players integrity constantly called into question with impunity but the 'authority' is protected? What happened to equality and equity that's being pumped into society?