Over 7000 languages spoken on this planet and Keith decided to speak FACTS

The whole of PGMOL should be stood down permanently if you were that incompetent in any other job youd be fired quickly

And we have clowns like Gary Neville asking for Clattenburg to resign. Absolute joke

FOREST ARE RIGHT

The first ex referee who is real and sincere. And not just trying to cover for his mate

The tweet didn't accuse anyone of anything, it referred to the appearance of having a Luton fan as VAR for this match. Stop accusing Forest of doing something they didn't actually do.

I bet 'they' didn't expect such a response from Keith.

Stuart Attwell is the worst referee I've ever seen at Villa Park. Anthony Taylor not far behind. how they have FIFA badges is beyond me.

Let’s not forget that forest have had numerous clear cut penalties denied, that’s the whole point of this uproar!

First person I’ve heard speak complete sense about this situation. He’s a Luton fan which means it’s a conflict of interest!! He should be stood down straight away!!

Finally someone that make sense.

PGMOL has been very poor with wrong appointments all season

Keith Hackett should be still running PGMOL... he talks a lot of sense.

Truly a society of sheep when injustice can't be called out. Who is guarding the guards?

The mess of these refs are costing clubs millions every game. They should be held accountable. Imagine if Forest get relegated by a point.

The three penalty claims aside, what bothers me the most is the complete lack of consistency when it comes to what is and isn’t a handball. What is the difference between Grealish, Young, and Wan Bissaka’s handballs this weekend and why was Wan Bissaka the only one penalized?

We should have our 4 points back as compensation

Great to hear common sense from a referee. Get him back in charge!

It’s not incompetence it’s corruption

Wow! And this is the former head guy! Forest have lit a fire that I’m sure many have wanted to this season. The referees have been woeful, not just for us, across the board!

Well spoken Keith get him back in the job his guidelines should be used and there needs to be training for the operators

I cannot understand how reffing standards have dropped so dramatically since the introduction of var.

Surely Man city owners paying premier league referees to work in the middle East is a conflict of interest and should be looked at! Even if it's not corrupt it doesn't look good. Especially considering Michael Olivers performances this season,

It is ridiculous that VAR goes out of it's way to chalk off goals for offside due to toe-nails and microscopic margins but ignore blatant penalties, handballs, and valid goals.

Ref for Coventry semi final should be investigated for match fixing along with VAR team.

The ref and VAR have cost us our premier league status

All 3 penalties no discussion I've no bias Leeds fan

I appreciate Keith's sincere and unbiased approach in his commentary as a former referee. His integrity and honesty are commendable and add value to the conversation. 👏👏👏

Howard Webb was run out of the MLS... yet y'all let him be one of the most influential people in English football?? Why?!

Keith is the first person in the media I've seen that's not a paid actor.

Totaly spot on. Keith Hackett said it all.

This guy talks complete sense. Why was his system abandoned?

Appointing a Luton fan to oversee this Forest Everton game was criminally inept. Ignoring the request to change him for this game was pure stupidity or absolute corruption. None of this is fine for such a crucial game.

I don’t understand why the audio isn’t played throughout VAR checks would add so much transparency

Very intelligent man, excellent talk

Not only was the penalty not given on the third appeal but it should have been a sending off for preventing a goal scoring opportunity!

Even Specsavers would refuse Attwell an eye test. He's beyond saving.

How is that there have been completely valid complaints against VAR every week since it was introduced, yet not only has nothing been done it's only got worse - a lot worse!

I've lost count how many times man city have not had blatant penalties called against them.

Only for the tweet no one would be even talking about this. So fair play to Forest for taking on the PGMOL and highlighting their incompetence.

Keith 👏

If we lived in a just world, pundits, refs, the premier league all should be stood down

Mark Clattenburg is doing the lord’s work !

It’s every weekend now, every game week. It’s draining. The consistency is non existent. No hand ball from young yet a few hrs later a handball by Bissaka in the FA Cup game. No hand ball from Grealish 24 hrs prior, one of the most obvious and easiest handball decisions you could wish to have as a referee and it’s not given.

Speaking facts keith finally someone with sense

Facts Keith

all confidence in legitimate sport is completely gone. football is corrupt. Var is a tool to control outcomes. football is no longer sport. its entertainment!

The whole ref set up needs changing

Once the storm settles seems like everyone is in agreement with Forest.

Finally someone with a brain👍

Coventry should be in the FA cup final but nobody seems to want to talk about that. Everyone steaming because Everton have won a few 50/50 decisions. Why would Luton fans want Everton to win they would want a draw, so it doesn't even make sense.

Should be sacked for incompetence

As a liverpool fan it was frustrating seeing people in the media saying we were acting like spoiled children . It’s quite vindicating to see other teams and fans realize how incompetent the pgmol really are.

In 2008 Attwell was the referee for Watford vs Reading where he awarded Reading a goal for a shot that went wide of the post.

It is outrageous and rather than pundits sucking up to the FA but criticising forests tweet, it’s about time we saw pundits analysing our situation and informing the public about the extremely bad and wrong decisions we suffered all season long - leading to us being in this position. Thats why NFFC are so angry and it needs to be acknowledged… it’s not just this game.

Finally, a credible take on the situation. So Attewell being a Luton fan had no bearing on these bad decisions? So why do they have to declare their allegiance then. What an over simplified nay moronic comment

I hope that Forest are remembered as the club that exposed the PL, FA and PGMOL for what they all are!

Wow! What a clever system Keith. Cause nobody has ever lied on a form have they? 🤦🏻‍♂️

This likely what happened: forest complained about var and Webb told Attwell and he retaliated against forest. That was pure retaliation. “How dare you complain about me? I will deal with you.”

Agree with Keith for the most part, but it's annoying he's still towing the line of "*beep boop* It is not an integrity issue. *beep boop* It is a competency issue *beep boop*." If that's the case, then why did he make his employees sign forms to declare their allegiance? Did that somehow make them competent? No, it ensured their INTEGRITY. This specific issue IS an integrity issue, no matter how much The Media™ want to deny it.

VAR should be a set panel that are not ex refs, they should jsut be analysts that every week make the same decision everytime, and if they are not ex refs they wont be biased to protect refs when they make a questionable call

Just save money on VAR and switch it off for games reffed by good old ‘Tayls and Ollie’ then

I call this vindication, well done guests👍🏼

This is why refereeing in the past were so much better even when there is no technology

Totally agree with Kieth Hackett, great man.

Maybe one week we'll get a round of matches where there are no absolute howlers from the referees either on the field or in the VAR hub, I honestly think that since the introduction of VAR the standard of refereeing is even worse.

It absolutely would affect someone's decision. How could it not? U shouldn't be able to officiate if uve got a dog in the race.

Why does the VAR doesn't automatically send the clip to the pitch side monitor... let the ref see his mistake right there. Quick 30 seconds check, while everybody else is looking at you taking the decision.

It's ok saying you can't do this and you can't do that on the forest web site , but what do you do ????? Forest have complained officaly on numerous occasions with sod all being done .One thing that forest have done now is got the cat among the pidgins so to speak, its about time someone had the balls to call out this currupt top 6 cartel loving FA maybe if more of the ordinary football loving majority spoke out againt this like Forest things might change

Play the tape in regard to the penalties, that's the issue that needs to be cleared up. Don't hide behind Forests comments - deal with the issue. Play the tapes and clear the air, failure to do so puts the whole premier league and PGMOL into a situation where you have to doubt their honesty. A joke of a situation for the so-called premier soccer league in the world.

As soon as you allow that much money into a sport corruption will never be far away. I have been saying all season something very dodgy is going on with referees in our league. I know people seem to think that questioning a referees integrity is an unthinkable action but I really don't think it will be long before the first one is rumbled then others after.

My question is. WHY is Stuart atwill a referee full stop.

Is this guy really a ref? He speaks facts and is open to new ideas. That's shocking!

Hawksbee & Jacobs is sh!te

A solicitor/lawyer cannot represent a client if there is a perceived or real conflict of interest. Keith Hackett is spot on that you need a similar system in appointing officials to games. The huge question after this interview is to ask why the PGMOL has abandoned the system that Keith had implemented when he was the refs' boss.

The PGMOL is corrupt and rotten to the core. It should be disbanded and replaced. VAR should be a truly independent service comprised of people that actually played the game professionally or scrapped too. All conversations from and to VAR should be broadcast in the stadium and if on TV, on there too.

If you can't see that as a penalty then you are in the wrong job sack him

Finally somebody speaking sense

That chelsea grealish handball was ludicrous

The standard of refereeing. Is a joke and VAR has made things worse. 🐺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Why do we keep believing all match officials have integrity while we accept some policemen,lawyers, judges, councillors, politicians bankers, etc, haven't?

The Greek-Father should sue the PGlol

"Get over it" is the refrain of idiots that do not want VAR and the officiating to get better

Every club is thinking what Forest actually said

If everyone else can see they were pens then why didn’t Taylor and Attwell?

VAR needs to be scrapped. It's not just the truly appalling decisions we see every week it's the slowing down of a game that's supposed to flow. I've been watching some Championship games recently and they are so much more enjoyable to watch simply because there is no VAR. No one has the guts to hold their hand and say "Sorry, we got this completely wrong". Goal line camera's is all we needed or wanted to check that the ball was over the line, the rest is utter tosh.

I couldn't agree more Mr Hackett....... its a pity his sensible opinions and suggestions aren't in place in our game now. He was also correct in his assessment that its about education education education......

Before VAR; Refs don't have any replays, they have to make a quick decision as the game goes on. They can't see everything. VAR introduced; We'll wait for the ref to make a mistake. We'll ignore it if he doesn't call for a check. VAR shouldn't wait for a clear and obvious error. If they (VAR) see a foul then they should bring it to the refs attention. End of.

Keith Hackett spot on

Why cant you insinuate the official is bias? Why not? What if he is are they really so holy that there is no chance there dodgy?

I hear what your saying about communication but forest have been trying that all season and getting nowhere ! Yes every team has a share of decisions go against them but forest are getting them game after game after game ! The prem are blatantly not interested and if it takes teams being more aggressive with complaints like forest has just been to get changes then so be it😡

Attwell should have said something himself if indeed he is a Luton fan, and has brought into question his own integrity

Just get rid of VAR its ruining the game

Forest had to come out strong cos otherwise FA and Prem would quash and ignore……..

Corruption in the UK?? 😮

Here's an idea... instead of the referee having to constantly go back and forth between a monitor to see the incidents (which takes time and is why they don't review everything), why doesn't the referee have a phone or tablet in his pocket this is streaming the same video that is on the pitch-side monitor. That way we can clearly see what the referees seeing because it has been broadcast. And it means the referee doesn't need to be forced with having to see the monitor after every tackle, you can just look at the tablet make a decision and remove on within seconds. I've been banging on about this for months and maybe years now VAR doesn't need to be a massive committee of people and technology it literally just needs to be the Replays that we've been having on TV for years in the eyes of the referee who is officiating on the pitch.

stood down - he will soon be in court with the PGMOL and FA

I am a Forest fan and I am sick of the Refs and VAR turning down appeals that are definite penalties, it just shows their incompetence to do their job properly. VAR was introduced to help refs yet some just to not use it. It is shocking and disrespectful to the clubs that lose out form the refs actions, Keith Hackett is right something needs to be done about it.

1 of the best refs ever Keith was so respected. speaks absolute perfect sense. Communication is the key. Also being proactive and protecting the referee in the first place

1 you can forgive 2 you can start to think mmm somethings wrong here 3 no way something hasn't gone on. All three were mistakes by the Ref and ignored by VAR and this before you learned the VAR guy is a Luton fan and then you think wait a min how has that been allowed to happen and why has it been allowed to happen and then you revisit the 3 pen decisions and go whoooo wait a min here this stinks to high heaven.