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title: "Liverpool fans unimpressed with Jon Moss’ appointment for West Ham fixture"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2021-01-26T19:00:00Z"
modified: "2021-01-26T19:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool fans unimpressed with Jon Moss’ appointment for West Ham fixture

Truthfully, it’s hard to find a Premier League refereeing appointment which would be met by a mostly positive reaction from [Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/01/26/chelsea-linked-with-signing-liverpoo-target-dayot-upamecano/) fans this season.

Therefore, the appointment of Jon Moss for Sunday’s trip to West Ham, with Craig Pawson confirmed as the VAR official, was [met with predictable angst](https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/ranking-the-premier-league-clubs-by-who-is-most-affected-by-var-in-2020-21/)among many Kopites.

> Twitter: Jon Moss to take charge of Liverpool’s trip to West Ham on Sunday. Craig Pawson will be on VAR duty. (@ptgorst)

The champions head to east London desperate for a turnaround in recent form as [Jurgen Klopp](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/01/25/jurgen-klopp-urges-liverpools-owners-to-sanction-move-for-david-alaba/)‘s side are in the midst of an [unprecedented slump](https://www.skysports.com/liverpool-results) since the German’s arrival on Merseyside.

Given what’s gone before with the Reds’ history with Moss in particular, and by way of [decisions this season](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12184035/virgil-van-dijk-referee-michael-oliver-admits-mistake-over-jordan-pickford-tackle-on-liverpool-defender) – he was the [man in the middle for the tempestuous Merseyside derby](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12184035/virgil-van-dijk-referee-michael-oliver-admits-mistake-over-jordan-pickford-tackle-on-liverpool-defender) three months ago – Liverpool would be well served not to rely upon too much help from the officials on duty at the London Stadium. Indeed, one Kopite has labelled the 50-year-old as “shocking” due to his previous with the Merseysiders.

Here’s the pick of the vocal grievances from apprehensive Reds on Twitter…

> Alright then we start 2 goals down.
>
> — Ankkit (@ankkitraj4) [January 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/ankkitraj4/status/1354096448573468672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Twitter: @ptgorst Need to be putting 2 goals in the onion bag in every game from now on, or the team is exposing themselves… https://t.co/x6mi6wOoNV (@Pad\_\_Lfc)

> Twitter: @ptgorst Jon let’s guess its a penalty Moss
>
> Officials are either shocking\
> Or really shocking (@Anonymous015661)

> Twitter: @ptgorst We won’t be getting any var decisions anyway (@ConorMallon10)

> Twitter: @ptgorst There are not many refs or var officials we would want (@HermieLFC)

> Twitter: @ptgorst “I’m giving the penalty ” ![😅](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f605.svg)![👍](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f44d.svg)![🙈](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/1f648.svg) (@Pepeb72)

> Twitter: NOOOOOO! https://t.co/amFwvcOYxG (@ScouseBarker)