And quite clearly the rules don’t matter whether he gets a touch or not if then proceeds to foul a player who still has the ball. We see fouls given for things like that all the time. If you haven’t seen it then there’s nothing more for us to debate.
Get rid of VAR NOW! We want our game back! (...or not, some are happy)
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Yeah you only have to look at the headlines on the back pages of some of the tabloids today to see just how much those decisions last night have really riled the media up. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of coverage it gets when the media darling Liverpool next win a game as a result of a VAR call because it will happen.
Yes, I think the problem is that the media and 'neutrals' sympathetic to Palace as the underdog here are transferring their frustrations away from the narrow offside call to this decision - because that was black-and-white whereas this one is more subjective.
What you mean is that getting the ball doesn't prevent you from committing a foul, if you tackle in a way that is either careless, reckless or uses excessive force whilst making first contact with the ball. What does not logically follow from that is that getting the ball does not matter, it is always a foul if you do not do so and sometimes a foul even if you do.
In this instance the fact Lindelof pokes the ball out from between Zaha's legs before any contact is made is incredibly important. If he had not done so it is, obviously, a penalty. The fact he did makes it very difficult for me to understand how you see this tackle as careless or reckless. Your wish to ignore that touch means you're trying to referee a completely different tackle to the one that was made.
Getting the ball doesn’t matter in this instance because it hasn’t changed the situation. Zaha still has a chance to score. If he gets the ball first and it goes out for a corner before he brings Zaha down on the follow through I would agree with you. But he didn’t.
And we're back to the original point. I have never ever seen referees interpret the laws in that way, and I was certainly never taught that when I was trained as a referee (admittedly some years ago now!) because you'd be calling a foul virtually any time players made contact with each other.
It's one continuous, in my opinion, clean tackle. Not two separate actions constituting a clean tackle followed immediately by a foul.
Well one ref on BT last night says it was a foul but not a clear and obvious error so some refs are being taught that way. Whether you’ve seen it or not is nothing I can comment on. I think fouls like that are given in every game.
On the in my opinion mistaken belief that Lindelof makes contact with the ball and Zaha simultaneously, which I would agree would likely be a foul.
Not what happened though.
He literally said playing the ball first didn’t matter. I’ve argued about this for far too long. We can just be glad it wasn’t given.
Well, unless he changed his mind 14 times this summarises what I heard:
If that's your take on what happened then fair enough, I can see why we disgaree, but it's certainly not 'playing the ball first doesn't matter' or even an accurate summary of what did happen.
More generally if Peter Walton told me the sky was blue I'd open the window to check.
I only heard what he said briefly on the first viewing at half time. No idea what he said afterwards. I would agree on Peter Walton in general.
What happens when that luck runs out? The manager will eventually be found out.
A lot of those decisions are subjective in nature and could have easily gone either way with different match officials. Only a few was objective like a clear offside obvious foul.
I don't think thats true at all. I can think of 3..last night. Maguire v Chelsea and a Norwich pen.
You can't just quote broad numbers, you need many examples to make this claim
I watched all of United games and it is a trend, that I have noticed during those games. I m not surprised that the science backs it as well with the data in the link I posted.
So... Examples?
My time is to valuable to do extensive research of all of our var calls. You just have to watch the games with those decisions and even listen to the commentary about the calls. Recent example was Bruno pen vs Villa where he step on the villa defender yet we got the penalty. Then the offside yesterday, where no margin of error exist to account for an offside call if less than 1cm.
I think the referee might have made an understandable mistake. And then VAR haven't enough to go on to overturn it.
The ref needs to have a 20minute look in super slo mo at the pitch side.
Or you give VAR #1 ref status and all the time they want.
That one, gets given half the time and half not. VAR won't ever overturn either way.
The argument it's definitely a penalty in real time or even in the real World is daft imo.
I'm largely agreeing with you, it seems more sensible pov than what you're arguing with.
Are your windows painted black?
Just for what it's worth, here's Dermot Gallagher making the same argument:
Again, not sure I'd trust Dermot Gallagher as far as I could throw him, but unlike Walton I at least think Gallagher has seen the incident properly.
Gotta love the myth that Ole is lucky though.Yet if this was your deity 'Mauricio', it wouldn't be luck but good judgement eh @Amadaeus
The implementation of VAR is premature to say the least. When the laws of the game and guidelines regarding VAR are both vague and unclear, it's always doomed to fail. Premier League referees certainly have their problems, but from the fact that VAR has caused so many controversies in so many leagues, it is oversimplifying the problems if you just put all the blame to the referees. There are plenty of variations in football, but there is insufficient planning and consideration about many of those scenarios.
There are always marginal offside calls in football. Under the new regulation, assistant referees are encouraged to keep their flags down if they're unsure about the situation, and let the VAR rule out the goal if it's scored. This is actually very unfair to the defensive team. If the attack doesn't result in a goal, the decision will not be reviewed and the defensive team will be unjustly kept under pressure. If a goal is scored from a resulting set piece, the decision will not be reviewed either.
To minimize the impact and delay to the game, VAR is supposed to intervene and overturn a decision only when there is a clear and obvious error. However we now spend plenty of time checking those armpit offsides and ridiculous handballs, which are definitely not clear and obvious errors. I'm a guy who always embraces technology, and I totally support the introduction of technology in football, but we need to reach a consensus and formulate a clear guideline before we implement a project.
There are always marginal offside calls in football. Under the new regulation, assistant referees are encouraged to keep their flags down if they're unsure about the situation, and let the VAR rule out the goal if it's scored. This is actually very unfair to the defensive team. If the attack doesn't result in a goal, the decision will not be reviewed and the defensive team will be unjustly kept under pressure. If a goal is scored from a resulting set piece, the decision will not be reviewed either.
To minimize the impact and delay to the game, VAR is supposed to intervene and overturn a decision only when there is a clear and obvious error. However we now spend plenty of time checking those armpit offsides and ridiculous handballs, which are definitely not clear and obvious errors. I'm a guy who always embraces technology, and I totally support the introduction of technology in football, but we need to reach a consensus and formulate a clear guideline before we implement a project.
VARchester United my ass.
That could easily have been given.
Incredible how they didn’t spend more time reviewing that incident.
Looks more like a foul and a red card for preventing a goal-scoring opportunity rather than the outcome they decided upon.
It was always going to happen, however, after Lampard’s moaning all week. The massive dickhead.
Looks more like a foul and a red card for preventing a goal-scoring opportunity rather than the outcome they decided upon.
It was always going to happen, however, after Lampard’s moaning all week. The massive dickhead.
Give what? It's outside the box, VAR is for penalties and red cards.
Last man and denying goal scoring opportunity or can VAR not give red cards for that either?
Zaha incident non stop moaning from BT. BBC barely have mentioned the Martial foul.
If it was against United then we will be hearing for 15 minutes but then again we have pundits who dont know anything. We have Cole keep saying ahh.
Exactly
Exactly.
It's impossible to determine whether that was inside or outside the box from that video anyway.
Ha. It’s so fecking blatant. Chelsea are kicking lumps out of us
It's a foul but not a red card in my opinion. Would be harsh to send someone off for a total accident.
Accident or not he fouled him and was last man
Had that been against Mane or Sterling it would have been given as a foul. Mane in particular has won so many penalites by sticking his leg in front of the defender clearing the ball.
Meanwhile, Ole is just sitting in the stands like the submissive little puppy that he is, while his team is getting hacked time and time again.
Meanwhile, Ole is just sitting in the stands like the submissive little puppy that he is, while his team is getting hacked time and time again.
Did you miss the fact it was a blatant foul, red card and last man?
Really? I didn’t see any replays that showed it was clearly outside the box. Surely close enough for VAR to get involved anyway.
Reckless
True but you'd hope some common sense is applied.
If it was the other way round I'd be fuming to get a red card for that.