Agree, but what I couldn't get was how long it took VAR to decide. The commentary even said they were reviewing the build up? Felt like they were looking for any reason not to give it and in the end simply couldn't find one.
I would fuck VAR right off, blue tinted lenses maybe but it feels like every VAR decision affecting us is to try to find a reason not to give a decision whereas some other (not all) teams seem to be treated differently.
The Tottenham game was the one for me last year, what’s the point in celebrating a goal when it could well be disallowed five minutes later. It seems that agendas can be delivered, Llorente handling, our offside in the last minute and VAR is definitely ruining football. I’m well and truly pissed off with the authorities trying to influence results, maybe I’m reading too much into things but that’s how it seems to me. The handball at Liverpool another total game changer, how does that not get given?
I’m not of the opinion that every touch is a foul, I’m old school and we have had penalties for and against I wouldn’t have given. If I was to stamp on your foot really hard you wouldn’t pause and jump up in the air in that manner. The delay tells you everything. Mahrez carried on while he processed the touch then jumped up looking for a penalty. He didn’t initially even break his stride.
It was Laporte's arm, IIRC.I actually think it was the spurs game this season - at least I could understand what they were analyzing in that CL game but WTF was all that about with the ball brushing stones arm in the passage of play disallowing a winning goal that Jesus scored in the last minute! That’s the moments all fans used to dream about and celebrate and now we have to wait for multiple checks for fractional offsides and incidents going back who knows how long before the goal was scored.
That was a long walk back to the station that day as I knew something was dying in the game and felt bad for my lad who was with me if this was going to be the future.
Do you understand how running at speed works?
At the start of the season we were told VAR will not interfere with the referees initial decision re penalties and red cards (we suffered as well as others ...rodri wrestled to the ground in the area....jesus disallowed goal v spurs , the shitshow at anfield as well as other examples)...now VAR have done a u turn (too late for clubs affected by earlier mistakes) ...add to this we were also told replays would be relayed on big screens in the stadium (apart from anfield and ot)…..also why still are refs not using the monitors ? (considering the amount of time var is taking with some decisions)…..the mysterious way the FA have implemented VAR has killed it for me...sad to say this is my last season after 45 yearsThis swings and roundabouts, evening itself out over the season, is just obfuscation. It doesn't, and I think there is more than an indication that there isn't a one fit application for every PL team.
It was interesting that they were taking so long. My ERO who was watching with me suggested that the longer it took the more they would give it, but I could subscribe to the notion of just looking for summat that would chalk off the claim.