VAR thread 2022/23

[richardtheref]

Where in the laws of the game does it specify hair pulling is a red card offence ?

It doesn't state headbutting is a red card offence. Perhaps Livarpool can try an appeal on that basis.

 

[crazyg]

You are being far to harsh. He's said he was sorry, I think we should all just forget about it now.
Poor Mike Dean, everyone forgets he was forced into the var job, he didn't want it you know. He wanted to be a lumberjack.

Slight edit.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Subjective, secretive and WIDE OPEN to corruption!!!

 

[halfcenturyup]

The main worry is that at the time Dean didn't believe hair pulling came under the "violent conduct" law. Now he has supposedly been one of our top 2-3 refs for over 20 years. It beggars belief. Until he actually went home and read the law he had no idea an infringement had occurred. Yet he has not only been tasked with improving how VAR is used but is also training other officials how to use it.

You have to ask yourself what the communication between Dean and Taylor was like? "There was nothing in it, he just pulled him to the ground by his hair". "Oh, OK then. Play on".

 

[inchy14]

Where in the laws of the game does it specify hair pulling is a red card offence ?

fucking hell Mark, if you pull a player to the ground when the ball is nowhere near its violent conduct!! If he pulled him down by his ears we’d say it was so why not his hair? In fact if he had short hair we’d be saying it was, it’s just he’s got ‘girly’ long hair so that’s ok ….

Grabbing any player should be violent conduct, it’s not supposed to be allowed.

 

[BlueHammer85]

It doesn’t and you won’t find biting or eye gouging or many other violent acts specifically mentioned. That is the point you are missing or being awkward about.
A violent act is a red card offence, whatever form it takes and the fact our supposed Top Ref didn’t recognise hair pulling as a violent act is staggering.

Not sticking up for ref, It should absolutely be mentioned as a law or categorically come under violent conduct

 

[BlueHammer85]

It doesn't state headbutting is a red card offence. Perhaps Livarpool can try an appeal on that basis.

Not sticking up for ref, It should absolutely be mentioned as a law or categorically come under violent conduct

 

[BlueHammer85]

fucking hell Mark, if you pull a player to the ground when the ball is nowhere near its violent conduct!! If he pulled him down by his ears we’d say it was so why not his hair? In fact if he had short hair we’d be saying it was, it’s just he’s got ‘girly’ long hair so that’s ok ….

Grabbing any player should be violent conduct, it’s not supposed to be allowed.

Not sticking up for ref, It should absolutely be mentioned as a law or categorically come under violent conduct

 

[Chipmeister]

I don’t think it’s feasible to mention every conceivable act under a law of violent conduct. It’s what’s acceptable in normal every day life I would suggest and pulling hair is violent conduct end of. Why anybody would not see that and recognise it as such is baffling and does a lot of harm to the integrity of VAR
Which I will add has done a lot of good for the game.

 

[Blue Mist]

It doesn’t and you won’t find biting or eye gouging or many other violent acts specifically mentioned. That is the point you are missing or being awkward about.
A violent act is a red card offence, whatever form it takes and the fact our supposed Top Ref didn’t recognise hair pulling as a violent act is staggering.

'Being awkward about' is the key phrase here.