VAR thread 2022/23

[Blackley_Blue]

Howard Webb grinning after the penalty was given said it all to me.

He give it the "thank Christ they gave that" face

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Howard Webb grinning after the penalty was given said it all to me.

Fucking shameless and sticking two fingers up to supporters !

 

[1961_vintage]

Is VAR about sticking to the laws of the game or making drama for TV by manipulating outcomes?

I think you know the answer.

 

[hertsblue]

The club should be demanding an explanation and audio from these decisions today.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

The club should be demanding an explanation and audio from these decisions today.

Good job City are too good to be knocked off course by the corrupt cunts.

 

[Stephen230]

So he kept with the on field decision to make sure the game didn't become a non event?

Is VAR about sticking to the laws of the game or making drama for TV by manipulating outcomes?

Once he decides it isn’t a red card his involvement is over.

 

[Blackley_Blue]

Howard Webb grinning after the penalty was given said it all to me.

I'm actually surprised the TV directors cut to him at that moment. They've got to be careful not to give the game away!

 

[RiversideBlue]

Free kick to the rags , even after a var check , bizarre
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VAR couldn't award a yellow card (only a red). They can't change the free kick the other way unless it's a red.

The ref got it wrong, VAR didn't feel it was a red. Not saying I agree or disagree just that thats why the free kick stayed the way it was.

 

[GH64]

So he kept with the on field decision to make sure the game didn't become a non event?

Is VAR about sticking to the laws of the game or making drama for TV by manipulating outcomes?

Just read the rules
Basically VAR review is allowed for possible red card, and the fact that the ref gave a free kick to them meant that he had made a clear and obvious error
So VAR should have said to the ref - this is a "possible" red card (it HAS to be a possible red card for violent conduct), you clearly did not see it as you gave the free kick the wrong way, so come and take another look.

The ref should then decide that as it is Rags and us it is not a red card.
But it is his job to do that and not VAR's

(And then they still get the free kick, because he'll stay with the original decision, but he might feel a bit bad about it.)

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I am absolutely hating this media line of “It was the right decision but it’s the law that is ridiculous.”

This is some piss poor attempt to absolve the referee of culpability. It’s total bollocks. The handball guidance talks about intention and proximity. That standard is simply not met in this instance. He is about one yard away and he has no intention of blocking the ball as he’s facing the other way. Every person with two eyes and a brain cell can see that.

Stop using the rulebook as an out. To give that as a penalty is simply the product of bad refereeing. They are not applying the guidance correctly because they don’t know how to take an advisory framework of guidance and apply it more generally using common sense… which leads to absolutely absurd decisions like this. You can tweak the rule book all you like, you’re still gonna get the same shit because these referees are just not good at their job (whether down to incompetence or corruption is up to you). It’s that simple.

Put it this way. If he didn’t give it, is anybody going to say the ref hasn’t followed the rules? No of course they wouldn’t because there’s a million reasons why it doesn’t meet the standard of a penalty.