VAR thread 2022/23

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I am really struggling to accept that this is offside. Especially after the rashford goal that was "onside" last monday. What happened to the tolerance!

Whatever the tolerance level is, there will always be marginal calls.

 

[jjctid]

Whatever the tolerance level is, there will always be marginal calls.

Correct but isn't the tolerance supposed to favour the attacker when it is marginal? Rashford looks to be more offside than Isak to me.

 

[jjctid]

Media called it a new rule where the attacker is given the benefit of the doubt with "stress lines " whatever the fuck that means ?

So why wasn't the attacker given the benefit of doubt at anfield? Sorry I think I know the answer!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Correct but isn't the tolerance supposed to favour the attacker when it is marginal? Rashford looks to be more offside than Isak to me.

No, they thickened the lines and if they overlap, it’s onside.

 

[Blue Mist]

Whatever the tolerance level is, there will always be marginal calls.

But that is what most of us are saying. We are not saying it is only against City in some big conspiracy.
There will always be marginal calls....... some favour rags and dips (onside) and some favour rags and dips (offside)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

But that is what most of us are saying. We are not saying it is only against City in some big conspiracy.
There will always be marginal calls....... some favour rags and dips (onside) and some favour rags and dips (offside)

Offside is a factual decision.

How does your logic apply to Rashford’s goal? It was a marginal decision that went for the rags and simultaneously against the dippers.

 

[RayCTID]

Newcastle's goal should of stood especially with Rashford getting the benefit. It is incidents like that make me question the purpose of VAR and the decision making process on a game to game basis.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I can’t comment on it yet because I haven’t seen it and don’t know how justified the criticism is.

It seems to be fan lead rather than anything from Newcastle players and manager.

I’ve seen the offside and that seems fair enough.

The officials didn’t manipulate Newcastle in switching off at a corner.

To their credit, NBC, Sky, and BBC commentators and pundits immediately questioned where the extra 3 minutes of stoppage came from at the end that allowed for the winning goal (only for the ref to blow the whistle at the ensuing kickoff), as there was only the Joelinton and keeper injury stoppages during stoppage time that added up to 1 minute of additional time at most.

One even cheekily commented that this reminded them of the days of Fergie time.

And one of the Newcastle offsides is highly dubious when compared to the Rashford onside goal for United.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

To their credit, NBC, Sky, and BBC commentators and pundits immediately questioned where the extra 3 minutes of stoppage came from at the end that allowed for the winning goal (only for the ref to blow the whistle at the ensuing kickoff), as there was only the Joelinton and keeper injury stoppages during stoppage time that added up to 1 minute of additional time at most.

One even cheekily commented that this reminded them of the days of Fergie time.

And one of the Newcastle offsides is highly dubious when compared to the Rashford onside goal for United.

Sterling vs Southampton vibes.

These things happen once in a while.

Not sure why different offsides are being compared. It’s a factual decision.

 

[cheekybids]

Sterling vs Southampton vibes.

These things happen once in a while.

Not sure why different offsides are being compared. It’s a factual decision.

I think the Rashford goal brought into light a new “it’s within tolerance” that many of us had never heard. This looked closer.

It’s gone from factual to err not quite factual & back to factual.