[Albion] Away enders at SJP: did you realise Gordon had been sent off?

DavidinSouthampton said:

Watching on the TV, I was immediately confident that Danny’s gem wouldstand
i was also convinced that Schar was offside from the start before there was a review.
Yes it is a bit tedious, but for me VAR worked yesterday.

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slartibartfast said:

If one takes the Albion hat off and looks at the Schar "goal", it is exactly the sort of thing that I hate VAR for - that would have been given as a goal for 120 years prior to VAR without a single hint of controversy. That wasnt what VAR was brought in for and it boils my urine when these moments are overturned due to microscopic analysis - FFS the game was fine for 120 years prior to VAR , the goal was a belter , - kneecap, toecap, shoulder, where the player is mostly level to the naked eye is NOT what I want goals disallowed for. Of course, under these circumstances, it worked out well ;-) but Im talking about in general.

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slartibartfast said:

If one takes the Albion hat off and looks at the Schar "goal", it is exactly the sort of thing that I hate VAR for - that would have been given as a goal for 120 years prior to VAR without a single hint of controversy. That wasnt what VAR was brought in for and it boils my urine when these moments are overturned due to microscopic analysis - FFS the game was fine for 120 years prior to VAR , the goal was a belter , - kneecap, toecap, shoulder, where the player is mostly level to the naked eye is NOT what I want goals disallowed for. Of course, under these circumstances, it worked out well ;-) but Im talking about in general.

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Hotchilidog said:

I broadly agree with your point about microscopic offsides, but there were multiple Newcastle players clearly offside when the kick was taken. It really wasn't a controversial ruling. The timing of it obviously added drama to it, but it was objectively an offside.

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slartibartfast said:

Im talking about the player - any player - who belts in a goal like that, last minute, and the fact that something that nobody noticed in real time is fractionally off rules it out. I get your point about the other players (who in the modern era, were not actively interfering , so are a red herring - though if you take my 120 year argument, of course they would have been flagged offside back in the day).
My point is the ridiculous monster that this nitpicking VAR has become - a charter for ruling out great moments.

It worked for the Albion this time out, of course, but Im still smarting about Mac Allister's worldy against Leicester back in 2023 - that was another example.

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slartibartfast said:

Im talking about the player - any player - who belts in a goal like that, last minute, and the fact that something that nobody noticed in real time is fractionally off rules it out. I get your point about the other players (who in the modern era, were not actively interfering , so are a red herring - though if you take my 120 year argument, of course they would have been flagged offside back in the day).
My point is the ridiculous monster that this nitpicking VAR has become - a charter for ruling out great moments.

It worked for the Albion this time out, of course, but Im still smarting about Mac Allister's worldy against Leicester back in 2023 - that was another example.

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slartibartfast said:

Im talking about the player - any player - who belts in a goal like that, last minute, and the fact that something that nobody noticed in real time is fractionally off rules it out. I get your point about the other players (who in the modern era, were not actively interfering , so are a red herring - though if you take my 120 year argument, of course they would have been flagged offside back in the day).
My point is the ridiculous monster that this nitpicking VAR has become - a charter for ruling out great moments.

It worked for the Albion this time out, of course, but Im still smarting about Mac Allister's worldy against Leicester back in 2023 - that was another example.

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Thunder Bolt said:

The lino did flag it, and the semi automatic technology checked it. I was watching on tv and shouted offside before it was checked.

I take your point about VAR and nit picking but Schar's offside shot wasn't one of them.

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Skuller said:

No, I didn’t either until he walked off and neither did people around me. It was a bit disappointing not being able to wave him goodbye. Mind you, I missed the emotion of the winning goal as well: I was convinced it was offside and was going to be overturned by VAR.

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Kalimantan Gull said:

Did he really flag it? No-one on the TV or radio commentary said that, they all thought it was a good goal

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Happy Exile said:

You can see it in the clip, but confirmed looking at this that it's Dan Burn blocking Wieffer that led to Schar being offisde. Without Burn in the way Wieffer would have played him on.

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hans kraay fan club said:

For all the comments about VAR nit-picking...

How did the gormless goons at Stockley Park NOT look properly at THIS?

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hans kraay fan club said:

For all the comments about VAR nit-picking...

How did the gormless goons at Stockley Park NOT look properly at THIS?

View attachment 197718

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Happy Exile said:

You can see it in the clip, but confirmed looking at this that it's Dan Burn blocking Wieffer that led to Schar being offisde. Without Burn in the way Wieffer would have played him on.

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Kalimantan Gull said:

Did he really flag it? No-one on the TV or radio commentary said that, they all thought it was a good goal

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Happy Exile said:

You can see it in the clip, but confirmed looking at this that it's Dan Burn blocking Wieffer that led to Schar being offisde. Without Burn in the way Wieffer would have played him on.

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