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[Albion] Chelsea v Brighton - officialls mic'd up



ROSM

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Howard Webb addressed this game. Interesting points

- accepts after the colwill non penalty, game should have restarted with a corner

- admits many felt the mudryk/milner penalty didnt reach the bar for var to intervene (although he thought it did). Explains why Milner not sent off as he was attempting a footballing challenge rather than a pull or a push

 




Eeyore

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Having watch the Milner one again, I'd be seething if we hadn't been given that. And that's always the benchmark, how you would feel if it wasn't given for your team.
 


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Having watch the Milner one again, I'd be seething if we hadn't been given that. And that's always the benchmark, how you would feel if it wasn't given for your team.
We have had similar not given on basis didnt meet threshold for var to intervene.

So on that basis I am still pissed off about it. I do think its a hard one for onfield ref to give due to angles/speed
 


Bodian

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Watching that gives quite a bit more context and makes the decision far more understandable. They discussed it clearly and calmly - and rationally. Actually gives me quite a bit more confidence to be honest. If only we could see this at the time!
 














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Whilst it's good to hear the process, this propaganda is slightly ridiculous. I'd love to hear, for example, the process that meant the VAR was absolutely certain that Hinshelwood fouled the Forest player and it was definitely a penalty or why Palace got a penalty at the weekend but Arsenal didn't. VAR have no business getting involved in any of our recent penalty decisions for or against. I'm not, for example, convinced Burnley's was a pen on Sat but I'm more than happy to go with the ref's on field decision. Same if he had penalised Hinsh onfield or not given the one against Pedro v Forest. Just leave well alone unless its a glaring error as they should have done with the Milner one until they looked at multiple angles in slow motion.
 


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We have had similar not given on basis didnt meet threshold for var to intervene.

So on that basis I am still pissed off about it. I do think its a hard one for onfield ref to give due to angles/speed
Yep, that's nailed it. It's fine (or not) so long as that's the threshold for every EPL game.
 






Uh_huh_him

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to coin a phrase, "Good Process"

Yeah that was very well done to be fair.
Can't help but feel that was a fairly straight forward one to discuss though.
Not massively contentious.
 




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Much more robust process…….but we should be able to hear that as it happens.
Not sure I want to hear 5 minutes of some ref talking to someone watching on a TV in super slow mo. Not going to make any difference anyway, the will still mess it up
 








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Not sure I want to hear 5 minutes of some ref talking to someone watching on a TV in super slow mo. Not going to make any difference anyway, the will still mess it up
Better than 5 minutes of no clue what’s going on……and would also force the Magoo Crew to up their game.
 


Uh_huh_him

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Interesting to hear the explanation of why it wasn't a red.
I recall Liverpool fans insisting Gross should have been sent off for a similar challenge.

If you are attempting to out muscle the player as part of an attempt to get to the ball it's ok.

Seems perfectly sensible to me.
Particularly after Haaland's assault on Webster wasn't seen as sufficient to overturn his goal last season.
 






ROSM

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One thing to remember here is that this is selective transparency. There are many many more incidents not broadcast. Even in the end Webb admits that many are judgement still. Mudryk/Milner being one where did it meet the bar of clear and obvious is admitted as being one of differing opinions.

I do agree that it explains this particular issue well. But I am not convinced it explains the lack of consistency well and a better presenter than Michael Owen would have perhaps gone down that line. There is a reason why he is doing it and its nothing to do with anybody thinking he is a great presenter
 
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