[Albion] did anyone else think the Brentford Pen was out the area?

[AZ Gull]

Think it was a nailed on penalty personally. I'd have been INCANDESCENT if we had not been given it, if the roles were reversed. Accepted the penalty immediately and was just happy that he didn't flourish a (harsh) red card.

The only doubt was whether (as the OP questions) the foul was inside the area or not - but that is one of the increasingly few things that I still actually have faith in the VAR to get right.

Yep, watching the live stream I thought "that's a penalty" even before the ref blew his whistle, so no complaints from me.

 

[jellycat]

Did the Brentford players not encroach for the penalty? I thought after it was taken a Brighton player complained to the ref.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Did the Brentford players not encroach for the penalty? I thought after it was taken a Brighton player complained to the ref.

Don't think this is a VAR issue but it should be as an easy and objective one to check. Linos are supposed to do it but I cant ever think of lino intervening.

 

[Rogero]

It started outside the area so not sure of the rules there .

 

[Jeremiah]

Watching from the WSU south end through my spectacles I thought he had been tripped !

On seeing it on MOTD it was outside and a bit meh ! Good job young Jack saved us .

 

[SeagullinExile]

No

 

[dazzer6666]

Soft perhaps but we 100% accepted it at the time (sitting bang in line with it and clearly saw the shirt pull), didn’t even take any interest in whether there was anything more than a cursory glance by VAR.

 

[Bodian]

Did the Brentford players not encroach for the penalty? I thought after it was taken a Brighton player complained to the ref.

Don't think this is a VAR issue but it should be as an easy and objective one to check. Linos are supposed to do it but I cant ever think of lino intervening.

Doesn't really look like it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It started in the D and he stumbled on into the area. The commentators remarked on it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Doesn't really look like it.

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Number 7 should be behind the D

 

[Eeyore]

It was a 'seen them given' and the only real question is what possessed JPVH to come across him like that. The foul started outside but continued in.

The barometer is always 'Would you be annoyed if Albion didn't get that ?'

When applied, I suspect most of these type of threads would be nigh on redundant.

 

[Bodian]

Number 7 should be behind the D

Oh yes - so he should! Definite encroachment then.

Does VAR not check for this sort of thing?

 

[Surrey Phil]

Number 7 should be behind the D

To be fair, Maupay’s not that quick so needed a head start!

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

We had a similar back in the Championship at Fulham, where the foul on Tomer Hemed started outside the area and carried on into it, so the Ref awarded a penalty.

The foul was on Lua Lua. Hemed scored the pen!

 

[Justice]

If I was a ref no ones getting a pen if the are appealing for it before they’ve fully hit the deck. In my mind that’s a dive or they’ve gone down looking for it.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Doesn't really look like it.

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Maupay is encroaching there, but they wouldn’t check it, and really don’t care, UNLESS he becomes active in the play. If (unlikely I know, but let’s pretend) Steele saved the penalty, and Maupay tucked away the rebound - then they’d check it - and on noting he’d encroached, the goal would be disallowed, and play restarted with an Albion free kick.
If the first player to the rebound were an Albion player who was found to have encroached, then the penalty would be retaken.

 

[dazzer6666]

Did the Brentford players not encroach for the penalty? I thought after it was taken a Brighton player complained to the ref.

 

[mothy]

Definitely a penalty. Definitely inside the area

 

[Grizz]

The foul was on Lua Lua. Hemed scored the pen!

Good man, my memory is shocking, barely remember what I did yesterday Just remember being gobsmacked the penalty was given and subsequently looked up the ruling.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

It was a pen all day long. I even said "Penalty" before the ref blew for it. There's been a load of shit decisions recently but that wasn't one of them.