[Albion] Dunk ‘handball’

[Bodian]

VAR remains clueless if you look at Brentford's penalty today. The referee quite correctly waives the penalty away although you do wonder how well he sees it. However, VAR has a look and overturns the referee and gives it. Unfortunately, the VAR just seems to focus on whether there was contact and there clearly is. What it misses is that after the 'Gross turn ' and the contact there's a big delay and in a totally separate movement the Brentford player goes to ground having actually steadied himself perfectly. He's conned them and VAR should have spotted it.

However - nice to see Spurs get a dodgy VAR decision against them!

 

[SteveU]

No such thing

But even out wide with an open goal that would be a goal scoring opportunity I would have thought

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

But even out wide with an open goal that would be a goal scoring opportunity I would have thought

Possibly but "professional foul" isn't a thing.

Though in this instance he wasn't the last Man and the ball going towards the corner flag.

 

[Toongull]

Well well Chelsea getting away with one there

 

[WhingForPresident]

I was in line with it in WSU and couldn't understand why it was given. Was 100% sure VAR would rule it out, then figured I must have missed something.

Turns out I'm not totally blind. The officiating was a total shambles today. Watch a Chelsea or Liverpool player do the same tomorrow and a pen not be given.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Well well Chelsea getting away with one there

Was just thinking the same thing. Farcical compared with Dunk’s elbow/non event yesterday.

 

[METALMICKY]

Well well Chelsea getting away with one there

Absolutely! Don't try and tell me there isn't " big club" decisions. Do I think it was a deliberate handball? The answer is no but under the current guidance and for critically for consistency it should be given.

 

[Weststander]

Different game but I can’t believe Martinez for Villa didn’t get a red card for running out of his area and deliberately pulling a player down who was going past him and very likely to score.

The funny thing is that half of Villatalk feel they lost yesterday due to corrupt ref and VAR. Emery and the players were gods yesterday, cheated out of a result.

 

[Weststander]

Absolutely! Don't try and tell me there isn't " big club" decisions. Do I think it was a deliberate handball? The answer is no but under the current guidance and for critically for consistency it should be given.

It’s refs/VAR unconsciously favouring big clubs. “I’m not sure, oh I wouldn’t want to deal with the furore if I got this wrong against Manure/Chelsea/Abu Dhabi”.

 

[Sheebo]

VAR remains clueless if you look at Brentford's penalty today. The referee quite correctly waives the penalty away although you do wonder how well he sees it. However, VAR has a look and overturns the referee and gives it. Unfortunately, the VAR just seems to focus on whether there was contact and there clearly is. What it misses is that after the 'Gross turn ' and the contact there's a big delay and in a totally separate movement the Brentford player goes to ground having actually steadied himself perfectly. He's conned them and VAR should have spotted it.

Agreed - dunno how that was given. There can be a little contact without it being a foul & it was a clear dive with two stages.

 

[1066familyman]

It appears to me that there were clear handballs against Arsenal, Everton and Chelski this weekend. None of them given, yet surprise surprise!, they give the one against Dunk.

I see this season has started exactly where last season left off, likely with us topping the referees apology table again.

 

[jamie (not that one)]

The handball rule is a mess across the board. If you think it's bad in the Prem, try watching La Liga where there's zero consistency with handballs being given. Dunk's would've been a stonewaller here.