[Football] Penalty or not so much?

[Bozza]

YOU make the call...




Did they review this angle in VAR?

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

I can see how it was given initially but VAR should have overruled it. Contact (minimal if any) does not equal a penalty.

 

[Triggaaar]

That's a disgrace

 

[dazzer6666]

VAR twat should have simply said he wasn’t sure and ask the onfield ref to have another look.

 

[Is it PotG?]

What does Peter Walton think?

 

[Weststander]

Crikey, it’s another embarrassing dive. He actually carried it out poorly, got the timing wrong, rubbish acting.

I’d love it if defenders wised up in the moment and withdrew from the challenge altogether.

With red cards for 100% fake pen box simulation.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Appalling decision. Another letter on it's way.

 

[METALMICKY]

The farce continues and amazing how often Wolves seem to be on the rough end of it

 

[Greg Bobkin]

In this day and age, I'm not surprised it was given. But it's never one for me (Clive).

 

[Triggaaar]

Which side would be the worst affected if you swapped our government officials and refereeing officials around?

 

[Triggaaar]

In this day and age, I'm not surprised it was given. But it's never one for me (Clive).

Don't doubt your instincts, it's nothing about 'this day and age', it's a clear dive and terrible decision

 

[Sheebo]

In this day and age, I'm not surprised it was given. But it's never one for me (Clive).

Pretty sure in any day and age if there’s no contact and the player dives it shouldn’t be given!

 

[A1X]

Nope, not even close

 

[brighton_tom]

Schar anticipates a touch that never comes, & still falls to the ground. Dive.

 

[Deanbha]

Makes me hate football so much!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Don't doubt your instincts, it's nothing about 'this day and age', it's a clear dive and terrible decision

Pretty sure in any day and age if there’s no contact and the player dives it shouldn’t be given!

Eh? I'm saying that these sorts of things are given now when they wouldn't have been years ago. Refs are conned more often and VAR is more trouble than its worth.

And yes, it's clearly a shocker.

 

[Triggaaar]

Eh? I'm saying that these sorts of things are given now when they wouldn't have been years ago.

Which suggests that it's correct to give them now, because the rules have changed.

Indeed the rules have changed, so things that would be a yellow or red now, may not have been in the past. But that's not what's happened here (as you acknowledge). That would have been given in the past too, because the ref could have missed that it was dive then too. In this day and age, that should be given as a dive.

 

[cjd]

VAR is a huge problem.......but nowhere near as big a problem of the cheating players.

Start with sanctioning the cheats and we will see less of this.

Simples.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Eh? I'm saying that these sorts of things are given now when they wouldn't have been years ago. Refs are conned more often and VAR is more trouble than its worth.

And yes, it's clearly a shocker.

VAR was supposed to stop refs from getting conned. Now it just highlights the conning and endorses it.

 

[Bodian]

Presumably another PGMOL apology in the post tomorrow.