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Stat Brother

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Christ talk about tiresome - you knew very well what I meant
The point is I didn't get to turn off the TV before Rio started flapping his jaws (so that's very much on me) he opened with the same, 'i can't believe they didn't even review it'.

We all know it was reviewed, so why say that? why perpetuate the chaos that swirls around VAR, to the wider audience?


TBH I was still laughing at West Ham to be that bothered by a probably wrong decision that went against them.
 


Triggaaar

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We all know it was reviewed, so why say that? why perpetuate the chaos that swirls around VAR, to the wider audience?

I haven't seen it, so forgive me - how do you know it was reviewed, did they say so?
 


Stat Brother

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I haven't seen it, so forgive me - how do you know it was reviewed, did they say so?
A contentious decision is the penalty area - that's VAR's job.

If it wasn't and I'm wrong then c'est la vie, apologies all round.
 




Stat Brother

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Mac Alister is running this game.
 












Berty23

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Bowen should have had a penalty at the end. Both arms round the waist and rugby tackling is not "a 50-50 tussle".
I agree with this 100%. It was absolutely stone wall pen. Shocking from officials to miss it.

Oh well. About time parking the bus vs terrible side didn’t get the reward.
 




Official Old Man

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At what point do you worry about getting home? Celtic v Buckie Thistle. Celtic 5 up, 75 mins gone. 200 miles home. Anoucement trains stop shortly due to weather.
 












Weststander

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How on earth are West Ham 6th? They’re a horrible watch. They spend massive money, massive wages and yet they still play dirgeball,

The eye opener to me was Moyes patently going for a draw at home to far-lower-budget little old Brighton. Seemingly treating our two games as two legs of a cup tie.
 


Acker79

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A contentious decision is the penalty area - that's VAR's job.

If it wasn't and I'm wrong then c'est la vie, apologies all round.
Quite. I don't know if it is a failing of VAR or the fans. It was a feature of all the articles when it was introduced, and it has been repeated many times, that VAR are constantly reveiwing things that fall in their remit (goals, penalties, red cards, mistaken identity). So fans should know. But then they also dcided that they would flash up on the screen when a review is happening, but this only happens if games are stopped and the review goes on for a long enough time for someone to say 'put it on the screen'. Which results in this mistaken belief that if it's not shown on the screen or there isn't a clear stoppage then they must have not reviewed it.

I'm inclined to believe it was reviewed and that the VAR didn't see it as a clear and obvious error. One of those 'wouldn't have overturned it if given, either' situations.

But given some of the process failures - (line on the wrong defender in ourt game v palace last year, the offside in that Liverpool game v Spurs) I wouldn't rule out them not doing their jobs properly.
 




Triggaaar

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A contentious decision is the penalty area - that's VAR's job.
Ok, so we have no idea. They should have, but sometimes they don't. Unless play stopped and then continued soon after, in which case, they probably didn't.
 


Stat Brother

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Quite. I don't know if it is a failing of VAR or the fans. It was a feature of all the articles when it was introduced, and it has been repeated many times, that VAR are constantly reveiwing things that fall in their remit (goals, penalties, red cards, mistaken identity). So fans should know. But then they also dcided that they would flash up on the screen when a review is happening, but this only happens if games are stopped and the review goes on for a long enough time for someone to say 'put it on the screen'. Which results in this mistaken belief that if it's not shown on the screen or there isn't a clear stoppage then they must have not reviewed it.

I'm inclined to believe it was reviewed and that the VAR didn't see it as a clear and obvious error. One of those 'wouldn't have overturned it if given, either' situations.

But given some of the process failures - (line on the wrong defender in ourt game v palace last year, the offside in that Liverpool game v Spurs) I wouldn't rule out them not doing their jobs properly.
Absolutely.
I really should just run what I want to say on each contention decision past you and let you translate it for me.

There was enough game time remaining for the TV to show a replay - as what's her face felt it might have been given for handball against Bowen (now that would have iced the cake).
 


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