VAR, Refs and Linesmen | General Discussion

Random Q, when VAR takes ages to make a decision, say 3-5 minutes, why isn't this time added on at the end of the half, like it is for injuries?
 
Rooney in Paris said:
I'm starting to get the "Emperor's new clothes" feeling here about this whole thing. There's a clear image that has been shown of Rogers stamping on the keeper's hand - whether he's in control of the ball (which is a worthy debate to have, why not) or whether he blew too quickly (ask rimaldo for his feedback on this) is irrelevent with that in mind. And yet it's being presented as an outrage, the conversation on the Athletic podcast about this had a guy saying it was a decision that was "99.99% wrong" (completely unchecked) and people are still debating this 3 days on. This is without even contextualising this kind of foul and realising these are almost always given in the keeper's favour as they are (rightly or wrongly) more protected than other players on the field. I guess I must be missing the obvious mistake somewhere.
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You can kind of see why we're reffed to a different standard. That young referee Bramall was hung out to dry for making an excellent call in our favour, saying it was a '150 million pound mistake', etc.

Even after that close up footage was released, there was an oppo fan on here trying to argue that it didn't matter that Rogers had stepped on Altay's hand - because he had already nicked the ball away.

It's just confirmation bias every single time.
 
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Let's see how long they keep it up. Here's hoping they do.
 
V.O. said:


Let's see how long they keep it up. Here's hoping they do.
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Red card for Raya at Old Trafford, yellow card 2 weeks later to Martinez and never to be enforced ever again.
 
V.O. said:


Let's see how long they keep it up. Here's hoping they do.
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It’s the easiest rule to enforce and makes so much sense. No team time wasting their lead is going to want to concede a corner and a corner is a reasonable banishment - an indirect free kick would be OTT.
 
Looking forward to Onana getting punished for this in the 90th minute of a game we're losing 1-0.
 
awop said:
Red card for Raya at Old Trafford, yellow card 2 weeks later to Martinez and never to be enforced ever again.
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Shouldn't you lot just be celebrating a new and interesting way to get a corner?
 
V.O. said:
Shouldn't you lot just be celebrating a new and interesting way to get a corner?
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:lol:

If they provide the reverse rule (time to take a corner) then the entire match could end up with a goal kick/corner switcharoo
 
Berbasbullet said:
:lol:

If they provide the reverse rule (time to take a corner) then the entire match could end up with a goal kick/corner switcharoo
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This is the football we're all dreaming for !
 
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