As with the handball laws I think the use or misuse of VAR has thrown up issues/inconsistencies with the rules around simulation. If there's a situation where there is contact but it is not a foul (which it is arguable is the situation in the penalty area yesterday) is it fair to book the player who's gone down? Being hyper-critical you could say Jack went down flamboyantly and certainly Conor was appealing strongly for a pen even if Jack wasn't. Personally I think it is harsh in the extreme to book someone for diving when there has been contact, see also the Man U player last week. Also I should add I think you could easily have given a pen there and Palace wouldn't have had much complaint. To go completely the other way and penalise us is just baffling. We have been extremely unlucky to be the victim of a ridiculous decision which by all accounts was the icing on the cake of a one eyed display. This has then been compounded by a chain of events that have meant that VAR is in no position to right this wrong.
Some odd VAR decisions in the leicester game too.
I suspect someone somewhere has had a very large bet on Palace to win one nil, and Villa to finnish with ten players.
If you are disappointed by yesterday’s decision that is exactly why we need VAR. We shouldn’t be ‘fucking it off’ we should be tweaking and improving it so c***s like Friend can’t keep ruining games in the future.There will always be a bedding in period and as and when it has been sorted out the pain of this season will hopefully have been worth it.
Did the referee actually blow?
Quote from: chrisw1 on September 01, 2019, 12:01:24 PMIf you are disappointed by yesterday’s decision that is exactly why we need VAR. We shouldn’t be ‘fucking it off’ we should be tweaking and improving it so c***s like Friend can’t keep ruining games in the future.There will always be a bedding in period and as and when it has been sorted out the pain of this season will hopefully have been worth it.The argument is that if the whistle was blown, you cannot fall back on VAR.The ref was at fault 2 fold. Firstly for deeming it a dive and secondly blowing his whistle thus denying us the opportunity to use VAR which would have allowed the goal to stand.This incident aside, VAR is becoming controversial and inconsistent every batch of fixtures that are played.
You never see his hand go towards his mouth so he must have had the whistle already in his mouth ready to blow before play even developed.
Quote from: Brassneck on September 01, 2019, 12:06:26 PMQuote from: chrisw1 on September 01, 2019, 12:01:24 PMIf you are disappointed by yesterday’s decision that is exactly why we need VAR. We shouldn’t be ‘fucking it off’ we should be tweaking and improving it so c***s like Friend can’t keep ruining games in the future.There will always be a bedding in period and as and when it has been sorted out the pain of this season will hopefully have been worth it.The argument is that if the whistle was blown, you cannot fall back on VAR.The ref was at fault 2 fold. Firstly for deeming it a dive and secondly blowing his whistle thus denying us the opportunity to use VAR which would have allowed the goal to stand.This incident aside, VAR is becoming controversial and inconsistent every batch of fixtures that are played.I agree. But refs will learn to start working with VAR and hopefully let situations like yesterday play out. Friend fucked up so badly yesterday VAR couldn’t step in. Hopefully in future it will be able to.