One thing struck me after our game against Liverpool which highlighted the inconsistencies with VAR. We were given a free kick and Sane got booked for diving. VAR then checked whether he dived or should have had a penalty. At our game against Palace we were told VAR couldn't be used to check whether Jack had in fact dived or should have had a penalty because Friend had blown his whistle. What's the difference?
what was the game yesterday where the referee requested VAR intervention when players suddenly surrounded him after an incident at the other end. This simply will not end well.
Not needed tonight thankfully but its killing the instinctive celebrations by the players and fans. El-Ghazi, Mings and the fans seemed to be waiting for VAR to check the 2nd, the celebrations were tame. Its slightly depressing that is how things are going.
Quote from: LukeJames on November 25, 2019, 11:10:24 PMNot needed tonight thankfully but its killing the instinctive celebrations by the players and fans. El-Ghazi, Mings and the fans seemed to be waiting for VAR to check the 2nd, the celebrations were tame. Its slightly depressing that is how things are going. Definitely, I celebrated more when Newcastle restarted the game after the 2nd goal, the referee even appeared to stop for a moment on the walk back to the centre circle as if VAR had got involved.
Quote from: Charlie8182 on November 25, 2019, 11:31:29 PMQuote from: LukeJames on November 25, 2019, 11:10:24 PMNot needed tonight thankfully but its killing the instinctive celebrations by the players and fans. El-Ghazi, Mings and the fans seemed to be waiting for VAR to check the 2nd, the celebrations were tame. Its slightly depressing that is how things are going. Definitely, I celebrated more when Newcastle restarted the game after the 2nd goal, the referee even appeared to stop for a moment on the walk back to the centre circle as if VAR had got involved.Doesn't VAR have to check every goal? I thought that was one of the bugbears - where a goal is scored and everyone is happy with it think they still have to wait for it to be reviewed.
There was an incident in a Bundesliga game the other day. Not too sure which one. Something like the ball was crossed, hit the ref in the back then rebounded to a player who struck it and scored a quality goal. Ref went to VAR to see what happened. Not sure of the outcome. Will try and find out.