Another thing about this ‘hand ball’ incident.When the pundits have been discussing whether it was or wasn’t a penalty, why have they been talking about the tee shirt line?I thought hand ball was to the shoulder not where the sleeve ends, and that tee shirt line bollocks was in reference to the marginal offside decisions that happen.Seriously, do I not know ANY of the rules of football anymore, because I’m starting to wonder.
I see Everton aren't letting it lie, and have written to the PL demanding an apology. It'll make fuck all difference of course, but good on them anyway.
PGMOL or whoever they are should come out and have to explain all VAR decisions after the weekend. I can forgive a ref not seeing something first time, but not the blokes sat reviewing things. If you're going to ruin our game at least have the courage of your convictions to back up your decisions.
"PGMOL General Manager Mike Riley has made personal phone calls to Bill Kenwright and Frank Lampard to apologise following the decision by VAR not to award Everton a penalty against Man City"So thats ok then ...What is the point I'm not bothered whether they won or lost but its just making a mockery of the game
Quote from: DesBremner on March 01, 2022, 11:11:16 AM"PGMOL General Manager Mike Riley has made personal phone calls to Bill Kenwright and Frank Lampard to apologise following the decision by VAR not to award Everton a penalty against Man City"So thats ok then ...What is the point I'm not bothered whether they won or lost but its just making a mockery of the gameIn which case what can Riley see that the ref and more importantly the VAR ref couldn't? It wreaks.
Quote from: lovejoy on March 01, 2022, 12:23:35 PMQuote from: DesBremner on March 01, 2022, 11:11:16 AM"PGMOL General Manager Mike Riley has made personal phone calls to Bill Kenwright and Frank Lampard to apologise following the decision by VAR not to award Everton a penalty against Man City"So thats ok then ...What is the point I'm not bothered whether they won or lost but its just making a mockery of the gameIn which case what can Riley see that the ref and more importantly the VAR ref couldn't? It wreaks.Instead of an apology how about an explanation? How about they tell us how a handball so blatant was missed by not only the ref and his assistants but the myopic numnuts at Stockley Park? I've said for a while now I don't understand why a premier league club with enough clout doesn't call out var for negligence or cheating like someone earlier said that the ramifications are huge at both ends of the table. Who is actually in charge of the game? The referee's association or the clubs? Because it seems to me to be a clear case of the tail wagging the donkey.
Yes Dave, I don't think anybody was blaming the match ref for missing it in the first instance. Things happen in a split second in real time, and he may not have seen it clearly in which case he can't give it. That's the entire point of VAR though isn't it? It was the most obvious handball I've seen all season, short of somebody doing a Harlem Globetrotters impression and bouncing it up the pitch. VAR should have told the ref it was a handball, or at least told him to go and have another look at the monitor.
We got away with one against Sheffield Utd a couple of years ago. Every VAR decision against us since then has been referenced back to that & therefore nulls any complaint we have. This will be the case for at least the next decade, some will still be using it 2 or 3 generations time.VAR was brought in to correct the errors made in real-time by the on-field officials. The very same people who are now making monumnetal errors despite having every camera angle known to man available.The penalty for Man City vs Wolves & the one not given on Saturday tells us everything we need to know. It's not random.Not one PL ref was at the last World Cup & when they have been there they've fucked up. The PL brings in the best players from around the world, why don't they employ the best refs from around the world?