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thereisonlyoneno7 said:
I just watched the 'goal'.

VAR isn't in the wrong, the handball rule is. Though to be fair this was more than a slight tap, admittedly the ball was played onto him by the opposition, but his arm controlled the ball and they would not have got the chance if it were not for the arm bring the ball back in to his feet.

Controversial maybe, but a good decision IMO.
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Theres only one agenda in the media and that's anti-VAR.
 
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Saints Fan4Life said:
Theres only one agenda in the media and that's anti-VAR.
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I'm not pro, I'm not anti. It is what it is. I think it will get better, and we seem to have for once been on the better side of it. I would say though that it is the biggest change to football since 1987 and then 1993 when 2 then 3 subs were allowed to be used.
 
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All this anti-VAR talk proves that Brian Clough was right. He said there was "too much talk from pundits" about football and that they should show less talk and more football. But we ate up the punditry. And when they started to show analysis of a match, instead of more highlights, and questioning the validity of goals, due to offsides or pre-goal fouls and handballs, then the case for VAR was being made time and again. It is the sports media and our appetite to watch the dissection of the game to find out the truth that has undermined refereeing of football purely by 3 officials. Personally, I never liked the dissection of a game, when the pundits, like Jimmy Hill, first started doing it, but it grew on me. So these days when Gary Lineker et al question the fine line between onside and offside, because VAR can see the minute difference, then tough luck matey, your lot started it. This is your cake, now eat it.
 
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Looked a red on the first replay

Not sure we saw it at full speed on a replay, only the slow-motion, which looks worse


Perfect one for ref to go to the monitor to have his own look - it just seemed to take so long
 
Paddy Podped said:
Looked a red on the first replay

Not sure we saw it at full speed on a replay, only the slow-motion, which looks worse


Perfect one for ref to go to the monitor to have his own look - it just seemed to take so long
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Absolutely. Especially given that the tackle took place right in front of the monitor!
 
Palace fans have gone from chanting anti-VAR songs and holding anti-VAR banners, to celebrating VAR going in their favour, to screaming for VAR to give them a penalty.
 
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