Rival watch

Hassenhuttl trying to get himself sacked in the hope we sack Jose soon. We see you.

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Controversial decisions in favour of ManU? No problem. These things even themselves out over the course of a season don't you know!

 

Mad to think Hassenhuttl has conceded 9 goals in a single match for the second season running yet he's still head and shoulders above a number of managers in the league.

Football really is a mad game.

 

Mike Dean was the ref, of course he was , he will be watching this back in HD and slow mo tonight

 

What was controversial?
The rules were applied - but the rules are an ass.
A toenail offside = offside.
Contact in the box = penalty
Foul by last man = sending off
Ball to hand = handball
We know that VAR will apply these rules without fear or favour to the strictest letter of the law.
It's not a United thing.
VAR is a mess.

 

It was a red card tackle, but a Penited player would have got away with just a yellow card.

 

I think Shaw has avoided about three red cards so far this season.

Edit: just seen the first red card, yes it certainly was a deserved red card. Bit like that one a couple of seasons back just after Ole had taken over, when Pogba planted his studs on the thigh of one of our players. And got a yellow.

 

Here you go fella, something to numb the pain...

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Yeah but in fairness that's easy to do if you don't commit a red card offence

 

****in 9 again

At least his teams knock it about a bit

let’s get him in next

 

The penalty and second sending off was disgraceful. A clear dive by Martial.

 

Yeah right, like the one against Arsenal earlier i presume.

Most teams/refs play to a rule book not the Spurs handbook of wishes

 

Really? Then each game would have several sendings off and penalties

 

Probably yet Spurs get away with it time after time

 

The Arsenal one brought the attacker down. It was 50:50. Bednarek pulled out of the tackle on Martial who was clearly going down regardless.

 

Buy a new telly mate, preferably HD

 

But not so easy if you do unless you get the benefit of dubious decisions on a regular basis

 

I don't know what you do for a living Diego, but you are in the wrong job, if you genuinely believe that these incidents were the 'same'. I suggest you get your application into IFAB asap as you are just the sort of person they are looking for to referee matches.

 

Yes VAR is a mess you are right. but not all of these things you mention are wrong, last man sent off is a long standing rule that works well IMO.
Ball to hand they somehow managed to change the rule mid season and these are not being given with the frequency that they were.

Offside is the one that VAR has cocked up beyond any other, forensic viewing of goals to try and disallow them is bringing the game into disrepute.The law for offside is meant stop players gaining an advantage by being closer to the goal than the last defender, there is no advantage in being a toenail in front. The game should be about goals not about referees whatever happened to the benefit of the doubt being given to the attacking team, if you need the lines there is sufficient doubt to my mind and the goal should stand. Moving forwards a quick change to the wording to say if any part of your body is in line with the last defender then you are onside is all that is needed.

I don't think the decisions last night were that controversial, the first sending off is a disgraceful challenge, the penalty is one of those they are given to the big teams on a regular basis, i think its soft and open to debate, but would I want it if it was on our player of course I would.

 

As we are almost certainly not getting decisions like that, you won’t have to face that moral dilemma too many times.