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Roy Munson. said:
It was just a 50/50 for me between a really strong guy and a really weak guy. I think there's always got to be a bit of push and shove to defend the goal. The Man United player had the defenders shirt.. It's kinda normal stuff.

It's going to end up non contact... I just don't like the rule and they've opened up another box of tricks.

It'll be a pen one day and not the next.. Where can they draw the line on this?
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50/50 is still a foul ... and who has the most to lose ... sniff the smelling salts, ffs :)
 
Star of David Bardsley said:
The attacker can do what he wants knowing at worst he gives away a free kick 90 yards from his goal while any attacker falls over dramatically like Mount and VAR are taking a look. It’s nonsense.
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It's not nonsense, what we saw was cheating. I agree it should work all ways. I get fed up with seeing it, costantly trying to take the shirt of a players back or hoying him to the ground, it's even worse at lower league level because the refs are ****. I get the opposition has got to do what it's got to do, but if you get pulled up on it, as in this case with var, you pay the consequences, well...unless Fernandes sends it skywards of course.
 
brb said:
It's not nonsense, what we saw was cheating. I agree it should work all ways. I get fed up with seeing it, costantly trying to take the shirt of a players back or hoying him to the ground, it's even worse at lower league level because the refs are ****. I get the opposition has got to do what it's got to do, but if you get pulled up on it, as in this case with var, you pay the consequences, well...unless Fernandes sends it skywards of course.
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Wasn’t there something about how long a player can grab a shirt/hold a player.

nobody really knows the rules and some ‘appear’ to benefit from the interpretation/ VAR more than others.
 
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brb said:
It's not nonsense, what we saw was cheating. I agree it should work all ways. I get fed up with seeing it, costantly trying to take the shirt of a players back or hoying him to the ground, it's even worse at lower league level because the refs are ****. I get the opposition has got to do what it's got to do, but if you get pulled up on it, as in this case with var, you pay the consequences, well...unless Fernandes sends it skywards of course.
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I find it unfair that the ref didn't make him take it again.
 
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Roy Munson. said:
It was just a 50/50 for me between a really strong guy and a really weak guy. I think there's always got to be a bit of push and shove to defend the goal. The Man United player had the defenders shirt.. It's kinda normal stuff.

It's going to end up non contact... I just don't like the rule and they've opened up another box of tricks.

It'll be a pen one day and not the next.. Where can they draw the line on this?
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It's never been a rule that shirt tugging, holding and wrestling is allowed <doh>
 
Roy Munson. said:
It was just a 50/50 for me between a really strong guy and a really weak guy. I think there's always got to be a bit of push and shove to defend the goal. The Man United player had the defenders shirt.. It's kinda normal stuff.

It's going to end up non contact... I just don't like the rule and they've opened up another box of tricks.

It'll be a pen one day and not the next.. Where can they draw the line on this?
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I do agree there can be a great difference in strength, if you hoyed my lots new lad Lenni to the ground, I'd be pretty pissed off, whereas if you did it to our big lad Andrews I'd say he's big enough to look affter himself, but someone chose to have var, so it's doing it's job. Again it's one of those fine lines, but var is full of controversies like that mate, it don't make it wrong though....what I'm seeing looking in is Man Utd haters hating.
 
brb said:
I do agree there can be a great difference in strength, if you hoyed my lots new lad Lenni to the ground, I'd be pretty pissed off, whereas if you did it to our big lad Andrews I'd say he's big enough to look affter himself, but someone chose to have var, so it's doing it's job. Again it's one of those fine lines, but var is full of controversies like that mate, it don't make it wrong though....what I'm seeing looking in is Man Utd haters hating.
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If Fulham get one it's the right decision I suppose
 
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Peej said:
Wasn’t there something about how long a player can grab a shirt/hold a player.

nobody really knows the rules and some ‘appear’ to benefit from the interpretation/ VAR more than others.
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Yeah to be fair mate, I don't know what the rule is, if it was on a Sunday park no one would care. I'd personally rather not have var and just stick with goaline technology, the latter about the only thing that works as intended. Even automated offside is still nonsense, it don't play within the spirit of the game.
 
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Roy Munson. said:
That's how it works
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Yup...I think the Man Utd manager needs to show a little bit more confidence in his players, keep looking at the ground or the monitor, or burying his head when Fernandes steps up, is not psychology that would fill me with confidence.
 
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