The var thread

Having seen the Alli handball I think Everton can rightly be a bit pissed off about not getting that.

 

It was only one hand.....

 

Is this because he made a bad decision, or were you sharing a “special” moment with us?

 

We saw you ****ing at the cameras...

 

On motd they were discussing an armpit being offside. Seriously, an armpit. This is what it’s coming to.

 

Well done Var ....your decision has been overturned.

 

Wasn't VAR who sent Son off. Atkinson made the decision.

 

Not wishing to stick up for var but I think Atkinson made the decision.

 

He got a yellow out, then changed to a red. I thought someone was in his ear.

 

I think he saw the state of Gomes leg and jumped to conclusions (rightly or wrongly).

 

He changed his mind far too quickly for VAR to have been involved

 

I'm glad I'm sitting down...

 

I also thought this......my mistake.

 

Been reading comments on Twitter and some believe that a red card has to be reviewed by var to confirm, can you clear this up for me please Tom

 

They did look at it, and agreed with the ref......or at least didn't disagree?
That is what we have been told. They look at all red cards.
VAR....
What is it good for........
Absolutely nothing.

 

Have you seen the Monaco player getting sent off, then kicking the VAR display cam.
Quite funny.....but I bet they give him a bigger ban!

 

Under the previous guidelines they would just check if the ref had missed anything. Ie revoking a red card when there was no contact, or giving one where there contact that was missed. It wouldn't re ref a decision at all. Which, again I agree with. As I said before, lowering the threshold to allow subjective decisions opens the door to lots of controversial decisions that take too long to come to.

There was clearly contact. I doubt the ref missed anything so it certainly wouldn't have been overturned.


Not sure how it's working with the current threshold though.

 

Totally understand what you are saying, but, MA did first reach for a yellow, before changing his mind to a red, then subsequently sending the lad off. And now a few days later we have the red card rescinded. Due to the horrific nature of the injury they was a break in play, var could have slipped in unnoticed and got this right.....after all it checks every red card anyway. Watch Son's tackle again, and ask yourself was it a sending off. No matter the emotion of the situation, he should have got this right.
VAR......what is it good for................

 

I think that the red card was warranted. The attempted tackle wasn't overly aggressive or out of control, However Son had absolutely zero chance of winning the ball and looking at the angle of his tackle i'm not sure he was even trying to. If you attempt a tackle that you have zero chance of winning and the result is a potential career ending injury then I see no problem with it being a red card.