The var thread

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Having seen the Alli handball I think Everton can rightly be a bit pissed off about not getting that.
 
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 And now a few days later we have the red card rescinded.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.

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