VAR

As with most BBC articles, the readers' comments paint a much more realistic picture than the image the article projects.

 

https://moosegazette.net/mike-riley-referee-chief-wont-allow-increased-use-of-var-touchline-monitors-despite-pep-plea/71589/

 

its gonna take some sorting out. Without VAR the McBurnie goal stands every time, it should still stand even with VAR but they've backed themselves into a corner with the stance they've taken on it so far. Personally i'd do away with it.

 

Thats the problem with VAR. Thats never a penalty, a ref would have never given that. Its hit him on the upper chest /shoulder area. like i said, i'd do away with it, its killing the game watching players having to wait to celebrate.

 

It wasn't given, therefore it did not hit his arm.

 

Man Utd fan by any chance?

 

Did it? Or was it the shoulder?

Im not debating, I've only seen it on a big screen in the boozer and it was pretty fuzzy so hard to tell. The lack of commentary in thr pub also made it awkward to know what ease going on.

 

Problem is there is no clear evidence to prove either way therefore a penalty cannot be awarded.

 

It was in Man Utds box. Not even Butterfield could argue it was a penalty.

 

I managed to freeze it at exactly that point but from behind the goal. It does not look to touch his body at all after popping up off his thigh - not his chest or his shoulder. I've watched it about 40 times. Also, the shadow in your freeze frame suggests it is slightly off his body, too. That's not handball. However, a few milliseconds before that, as he pulls his arm back to stop it with his thigh, it looks quite possible it flicks onto his hand as it pops up - but I just cannot tell at the frame rate on this video.

(At 2:14)



Anyway. Do keep arguing about it. I f*(!i"g hate VAR and the w@"!*^s that brought it in and defend it.

 

Thanks. OK, it does not pop onto his hand from his thigh. And I still think it does not hit his upper arm but will admit I'm not certain. It's odd how it does not look to hit the top of his arm but maybe might hit his hand at normal speed, yet looks like it might his upper arm but not his hand in slow motion.

Another oddity is that Maguire's head drops and he does not appeal. It's the other Man U players that have obscured views that appeal. Anyway, I would not give it but I can't say it definitely did not happen.

 

This sums up the problem with VAR pretty well, if you can’t day for definite that the ball did indeed hit his arm then the goal should stand. Even on here its clear we can’t agree on it which casts doubt as to whether it did or not.

 

VAR missed a Boufal handball in the assist for Southampton's first goal, today. They said nobody would have seen it yet I spotted it during the 2nd replay angle in the game highlights and not the obscure analysis angle chosen later on by the MOTD panel where they excused VAR for missing it. They pointed out that Watford have now lost out 3 times to incorrect VAR decisions. If a club is still losing out so badly to incorrect decisions, what is the point of spoiling the game with it and bringing in stupid rules like automatic handball for strikers but not defenders. VAR stinks. If I was a Watford fan, I'd be organising something equally incorrect and smelly outside FA offices in London - maybe one pile for each injustice!.