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Terrible decision imhoIt was for the slight contact which caused the swiss player to trip, even though he kicked his own foot!
It was deemed a penalty - we will settle for soft
Terrible decision imhoIt was for the slight contact which caused the swiss player to trip, even though he kicked his own foot!
It was deemed a penalty - we will settle for soft
Terrible decision imho
It’s not even soft, it’s non existent
I am good with it if the correct decision is made in the end. It's the length of time (will improve with more use I'm sure) and the taking away of celebrations that I may ever be on board with. See the celebrations when Lingard scored v Holland and Wilson yesterday. Also, I know we profited off it, but the emotion City showed was taken an away. May need get used to, but early feelings are I am reluctant to celebrate a goal if watching at home or on screen.
This is the main issue for me, its going to completely change the way goals are celebrated by both fans and players.I am good with it if the correct decision is made in the end. It's the length of time (will improve with more use I'm sure) and the taking away of celebrations that I may ever be on board with. See the celebrations when Lingard scored v Holland and Wilson yesterday. Also, I know we profited off it, but the emotion City showed was taken an away. May need get used to, but early feelings are I am reluctant to celebrate a goal if watching at home or on screen.
I think we've got a pretty good idea which team (that includes Sadio Mane amongst it's ranks) will be first out of the blocks with this one ...I wonder which team will figure to aim for hitting arms in the penalty box to gain penalties first. I fancy a bet on a record number of pens this season.
I wonder which team will figure to aim for hitting arms in the penalty box to gain penalties first. I fancy a bet on a record number of pens this season.
Thing is it ultimately was the correct decision in both games. Though if no VAR that Lingard offside may not have been given in the end as it was incredibly close.Will take some considerable time for us ALL to come to terms with it.
The governing bodies know full well it all needs speeding up.
Felt sorry for Lingard and the lads yesterday, but like us, they will adapt.
Or moan themselves into an early grave, judging by listening to the likes of Jonathan Pearce yesterday.
This is the main issue for me, its going to completely change the way goals are celebrated by both fans and players.
Well you obviously haven't been listening enough mate.A large number of post match football related discussions have become more and more about referee complaints. Every thread on here. Every post match interview with managers. Every week on MOTD. Half the articles written during the week. Referees became the person to blame for every team that didn't win the title and for every manager who had a bad run of form. So that's why we have VAR. So the idea of complaining about it changing how goals are celebrated seems absurd to me. Why didn't people think of that when they were begging for some sort of video review system every time a decision went against their team?
Poch said:Football is a game of emotions and we have to be careful not to kill it. If I can’t shout when we score, because we have to wait two minutes for a decision, will I buy a ticket?
I wonder which team will figure to aim for hitting arms in the penalty box to gain penalties first. I fancy a bet on a record number of pens this season.
Nonsense.It only "sucks the joy out of football" for the people that are celebrating the wrongly awarded goal. Why should their emotions get higher priority than what actually happened?
As with all these things they are going to take time to bed in. For the fans, players, officials. The var job will be a highly specialised one which will be highly paid. Quickly assessing video footage. The current people are basically learning on the job.