VAR

arch stanton said:
no, it came past his right wrist, hit his chest to the left side, and went in. there was a clip on the feed saw with a split screen. What they do with the analysis of the footage is really flawed. Would you like to go to gaol on the back of this kind of analysis? Its horrific.
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The ball came from his left to right mate what are you on about?
 
side camera angle it looks handball, but that camera angle can be deceptive - defo past left hand, right at chest from other camera angles and in, doesn't even hit hand for me
 

Andy is the King said:
It's like rugby league - every try is scrutinised from every possible angle. The ref & touch judges are too inept to make decisions. The video ref spends 20mins trying to find reasons not to award the try. If the ball even scrapes an attacking player's jersey it's deemed a knock on. Sport was never meant to be played like this.

Of course, if a VAR decision keep us in the Prem I'll sing the praises of modern technology 😋
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But people who’ve never watched a game of rugby will continue to say ‘it works great in every other sport’.
 

"HANDLING THE BALL

For the purposes of determining handball offences, the upper boundary of the arm is in line with the bottom of the armpit. Not every touch of a player’s hand/arm with the ball is an offence.

It is an offence if a player:

  • deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, for example moving the hand/arm towards the ball
  • touches the ball with their hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger. A player is considered to have made their body unnaturally bigger when the position of their hand/arm is not a consequence of, or justifiable by, the player’s body movement for that specific situation. By having their hand/arm in such a position, the player takes a risk of their hand/arm being hit by the ball and being penalised
  • scores in the opponents' goal:
    • directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper
    • immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental
The goalkeeper has the same restrictions on handling the ball as any other player outside the penalty area. If the goalkeeper handles the ball inside their penalty area when not permitted to do so, an indirect free kick is awarded but there is no disciplinary sanction. However, if the offence is playing the ball a second time (with or without the hand/arm) after a restart before it touches another player, the goalkeeper must be sanctioned if the offence stops a promising attack or denies an opponent or the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity."

It was a goal ! We'll have to stop booing after the referee's name is given before kick-off, it doesn't endear us to any of them. We should be dead smarmy and tell them they are great! If that doesn't work, we can always revert back to lambasting them.:)
 

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