VAR Thread

[Frank Bunn]

Oliver or the VAR just didn't have the balls to make the call as it was right at the end of the game with a title on the line.

Mac actually had to avoid Dokus boot catching him in the head.

The freeze frames make it look bad. Doku got the ball then Mac Allister ran into his boot which was not at head height.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Agree with former referee Gallagher on the sky broadcast that getting the ball saved him.
Made it not a clear and obvious error.

As for Ederson. Pen but no red card.

 

[QuietB]

VAR as a concept is fine. Just needs to be run better.

It actually needs to improve things. Which it does. It is never going to be perfect though.

 

[moomba]

I'm surprised there hasn't been pictures of a shirtless McAllister released with stud marks showing on his chest yet.

 

[Bradesmaen]

So do outfield players, yet for some reason they seem to get a lot of straight red cards for such actions.

Obviously won’t change anything so just interested to hear the VAR explanation.

I've never seen a red for anything of what Ederson did. Usually yellow because he didn't get him with studs or anything. Was knee on knee.

 

[SM]

Just because a player gets the ball first doesn't mean his studs can end up wherever he'd like them to.

 

[Zidane98]

Ederson isn't a red. Was a late clumsy challenge for the ball. Yellow was the right call for me.

 

[SC_Power]

I guess that’s why I’m not a referee or a match official, because I won’t accept that Reguilon gets a red today and Ederson didn’t last week.

I understand with respect to how they’ve applied the laws of course, but still doesn’t sit right with me. I know you’ll call it bias.

 

[moomba]

I guess that’s why I’m not a referee or a match official, because I won’t accept that Reguilon gets a red today and Ederson didn’t last week.

I understand with respect to how they’ve applied the laws of course, but still doesn’t sit right with me. I know you’ll call it bias.

I can't see how anyone can argue Reguilon was trying to win the ball. Ederson clearly was.