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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
    I hope it doesn't become where everybody starts to challenge every single goal and any sort of physical contact in the box could be come a long boring game.
    I don't particularly want to watch managers doing the TV charade as per Conte last night. Will get very tedious, very quickly!

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    I don't particularly want to watch managers doing the TV charade as per Conte last night. Will get very tedious, very quickly!
    He can't help it he's Italian so it's built in.

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Vegas View Post
    He can't help it he's Italian so it's built in.
    To be fair it the concept is to be introduced by FIFA/PL/whoeever then it is only natural for managers to seek it's use when it suits them.

    No different really to them berating the poor 4th official which happens every match.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige View Post
    When they looked at something which happened just before the ball went dead like the Maitland-Niles penalty, but it felt weird with the Fabregas one when play continued for a while after the actual incident.

    On balance I’m not a fan.
    Call it paranoia (probably is) but I felt they were looking for any way to give the penalty to Chelsea rather than stick with the original (and correct) decision. Whereas our appeal was turned away almost instantly

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by PSRB View Post
    Call it paranoia (probably is) but I felt they were looking for any way to give the penalty to Chelsea rather than stick with the original (and correct) decision. Whereas our appeal was turned away almost instantly
    Didn't have the sound for the game - do they have the screen at the side of the pitch like they do in the Bundesliga. Find it very odd that Atkinson didn't look at it for our pen - which clearly was a pen. We should be able to hear what the VAR is saying a la cricket and rugby. The secrecy is ridiculous

  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Didn't have the sound for the game - do they have the screen at the side of the pitch like they do in the Bundesliga. Find it very odd that Atkinson didn't look at it for our pen - which clearly was a pen. We should be able to hear what the VAR is saying a la cricket and rugby. The secrecy is ridiculous
    It seems to me that the very last person on the pitch who ought to be deciding what does or doesn't go to the VAR is the on-field referee.

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    It seems to me that the very last person on the pitch who ought to be deciding what does or doesn't go to the VAR is the on-field referee.
    No, he's practically the only person who ought to. Otherwise the players might just as soon officiate matches amongst themselves.
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  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
    No, he's practically the only person who ought to. Otherwise the players might just as soon officiate matches amongst themselves.
    But a referee going to the VAR when he's uncertain doesn't help us with the main problem, which is referees being certain they're right when they're absolutely wrong. It seems clear to me that there has to be an appeals process available to the teams a la cricket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Didn't have the sound for the game - do they have the screen at the side of the pitch like they do in the Bundesliga. Find it very odd that Atkinson didn't look at it for our pen - which clearly was a pen. We should be able to hear what the VAR is saying a la cricket and rugby. The secrecy is ridiculous
    Nope, no screen or communication relayed to the fans at the match, which is poor and needs to be sorted. I assumed on the telly we were seeing the same replays the 4th official was but maybe not.

    This is my issue, I assume our penalty wasn't given as there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it and that decision was made quickly (sticking with the on field decision, if you will), whereas the Chelsea one they seemed to be looking for any way to reverse the decision!

  10. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
    Didn't have the sound for the game - do they have the screen at the side of the pitch like they do in the Bundesliga. Find it very odd that Atkinson didn't look at it for our pen - which clearly was a pen. We should be able to hear what the VAR is saying a la cricket and rugby. The secrecy is ridiculous
    I thought it was going to be like that. Bloke up stairs says you need to have a look at this and then he goes to the side of the pitch and watches the replays.

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