Another ridiculous VAR decision

[NYCBlue]

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We had a pelanty rightly given at West Brom a few seasons back when their ‘keeper hit Chopra, the ball was near the dug outs at the time. The location of the ball has nothing to do with it, you kick someone, punch someone, pull their shirt whatever, it’s an offence. Daft challenge by the Arsenal player today and the shirt tug was more ammunition for the penalty decision.

I understand that shirt pulling is an offence, but the ref didn't see it and the player was going down anyway. Can you imagine if every corner was reviewed by VAR? The ref may as well just award a penalty instead.

[ninian opinian]

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It’s all bollox mate. Arsenal should have had a pen in the 1st half. Inconsistency is still rife, even with VAR

Looks to me like the Arsenal player stood on the keepers ankle https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/stat...601717760?s=21

[splott parker]

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I understand that shirt pulling is an offence, but the ref didn't see it and the player was going down anyway. Can you imagine if every corner was reviewed by VAR? The ref may as well just award a penalty instead.

Exactly right, it’s something that’s annoyed me for ages re. Defenders actions at set pieces. Ref’s should be awarding pens when defenders start their shirt tugging shenanigans, you’d hope then that the message would hit home that it’s a foul. Does anyone remember that Liverpool defender Skrtel when playing against us at Anfield a few seasons back? Every corner was a physical assault on one of our lot yet nothing given, shocking, a foul is a foul, give it, give the pen. It does seem that the refs’ arses go when it occurs in the box yet anywhere else on the pitch they’re fussy as f*ck. Now that’s inconsistency.

[lardy]

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I'm surprised you say that. Defending seems like a nightmare to me. You're trying to stop someone doing something, worrying about positioning etc. Getting the ball and trying to score, although very difficult seems much more natural to me. If you try to run into space and a defender tracks you, or anticipates your movement it's not your fault. If you get half a dozen chances and bag one of them you'll get away with it. Whereas if you're a defender if you're not just defending against a striker or even two, you're defending against the whole team. You have to guess everything. If you make the same ratio of mistakes over a whole game you're out.

I play at a low level obviously, but I find the few games a season when I'm at centre back much easier than the rest of the time in midfield or attack. I'm a poor tackler, but just reading the game and positioning yourself properly does most of the job for you.

[BLUETIT]

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Did Attwell book the Man City player when he scored and took his shirt off ??

Nothing came up on my screen

[splott parker]

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I play at a low level obviously, but I find the few games a season when I'm at centre back much easier than the rest of the time in midfield or attack. I'm a poor tackler, but just reading the game and positioning yourself properly does most of the job for you.

I played up front for years before dropping back to centre back when the years were catching up. Found it a lot easier playing at the back facing the goal we were attacking, albeit a fair way back, rather than playing with my back to goal, trying to flick it on or hold it up with someone breathing down my neck. The heading part of the game was much simpler as a defender, if the ball was launched forward it was a case of winning it in the air and heading it forward, more or less job done and a ‘well done’ from the lads. Playing up front it was a case of twisting your head in the air in an attempt to flick it on accurately to your co striker. If you headed it into touch or to one of their lot it was a case of ‘for f*ck’s sake’ from the lads. Much harder up front in my opinion.

[NYCBlue]

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I play at a low level obviously, but I find the few games a season when I'm at centre back much easier than the rest of the time in midfield or attack. I'm a poor tackler, but just reading the game and positioning yourself properly does most of the job for you.

Interesting. It just seems stressful to me. I used to play up front and it was all about having fun and scoring. I was pretty lazy, I didn't help out much. But I made a lot of runs and was decent in front of goal.

[lardy]

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Did Attwell book the Man City player when he scored and took his shirt off ??

Nothing came up on my screen

He picked up a yellow card, I assume for that.