Chris Kavanagh

For me the problem is the referees who make the final decision. Unlike rugby there is no joint discussion where the referee gives his view from an on -pitch perspective ie what he saw and interpreted in real time, not with this slow motion malarkey. He undoubtedly grabbed his hair, was it done to gain a competitive advantage or just in the action of making a challenge , if the first then a foul. Then was he committing dangerous play with the intent of injuring his opponent? Yes red card , no maybe yellow.
 
It's the rules that are the problem. They are deliberately obtuse/open to interpretation so that the money men can increase their orofits by making sure that the big teams (worldwide) win.
The other lots equaliser at Fulham that was a yard offside - even spit the dog on Sky stated it was - the human eye could see that is was yet VAR drew an impossible line on an angle to show he was level ?

Marco Silva has put an official complaint in - yes it does favour the top teams - the pen Newcastle got last night in injury time a hand ball was ridiculous - then they added more time so they could sneak an underserved winner....
 
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For me the problem is the referees who make the final decision. Unlike rugby there is no joint discussion where the referee gives his view from an on -pitch perspective ie what he saw and interpreted in real time, not with this slow motion malarkey. He undoubtedly grabbed his hair, was it done to gain a competitive advantage or just in the action of making a challenge , if the first then a foul. Then was he committing dangerous play with the intent of injuring his opponent? Yes red card , no maybe yellow.
There's no common sense used by the ref. May have been a silly thing to do but there was nothing dangerous or violent.
 
The other lots equaliser at Fulham that was a yard offside - even spit the dog on Sky stated it was - the human eye could see that is was yet VAR drew an impossible line on an angle to show he was level ?

Marco Silva has put an official complaint in - yes it does favour the top teams - the pen Newcastle got last night in injury time a hand ball was ridiculous - then they added more time so they could sneak an underserved winner....
I personally felt it was a completely different frame used for the 'onside' call. The image without the AI generated thing was 110% offside
 
Wait, when the [Poor language removed] did they change this rule?? We've seen goals ruled offside by millimeters, you're telling me now they're letting the refs be subjective???
Keep up! They’re now allowing a 5cm tolerance allowance in drawling the lines at a 180 degree angle.
 

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