Threat of villa

[peterw]

So we can, erm, blow the whistle on this one?

 

[Thomasc]

I guess you have to set aside your bitterness for one second and ask whether you know the majority of Villa fans.

I mean, I’ve heard them singing “feed the scousers” at Goodison, so they are the sort of things I’ll base my opinion on.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Think villa and spurs are swapping managers anytime soon.

 

[degsy]

The ref's whistle has to be a red line,

If the Reff wrongly blows his whistle due to something 'he thought he saw'...like the keeper having both hands on the ball.
That then puts it into the very 'raison d'etre' of VAR - Clear and Obvious error
VAR's job can't just 'stop' because the whistle is blown

otherwise you'd have VAR adjudicating on whether the opponents had reacted to the whistle or not. Your comparison with the Brighton incident is wrong as the action that penalty was given for obviously came before the whistle, not after.

I don't even think it's that bad, it would have just looked like Rogers kicked the ball out of the keeper's hands from the ref's position. Clearly he should have waited, they're directed to, but the law's such a bizarre jumble I'm not sure VAR would have been able to overturn it anyway. I can't see how VAR can be blamed here at all.

 

[Yarrgh]

I mean, I’ve heard them singing “feed the scousers” at Goodison, so they are the sort of things I’ll base my opinion on.

Perhaps a chorus of 'clear the bins' back is required.

I actually don't mind Villa in the slightest, they're an alright team in general. I mainly look at them in order to see what they are doing right/ wrong and seeing how that applies to us as a similarly sized PL club. If them getting in and amongst the Scab 6 clubs generates an opening for the rest of the league to exploit, then I am all for it - I hope that will be us doing it sooner rather than later though.

 

[RD2910]

If the Reff wrongly blows his whistle due to something 'he thought he saw'...like the keeper having both hands on the ball.
That then puts it into the very 'raison d'etre' of VAR - Clear and Obvious error
VAR's job can't just 'stop' because the whistle is blown

The ref's whistle stops the game. The goal didn't happen.

 

[peterw]

I mean, I’ve heard them singing “feed the scousers” at Goodison, so they are the sort of things I’ll base my opinion on.

Have you? I very much doubt that.

 

[peterw]

The ref's whistle stops the game. The goal didn't happen.

It didn't, but the ball was travelling into an empty net as the whistle was blown.

 

[RD2910]

It didn't, but the ball was travelling into an empty net as the whistle was blown.

Hey, we blew the whistle on our debate. That means nothing that happens after it counts.

 

[peterw]

Hey, we blew the whistle on our debate. That means nothing that happens after it counts.

Good point. We can't come back and look at this again...