VAR

[MACCA75]

The ref has to look at a replay at full speed to ascertain if a keeper has been prevented from getting to the ball, surely. It was one million percent flying past him regardless.

 

[Tony Hibbert's Wife]

It's a decision that could have gone either way, right? If the ref disallowed it in real time, fine. If the ref allowed the goal, then nobody is really complaining either. What's so galling is that we have a system that reviews and looks for any reason why a goal might be disallowed meaning this 50/50 decision is poured over in slow motion again and again, giving it impact it doesn't deserve.

As soon as that is identified to the referee there's only going to be one decision.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Everton getting shafted by Pawson again, well colour me shocked.

 

[pfim]

It’s offside, frustrating but the correct call.

How Gana hasn’t earned a penalty later is inexplicable.

 

[Blue Neon]

Correct decision by VAR.

 

[marsh]

Ruins football

 

[MACCA75]

Can’t celebrate a goal anymore. Still favours the big clubs. Massively inconsistent with when it is used.

Can’t see a case for keeping VAR at all, it’s absolutely awful.

 

[gonetomorrow]

VAR is ruining the game. It's swings and roundabouts.
The best teams will finish top whether there's VAR or not.
Just get on with it.

 

[Timbucktoo]

Correct decision by VAR.

Really clear cut when you saw the replay, just why the officials take so long to see it`s offside is what was stupid today.

 

[ToffeeTim]

The disallowed goal and the penalty were both 50 50 calls and unsurprisingly we got neither

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

VAR is ruining the game. It's swings and roundabouts.
The best teams will finish top whether there's VAR or not.
Just get on with it.

They may finish top, still its robbing moments off fans and not being fairly applied. Along with PSR rules there is little chance of breaking into those top finishes.

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

It’s annoying. Particularly when the view shown on the pitch side screen isn’t the best (the one from in side the net shown after it was disallowed looks less like interference). But after jostling the keeper you have to get back the right side of him.

Ndiaye could have still been in an offside position, but as long as he wasn’t goal side of the keeper, and as long as he wasn’t between the header and the keeper, then th offside would be irrelevant and the goal stands. So, arguably if not very popularly, it was naive by Ili. Details matter.

Can’t condone many of the other decisions though. Grealish getting booked and the bloke pulling him down deliberately not getting booked is all the evidence you need of refs treating specific players differently.

 

[Bedfordblue]

 

[MACCA75]

Really clear cut when you saw the replay, just why the officials take so long to see it`s offside is what was stupid today.

Everyone could see he was offside, but the interference with the keeper was minimal, and almost certainly had no effect on him keeping the ball out.

 

[Nyhus]

I did think our players were a bit too close on their keeper, but neither of them are actually hindering him to move for the ball, nor are they going for it themselves. Felt it was very harsh to not let that goal stand.