25/26 - Non Saints Games

[Saint In Cornwall]

30 minutes ago, whelk said:

How the fuck is that a penalty for Bournemouth? VAR is joke 

Coming to a stadium near you soon.........

[rallyboy]

That penalty is one of the worst decisions of all time.

In an era when refereeing incompetence is accepted as part of our daily routine, those guys today really have made the likes of Kevin Friend and Mike Dean just look like normal people who were unfortunate on rare occasions to make honest mistakes.

Astonishing that rather than sorting out the huge fuck-up, VAR doubled down on it. 

 

[ChrisPY]

Rayan and Kroupi, both 19, look like they’ll make Bournemouth a fortune at some point in the next year or two. 

[Turkish]

How exciting was that VAR delay! The tension was unbearable I can only imagine what it must have been like inside rhe stadium not knowing what was going on. VAR has been such a brilliant way to enhance the excitement and emotion of a match day. Can’t wait until we have it back in our lives saints fans!

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

How the fuck is that a penalty for Bournemouth? VAR is joke 

It was the referee who decided to give it. Very generous in my opinion. 

[St Chalet]

United punished for Peak Russball error. 

[ChrisPY]

14 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It was the referee who decided to give it. Very generous in my opinion. 

Are you implying the referee made a mistake but the VAR didn’t? 

[Whitey Grandad]

1 minute ago, ChrisPY said:

Are you implying the referee made a mistake but the VAR didn’t? 

It's  "in the opinion of the referee" so not actually a mistake. VAR is supposedly not there to re-referee the game so not a mistake by them either.

VAR is not some court of appeal and in theory is only there to try to prevent the howlers. We all have our opinions as to how that's working out.

[ChrisPY]

26 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It's  "in the opinion of the referee" so not actually a mistake. VAR is supposedly not there to re-referee the game so not a mistake by them either.

VAR is not some court of appeal and in theory is only there to try to prevent the howlers. We all have our opinions as to how that's working out.

So you’re saying if the referee’s opinion was that Player A made contact with Player B but in fact, although contact was close it didn’t actually occur; because it’s the opinion of the referee, the VAR shouldn’t interfere to correct the decision?