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Have to say - the pundits are truly clueless though. TNT really is second/third tier punditry, in my opinion.
 
I don't know why anyone would be watching VAR ruin the game when Tadley Calleva v Weymouth is on iPlayer
Now, often I'm flippant with my posts to stir up discussion, but there' no way I'm watching that sh1te on TNT when the game I grew up with is on the other channel
 
Big Cat said:
I don't know why anyone would be watching VAR ruin the game when Tadley Calleva v Weymouth is on iPlayer
Now, often I'm flippant with my posts to stir up discussion, but there' no way I'm watching that sh1te on TNT when the game I grew up with is on the other channel
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And with Steve Claridge back as Manager for Weymouth. It’s clear where Grealish got his shin pads from!
 
Theyre both technically fouls and both feel like the var check completes them more often than not in the Premier League.
 
You don't get to do a little spin with people in the vicinity and land on their foot and get away with it. It's the very definition of careless.
Bloody hurts when you're on thr end of it too.
 
Crazy for VAR intervention. What he supposed to do. when he plants his foot. Ref was close. never gave it. not clear and obs error.
 
I haven't seen only heard the furore on the radio and I did think they were describing careless. Just because he had done a pirouet doesn't then negate him not taking enough care to tread on the opponent in the process.
 
JamesL said:
I haven't seen only heard the furore on the radio and I did think they were describing careless. Just because he had done a pirouet doesn't then negate him not taking enough care to tread on the opponent in the process.
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did he have enough time to even think about it . he natural planted his foot = football is a contact sport. VAR should not be getting involved in that
 
Clear as day, he's stood on his foot, I don't understand how others can excuse that in the context of 'contact game'

Danny Murphy on Match of the Day was apoplectic, absolute tool.
 
I'm not convinced it's a foul, but I wouldn't have had an issue with the referee giving it on-field. I don't think it meets the threshold for VAR to be getting involved though.

But I definitely agree that the pearl-clutching hysteria that resurfaces every time VAR gets involved with something people disagree with needs to f**k waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy the f**k off.
 
Iain said:
did he have enough time to even think about it . he natural planted his foot = football is a contact sport. VAR should not be getting involved in that
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Football is a contact sport is the sort of thing fans and pundits say and has no basis in law. All the officials have to decide is was the attacker’s actions a foul. He landed, with some force, on the defender’s foot so I don’t see there is any doubt about that.

So that leads to the question was it a clear and obvious error. That I’m less sure on, but as I said earlier if they asked Rob Jones whether he had seen the “stamp” and if he said he hadn’t then I’d say that probably pushes it towards that.
 
deusex said:
I've never seen a more over the top response to a decision than this.
The "VAR is ruining the game I love" nonsense on MoTD was nauseating.
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I think the reaction to the Lewis Skelly red card was way worse than this! Although I do find it laughable Danny Murphy says it's the worst VAR decision ever, clearly forgetting the Tottenham Liverpool VAR fiasco!

For me I don't see what the fuss is about, if your doing a pivot/fancy skill then it's upto the player to prevent your foot landing on an opponent. I do get the counter argument did the Chelsea player just place his foot there to initiate the foul but the contact wouldn't of happened without doing the skill.

I understand why Rob Jones said a careless foul when he spoke on the mic but as Dale Johnson says, maybe just say a foul would be less controversial let's say.
 
Paul_10 said:
I understand why Rob Jones said a careless foul when he spoke on the mic but as Dale Johnson says, maybe just say a foul would be less controversial let's say.
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Especially when so many pundits describe a clear as day red card tackle as "reckless".
 
Iain said:
did he have enough time to even think about it . he natural planted his foot = football is a contact sport. VAR should not be getting involved in that
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So you agree he showed a lack of attention or acted without precaution. Which is the standard we are measuring here.

He didn't think about it, due to lack of time, and this is the very definition of he didn't take care not to do it aka careless
 
I don't like that skill, where they pivot over the ball and land with their back to the player with a stamping action. They know exactly what doing and his trailing leg was a long way from the ball. I think this could have gone either way with the on field decision, but it certainly wasn't a clear and obvious error . The furore about it being the worst decision ever is ridiculous
 
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