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Shouldn't matter if players appeal or not. You know that.
As referees we have to give what we see, not what's appealed.
And you have to admit that the assistant is best placed to see this, even a few yards back.
"Shouldn't matter" is the operative clause. It plainly does.
 
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I appreciate the assistant is about 4 yards behind but if you're looking directly (and unobstructed) at that you can clearly see Henderson is on the line and his arm outstretched.

Unlike park football where the pitch is uneven, this field is perfect. Lines extremely clear to see.

Unlike you and I who can get indefinite time to look at a single frame at the time of our choosing, the AR looks at a number of fast moving objects continuously. Unlike offside, they don't get a lot of practice at this scenario. If you look at this in real time, Henderson is about a yard inside the PA with a fraction (tenths) of a second. That creates a lot of doubt.
 
Think you have your logic the wrong way around there. You say it is a possible DOGSO, but DOGSO is all they can check for, they can't just check for a handball and recommend the referee awards a free kick. They could only recommend a review for DOGSO and if the referee went with their recommendation the outcome would be a red card and DFK. VAR didn't fail to spot the handball, rather they saw it and determined, wrongly in my opinion, that it wasn't DOGSO as Haaland was moving away from goal.
And if the VAR recommends an onfield review, and the referee doesn't think it's DOGSO - the decision is still no FK?
 
I’m not suggesting they make a decision based on appeal, I’m just pointing out that even the player challenging for the ball hadn’t realised it was handball
Oh, I think he did. As he's running after where the ball has been punched to, he looks back - as in "Have you really missed that?"
 
2) (FIXED...)
Referee has not seen it.
VAR: Possible handball
Ref: Not seen it.
VAR: We think it is going away from goal so not a red card but we can confirm it is a handball.
Ref: When you say "it is going away from goal" do you mean the ball after the GK has punched it away from goal?"
VAR: Er...
 
I am going to argue in defence of VAR using semantics like a lawyer would 😊

Is it an obvious GSO? Yes - this is the bar for a referee
Is it clear and obvious that it is an obvious GSO? No. This is the bar for VAR which would be much higher than for the one for referee (mathematical equivalent is when you square a number)


This shows where the ball would have ended up without the offence and offender
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This shows where the defender would have ended up without the offence and offender
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Neither still shows either of those conjectures.

The protocol is obviously wrong if the bar is exponentially higher.

And if the VAR doesn't know what is meant by "overall movement is towards the offender's goal" it's obvious this was an obvious mistake.
 
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And if the VAR recommends an onfield review, and the referee doesn't think it's DOGSO - the decision is still no FK?
No. Once at the monitor the referee can make any decision including changing the restart of play.
 
Lets take the handball away.
If he does NOT handle the ball, Haaland pokes the ball past Henderson.
What is next?
Haaland has a clear chance of scoring a goal OR Henderson could very easily take Haaland out.
Instead, Henderson has affectively cheated by handballing the ball away from Haaland, denying him the opportunity to equalise, and was not penalised whatsoever (even with a free kick).
I was reluctant to use the word cheat but that's what it was. Henderson comes out of his area and goes back inside the PA before reaching out to handle the ball. Perhaps he'll do the Maradona thing and say it was the hand of God.

Unless the officials tell us what they think they saw, I'm assuming the AR thought Haaland had kicked the ball.

Did the mysterious "match commander" have a say?
 
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Oh, I think he did. As he's running after where the ball has been punched to, he looks back - as in "Have you really missed that?"
You’ve totally made that up. He looks over both shoulders, turns and makes a pass. He’s clearly looking at players around him. He also has no interaction with the assistant referee stood right next to him by the touch line. He has no idea it was handball. There’s also no reaction from the players when the ball next goes out of play. Nobody realises it’s handball.

Judging by your posts, I think your city glasses have been put back on …
 
I'm still not convinced its a definite DOGSO because he has to regain control of the ball first and the slower he does that the chances of scoring decrease quite drastically from the angle.

Wouldn't say this is your typical DOGSO that we've seen in the Prem and there's a lot of If, Buts and Maybes involved in it. For me thats enough reasonable doubt for it not to be enough to be a DOGSO.

Think someone said about it being Haaland and hes never gonna miss it. If we're basing it entirely on the players, then surely we've gotta take into consideration he has played 8 major finals for City and scored in none 🤣🤣

Think in truth it could've gone either way and there probably would've been outrage both ways. Palace have been unfortunate in the past with decisions so maybe yesterday was our lucky day!!
 
Given the dynamics of what happened, why did VAR decide if it was DOGSO or not. Once HB was identified, surely Atwell shouldve been given the responsibility of refereeing the KMS by going to the screen. Even if Atwell decided it was not DOGSO, it wouldve been a DFK and caution for SPA. Why didnt that happen?
Because that isn't how the protocol works. To recommend a review VAR must deem that the referee has made a clear and obvious error, they can't just pass the decision to the referee to make himself.
 
Because that isn't how the protocol works. To recommend a review VAR must deem that the referee has made a clear and obvious error, they can't just pass the decision to the referee to make himself.
You've missed my point (and that touched upon by others above)
 
Because that isn't how the protocol works. To recommend a review VAR must deem that the referee has made a clear and obvious error, they can't just pass the decision to the referee to make himself.
The VAR protocol mentions “clear and obvious errors” OR “serious missed incidents” can be reviewed. Given no handball was given, surely this is a textbook missed incident?
 
The VAR protocol mentions “clear and obvious errors” OR “serious missed incidents” can be reviewed. Given no handball was given, surely this is a textbook missed incident?
You conveniently missed off:

"in relation to:

a. Goal/no goal

b. Penalty/no penalty

c. Direct red card (not second yellow card/caution)

d. Mistaken identity (when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player of the offending team)"

So unless the VAR believes one of the above has been missed no review can be recommended
 
On top of that since when a handball is a serious incident?

Anytime the referee misses a handball VAR gets involved?
 
But if we take Henderson out of the picture, by the time Haaland is likely to regain control of the ball, there's a potential for 3 covering defenders.

The angle is definitely going wide and his next touch really would decide whether he'd have an opportunity or not even a sniff.
Please watch the video of the original pass again
 
You've missed my point (and that touched upon by others above)
What point have I missed? I'm talking about how VAR actually works and the protocol the officials must work to, rather than what we would like to happen. They cannot get the referee to look at the incident until they have first deemed him to have made a clear and obvious error.
 
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