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Well that was suggested via the blue card but so many people were against it that I doubt it will ever see use at PL level.

The difference was Fernandes challenge was his was with the side of the foot whilst Lewis-Skelly's challenge was with studs and above the ankle. Howard Webb said it himself, if it was with studs the red card would be 100% the right decision. Because of all the noise and it involves a big 6...

I have to admit I voted yellow card but the more I see it, I think it is a red. He's very late, and the studs do go in above the ankle. It does lack intensity mind but I do agree in that I think the criticism of the referee is over the top. No doubt because he's a young English player is adding...

The screen is there to sell the decision to the fans and for the referee to sell the decision to the players so he can explain it to them as he has seen it for himself. The PL(and the Bundesliga) did try to have the VAR make the decisions via the replays but it felt wrong a referee subjective on...

Have not seen the other posts the member has posted but I thought the question raised is a perfectly valid one? Does it matter if the Chelsea player deliberately ran into Brooks direction? Regardless whether it's natural or not, if Brooks take the bait and reacts, then he only got himself to...

To be fair, 12 review rejections since VAR came in 2019 is a pretty low enough number hence the comments of we all know what's likely going to happen here and what is the point of going to the screen when they always change their mind also tells you the perception a referee sticking with his...

But as Howard Webb says, the VAR are only human so prone to an error or a situation where a referee disagree with the VAR but the referee was wrong to reject the review. VAR reject reviews are quite rare as they should be but it should never be the case they never happen at all. I think Rob...

I was watching this game and I think the referee was saying to Brooks it's a yellow card because he caught the Chelsea player on the shoulder rather than the face or even his hair. You like to think with all the cameras there are, they would give the referee much better angles but apparently...

From the pictures I have seen, it looked like the referee had the best view hence I questioned whether an assistant should be offering his opinion despite probably being further away but hearing the audio, I have no idea if the referee saw the studs going into the back or not. The more I think...

Definately not and I have said as such in previous times. Must admit should of worded it better though, question I was asking is the AR2 usually on the side where the benches are because if so, surely his view is further away than from the position the referee was in and the angle would be...

Found the audio interesting on this one with 4th official thinking it was accidental and the AR2 thinking it was reckless so only a yellow card. We keep getting told a referee would describe an incident and announce their decision so a VAR can make a judgement on that but all Taylor said "he's...

Well he says a qualified referee should see this as a penalty so give me some examples when a referee awarded a spot kick for a clash of heads? Pedro's head on reverse angle did drift towards Saliba, contact was unavoidable, Saliba did touch the ball before any contact, I just think it's a...

That's what I'm saying, people moan about rule changes and therefore you potentially losing consistency that everyone craves for. I reckon another VAR may of recommended an on field review for this or we see something similar later on in the season and get intervened upon. I never said I'm...

Show me examples of any similar incidents to this one. The reverse camera angle showed Pedro's head heading towards Saliba's attempt to head the ball, there was always going to be some contact. Maybe Saliba should of went to ground and milked being injured, may of made the referee think even...

For me Pedro's head also heads into Salibas direction so a collision wasn't avoidable. I just find it hard a clash of heads almost is resulting in a penalty and if Pedro does not fall to the ground, I think it's even less likely it would be given.

Of course we did have a law a few years ago where a goal would be disallowed if there is any sort of evidence of handball in the build up and this would of fell foul of that if that law is still in place. As usual people in football don't like change so it got changed again just to include the...

I think the penalty is very soft personally especially if supposedly there is a higher threshold for a foul in the box. Don't think I ever seen a penalty awarded like that before though.

The fact Dermot Gallagher is even stunned the VAR never recommended a review for a red card maybe says it all really. I'm just also stunned Andy Madley seems to be in the perfect position and does not even produce a yellow for unsporting behaviour if you want to go down the lenient route.

I think most fans me included would accept if this was a red and it's backed up by the LOTG from the looks of it. At that speed, the distance was very small between contact and no contact and there was quite a fair amount of force. To sum it up he didn't even get a yellow for unsporting...

On the first point, I always find Taylor is not afraid to produce a red if he feels he needs too, whether he made this decision purely on his own or with help we may never know. However I do suspect with the more recent PL referees who joined around 2018 so just before VAR was introduced are...