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I actually think Neville made a valid point that because of Van Dijk size then the challenge may not look as severe but regardless it's a red card type of a challenge that should not occur in the game. The Gordon one was covered by Sky as a comparison and that had alot more speed and force(how...

It's another classic case of finding an excuse not to send a player off it feels(VAR seemingly not recommending a review as it did not follow through) and for the vast majority of SG1 refs, detecting SFP on the field is still a real issue and it has been ever since VAR came in. Nothing will...

Are they bad decisions though or are they actually correct decisions in terms of how UEFA expect officials to penalise these situations? I think it was Anthony Taylor who says when he's officiating in Europe he does it differently than he does in the Premier League and it's clearly obvious UEFA...

I think that is what causing the controversy here, yes the review maybe backed up via the guidelines but is it a clear and obvious error. I do think the Spurs defender created more of an offense and the only reason he was in a "headlock" was his own doing really. I be okay with this decision...

I thought Burn constantly had his hands up in the air to show he's not holding the defender but it does look a little bit on the soft side especially for a VAR intervention. It's one of those where if the ref gives it onfield it won't be overturned but if nothing is given then it will stay that...

But the PL have been boasting this is the best technology out there so surely you have to trust your own equipment which they have tested for quite a long time. For me, the lack of clarity in some of these images is what confusing people. I personally would prefer the UEFA/FIFA way of coming...

Quite a lot of people don't think it's a red and no doubt some of that is because it's teammates instead of the opposition but I guess it's also depends on someone's interpretation of what "negilable contact" is. I have no issues with the ref going with a red card, he's got the best view and...

It looked negligible too me but the referee was right there and had the best view of it so can judge it better than on TV pictures. I do feel for a red card it needs to be something more obvious like Kudos at West Ham last year where he slapped/pushed the Spurs player in the head with some...

So in practice nobody will ever know the margin for error in the GLT. The margin for error is definitely more notable for offside as can be seen on the graphic in the Leeds Villa game where the players boot is literally on the green line. I just prefer if the image comes in line and we get rid...

VAR let it slide as in their opinion the challenge was not reckless and was following guidance that if an attacker got a shot away and is fouled but not a yellow card offense they won't get involved. Well that the subjective part of it, alot of people including myself does think it's reckless...

I disagree, it's a reckless challenge for the ball where anywhere else on the field would be given a free kick and some refs may of went yellow there aswell. Not comfortable with this cop out it's not a foul because the attacker got a shot away. If we want to be more technical, you can argue...

I got to admit though, I'm not fully on board with this SAOT if you can't trust the technology enough to bring it in line because the angles the pictures show can look a little dubious. I mean at the end of the day, we don't have margin for error on goal line tech and the PL boast this is the...

I think unlike the Brugge game where Mings was clearly out of the 6 yard box and handled it, I don't think you can say for 100% certainty the goalkeeper kicked it to the defender as a normal goal kick. I think whenever this happens and the defender is out of the 6 yard box and picks the ball...

Which is understandable and i got no issues with leading with that but whilst the last 3 to 4 weeks have largely been fairly uneventful controversy wise, I highlighted 2 incidents which I think might be interesting to hear the audio and Webb's opinion on. I don't mind the Scottish VAR review...

Not sure if it's me or not but I can't help but feel this programme is losing a bit of a feel on what it should be about. It feels like the vast majority of the time they are showing obviously correct interventions(like Palace v Brighton) to back up Howard Webb's belief VAR is a good thing and...

As I say, the player may of milked it but it's still clear contact and the referee clearly made an error in showing a yellow card for simulation. With the Doku one, it probably a penalty but is it a VAR penalty? Is a knee into the foot enough to bring a player down at pace? Maybe, maybe not but...

For me if VAR does not get involved there I don't think there will be too many complaints but if you giving that sort of contact as a penalty then surely the Brentford one is also. Yes the player may of milked it somewhat but it's still a trip, there is still clear contact and it is definitely...

That might be the case but the VAR is judging whether Robertson is interfering with the keeper or not. No doubts Robertson is offside and he ducks but he makes no movement towards the ball or the keeper and and the keeper has a clear view of the ball! I think this is a really harsh call on...

And how do you judge that, we always get told defenders need their arms out for balance etc, how far is too far out? I think the screenshot creates an illusion that it may not look too far out(and the ball hit the right hand) but for me the action he was doing, it looked far enough away from...

That's a fair question but the reason his arms may become like that was because he was turning his back half hearted but the hand the ball struck was still a good distance away from the body. I would prefer too see something like that as a handball personally otherwise defenders can just defend...