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I think your first bullet point just emphasizes too me why VAR got involved because it is a missed foul in my opinion . Do a pivot all you like but if you make contact with an opponent whilst doing the skill move then don't complain if you get a foul called against you. The fact the PGMOL...

I just can't help but feel if the decision was more split amongst the pundits and fans then the PGMOL would not be stepping in like this. It's an understandable recommendation and the fact a FIFA referee agrees with him probably suggests the PGMOL should just keep out of it. Of course we don't...

So the PGMOL are effectively saying it's not a foul on the opposition if you stamp on their foot aslong as your doing a piece of skill because you got nowhere for your foot too land? This is like the excuse the VAR made for the Tarkowski challenge in the Liverpool game last season but no one was...

Dissapointing too see the PGMOL is not backing the VAR. I mean a stamp on the top of the foot is a foul anyday of the week but perhaps unsurprisingly Howard will be using the referees call and high bar to justify a non intervention. Once again he will use his "we always listen to our...

This is one where if it does get included in the mic'd up show(assuming there will be a show this season), I hope Howard Webb backs up his VAR and does not try and please "the people in the game" by saying we dont think this reaches the threshold for intervention and should stay with referees...

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...

As a football fan watching the game whilst having a casual eye on the referees performance, I think his tolerance on when to book players was fine. Whilst there was some needle at times(no doubt hyped up by the crowd and the lead up to the game), I don't think how Hooper refereed the game was...

Great game to watch and I thought Tony Harrington refereed the game pretty well. I know there is some controversy with Grimsby's second goal and the 3rd goal which was disallowed for offside but the first one would of been very difficult too see for the on field ref and the offside is subjective...

I still can't help but feel without VAR, Hooper may of went red right away. I think with VAR there is a safety net to fall back on and secondly the pressure of showing a red card in a big game involving big teams and getting it wrong is perhaps too big for the SG1 refs who been reffing largely...

Apparently the Premier League won't be showing "ref cam" on red card decisions so we never know what the referee has seen but it looked a red card right away, speed, intensity, tackle from behind. This referee speaking to the crowd adds nothing for me, barely heard some of what Simon Hooper has...

However the VAR sees the push which impacts the defender ability to defend the ball and gives the United player a free header, as Jay Bothroyd says, even if it looks soft, it's still a foul. It had a major impact on that goal being scored. Totally get why Fulham would be annoyed by that to be...

PGMOL refs really do need to learn that even a small push can knock someone forwards which if it has a direct consequence on the play should be punished with a foul. As the MOTD pundits say, if Yoro didn't push Bassey then Yoro may not of headed it and lead to a goal. The Man United penalty is...

Yes but Howard Webb wants a higher threshold for handball and this incident I feel is one where natural position of the arms comes into play. Defenders should be allowed to try and block the ball and aslong as there arms are not outstretched then I don't think a penalty should be awarded imo.

Seems more harsh than the one in the Leeds game. Is this where VAR threshold gets tricky because it does hit the hand but surely despite that you could say it's a clear and obvious error because of proximity and natural position.

I can't help but feel if this movement was just blocking a cross it would be seen different and no penalty given. Just because he stopped a goal bound attempt, it seems to justify it should be a handball. I'll accept it more if the defender had an unsighted view and he panics and moves towards...

Cant tell me in 2,286 games this has not happened before where there was impact. Im also agreeing why is this getting sent to the monitor, whats subjective about whether a player is a metre away from the wall, he is either is or isn't. Maybe it was to sell the decision(with the refs doing the...

Was it not all part of the natural movement though, I don't think it's a deliberate movement to block the ball with his arm, it was barely a lean towards his left hand side. I'll get it more if he had an unobstructed view and he makes an obvious movement left or right and it hits his arm but...

I think in UEFA competitions you expect that to stand as a penalty but in the Premier League where natural position, arms unnaturally bigger all come into play, I'm surprised it wasn't reviewed personally. I don't think there is an obvious unnatural movement towards the ball either. It does...

If he said it once then maybe you can let it slide but the fact he says it 3 times AT the assistant is surely dissent at the very least. There is many good lip readers out there so even if the mics didn't pick it up, someone would of. It's kinda sad to read referees who may want to be firm and...

Maybe the VAR thought it was a foul and then during the review process maybe the referee noticed the infringment by the Palace player? Since this law came in, not once this has happened via VAR and in every single premier league game since it came in, you can't tell me something similar has...