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And this is the problem with refereeing in England, we are too worried what everyone else thinks and forget about the laws of the game. If Joelinton was addressing his clapping towards the ref then it's only himself to blame if he got a second yellow. It has happened before a Premier League...

Penalty via VAR you expect in Europe but not the PL, I think it's pretty close proximity aswell which may of been a factor. As for the moment when VAR did intervene, then I don't mind it, I can understand why he did with Pope touching the ball and allowing the referee too see that is...

I'm not sure what is subjective about this, the ball was clearly going to Mbembo's foot and he would of had an clear attempt at goal. The only reason he doesn't is because he got dragged back by the shoulder area therefore it's not an attempt/challenge for the ball and should be a red. I dont...

For me this is by far a worse VAR decision than the a Chelsea Fulham incident but because it benefitted the smaller clubs, there won't be much noise over it so Howard wont be be treating his VAR so harshly as he did with Salisbury. It looked a stick on DOGSO red card, he would of had a clear...

His response to being a VAR sounds like what a load of the old guard referees have said in the past and that is they don't enjoy being a VAR and I for one don't blame them. We see some of the current crop don't act as VAR's like Taylor and Barrott so I'm surprised Scott agreed to keep being...

I do wish the TV companies put up the law which seems to of back up the referees decision instead of pundits just lambasting the referee for not showing common sense.

I think this is a case where this is a penalty in the SPL but not in the EPL(or certainly wouldn't be intervened upon) and this is where I do think the EPL do have it right more in terms of the handball interpretation because his arms are fairly close to his body and the ball would just hit his...

Which could all be avoided if Howard Webb did not buckle under public pressure and threw his officials right under the bus. I hate the referees call phase they use also because if the referee did not give a foul, they would not of intervened and rightly so because there is just simply no foul...

So as I keep saying, Webb care more about the stakeholders/people in the game because they want too see goals and not see goals being ruled out by VAR rather than having his officials upholding the laws of the game. A careless foul is a foul, it should not be ignored just because a goal has...

Hearing the audio on this incident and whilst I can still understand the VAR recommending a review, I'm not sure he really took the referees description of "two players challenging in the same space" into any consideration at all because hearing the ref say that and then seeing the pictures then...

Unless Salisbury has requested to be removed, I rather the PGMOL backed up their official and whilst they may prefer no intervention, it's certainly not a howler of a decision to be punished over. It's only the fact the Fulham player did a bit of skill and the big club benefitting against the...

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...