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http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/932687939839/Reddy-somehow-escapes-VAR-red-card Couple of points on this one: Goal is clearly correct. There's a complaint about a throat strike from the keeper. I'm not convinced it was anywhere near the throat, but the aggressive nature of his actions -...

So the Australian A-League has been running VAR trials (basically, VAR in attendance, but only to report on what they 'would' have done - no actual interaction with the referee for the last few weeks. First match with it is coming up on Friday, with only a few weeks to go before our finals...

Here we have a late tackle and a dive http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/video/648185923812/Dive-or-no-dive-That-is-the-question Look at this clip carefully. For me, it's a dive. 29 seconds, we can see the beginning of a swan dive. 31 seconds, there's no way he can possible land this, so his...

Controversial week in the Australian Hyundai A-League (HAL): 2 games: SFC (Sydney) in blue, CCM (Central Coast Mariners) in yellow This game was a chuckle - instead of a coin toss they pulled a Christmas cracker/bon bon to see who won! 1:15 in. Penalty decision. SFC player is clearly...