MOTD
- Thread starter Ken Baileys Ghost
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Re-watched Twenty Twelve and W1A recently - brilliant.
LewSwimmin
Star Player
Short hairy ones and tall bald ones OK with you then?
No one in their right mind would say that is handball, not deliberate, no movement towards the ball, both arms by his side, no advantage gained. VAR is killing the game, so is a ref who hasn't even got the balls to check the monitor to see if his original decision should be overturned. Clear and obvious yeah right.
SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
It's another one where they've amended the laws because they can rather than because there is any need to. They've removed the 'deliberate' requirement for this aspect of handball and therefore it would have been the same decision whether he went to the monitor or not. Why they felt the need to amend these laws is anyone's guess. It's as if they think there were too many goals in the game and that everyone would prefer if we retroactively searched for reasons to chalk them off after the event.
It's so depressing.
The thing that wound me up as much as the disallowed goal was their player being treated on the pitch and then just getting up and playing on.
Give the ref the benefit of doubt and him being a bit of a clown, he missed it but what are the linesmen for. They're totally not needed in the PL with the technology at hand these days.
SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
Law has changed so the player didn't need to go off.
Exceptions to the requirement to leave the field of play are only when:
a goalkeeper is injured
a goalkeeper and an outfield player have collided and need attention
players from the same team have collided and need attention
a severe injury has occurred
a player is injured as the result of a physical offence for which the opponent is cautioned or sent off (e.g. reckless or serious foul challenge), if the assessment/treatment is completed quickly
a penalty kick has been awarded and the injured player will be the kicker
Mind you, it seems to require the treatment to be completed 'quickly' for this to apply. Wtf does 'quickly' mean?
northstandmark
UTC Legend
Another law that’s useful for being interpreted as the ref deems fit, depending on the clubs in question. Whether a big club / high profile manager needs a goal or is defending a lead?
The more I watch this game, the less I know.
SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
Me too, didn't know anything about this until yesterday. By the sounds of it neither did anyone who sits near me.
Rob151060
First Team
Maybe I’m wrong but I can’t remember a game where the ref has decided to go to the monitor to help make a decision in our favour. If I’m right surely that’s a bit strange. Cluck VAR!
afcb_rednblack
UTC Legend
Were these fecking pundits aware that we were playing too? The analysis was virtually all about Utd, no reference to how well we played
CherryBare
UTC Legend
To be fair they said we should have been 4 or 5 up at HTWere these fecking pundits aware that we were playing too? The analysis was virtually all about Utd, no reference to how well we played
New Forest Cherry
Star Player
Were these fecking pundits aware that we were playing too? The analysis was virtually all about Utd, no reference to how well we played
watched it against my better judgment
there are some dogshit pundits around but those two really stink
agreed, were we actually playing?
Ken Baileys Ghost
Plastic
There's a reason United were so poor.
We out thought and outplayed them
Not really any mention of that.
Its al about United and where they are going wrong; nothing about where we are going right.
To be fair. If Lineker, Richards and Keown earn fortunes as pundits on motd should they be given sight of the Laws of the Game beforehand about the foul (penalty) continuing in the box? If we had been Leicester, Man City or **************** maybe they would have felt obliged to complain about the decision. Or Shearer for Newcastle of course.
CherryBare
UTC Legend
Lineker did say it wasn't a clear and obvious error.
