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Fighting **** forum is having a cracking little meltdown atm. Worthy of Paddy Powers fan denial.
Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [1st - 2nd January 2020]
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Tonight's game is going to be massive although can see Arsenal doing one on us.
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The table is mental right now. So much to play for. A good month could see teams in the Champions league but a bad month can put them in the relegation battle.
Are they joking? The ref blew the whistle and they are still reviewing it?!
That explains it, I thought they couldn't decide if it was handball or a foul so they just gave the offside instead. He looked onside.
He was onside lol
Didn't they give the offside though? ref blew? Pickford took free kick outside the area.
Yes they did give off side but they'd ruled off side out before they checked if it was a pen then gave off side
Again, I didn't see the incident so can't be 100% certain what happened but..... If the ref blew for the offside before the penalty incident then it's offside, anything that happens after doesn't matter. If the lino flagged for offside but the ref didn't blow then they first have to check the offside and then assuming it is onside, they then have to check the penalty. If they decide the pen wasn't clear and obvious, they then have to go back and award the offside decision. It seems strange but var is only used on pens, goals and red cards so if they don't decide it's a pen then the var review of the offside is null and void and they stick with the offside decision by the lino.
They spent a few minutes reviewing everything though and then free kick for offside was given.
Maybe the ref didn't blow until after the possible foul? If so then see the post above.
Apparently they'd checked for off side and said it wasn't then checked for pen and said it wasn't then gave free kick for off side I'm confused just looked on sky sports and they're saying the same as me
It seems strange but that is the correct procedure. VAR is only used for goals, pens and red cards. The lino's flagged so the onfield decision is offside so to check whether the penalty was a penalty they first need to check whether it's onside. If it is then they move on to check the foul. If they decide it is a foul then the penalty is given. If they decide that it's not a foul then the VAR check for the offside is scrapped because it's not lead to a goal or penalty and although it was actually onside, they stick with the original decision.
They checked offside (he looked onside), possible handball and then possible penalty and then gave the free kick for offside, I'm assuming the on field officials must have blown for the offside/free kick but then why did VAR spend so long reviewing everything?
I can only assume that the ref didn't actually blow for the offside, just that the lino flagged for it. The game only stops if the ref blows, not for the raised flag. In that case they can check whether it's a penalty using VAR and part of that check will involve checking the offside before checking the foul. As soon as they decide it's not a penalty (or a red card or goal in other situations) the initial offside check is scrapped because it's no longer relevant and the linesmans flag stands.
ok thanks for cleaning that up strange rules though needs looking into sky saying he was onside and it should have been a pen pep will be going mad lol