VARcical Decision

[fez]

Doesn’t have to make contact, the intent is there from the lunge, so it’s serious foul play

Hard to disagree. They are nasty nasty challenges and he should be sent off when he does them because one day he will catch someone and it won't be pretty. Hes kind of doing the old Sunday league trick of putting in such an obviously and telegraphed nasty tackle that the opponent has a very good chance to see it coming and avoid it, therefore making sure it doesn't connect with the thought that if it doesn't connect its not a foul.

I like Martinez but these tackles are not OK.

 

[the wopster]

Hard to disagree. They are nasty nasty challenges and he should be sent off when he does them because one day he will catch someone and it won't be pretty. Hes kind of doing the old Sunday league trick of putting in such an obviously and telegraphed nasty tackle that the opponent has a very good chance to see it coming and avoid it, therefore making sure it doesn't connect with the thought that if it doesn't connect its not a foul.

I like Martinez but these tackles are not OK.

Horrible challenges, I also think the challenges where a defender or attacker backs into a player in the air meaning he has no control how he lands, should also be a red like rugby, It won’t be long before a player breaks his neck with one of those challenges.

 

[fez]

Horrible challenges, I also think the challenges where a defender or attacker backs into a player in the air meaning he has no control how he lands, should also be a red like rugby, It won’t be long before a player breaks his neck with one of those challenges.

Yeah I have no idea how those haven't been clamped down on. Perhaps they have in the background because I don't see them quite so often these days. Maybe thats just because Harry Kane has left the league

When they look at the player to work out where they are before doing it they should 100% be punished.

 

[arknor]

Not strictly var, but new ruling for next season, certain teams are going to be ****** with this one

they should do the same when a team scores and tries to collect the ball for a fast turn around.
But the other teams GK sees whats going on and grabs the ball and refuses to hand it over.

 

[HangTime]

I thought we always had that rule but six seconds.
Looked it up and here it is -

Fouls and misconduct (association football) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yeah when I was a kid I'm sure it the rule was the keeper was only allowed to take six steps and then it was changed(?) to stipulate max six seconds.

It absolutely needs more enforcement because keepers are frequently holding on to the ball for 10 seconds or more. It's one of the most frequently overlooked infringements along with managers leaving their technical areas.

 

[the wopster]

Yeah when I was a kid I'm sure it the rule was the keeper was only allowed to take six steps and then it was changed(?) to stipulate max six seconds.

It absolutely needs more enforcement because keepers are frequently holding on to the ball for 10 seconds or more. It's one of the most frequently overlooked infringements along with managers leaving their technical areas.

Constantly overlooked, Newcastle’s last home game against Ipswich, the longest the keeper held on to the ball was 24 seconds before releasing it, and 3 other times just under 20 seconds, in the end we turned it into a game to see who could get the closest as it started from minute 1.

 

[Rotty]

With how serious the injury to Awoniyi is hopefully they will now look again at the holding off on flagging blatant offsides, was only a matter of time until something like this happened

 

[fez]

With how serious the injury to Awoniyi is hopefully they will now look again at the holding off on flagging blatant offsides, was only a matter of time until something like this happened

The issue is that they still can't seem to decide what is blatant. There have been plenty of offsides called that were either absolutely on a knife edge or nowhere near being blatant which kill an attack and then sometimes they let ones go that are easily 1-2m off.

 

[BaZ87]

They should flag for clear offsides because it's annoying and a waste of time, but I don't get this 'it will cause an injury' argument. Injuries are part and parcel of football and can happen at any point of the game and if you go down the route of altering officials actions based on the tiny chance of an injury occurring in the extra 5 seconds of play then where do you stop? Are we going to tell officials not to wait to see if there’s an advantage to the attacking side before blowing for a foul too?

 

[Vandle]

I'd suggest,with zero medical evidence to back it up obviously, that the standing around while waiting for extensive video reviews are more likely to increase that chance of an injury than a late offside flag.