One of the best things I’ve seen a ref do is still Oliver giving martinelli two yellow cards in one passage of play
Watching the DVR right now. So if Champion is saying that, the translation is “He’s letting them beat the stuffing out of each other.”
I had to Google the definition for disapprobation. That’s a fantastic word to describe Champion’s assessment after I heard him say that on the broadcast. Also, I have no idea how Caicedo stayed on the field for an awful mid-shin challenge about 33 minutes or so. Absolute potential for a leg-breaker, and yet no official thought much of it. I had very high levels of disapprobation watching that go without any sort of misconduct.
Just watched. I love the fact that the Chelsea players were appealing for the foul to go the other way. I would also add that there were no Spurs' appeal for intervention, so it wasn't just the officials who didn't think much of it. I think it's just this side of a VAR red. It's high and bad mode of contact and late. But the contact is partially due to how the opponent goes to ground and the force isn't brutal. I'd be fine with red. I prefer red. But I am accepting of no VAR intervention, given the standards. Not having any card in real-time, though, is a miss.
I watched that live! I was nearly in stitches. Glad England had the gumption to do that. AR prolly should have been more involved.
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I guess the question is what did him in? Was there one specific incident/allegation that made his position untenable or was it a combination of all of the above? Like if the Klopp video didn't come out, he might be safe? Or if the cocaine video didn't come out, he might be safe? My guess is the cocaine video.
I think especially for this board it's fair to say we had position and involvement, and when we draw the (white) lines it's a clear offense. Personally, I think the Klopp video alone would have tanked him eventually. The cocaine video just took a short-cut to the behavioral inquiry that the Klopp video might have triggered (I mean he looked...bad).
I'm kind of torn on this one. If it was a better effort from the 2nd Fulham player then it's an easy advantage + yellow card. Also was it really DOGSO with how heavy the touch was?
38th min and we have a major penalty shout Forest vs. Villa, clearly it was a grab of the arm within the penalty area...how that cleared VAR is beyond me...smh
seriously, it was not just a slight tug (fleeting) which we might be able to excuse...it was a very clear arm grab that started outside the area and continued into the penalty area.
It wasn’t just a hold. The defender clearly pulled him back. Yes it started outside the area but it clearly continued into the area.
Villa lost by a goal and the second Forest goal...Villa player was fouled in the lead up, but not a clear and obvious error by the referee...this game is so unfair sometimes.
So VAR refuses to get involved with the worlds most obvious hold into the penalty area and then later disallows a goal on an offside line by a millimeter. You keep being you England.
And then you had the first Forest equalizer (which was a beautiful goal) ruled out for the tiniest of offsides (the line appeared to be somewhere on the attacker's upper forearm)....nobody wants goals like that ruled out.....that's not what the offsides law was created to prevent.
https://streamff.com/v/0a797804 I see no issue with red card. At the same time though, before that pull, you have the attacker pulling at the defender's collar and yanking down. If this is a penalty and goes to VAR, I wonder if they call it an attacking foul going out. And that's why the VAR didn't bother calling it down?
if we are going to have VAR and lines do OS, there will always be some goals ruled off by the tiniest margins—it doesn’t matter where the lines go, there will always be something that is just barely off. And we’ve always had goals called off for barely OS (or not even OS!) when we have ARs making the call. MLS takes away the VAR making a toenail OS decision by not using the lines—but the trade off is that a player barely onside won’t get the benefit of having a goal awarded if the AR makes a mistake.