srsmithusa Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, TomC said: I can distinguish between those photos quite clearly. In the Man City example, the defender's arm is sticking out far out to the side of his body, and that's not a natural position given that he's at the top of a jump. In our match, the defender's arm is not extended, but is across his body, plus (as is obvious in video) he's trying to pull it closer, plus he's in the middle of running, and you can't run without swinging your arms somewhat. so he "naturally" swung both arms in front of himself at the same time? He needs a runnning coach. His right hand did not clearly pull back until after the ball hit it. I hear your thinking, I just completely disagree with it. If the referee had called it, would the VAR have overuled the call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Properly pissing down now! If it makes you feel better im sitting on a sunny beach in barbados 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 See what the MP says in Motd tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Isn't VAR brought in to stop clear and obvious mistakes. How is that not a clear and obvious mistake by the ref he's literally 2 yards away looking directly at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, TomC said: I can distinguish between those photos quite clearly. In the Man City example, the defender's arm is sticking out far out to the side of his body, and that's not a natural position given that he's at the top of a jump. In our match, the defender's arm is not extended, but is across his body, plus (as is obvious in video) he's trying to pull it closer, plus he's in the middle of running, and you can't run without swinging your arms somewhat. What? It’s pretty clear he puts his arms out first before trying to pull them close to his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 There’s something wrong with VAR and I think it comes down to refs not knowing if the match ref or the VAR ref is in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) The only possibly excuse for that decision is that the ref actually saw it hit his hands and deemed it not handball therefore not clear and obvious error for VAR to overrule. Which makes it even worse really. Edited March 18, 2023 by Ponky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Properly pissing down now! If it makes you feel better im watching it on a sunny beach in barbados 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, srsmithusa said: so he "naturally" swung both arms in front of himself at the same time? He needs a runnning coach. His right hand did not clearly pull back until after the ball hit it. I hear your thinking, I just completely disagree with it. If the referee had called it, would the VAR have overuled the call? That's a pretty good argument, I have to agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Jack Stephens has swapped gloves with Neto for 2nd half. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Ponky said: The only possibly excuse for that decision is that the ref actually saw it hit his hands and deemed it not handball therefore not clear and obvious error for VAR to overrule. Which makes it even worse really. Here in lies the problem.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanVillan Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I'd love to see Emery lose it, in an after match interview just once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Admin knows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 games in a row now where we have been completely robbed of decisions. No wonder we can't get out of 11th place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, CanVillan said: I'd love to see Emery lose it, in an after match interview just once. Good afternoon, the ref in a word removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 BTW this is now 14 straight league games in a row where we've scored. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyVillans Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Lets get a goal early in the 2nd half and then get carlos on at some time to get some minutes/hold the lead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dufresne1947 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I can see why the pen wasn’t given, I don’t think it was a deliberate action towards the ball. My main disclaimer is I think loads of pens get given for handball that shouldn’t be (including a few against us) I possibly disagree with about 50% of handball penalties that I’ve seen in recent seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 MOTD like slating VAR, be interesting to see what they say. Someone post what they say cos I can't bring myself to watch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, AshVilla said: 2 games in a row now where we have been completely robbed of decisions. No wonder we can't get out of 11th place. No we’re 11th because we dropped too many points earlier in the season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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