Watched the England v Swiss game and now (sort of watching ) lionesses v jockettes or whatever they call themselves IF the 2 VAR decisions are going to be typical of decisions going forward - we are going to see lots and lots of penalties for handball - she was stood a yard away when it hit her hand , but this was the 'arm out to affect things' rule meant the ref gave England a penalty In the proper game if the foul by Wilson is enough to disallow a goal we are going to see lots of goals from corners and free kicks chalked off due to 'pushing and pulling ' in the area In fact I can see plenty of times when a goal is scored from a corner and the ref via VAR will see that a forward pushed someone and cancel the goal but then see that a defender had pulled an attackers shirt before that, and so give a penalty ? Then when the pen is saved VAR will show the keeper moved and so it will be re-taken - it will be mental Going to be hard to celebrate any goal properly when worried about it being cancelled via VAR Also looking at the VAR on Thursday for the offside - are we sure that the equipment is good enough ? It will depend on them being able to line up exactly the position of the players when the ball was kicked - a split second later (eg when the pass has gone an inch or more) the position of the players will be different - 2 players running in opposite directions - and so may look offside especially if half a boot is enough to say 'offside' - not the clear and obvious I though they needed ? In cricket they stay with the umpire on Hawkeye precisely because they know the equipment is not 100% accurate Add to that the extra time needed (7minutes time added on on Thursday) and it is a real can of worms (Not that any of it will affect us this coming season as it will only apply in the Prem) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected]
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