BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 May be two weeks late but it seems Messi has decided to show up at the very last chance. He’s got weird knees though. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently it’s ok to use your hands if it’s due to your own incompetence. How was that not a penalty for Nigeria. Rojo simply misjudged the ball. Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Higuain the ultimate big game bottler... Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently it’s ok to use your hands if it’s due to your own incompetence. How was that not a penalty for Nigeria. Rojo simply misjudged the ball. Because it wasn’t a deliberate handball Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Yeah never a penalty. Absolutely jammy gets though. Have once again been nowhere to be seen and they just make it through. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently it’s ok to use your hands if it’s due to your own incompetence. How was that not a penalty for Nigeria. Rojo simply misjudged the ball. Because it wasn’t a deliberate handball Handballs are very seldom deliberate. He hit the ball with his arm because he misjudged the flight of the ball. These decisions are often a coin flip and hadn’t the ref already given Nigeria a pen he probably would have here. It wasn’t a shot from close range but because of his incompetence. Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 They needed yesterday's referee for that decision. France Argentina what a last 16 game. Likely to be Germany Brazil as well if they both qualify. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently it’s ok to use your hands if it’s due to your own incompetence. How was that not a penalty for Nigeria. Rojo simply misjudged the ball. Because it wasn’t a deliberate handball Handballs are very seldom deliberate. He hit the ball with his arm because he misjudged the flight of the ball. These decisions are often a coin flip and hadn’t the ref already given Nigeria a pen he probably would have here. It wasn’t a shot from close range but because of his incompetence. There was literally none of the things that refs look for to decide if it was deliberate. His hand was in a natural position considering he was jumping and there was no movement from his arm towards the ball. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Apparently it’s ok to use your hands if it’s due to your own incompetence. How was that not a penalty for Nigeria. Rojo simply misjudged the ball. Because it wasn’t a deliberate handball Handballs are very seldom deliberate. He hit the ball with his arm because he misjudged the flight of the ball. These decisions are often a coin flip and hadn’t the ref already given Nigeria a pen he probably would have here. It wasn’t a shot from close range but because of his incompetence. There was literally none of the things that refs look for to decide if it was deliberate. His hand was in a natural position considering he was jumping and there was no movement from his arm towards the ball. I’m just puzzled because they are given time and time again. I have no idea what they are looking for. Just look at the penalty Denmark conceded against Australia. And that was also reviewed through VAR. it’s just random decisions. Link to post Share on other sites
unclesmog 53 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I think if it was anywhere else on the pitch it would have been given for handball which makes it a penalty for me. One thing I have noticed this world cup, the players behaviours have been shocking towards the referees Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Every time a player appeals and makes the VAR gesture it should be an instant yellow card. It was a mistake to introduce it in such a huge tournament with so many poor referees and when only very few leagues have introduced it. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Thing that bugs me is that the players and coaches don't seem to have a clue how it works. The full kit ***ers in Moscow are constantly monitoring incidents and work together to inform the referee if there is something worth looking at. There is absolutely no value in anyone approaching the official on the pitch because he doesn't tell anybody to check an incident, they tell him if it's worth looking at. They're trying to influence absolutely nothing. I'm also not bothered about the introduction of it in the World Cup. From my point of view, VAR isn't proving or disproving technology. A referee having a closer, 2nd look at an incident should never be seen as a bad thing if we want the right decision to be made and I would probably say the majority of VAR decisions have been correct. What it does do is it allows us to accurately judge the calls referees make and judge their suitability. If a referee goes to watch a handball decision that by the letter of the law shouldn't be a handball and he gives it as handball, that's not the failure of the technology. That's the failure of the referee. Instead of the usual 'the referee has the toughest job on the pitch' comment, we are now in a position to judge them because we're creating a level playing field between us watching the different angles and in slow motion and the referee now being able to do the same. In these situations, they can no longer be excused for getting it wrong and nor should they. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 I'd just be happy if they used VAR to stop the diving and cheating in the game. I can live with referees getting decisions wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
Foogle 2,078 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 It's been implemented much better in the world cup than it was in the FA cup where there would be 3 minutes pause every time something is reviewed. There's still plenty of improvements to be made on it, like when they only give the ref one angle to look at... Link to post Share on other sites
smogsterking the Inspirati 2,453 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Germans could be going out here. They have been pretty poor throughout. It makes you wonder why on earth Sane wasn't taken. Although you can never write off the Germans. Link to post Share on other sites
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