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Thread: VAR - again.

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    VAR - again.

    Wolves may be our local rivals but in all fairness how could West Ham?s first goal be allowed to stand The West Ham player obviously fouled the Wolves defender who would have comfortably headed the ball away. What do these VAR officials see that we don?t. In all honesty, Wolves have really suffered this season from poor VAR decisions.
    To my mind it?s got to the stage where, in my humble opinion, it should only be used for offside and goal line technology. Leave the rest to the on field referee.Yes, they will make mistakes but any more than those working VAR? I am not so sure that they would.

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    Just watched the Wulfs highlights and the penalty decision that went against them was disgusting. A blatant shove in the back and the VAR imbeciles look at it with the advantage of playback and judge it to be ok. But then again its just little Wulfs from the Midlands as it would be if it were Albion back in the Premiership.

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    Sorry, I meant their second goal!

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    Posting from the memory of having watched the game on TV and without having seen the highlights I honestly didn't think it was a foul for the goal. Come on. It was nothing.

    And let's face it if Sam 'shaking like a s hitting dog' Johnstone had stood his ground rather than moving then not moving towards the incoming ball he'd have been better positioned to deal with the header itself.

    Good distribution completely undermined by the same inconsistencies in decision making which characterised much of his time with us in the Championship especially.

    As for their penalty appeals I think they were hilariously hard done by for the first one. For the second you get some given and some not, I think what went against him was dropping to the floor as an afterthought.

    What I will say is whatever Wolves' supporters think of Gary O'Neill if their squad's physical application on the pitch is anything to go by he's clearly still got a lot of support in the dressing room. Anyway, fk 'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Albionic68 View Post
    Posting from the memory of having watched the game on TV and without having seen the highlights I honestly didn't think it was a foul for the goal. Come on. It was nothing.

    And let's face it if Sam 'shaking like a s hitting dog' Johnstone had stood his ground rather than moving then not moving towards the incoming ball he'd have been better positioned to deal with the header itself.

    Good distribution completely undermined by the same inconsistencies in decision making which characterised much of his time with us in the Championship especially.

    As for their penalty appeals I think they were hilariously hard done by for the first one. For the second you get some given and some not, I think what went against him was dropping to the floor as an afterthought.

    What I will say is whatever Wolves' supporters think of Gary O'Neill if their squad's physical application on the pitch is anything to go by he's clearly still got a lot of support in the dressing room. Anyway, fk 'em.
    Have to disagree with you on this one 68. The defender would have headed clear if he had not been impeded. As we say though, all a matter of opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leicesterbaggie View Post
    Have to disagree with you on this one 68. The defender would have headed clear if he had not been impeded. As we say though, all a matter of opinion.

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    No problem LB, I'm more than happy to disagree with you on any number of things. In this instance he just collapsed under the weight of a challenge which never actually arrived. He 'felt' something coming, ducked out and never would have made the header anyway. In my opinion of course 😉.

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    You are quite correct 68, it would be a dull old world if we agreed all of the time. The important thing is to be respectful, which you are, and to acknowledge that others may not agree with your views

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    Never liked VAR. it is open to bias not always on the decision but as to whether it?s employed in the first case.

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    Perfectly good goal for West Ham! F uck em and Johnstone in his girly pink shirt who still can't command his area!

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