VAR thread

[Maxiedge]

They've changed the handball law again today which means the Fulham goal would have stood yesterday. Complete farce

[S-RED]

Yes but not until after 1st July... apparently

[Doc_Piptorious]

Yep the new rule kicks in from July.

Means from July 2020 to July 2021 there will have been three different handball rules in play.

The one that started this season, the one that came in whilst this season was in play, and the one coming in July which is actually close to the one that started this season.

The Fulham goal would have stood with the rule that started the season and with the rule that starts next July.

[ChesterDave]

Does that not mean the rule changes mid Euros?

[Kenneth]

Not handball and not reviewed on the monitor

[ame]https://twitter.com/arsenal_video/status/1368201510044065799[/ame]

[ChesterDave]

Defo hand ball for me. Doesn't matter that he hasn't moved his hand to the ball - his arm shouldn't be out that far.

[Fosterbloke]

His arm is ****ing sideways and Pepe doesn't slam it into him either. Total stonewall penalty that is.

[Exiled_red]

Not handball and not reviewed on the monitor

https://twitter.com/arsenal_video/st...01510044065799

Did VAR review that and decide it wasn't handball or did it just completely miss the incident? Because that's as clear a handball as you will see, I can't believe anyone has looked at that and said no pen

[Kenneth]

I believe VAR did check it, but the ref wasn’t asked to look at the replay on the monitor.

[Norbs]

It wasn't a penalty. Pepe flicks the ball up and it hits his arm from point blank range. Unnatural arm position is irrelevant when it is at close range

I've learnt from what was said on here after the Firmino incident in our midweek game

[Kenneth]

[ChesterDave]

Ref gave a penalty and a red card. VAR intervened and ref reversed both decisions.

[ChesterDave]

It wasn't a penalty. Pepe flicks the ball up and it hits his arm from point blank range. Unnatural arm position is irrelevant when it is at close range

Nah. Gives players the opportunity to deliberately create an obstacle for attacking players to get the ball past.

[Fosterbloke]

It wasn't a penalty. Pepe flicks the ball up and it hits his arm from point blank range. Unnatural arm position is irrelevant when it is at close range

I've learnt from what was said on here after the Firmino incident in our midweek game

Sorry, he doesn't smash it and his arm is already fully extended sideways at the point Pepe's boot touches the ball. That would be a sending off it was on the goal line.

[Exiled_red]

No ****er knows the rules anymore, they change them that frequently they are just making them up as they go along, while VAR might not be directly to blame the rules have been modified for the VAR era and it's just messed things up further.