leejaneagles
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I had to create a topic because I’m astounded. Watching Leeds/Tottenham. The SAME tackle Mateta done from a Leeds player on a Spurs player and 4 minutes of VAR review and no card.
VAR in Leeds game
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leejaneagles
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Fair point. They also took 4 minutes over it where they couldn’t wait to send Mateta off. I can’t believe the inconsistency of our main striker having a 3 game ban vs not even a yellow.
It stands out more to me because it’s against Tottenham as well. It’s such a stark contrast just a week apart. Not even blaming Leeds or the player or wanting him sent off. Just why was ours?
Foxy82
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It's almost as if the ref's don't know what the f*** they're doing!
stringmail
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I guess this was some type of karma for spurs but it just shows the absurdity of the Mateta decision.
VAR can't make the Mateta red card decision then decide the Leeds challenge was not a red card. I agree it was much worse.
The inconsistency is madness.
VAR can't make the Mateta red card decision then decide the Leeds challenge was not a red card. I agree it was much worse.
The inconsistency is madness.
esox lucius
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I find that incredible that there was no card at all, terrible decision by the ref and var
Sansomite
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Call me cynical but I think they know exactly what they're doing!!
As others have said it is the inconsistency that is infuriating. You can understand to an extent for the ref who is watching a game in real time but not for VAR. For me JPM can’t really have any complaints about the red last week and today’s tackle was as bad if not worse. All the comments I’ve seen suggested it should be a red card
cheeky ios monkey
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VAR is Tony Harrington......we will have the 'pleasure' of his useless refereeing tomorrow at Selhurst
edskan
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Why doesn't that surprise me? He's the main ref? (as in the one on the pitch who's supposed to make the decisions)
BromleyMonkey
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Thing is we all say VAR got it wrong, but it’s still human incompetence, VAR is just the way they look at it again to still come up with a wrong decision, we’re still up against the same refereeing incompetence we’ve always had but now there’s more of them, taking longer to still get a decision wrong
And even when they do get it eventually right it can take four minutes a go.
VAR is killing football
Teddy Eagle
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The ref also didn't think Porro, already on a yellow, should get another even though the foul was given because "the bar is higher for a second yellow".
Im very cynical, as much as i hate to think the games bent i look at these things and think theres incompetence and then theres engineering outcomes .
Strange how once the female commentator raised this there was radio silence from Gerrard & Fletcher.
I know Palace are stinking the league out a bit at the moment but some decisions should lead to chants of ‘ we know what you’re doing’ A bit like every goal we score lately- not many!- seems to be subject to more scrutiny than the opposition.
doombear
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I suspect that after the Nyoni tackle against Arsenal was allowed to pass without even a yellow, the refs and VAR have been told that the bar is now higher for cards for that type of tackle.
Runningman
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Willo.
Can we have your view please ?
Can we have your view please ?
BromleyMonkey
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It does make you think, sometimes you just can’t believe something can be just pure incompetence its so bad. There’s so much money involved in football with nation states and betting syndicates etc, you do wonder whether certain people have been ‘got to’