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What's pissing me off the most is that anyone can see that the reason Dier needs to use his arms to balance himself is because Lascelles pushed him in the back, but because non-penalty fouls are not reviewable and the ref didn't blow for a foul on the push while play was live, that specific aspect of the play becomes unreviewable by VAR. The ref can't say that a foul precipitated the handball and therefore it's a free kick to Spurs, because he's prohibited from so much as acknowledging the existence of anything that happened prior to the potential penalty incident.
That is a massive fucking oversight which creates an incentive to cynically foul in the box such that the defenders' reflexes will be to raise their arms. If the ref doens't blow the whistle live and the play results in an incidental handball, your team is gifted a goal. It's a complete fucking joke.
Bang on! My old man and I were saying the exact same thing!
In cricket and in rugby it’s much more black and white whether there has been a try or a player is out LBW. There are multiple other factors.
Also I hugely agree with O’Hara, just sign two massive strikers and lump balls at their head, the knockdowns will give you almost a penalty every game.