Doesn't mean they'd score the penalty, though. They likely would, but not 100% guaranteed.
Pleased he won't have a suspension hanging around his neck. Witnessing what happened is bad enough but to then be punished in that way was salt in the wound.
He has been training and has travelled with the rest of the team, unlike Winks and AurierI agree. just not sure we will see Son for a few weeks as he was in a right mess
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Is the system accurate to 1CM? My understanding was that the frame rates used means they can't guarantee that level of accuracy.
One element of VAR I have not seen mentioned is the creation of a grey area where penalties which would probably have been given before VAR now no longer are. Son's penalty appeal against Everton is a point in case. I think it was hard to call, but probably would have been given last season. Now however, if the ref is not certain he leaves it to VAR and gives nothing, but then VAR won't overturn the decision if it is borderline as it is not a clear and obvious error.
This was also the case when Jan should have blatantly given a penalty away recently (can't remember the match but everyone will know the action I mean as it was blatant). Again the ref left the decision for review but VAR couldn't overturn it as an obvious error. It's a bit mad but I think the very situations which VAR was supposed to be brought in for are the very ones which will slip between the gaps with the way the system is currently being implemented as neither ref dares make the call...
I think there is an element of truth to that happening, especially early in season, but the Son one is poor example to give, don’t think that would be given this season or any really, (Just wasn’t a penalty in my view, or view of anybody I have heard or seen apart from some people on Spurs forums)
one of the ex refs said Son wasn’t in control of the ball therefore it wasn’t a pen but if you apply that logic then walking up to a random player in the penalty area and kicking him in the nuts also wouldn’t be a pen lol
It might be argued the decision to keep Eriksen on the pitch had more to do with not closing out the game.The decision didn't cost us 2 points, we are more than capable of costing ourselves 2 points at the moment!
He's clearly a sensitive guy with a strong conscience. I'd feel pretty shit as well if I accidentally broke someone's leg, regardless of circumstance. It speaks to the character of the man that he took it so harshly.Great news. Really wouldn't think serving it has any less form of guilt for Son. He shouldn't even feel so bad even, it was purely an unfortunate accident.
No it isn’t. But having best available picture of when ball is kicked is infinitely better than having an assistant referee that could be 80 yards away having to decide at the exact millisecond the ball was kicked, was that very marginally onside or not. And why move line to say an arbitrary 15cm is offside, you will just get arguments if VAR says was 14.95cm or 15.05 cm (plus how could that be enacted into law and grass roots level play to that ?)
For me someone being a few millimetres offside isn’t the main issue, if it can be demonstrated clearly, love them when work for us, think it is most corrupt system in world when they go against, it is the knee or armpit being adjudged offside by that distance that is the bit that is hardest to swallow, with those arbitrary lines that are drawn from the body part. Get rid of the need for that with just applying the feet, would solve majority of the issues with it.
I just felt the contact was minimal, he realised he had wasted good opportunity, so then just made a blatant dive to try and win one, and didn’t fool anyone apart from a few Spurs fans, the same ones that would argue vehemently if it was given against us.
One element of VAR I have not seen mentioned is the creation of a grey area where penalties which would probably have been given before VAR now no longer are. Son's penalty appeal against Everton is a point in case. I think it was hard to call, but probably would have been given last season. Now however, if the ref is not certain he leaves it to VAR and gives nothing, but then VAR won't overturn the decision if it is borderline as it is not a clear and obvious error.
This was also the case when Jan should have blatantly given a penalty away recently (can't remember the match but everyone will know the action I mean as it was blatant). Again the ref left the decision for review but VAR couldn't overturn it as an obvious error. It's a bit mad but I think the very situations which VAR was supposed to be brought in for are the very ones which will slip between the gaps with the way the system is currently being implemented as neither ref dares make the call...
Totally agree with you on the lines touching, I've said this before and it is clear and obvious, if everyone knows that will be the case it is over and done with immediately and people will accept it, just like they do when the ball does or doesn't touch the line with goal line technology.I can understand why they try and judge offsides with any goalscoring part of the body, but it would make it a lot easier if they just used the feet. I'd also suggest that if the offside is so tight that the two lines are touching then benefit of the doubt should go to the attacking team. The decision might go against your team, but people want to see goals in football matches and if the system isn't 100% accurate then let the goal stand.
Do you know at what point they judge the pass to have been made? Is it when the players foot first makes contact with the ball? When it leaves the foot? With the level of accuracy that we've currently got that could be the determining factor in an offside decision, but we never see footage of VAR lining up when the pass was made.
I can understand why they try and judge offsides with any goalscoring part of the body, but it would make it a lot easier if they just used the feet. I'd also suggest that if the offside is so tight that the two lines are touching then benefit of the doubt should go to the attacking team. The decision might go against your team, but people want to see goals in football matches and if the system isn't 100% accurate then let the goal stand.
Do you know at what point they judge the pass to have been made? Is it when the players foot first makes contact with the ball? When it leaves the foot? With the level of accuracy that we've currently got that could be the determining factor in an offside decision, but we never see footage of VAR lining up when the pass was made.
Totally agree with you on the lines touching, I've said this before and it is clear and obvious, if everyone knows that will be the case it is over and done with immediately and people will accept it, just like they do when the ball does or doesn't touch the line with goal line technology.
100% agree with this and have said it since day one. whilst the world cup not perfect it worked way better than this and seemed quicker too.Completely agree with this. I think a lot of the issues and complaints would be solved by just letting the refs look at the pitchside monitors. So many of the calls are subjective and can be argued either way and therefore I get why the VAR refs are reluctant to overturn the decisions of the on field ref. Much easier for the VAR official to say 'I think you might want to look at that again' instead of 'You got that wrong and I'm overturning your decision'.
no doubt there were two contacts, but he did go to ground after the second when it was easier for him to stand up. Not a blatant dive, IMHO. Did you think the Kane pen v Lascelles should have been given? I would have had no problem at all with something like that being given against us.