| Alan Hansen 2005 on 20:39 - Jan 4 with 2962 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Schmeichel appears to agree too. Goal line technology yes, re-refereeing the game and determining marginal offsides, no. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 22:24 - Jan 4 with 2673 views | Churchman |
Indeed. And they are/were both right.
The lunacy of VAR was there for all to see the other day with the blindingly obvious dive by the Liverpool player for a penalty to kill the game against Newcastle. |  | | |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 23:10 - Jan 4 with 2509 views | DarkBrandon |
He was correct. He wasn’t alone in making this argument. I used to bang on about it endlessly. One of the few subjects on which my hot take has stood up for many years |  | | |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 23:27 - Jan 4 with 2440 views | Garv |
It's interesting looking back and nice to see how he called it.
But it's pretty obvious stuff. It's not as if it was a good idea that's been executed badly. It was a reckless idea from the start and fundamentally wrong. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 23:35 - Jan 4 with 2422 views | bournemouthblue |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 23:27 - Jan 4 by Garv |
It's interesting looking back and nice to see how he called it.
But it's pretty obvious stuff. It's not as if it was a good idea that's been executed badly. It was a reckless idea from the start and fundamentally wrong. |
For me, VAR is a good idea, very badly executed
When they released the audio from that Liverpool goal earlier in the season, the communication was absolutely staggering, no wonder they take so long on these decisions. It was a total mess! |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 00:57 - Jan 5 with 2280 views | SE1blue |
It’s probably something I should let go but I can’t forgive him for a foul he made against us at Portman Road many years ago.
Can’t remember the year or our player that was clean through on goal, but he hauled them down and only got a yellow. It ended 0-0.
Hated him ever since (I’m sure that bothers him). |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 06:49 - Jan 5 with 2077 views | Pendejo |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 00:57 - Jan 5 by SE1blue |
It’s probably something I should let go but I can’t forgive him for a foul he made against us at Portman Road many years ago.
Can’t remember the year or our player that was clean through on goal, but he hauled them down and only got a yellow. It ended 0-0.
Hated him ever since (I’m sure that bothers him). |
IIRC it's Mark Brennan who he brought down. Glad someone else remembers the incident. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 06:53 - Jan 5 with 2064 views | Steve_M |
There was a piece in When Saturday Comes, probably around the same time predicting that if video technology was ever brought in then someone like Allardyce would still be moaning post-match about the eight assistant referee. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 07:12 - Jan 5 with 2011 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 23:35 - Jan 4 by bournemouthblue |
For me, VAR is a good idea, very badly executed
When they released the audio from that Liverpool goal earlier in the season, the communication was absolutely staggering, no wonder they take so long on these decisions. It was a total mess! |
Have to disagree about it being a good idea (although clearly it’s subjective). One reason for footballs global appeal is the fast free flowing game. All the tedious VAR reviews are turning the PL into a slow and ponderous sport akin to Yankee-ball with loads of long breaks in play.
Plus the single best moment is cheering a goal. Whilst there’s the occasional offside call now at least it’s relatively instant. Now it’s cheer, wait 5 mins to see if it’s ruled out, if it’s not then force a cheer because the moment’s gone. Morsy’s 93rd min equaliser was one of the moments of the season for me - moments like that could be lost. |  | | |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 08:22 - Jan 5 with 1812 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 22:24 - Jan 4 by Churchman |
Indeed. And they are/were both right.
The lunacy of VAR was there for all to see the other day with the blindingly obvious dive by the Liverpool player for a penalty to kill the game against Newcastle. |
Except it wasn't a dive.
Contact was made with Jota's left boot. Next time his left foot touched the ground, it was off balance which led to him falling. Therefore, it's a foul and a penalty. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 09:01 - Jan 5 with 1636 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 07:12 - Jan 5 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Have to disagree about it being a good idea (although clearly it’s subjective). One reason for footballs global appeal is the fast free flowing game. All the tedious VAR reviews are turning the PL into a slow and ponderous sport akin to Yankee-ball with loads of long breaks in play.
Plus the single best moment is cheering a goal. Whilst there’s the occasional offside call now at least it’s relatively instant. Now it’s cheer, wait 5 mins to see if it’s ruled out, if it’s not then force a cheer because the moment’s gone. Morsy’s 93rd min equaliser was one of the moments of the season for me - moments like that could be lost. |
It'll help allow for more advert breaks during the game though at some point, and that's what's really important. |  | | |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 09:02 - Jan 5 with 1635 views | Bent_double |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 08:22 - Jan 5 by ITFC_Forever |
Except it wasn't a dive.
Contact was made with Jota's left boot. Next time his left foot touched the ground, it was off balance which led to him falling. Therefore, it's a foul and a penalty. |
Dive or not, it was one of the softest penalties you will ever see.
Only Jota knows whether there was sufficient contact to make him lose his balance, and there didn't appear to be a reason for him to dive, so you might be right, but you have to say it looked soft and it looked like a dive.
The overall point is that with VAR, players know that they can get away with a lot more now as everything will be analysed to the nth degree. |  |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 09:26 - Jan 5 with 1583 views | EastTownBlue |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 06:49 - Jan 5 by Pendejo |
IIRC it's Mark Brennan who he brought down. Glad someone else remembers the incident. |
Yeah Brennan. These days it would be serious foul play let alone denial of a goal scoring oppurtunity. | | | |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 09:55 - Jan 5 with 1488 views | SE1blue |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 06:49 - Jan 5 by Pendejo |
IIRC it's Mark Brennan who he brought down. Glad someone else remembers the incident. |
That’s the one.
I found an article just now from a Liverpool website that said we were robbed and the referee should’ve given a clear pen to us for a foul and Liverpool cleared another shot with a handball.
If it was April 1985 my grudge will have been that it ruined my 12th birthday. | |
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| Alan Hansen 2005 on 11:20 - Jan 5 with 1341 views | rickw |
| Alan Hansen 2005 on 08:22 - Jan 5 by ITFC_Forever |
Except it wasn't a dive.
Contact was made with Jota's left boot. Next time his left foot touched the ground, it was off balance which led to him falling. Therefore, it's a foul and a penalty. |
It was a dive, he felt the slightest touch and decided to dive to the ground - he wasn't brought down and there is a clear delay from when the keeper brushed him and he chose to dive.
That minimal contact is probably what stopped VAR from overturning the decision as it wasn't "clear and obvious" that the ref got it wrong.
I think VAR should have been a good idea, but it's something we'll all hate if we're lucky enough to get promoted |  |
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