GWT: PL Matchweek (mostly) 31

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Feel bad for Bobby he didn’t even celebrate the goal out of frustration.

 

[Chimaera]

Klopp might strangle someone

 

[hatterson]

Yup. Obviously. LFC haven’t got any of those in their favor this season.

For the record I was actually joking when I said that....then it turned out true.

 

[Savant]

For the record I was actually joking when I said that....then it turned out true.

For the record I was replying to @Jersey Fresh about it being VAR’ed out during the replay, before the purple screen came up. Didn’t bother celebrating because I knew already. It’s been that kind of season

 

[gary69]

As a Chelsea supporter, I don't mind that being ruled out, but plays like that shouldn't be ruled offside. Again VAR keeps on ruining the game, as opposed to previous interpretation of favouring the attacker in close call situations.

 

[Chimaera]

Honestly, can anyone without googling say what the actual rule is? Is it arm? Elbow? Arm pit? Finger tips? Feet? It just doesn’t seem to even make any sense.

 

[Savant]

And that’s why you take away the zoom button and the Apple Pencil.

This. Again.

what an awesome post.

it is the easiest fix. Call stands if you don’t have to squint and draw arbitrary lines. If naked eye can’t see it, call of field stands.

 

[Chimaera]

I just wonder why the worlds top league is looking on grainy images you might see big foot on to decide centimeters or less decisions

 

[Epictetus]

I can't think of any rule or interpretation of a rule that's impacted the viewing quality of any sport like this has.
It's completely ridiculous at this point.

 

[hatterson]

Honestly, can anyone without googling say what the actual rule is? Is it arm? Elbow? Arm pit? Finger tips? Feet? It just doesn’t seem to even make any sense.

I don’t know if it’s IFAB, but at least for the PL it’s the bottom of the patch on the shoulder which is basically the bottom of your deltoid muscle.

 

[Chimaera]

I don’t know if it’s IFAB, but at least for the PL it’s the bottom of the patch on the shoulder which is basically the bottom of your deltoid muscle.

Admittedly, I’m watching this while hurtling down the road (wife driving) on a phone, but it looked like they were drawing off the elbow. It just seems to be arbitrary each time

 

[gary69]

I can't think of any rule or interpretation of a rule that's impacted the viewing quality of any sport like this has.
It's completely ridiculous at this point.

Has any player, manager, journalist or spectator come out and said: "Wow, this is just what the game needed and it's so much better now"?

Heck, has even any ref or UEFA/FIFA official said that?

 

[Savant]

Has any player, manager, journalist or spectator come out and said: "Wow, this is just what the game needed and it's so much better now"?

Heck, has even any ref or UEFA/FIFA official said that?

They get electrically shocked if they do

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I still don’t understand why epl has struggled the most with it

 

[DrMartinVanNostrand]

I'm a little bit late in saying this here, but the offside solution is pretty obvious to me (under the current offside rules):

If you can't tell from looking at a still frame whether a player was offside or not, then the original call needs to stand. Even the best linesmen in the world cannot possibly discern millimeter differences in real-time, and the advantage gained is so insignificant that it cannot be said to have any real effect on how the play turned out.

Seeing these lines being drawn on my television is an infuriating experience, and I say that as someone who has no favorite team in the Premier League. Get this crap out of the sport. VAR in general is a fine thing to have, but, unfortunately, some of it's uses and general application are no better than how this sport was pre-VAR.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Well deserved...

 

[Blender]

I still don’t understand why epl has struggled the most with it

They haven't used VAR even close to the way they said it would be used or the way it is used in most leagues. Shearer went on a rant about this last year close to the end of the season, as he was on the panel that was discussing the implementation of VAR, and the way they have used it is not how it was presented to them.

 

[Savant]

Well deserved...

I mean I’m not going to say LFC have been good today but it’s a start

 

[Halladay]

Hadnt scored a non penalty goal at Anfield in over 8 matches before that. Last time was Mane against West Brom.

 

[hatterson]

So that’s the first open play goal at home in 765 minutes. Insane.

 

[Savant]

I still don’t understand why epl has struggled the most with it

Because the refs are openly against it and no one wants to make each other look bad.

 

[Savant]

So that’s the first open play goal at home in 765 minutes. Insane.

Not a lot makes sense for Liverpool this season.

 

[Savant]

This is fun

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

They haven't used VAR even close to the way they said it would be used or the way it is used in most leagues. Shearer went on a rant about this last year close to the end of the season, as he was on the panel that was discussing the implementation of VAR, and the way they have used it is not how it was presented to them.

its bizarre I don’t see any other league counting the hairs of players to deem it offside

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Because the refs are openly against it and no one wants to make each other look bad.

Is it that though take today for example. The linesman didn’t call it offside. He was overruled by VaR