Sheffield United v The Mouthbreathers.

[Benjamin]

No excuse for the act that every defender has done in the last 25 years

Its 2019. Not 1994-2018. Game moves on. No such things as goal nets back in the day. They changed offside law around 1926 and Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in a season & forwards filled their boots while defenders struggled to adapt.

 

[Deleted member 42657]

Sheffield United can have absolutely no complaints. Weird how people are defending them. We’re almost half way through the season now and they’re well aware that var can over rule the linesman so don’t stop until you hear the whistle. It’s basics. Keeper looked half hearted trying to stop it but he has no one to blame but himself for not doing everything in his power to try and keep that ball out. It will become normal eventually but anyone who is slow on the uptake hasn’t got a leg to stand on. They’re paid a lot of money to know the laws and they’re not doing their job properly if they’re flaunting them

I have taken the liberty to read the comments on a few newspapers websites.

There is significantly more people blaming VAR rather than the Sheffield players on this website. Subconscious bias, perhaps.

Interesting to hear the reaction of the commentators real-time. No real chagrin towards VAR.

 

[gazc24]

Its 2019. Not 1994-2018. Game moves on. No such things as goal nets back in the day. They changed offside law around 1926 and Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in a season & forwards filled their boots while defenders struggled to adapt.

Keep it then, get rid of linesmen if they are causing difficulties with inaccurate calls that affect the play

 

[Bear]

Rafa Rafa Rafa

Bruce always starts well in just about every job he's had, and he's done the same again. It's the second half of the season where the wheels normally fall off. Its the seasons he starts badly where the second half of the season finishes his teams off. He'll bomb once his bullshit wears thin. We've seen it all before.

Loves a 3mth after Christmas blip

 

[thewearsider]

Mags 11th in the Premier League, Safc 11th in Division One, my god this season has been crap !!

 

[Deleted member 43869]

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I have taken the liberty to read the comments on a few newspapers websites.

There is significantly more people blaming VAR rather than the Sheffield players on this website. Subconscious bias, perhaps.

Interesting to hear the reaction of the commentators real-time. No real chagrin towards VAR.

Basically anyone who dislikes VAR and / or has a soft spot, as many do this year, for Sheff Utd will have an issue with it. This does not make them right. There are simply no grounds for having an issue with this goal.

 

[Deleted member 42657]

Mags 11th in the Premier League, Safc 11th in Division One, my god this season has been crap !!

A win down in Gillingham will revive the spirits.

 

[scott934]

He is the referee. In control of the game. Not the linesman who is his assistant. If he thinks he is rght he will ignore linesman. That happened before VAR.

How often do you see the ref overrule the linesman on offside decisions? Very very rarely. Mainly because the linesman has a much better angle to judge it on.

 

[Ashley In!!]

Keeper should've attempted to save it. Wilder should be more pissed off with him.

 

[citybythesea]

rafa Benitez wasn't as good as some made out, Bruce wasn't as bad as others made out

 

[Herbal Ernie]

Should do what rest of Europe do, if the liner flags then the game stops VAR or not.

Linesman shouldn't flag for offside anymore unless its obvious.

In fact we don't need linesman if VAR stays.

 

[Steve H]

Love VAR me

 

[safctommie]

I would imagine the play had to continue because it was a goal scoring opportunity.I could be wrong mind.

 

[Steve H]

The goal was a good goal ( sadly),the keeper was an idiot, YOU ALWAYS PLAY TO THE WHISTLE

 

[safctommie]

One thing is true. If Newcastle were on the wrong side of it.. we'd still be hearing about it in 2022.

Aye,from you.

Three professional footballers who know more about the game than you and I stopped, everyone in the stadium other than JonJo Shelvey just resigned themselves to a bog standard free kick near half way.
[/QUOTEWhat makes you think they know more about the game than me?

 

[Bears Beets]

Its 2019. Not 1994-2018. Game moves on. No such things as goal nets back in the day. They changed offside law around 1926 and Dixie Dean scored 60 goals in a season & forwards filled their boots while defenders struggled to adapt.

Enjoy your next ban benji

 

[Urraca]

Three professional footballers who know more about the game than you and I stopped, everyone in the stadium other than JonJo Shelvey just resigned themselves to a bog standard free kick near half way.

Smart of Shelvey to play to the whistle.

 

[keybuk]

Had Newcastle conceded a goal in these circumstances you lot would be laughing your cocks off and those that find an issue with the goal would be banging on about playing to the whistle etc.

VAR in principle isn't a bad thing, but the way they are using it is.

It should only be used to amend clear and obvious errors. Someone being offside by a few inches isn't a clear and obvious error. Applying mm tolerance to offsides is wrong.

It's an absolute nonsense that an accidental ball to hand rules out perfectly good goals.

It's about time that refs started looking at their pitchside screen. I'm sure they'd do it if it wasn't one of their colleagues that they could potentially overrule.

I had hoped that VAR would see an end to good goals being disallowed, bad goals being allowed, diving and all the other shit that happens on the pitch. That doesn't seem to have been achieved yet, but it has introduced some new problems.

 

[Urraca]

VAR is opening up really absurd circumstances in games now. Everyone stops apart from Shelvey, but they have to give it because Carroll's not offside. Mad. Should be a drop ball if there's any common sense, or then again maybe it's Sheff Utd's comeuppance for stopping play. Either way VAR is a shambles.

That would be the players refereeing the game themselves and could open a can of worms.

 

[Deleted member 42657]

Had Newcastle conceded a goal in these circumstances you lot would be laughing your cocks off and those that find an issue with the goal would be banging on about playing to the whistle etc.

VAR in principle isn't a bad thing, but the way they are using it is.

It should only be used to amend clear and obvious errors. Someone being offside by a few inches isn't a clear and obvious error. Applying mm tolerance to offsides is wrong.

It's an absolute nonsense that an accidental ball to hand rules out perfectly good goals.

It's about time that refs started looking at their pitchside screen. I'm sure they'd do it if it wasn't one of their colleagues that they could potentially overrule.

I had hoped that VAR would see an end to good goals being disallowed, bad goals being allowed, diving and all the other shit that happens on the pitch. That doesn't seem to have been achieved yet, but it has introduced some new problems.

As Leon Osman said on the BBC feed. VAR allowed a legitimate goal to stand. It did exactly what it was introduced to do.

Blind hatred and jealousy towards Newcastle United is being disguised behind complaints about VAR by too many on here.

Remember to recall this thread when a VAR decision goes against Newcastle and the same posters will take the exact opposite end of the argument.