Lundan Cabbie":1lg4mpcj said:with-menace":1lg4mpcj said:Final proof that VAR doesnât stop referees making incorrect decisions then. As someone whoâs actually attended a VAR match I would never trade off an occasional correct descision for the disruption in the flow of the game it causes. Being in the stadium watching inexplicable pauses and decisions in play are the biggest nonsense Iâve ever witnessed at a match. Bin it.Lundan Cabbie":1lg4mpcj said:There was one angle that suggested the defender's hand moved towards the ball but in my opinion not deliberately enough to be a penalty.
VAR or no VAR though, the referee's decision is still final. Pundits keep saying that it wasn't a clear and obvious error but I would say he didn't give it originally because he didn't see the ball hit the hand. VAR suggesting he has another look is the way forward though. He could still have said no pen.
VAR is still a work in progress and informing those in attendance of what is going on is certainly something they need to work on but binning it at this stage wouldn't be giving it a fair chance.
As for your claim... "Final proof that VAR doesnât stop referees making incorrect decisions then" You seem to have come to the conclusion that today's referee got it wrong. Well he didn't. I've checked the laws of the game and it definitely doesn't say in the opinion of With-Menace. He didn't see it in real time, VAR allowed him a further look at the incident and in HIS OPINION it was a penalty. That makes it very much a correct decision according to the laws of the game.
So the ref is always correct even when he is wrong...