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[Football] Tonight's CUP Replays
- Thread starter Ernest
- Start date
Bob'n'weave
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No my mistake. BBC.
Yea me and every referee are making it up in every penalty take in the last ten years
1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,185
One step rule now then is it? Forgive my ignorance then, I hadn't realised. Just assumed they all move anyway and refs rarely order a retake as a result, same as it ever was.
I think it's just being trialled in the Carabao Cup domestically.
I suppose now we're going to get days of tedious debate about VAR being hopeless (thanks in part to Shearer & Co's hysterical over-reaction to the Willian incident. Very poor). Personally thought Morata was a bit unfortunate to be booked for diving, though it wasn't a penalty. Willian debatable - seemed to be looking for contact. And debatable means the on-field ref's decision stands.
Overall if VAR means a referee will be emboldened like that to take brave decisions even against the bigger clubs - knowing they can be corrected if necessary - I'm all for it.
Still bullshit
In case any of you didn't recognise the small and strangely bouffanted pundit tonight, this is what he used to look like
He had a fine head of hair tonight I thought.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Morata's dive was more blatant than Willian's.
On the line not off it.
So, will the two sent off players be banned on Saturday? Was VAR used? I'm surprised there are no comments on this on this thread. 
True. But I tend to think of bookable diving as the ones like Pedro's where there's no contact at all.
Its physically not possible to dive without moving forward or behind the line and for obvious reasons you wont be diving behind the line.
You can do the same with Conte
Really? I will then....stand by....
Here you go - FFS!!!
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Quite. The defender wasn't even touching him when he chose to fall over.
To paraphrase Spike Milligan: The snivelling little shit.