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I can't remember if the flag eventually went up at the time. If not I suppose they can justify its inclusion but pretty stupid really as at least one player was visibly miles offside. It would never have survived a VAR check if it had gone in.

That’s what they did in the first season. Everyone moaned about that too.

You need to watch the replays again. Dunk brings his left foot through at which point it goes underneath DCL's foot. They're touching each other, which is the definition of the word 'contact'. Give my winnings to charity if you like ;) For the millionth time, I'm not saying it was definitely...

That's pretty much how VAR has worked since the second season. In the first season, the pitchside monitor wasn't used. Since then, they've always asked the ref to have another look. "Referee's call" as Howard Webb said he wants it happened in the West Ham game. A lot of people will say it was...

I know, as Dunk brought his left foot through. From the referee's angle it probably looked very much like Dunk swept his leg away and if Dunk hadn't made that movement, DCL probably wouldn't have stood on his foot. So, in my opinion, while it may have been an error, it wasn't 'clear and...

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If you read my posts, you'll see all I actually was saying initially is that VAR didn't implement the idea of "referee's call", despite making a lot of noise this week that this was the new high bar being set this season. There was contact, because the players touched as both lunged for the...

With regards to 1), based on the real-time commentary - they were listening to VAR - I suspect he was called to the monitor for the wrong reason (no contact), but they got off the hook with the angle that showed his foot slipping on Dunk's leg. Anyway, we won. They didn't ref it as they said...

There was contact 🤷‍♂️

In that case, the commentators - who can hear the conversation - got it wrong. Believe whichever version you prefer.

Except VAR apparently overturned it on the basis that there was no contact, which was wrong. This is what Howard Webb said this week, which sounded like a step forward, "“What we can do is is really focus on what VAR was always meant for. It was meant for those clear situations that would live...

My view, like Sky on the match this evening, is that PGMOL made a very big deal indeed of not micro-analysing decisions on the basis of replays. I can't stand Simon Hooper but it was entirely understandable that, with one look, he felt there was enough contact to award a penalty. Part of...

Disagree. No point PGMOL making a big, big deal of less VAR intervention this week if it's going to get involved in calls like that. Sure, he stood on Dunk's foot and therefore lost his balance. If Dunk had stayed on his feet, no decision to make. It was the right decision in the end but out of...

How can the error be 'clear and obvious' if the mistake is understandable when the referee gets one look at full speed? There was contact between the players, not in the way that the referee thought - but it wasn't a complete howler. In fact, VAR appeared to get their reasoning wrong. The...

I don't think it was a penalty either having seen multiple replays, but I don't think it was particularly obvious with one look at full speed that DCL stood on Dunk's foot. With the new higher bar they've been talking up this week for VAR intervention, I'm slightly surprised it was overturned...

They are only supposed to overturn absolute stinking howlers now. We probably were a little bit lucky. But only a little bit.

Excellent second half, screening the defence. Wasn't exactly the only one that looked uncomfortable with Everton's press first half. Goodison Park's hardly the easiest environment to make a debut in English football.

I thought Wieffer was really good today. Just what we need.

Yes. Big positive. Helped that they were down to ten but it was good to watch us adapt to circumstances as they altered throughout the game.

Blimey. It's going to be a lot of fun this season. Chaosball. Look very dangerous going forward. Part of me wishes Baleba was in midfield - but then we so plainly need someone like Milner out there with a bit of experience to steady things down (although not quite sure how that squares with the...