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Yup. Hopefully won't be the case, but you can see it happening.

I agree - having calmed down, I'm not certain VAR got it wrong. I still have my concerns that it probably was a penalty and that refs may be reticent to give such borderline-ish calls, leaving them to VAR who also decide they don't want to step on ref's toes too much, leaving less of those...

I think it's this one. One thing I would say is that - on further viewing - that GIF is a bit inconclusive, as you can't see what's happening to the front of his shirt. The way that his jump angle changes also suggests he is getting pulled. From where I was sitting it looked at the time like a...

Stand corrected. On the day in the heat of the moment it was right in front of me and looked completely stonewall. On considered replay and reflection I withdraw my complaint.

Interesting. Realistically though, there IS going to be some contact from Burn to their player if they're standing in such close proximity, so I think if one is the far worse offender in terms of who is holding who back from getting the ball, then that should be a penalty. One of my concerns...

Haven't been on NSC much since Saturday - nothing more sinister than that. My point wasn't really to have another dig at VAR, more my genuine confusion as to what the rules are around wrestling in the box. Also to be honest I think there is going to be "all the VAR discussions going on" for the...

No wind up at all. Burn's shirt was being pulled so hard that he was pretty much horizontal. The clearest pen you could ever see. So I'm completely baffled how they could go to VAR for it and deem it not a foul. Therefore, pulling/wrestling in the box is completely allowed, it appears.

Genuinely makes me feel like I don't understand what the rules are around holding/wrestling in the box. So, it's allowed?

Baffled there doesn't seem to be a thread on this. We had a corner right near the end of the game. Dan Burn's shirt was being pulled so hard you could see his NIPPLE (I screamed for a policeman, naturally). It reminded me of the ludicrous rugby tactics on Harry Kane in a couple of the World Cup...