Premier League 25/26

Gravesend_Addick

It's a foul. Circumstances & what it means for both clubs make it dramatic

However........VAR is so shit.  It shouldn't take that long  to make a decision

EastTerrace

Deffo a foul, but how many fouls have Arsenal got away in the area this year with their style of’play?

LargeAddick

Rothko said:

LargeAddick said:

The Red Robin said:

Football is so broken. If it takes that long to try to find something to disallow a goal, just give it.

This. If it takes numerous views and five minutes it isn’t a clear and obvious error for me. Should be three looks, thirty seconds max and if you can’t decide then go with the onfield decision.

I don’t think the ref had a clear view of it, every goal is checked for any fouls, and I just don’t think refs can see everything in a penalty area. So seems a good decision 

I don’t disagree but why did it take five minutes if it was that obvious a foul?

Rothko

LargeAddick said:

Rothko said:

LargeAddick said:

The Red Robin said:

Football is so broken. If it takes that long to try to find something to disallow a goal, just give it.

This. If it takes numerous views and five minutes it isn’t a clear and obvious error for me. Should be three looks, thirty seconds max and if you can’t decide then go with the onfield decision.

I don’t think the ref had a clear view of it, every goal is checked for any fouls, and I just don’t think refs can see everything in a penalty area. So seems a good decision 

I don’t disagree but why did it take five minutes if it was that obvious a foul?

Massive call, get it right, loads of moving parts, just not that simple 

North Lower Neil

EastTerrace said:

Deffo a foul, but how many fouls have Arsenal got away in the area this year with their style of’play?

Yep, even at that very moment two of their players were bear hugging West Ham players.

DennisBooth

Gribbo said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

It was definitely a foul on Raya, the West Ham guy was basically holding his arm. VAR has ultimately decided a title race there though because Arsenal will easily win both their last 2 games.

It ain't just decided the title race, it's more than likely sent West Ham down

So all the other games they played had nothing to do with it.

Gribbo

DennisBooth said:

Gribbo said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

It was definitely a foul on Raya, the West Ham guy was basically holding his arm. VAR has ultimately decided a title race there though because Arsenal will easily win both their last 2 games.

It ain't just decided the title race, it's more than likely sent West Ham down

So all the other games they played had nothing to do with it.

Of course - we only ever look at the whole season. Big, controversial, season-defining decisions like this are never part of the conversation, are they?

Chris_from_Sidcup

LargeAddick said:

The Red Robin said:

Football is so broken. If it takes that long to try to find something to disallow a goal, just give it.

This. If it takes numerous views and five minutes it isn’t a clear and obvious error for me. Should be three looks, thirty seconds max and if you can’t decide then go with the onfield decision.

As soon as i saw the first replay with his arm right across Raya i thought "there's no way they're giving this goal". I'm not sure why it then needed another 5 minutes and being referred to the ref to make the decision, when realistically VAR could've made the call immediately.

I guess because of what it meant at the top and bottom of the table they wanted to be 100% sure, but they really didn't need 5 minutes or so to decide.

soapboxsam

lordromford said:

soapboxsam said:

It was a foul on the keeper.
Don't care how much people hate Arsenal on here or want Spurs relegated, that was a foul on Raya.

You’re probably right of course, but VAR has let worse go before. I think that’s what’s so annoying.

If the foul wasn't on the KEEPER but an outfield player VAR probably wouldn't have disallowed the goal because there was heavy petting taking place in the box with numerous players !

The pin point Carey corner that Harry Clarke scored at the valley was wrongly disallowed as there was absolutely no foul on the keeper. No VAR in Championship which the majority are happy about so CAFC were robbed of a bona fide goal.

guinnessaddick

North Lower Neil

EastTerrace said:

Deffo a foul, but how many fouls have Arsenal got away in the area this year with their style of’play?

The interesting thing we'll never know (although I suspect I know the answer) - if the keeper wasn't fouled/it didn't go in, would VAR have given a penalty for the fouls being committed by Rice and Trossard?

Pelling1993

Definitely a foul on Raya. But Rice clearly fouls the bloke he is marking, pulls him back then wraps both arms round his waist. That happens just as the corner is taken so cannot see how it wasn't a penalty.

Briston_Addick

North Lower Neil said:

EastTerrace said:

Deffo a foul, but how many fouls have Arsenal got away in the area this year with their style of’play?

The interesting thing we'll never know (although I suspect I know the answer) - if the keeper wasn't fouled/it didn't go in, would VAR have given a penalty for the fouls being committed by Rice and Trossard?

Of course not.

Miserableoldgit

Spuds 1~0 up. 50mins

killerandflash

And 1-1 now, Tel giving away a penalty with a high boot. 

Athletico Charlton

Hoping for a last second Leeds winner!!   13 added minutes!

golfaddick

THIRTEEN  minutes of injury time.

golfaddick

Spurs certainly had the luck with how the fixtures have fallen.

Played Villa when Villa a had European semi final coming up & rested most of their 1st choice 11

Now playing Leeds who are safe & have nothing to play for.

killerandflash

West Ham need at least one win now, to prevent the Met Police's biggest nightmare, West Ham vs Millwall at the London Stadium. Good luck segregating the crowds in the Olympic park...

Callumcafc

Spurs 38pts -9
West Ham 36pts -20

Spurs: Chelsea (A), Everton (H)

West Ham: Newcastle (A), Leeds (H)

Laddick01

Callumcafc said:

Spurs 38pts -9
West Ham 36pts -20

Spurs: Chelsea (A), Everton (H)

West Ham: Newcastle (A), Leeds (H)

Far from done yet. Could see Spurs losing both and West Ham would just need 1 win.

Cafctekkers

Just want to see it go to the last day

killerandflash

Laddick01 said:

Callumcafc said:

Spurs 38pts -9
West Ham 36pts -20

Spurs: Chelsea (A), Everton (H)

West Ham: Newcastle (A), Leeds (H)

Far from done yet. Could see Spurs losing both and West Ham would just need 1 win.

Chelsea usually play better against the bigger teams, rather than the scrappier ones. If there's one game the Chelsea fans will be DESPERATE to win, it's this one.

siblers

Kinsky with save of the season contender. 

Can see Spurs getting something at Chelsea, espeially with the FA cup on Saturday, can't see West Ham beating Newcastle though