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The Official 2020/21 Premier League Thread

If I wanted to find something on the ground, I'd hire Werner.
Never seen anyone spend as much time looking at the ground in front of their feet as he does, let alone while playing football!
 
Kandi1977 said:
Without VAR the ref would not go look at a screen to see it 10 times in slowmo, where it looks a lot worse than it was.
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It’s still just poor refereeing he was the one who made decision! Nothing to do with VAR, it’s just a video replay nothing more.
 
StephenH said:
It’s still just poor refereeing he was the one who made decision! Nothing to do with VAR, it’s just a video replay nothing more.
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It's basic psychology. He made the correct decision, then gets told to have a look again. That makes you think you've got it wrong, and want to correct it. It's a common test in psychology studies. Even if you believe you're right, getting your call questioned, will make you want to change it.
 
Kandi1977 said:
It's basic psychology. He made the correct decision, then gets told to have a look again. That makes you think you've got it wrong, and want to correct it. It's a common test in psychology studies. Even if you believe you're right, getting your call questioned, will make you want to change it.
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I can see this. But we need to teach the referees to be stronger. They are not experienced enough I believe.
 
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Have to disagree on the this one, thought it was a red card all day long. Balbuena clears the ball and Chilwell eases up on the challenge yet Balbuena stamps on his calf. Not a natural follow through IMHO.
 
The quality in this Leeds-Man Utd game is abysmal. At times it's as though Leeds are under instructions to give the ball back to the opponents or to ignore teammates in space in favour of putting their keeper or defenders under more pressure.
 
SteveAWOL said:
Balbuena’s red card suspension has been overturned

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387093521258123274
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How can that happen with VAR? An incident is seen by the on-field referee, is then checked by the VAR, then the on-field referee takes another look, and a red-card decision is given. That's three opportunities to get it right. That the decision can still be over-turned is ridiculous.
(Even if no red-card is ultimately the right decision, and I don't know if it is, it's another example of the VAR process not working).
 
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