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20 Aug 2023 09:11:27
I think the big issue is consistency and this will never really happen due to the highly subjective nature of making calls like this. I always think back to the one where Kane almost chopped Robertson in two yet that was only deemed a yellow card. Insane decision but justifiable under the current guidelines.
20 Aug 2023 08:58:01
I think the issue is with the ‘clear and obvious’ interpretation. There was a foul, the studs were up and so the referee interpreted this as serious foul play/ use of excessive force. This is highly subjective and for most people they would say it was not the correct decision as he clearly attempted to reduce the impact on the player at the last second. Within the term of a clear and obvious mistake, whilst most would deem this very harsh, a mistake wasn’t made and hence VAR didn’t intervene. This is where the system is flawed as if the ref were to have had the opportunity to look at this again on the monitor, he may have changed his decision. However under the current guidelines this option is not available.
17 Aug 2023 08:35:17
Totally agree. Whilst I’ve never heard of him, the reports coming out of Germany are that he’s a top player in that position and having played a lot at CB he can easily slot in there in when play breaks down and we have committed Trent or someone else in the middle. I’d assume we will also buy another, younger player in the DM position as a starter, but for someone to come in as back up, last 25 minutes of a match etc., he appears to be a very astute addition.