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       Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Scally Bob
       Date: October 24, 2020, 12:45 pm
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       What on earth is VAR for? That holding by McGuire is blatantly
       clear and obvious. It’s farcical.
       Even the myopic Evra said it was a penalty.
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       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Matt
       Date: October 24, 2020, 1:04 pm
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       Even Dale Johnson has come out against VAR.
       edited out as we do not allow allegations of corruption on this
       forum for legal reasons
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       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Irishref1985
       Date: October 24, 2020, 1:46 pm
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       It's even more crazier considering VAR was Stuart Atwell and the
       soft penalty he gave as a referee last weekend...
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       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: sastley
       Date: October 24, 2020, 1:59 pm
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       Cannot understand why Martin Atkinson was not advised to look at
       the screen and then make a decision. I thought it was a penalty.
       Outside of the penalty area free kick with no questions. VAR is
       simply not being used correctly and once again is in disrepute.
       Not VAR but the official manning it.
       #Post#: 22299--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Readingfan
       Date: October 24, 2020, 2:48 pm
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       I was asked for my views on Stuart Attwell as VAR a few weeks
       ago and said I couldn't think of too many poor decisions he'd
       made as VAR - but now I'm thinking about it I'm struggling to
       think of too many positive VAR interventions he's made and
       wondering if he's just been 'lucky' to have low-key games as
       VAR.
       The best VARs need to intervene when required and in the last
       two games at Old Trafford Attwell has failed to do that as VAR.
       #Post#: 22310--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: October 25, 2020, 5:25 am
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       --- Quote from: Scally Bob link ---
       >
       > What on earth is VAR for? That holding by McGuire is blatantly
       clear and obvious. It’s farcical.
       >
       > Even the myopic Evra said it was a penalty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       What about the non penalty award at Anfiels for a trip on berge
       at 1-0? More clear cut than the maguire one.
       2 years since Liverpool last conceded a penalty at home -
       ridiculous!
       Who were the last team to be awarded two penalties at Liverpool?
       #Post#: 22317--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Readingfan
       Date: October 25, 2020, 7:22 am
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       --- Quote from: ajb95 link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Scally Bob link=topic=1875.msg22289#msg22289
       date=1603561509]
       > What on earth is VAR for? That holding by McGuire is blatantly
       clear and obvious. It’s farcical.
       >
       > Even the myopic Evra said it was a penalty.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       What about the non penalty award at Anfiels for a trip on berge
       at 1-0? More clear cut than the maguire one.
       2 years since Liverpool last conceded a penalty at home -
       ridiculous!
       Who were the last team to be awarded two penalties at Liverpool?
       [/quote]
       Tottenham got two penalties in early 2018 - Jon Moss was the
       referee.
       #Post#: 22318--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: Readingfan
       Date: October 25, 2020, 7:37 am
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       I think it's clear in general that the 'high bar' for VAR just
       isn't working now. It probably made sense in some ways when VAR
       was first introduced in PL because people were wary about there
       suddenly being a flurry of stoppages and decisions changed and
       the feel of the game completely changing but now people have
       largely got used to VAR being something involved (whether they
       like it or not) and 'Why wasn't VAR used?' tends to get asked a
       lot more.
       #Post#: 22340--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: October 25, 2020, 4:01 pm
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       Just seen the highlights back and probably should have been a
       pen for foul on aspilicueta. Interestingly there was also a
       similar incident at the other end where maguire was being held
       at a corner and yet no mention on here. Got to be looking for
       consistency surely?
       #Post#: 22359--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Martin Atkinson: Man U v Chelsea
   DIR By: dave26
       Date: October 26, 2020, 2:27 am
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       The penalty aside I thought Atkinson was his old self let the
       game flow stayed in the background and cautioned when he needed
       to
       I think everyone perceives VAR as a infallible machine that will
       correct the wrong decision by a referee when it is actually just
       another referees opinion after viewing several replays of a
       incident
       Personally I think referees got far more big decisions and
       decisions correct in general before VAR was introduced and that
       when referees got them wrong it was accepted more because they
       dont have the benefit of replays etc it was Human nature that
       mistakes would be made but I cannot say the same for VAR because
       of the numerous angles more decisions by the should be correct
       but instead I think the opposite is happening.
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