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       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: January 19, 2023, 5:16 am
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       --- Quote from: bruntyboy link ---
       >
       > As a further point where is the input from the near side AR as
       he would have had a perfect view looking across the field to see
       who played the ball (and if not what was he looking at?).
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Offsides are their primary role and function. They will have
       been inline with the last defender watching for offsides so may
       have been looking at what they should have been and therefore no
       view of the incident.
       #Post#: 58542--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: Mikael W
       Date: January 19, 2023, 6:48 am
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       Somebody picked up on Swarbrick being VAR?! It seems that Webb
       tried to rehabilitate the (former??) VAR leader with an active
       role in the VOR. Interesting move...
       Nobody really cares about "high bar" blah blah blah. They just
       want interventions for clear penalties - like last night's.
       Former players (eg. Redknapp and Murray) know more about (real)
       refereeing than our own officials!! :D
       #Post#: 58543--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: TheOpinionOfTheReferee
       Date: January 19, 2023, 7:02 am
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       I noticed that Swarbrick was the VAR.
       I also thought it was strange as I don't recall him being VAR
       much before, if at all. Not that I have previously paid a great
       deal of attention to VAR appointments.
       #Post#: 58544--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: January 19, 2023, 7:05 am
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       It was a clear penalty but Jones was not in, and made no
       tangible effort to get himself into, the right position. This is
       why many penalty decisions aren’t given on field.
       Saw it with Bramall as well last night, another clear penalty
       refused. He was also Jogging through the game a lot
       #Post#: 58545--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: Readingfan
       Date: January 19, 2023, 7:18 am
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       I think Swarbrick has had three VAR appointments since New Year
       so presumably is now considered a regular VAR again, much like
       Dean and Mason.
       It seems Webb wants the threshold for VAR intervention set
       reasonably high but the challenge was always going to come when
       more errors started being made on-field, so we'll have to
       monitor how well VAR does with intervening where necessary going
       forwards when these occur.
       #Post#: 58549--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: Mikael W
       Date: January 19, 2023, 8:59 am
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       --- Quote from: Readingfan link ---
       >
       > I think Swarbrick has had three VAR appointments since New
       Year so presumably is now considered a regular VAR again, much
       like Dean and Mason.
       >
       > It seems Webb wants the threshold for VAR intervention set
       reasonably high but the challenge was always going to come when
       more errors started being made on-field, so we'll have to
       monitor how well VAR does with intervening where necessary going
       forwards when these occur.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Does it? In my opinion, this is a narrative being created by the
       media based on their own perception ("VAR ruins the game by
       intervening too much") and 'bubble' -- which is parrotted by
       some people on this site who are just anti-VAR rather than
       analyse it on it's own merits (to be clear: I'd get rid of it
       tmr and focus on just making the refs good but the clubs are too
       powerful and demand it and there's nothing we can do...) -- when
       the reality is much more nuanced. 'Boffins' who talk about high
       bar etc really just alienate fans: we have this excellent tool
       to correct mistakes which can be recognised by ALL remotely
       knowledgeable fans, such as Gillett's award to Brentford at the
       weekend and this mistake by leaden-footed Jones last night, but
       no, "hiGH BaR"... the only real advocates of the high-bar are
       the non-refereeing bureaucrats in eg. the Premier League itself.
       I hope Webb is strong enough to face them in PGMOL and save our
       hitherto terrible VAR system.
       #Post#: 58553--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: Readingfan
       Date: January 19, 2023, 10:25 am
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       --- Quote from: Mikael W link ---
       >
       > [quote author=Readingfan link=topic=4447.msg58545#msg58545
       date=1674134312]
       > I think Swarbrick has had three VAR appointments since New
       Year so presumably is now considered a regular VAR again, much
       like Dean and Mason.
       >
       > It seems Webb wants the threshold for VAR intervention set
       reasonably high but the challenge was always going to come when
       more errors started being made on-field, so we'll have to
       monitor how well VAR does with intervening where necessary going
       forwards when these occur.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Does it? In my opinion, this is a narrative being created by the
       media based on their own perception ("VAR ruins the game by
       intervening too much") and 'bubble' -- which is parrotted by
       some people on this site who are just anti-VAR rather than
       analyse it on it's own merits (to be clear: I'd get rid of it
       tmr and focus on just making the refs good but the clubs are too
       powerful and demand it and there's nothing we can do...) -- when
       the reality is much more nuanced. 'Boffins' who talk about high
       bar etc really just alienate fans: we have this excellent tool
       to correct mistakes which can be recognised by ALL remotely
       knowledgeable fans, such as Gillett's award to Brentford at the
       weekend and this mistake by leaden-footed Jones last night, but
       no, "hiGH BaR"... the only real advocates of the high-bar are
       the non-refereeing bureaucrats in eg. the Premier League itself.
       I hope Webb is strong enough to face them in PGMOL and save our
       hitherto terrible VAR system.
       [/quote]
       Webb certainly seems to have emphasised the Clear and Obvious
       part a lot in interviews and the number of VAR interventions
       seems to have gone down since the World Cup.
       I think I agree with the essence of what you are saying, in that
       I don't especially think the bar not being high enough has been
       the problem in the PL. Of course there have been times when VAR
       has been deemed to have intervened unnecessarilly but I think
       there's probably been just as many cases where it hasn't
       intervened at all when it was widely considered it should have
       done. I remember when VAR was first introduced in the PL and
       there were basically no subjective decisions changed at all for
       the first two months which wasn't a good place to be so I hope
       we're not going back to something like that.
       #Post#: 58556--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: rustyref
       Date: January 19, 2023, 11:38 am
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       Since the resumption after the World Cup VAR has been much less
       involved on penalty decisions, and they are generally being
       consistent, a word that everyone in football constantly says is
       needed.  The only outlier I would say was the penalty in the
       Newcastle vs Fulham game where Mike Dean went rogue on the new
       instructions and recommended a review for a foul by Tripper that
       certainly hadn't been a clear and obvious error, and arguably
       wasn't even a foul.
       #Post#: 58562--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: Gorgeous George
       Date: January 19, 2023, 2:02 pm
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       I watched last nights showing and thought that the whole referee
       team had a great game. They let it flow where possible, sensibly
       managed the game and dealt with any flash points quickly and
       sensibly.
       On the talking point about McTominay… I honestly don’t
       understand how anyone could think that is a penalty in the PL
       (let alone a clear and obvious error). The defenders foot is
       grounded and his action is completed. The attacker clearly runs
       straight into it deliberately. He actually kicks the back of the
       defenders leg and not the other way around. He’s initiated
       contact to try and ‘buy’ a cheap penalty. The referee had a good
       angle in and clearly made his decision pretty sharpish.
       #Post#: 58570--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Crystal Palace v Manchester United Robert Jones
   DIR By: PhiltheRef
       Date: January 19, 2023, 5:25 pm
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       I think referring to Mr Jones as "leaden footed" is grossly
       unfair.
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