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       Re: Sam Barrott - Brentford v Crystal Palace
   DIR By: elbee94
       Date: August 19, 2024, 9:57 am
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       What a lovely breath of fresh air from Oliver Glasner about the
       decision! I’ve only just seen it but how brilliantly refreshing!
       'It shows that he has a good character and he is a good guy,'
       Glasner said. 'We can always find excuses. It's part of the game
       to make mistakes. I didn't see anyone who made no mistakes. I
       made mistakes today as well. It shows that he's a great man to
       say 'yes I made a mistake' but it doesn't change things.
       'Of course everyone was surprised that the referee blew his
       whistle so early but I can't complain about it because the
       decision is made”
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       Re: Sam Barrott - Brentford v Crystal Palace
   DIR By: Leggy
       Date: August 19, 2024, 11:28 am
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       The referee will have taken a big lesson from yesterday's game.
       If he is as good as many people suggest he is, it is not
       something he will repeat.
       What we do not know - and will probably never know - is if VAR
       would have intervened and recommended an OFR had that
       opportunity arisen.  Given the speed and decisiveness of the
       award of a defensive free-kick it is entirely possible that VAR
       would have left the decision as it is (Referee's Call?) or that
       the referee would have stuck with his original decision.
       In every other level of English football, this is a non-issue.
       It can be argued that the availability VAR has created an issue
       in this case.
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       Re: Sam Barrott - Brentford v Crystal Palace
   DIR By: rustyref
       Date: August 19, 2024, 12:31 pm
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       Whilst it looked a bit messy, I really don't think the end
       outcome would have been any different even if he had delayed the
       whistle.  Some think it was a foul, some don't, but there is no
       way on earth VAR could deem it to have been a clear and obvious
       error.  Especially not with the new lighter touch directive in
       play for this season, and even more certainly not given
       officials have been told to look for and clamp down on holding
       and blocking at set pieces.  Its almost as though there was a
       view that the foul didn't affect the goal, which it didn't, but
       if a foul occurred before the ball crossed the goal line it is
       still a foul.
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       Re: Sam Barrott - Brentford v Crystal Palace
   DIR By: TheOpinionOfTheReferee
       Date: August 20, 2024, 2:41 am
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       --- Quote from: rustyref link ---
       >
       > Whilst it looked a bit messy, I really don't think the end
       outcome would have been any different even if he had delayed the
       whistle.  Some think it was a foul, some don't, but there is no
       way on earth VAR could deem it to have been a clear and obvious
       error.  Especially not with the new lighter touch directive in
       play for this season, and even more certainly not given
       officials have been told to look for and clamp down on holding
       and blocking at set pieces.  Its almost as though there was a
       view that the foul didn't affect the goal, which it didn't, but
       if a foul occurred before the ball crossed the goal line it is
       still a foul.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Agreed. Think people forget that the referee still has to make a
       decision. Even if he delays the whistle, once the ball crosses
       the line he will blow whistle to indicate the foul and then over
       to VAR who, as you say, are unlikely to over rule the referees
       call.
       It's not like it is a terribly wrong decision that VAR is going
       to recommend an on field review for.
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       Re: Sam Barrott - Brentford v Crystal Palace
   DIR By: highfieldlatic
       Date: August 20, 2024, 11:33 am
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       It is interesting that on a number of occasions last season
       there were contributors complaining that (in their opinion)
       holding back from making decisions, and waiting for VAR to "bail
       them out"  but now we are complaining that a referee has made a
       decision without waiting for / deciding that he did not need VAR
       to assist him.
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