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       Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: Craven
       Date: November 11, 2024, 6:53 am
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       This was arguably the most controversial game of the weekend,
       and certainly had one of the biggest talking points, namely
       Southamptons disallowed goal.
       Just my opinion of course, but that is one of the worst VAR
       referrals I’ve witnessed. No way can that collision be
       classified under the ‘clear and obvious’ bar. The Wolves
       defender steps into the Southampton player, puts his leg across
       him and initiates the contact. The correct decision is play on,
       which is exactly what Bramall did. A different Southampton
       player then belts the ball into the net. That should be the end
       of the matter and a goal awarded.
       Why VAR then decides to get involved is a mystery. If anything,
       although I don’t believe it’s a foul either way, the more likely
       outcome would have been a penalty (although obviously this was
       negated by Southampton scoring). The referral is bizarre, and I
       so wish Bramall had stuck to his guns at the monitor. But as we
       all know, that doesn’t happen.
       Really hope this incident is included in the next Mic’d Up show,
       would love to hear Howard’s opinion on it.
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: ajb95
       Date: November 11, 2024, 8:09 am
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       Who was VAR?
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: Craven
       Date: November 11, 2024, 8:24 am
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       Just checked (which I should have done before posting to be
       fair), it was Chris Kavanagh.
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: jacksback
       Date: November 11, 2024, 8:39 am
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       To add to the first post, the second Wolves goal should have
       been disallowed for two fouls on Saints players, both that were
       more of a foul than the one involved in the actual disallowed
       goal. All missed by Bramall and Kavanagh.
       Not good enough, again.
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: yfc54
       Date: November 11, 2024, 9:02 am
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       --- Quote from: jacksback link ---
       >
       > To add to the first post, the second Wolves goal should have
       been disallowed for two fouls on Saints players, both that were
       more of a foul than the one involved in the actual disallowed
       goal. All missed by Bramall and Kavanagh.
       >
       > Not good enough, again.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Those decisions were very poor especially the second foul.
       #Post#: 84896--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
       Date: November 11, 2024, 11:17 am
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       There is all this talk and waffle coming out of PGMOL towers
       suggesting that “referees call” should be the fundamental
       denominator when it comes to border line decisions, however it
       seems particularly prevalent in recent weeks that VAR has been
       coming in unnecessarily and without merit.
       It really doesn’t help the on field team when big brother comes
       along and tells them to go to the screen, because it must surely
       place doubt and second thoughts that their decision in real time
       is flawed.
       Plus, this season we’ve had no instance where the on field
       official has stuck with his decision and unceremoniously told
       VAR to bugger off!
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: Pm2
       Date: November 11, 2024, 5:16 pm
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       Instead of this inconsistency of “referees call”I would love to
       have the situation if there’s anything 50:50 the ref comes over
       to the monitor anyway and decides for himself.atleast then the
       ref won’t feel pressured to go with vars call.(I know it’ll slow
       game slightly but it’s better to get more consistency)
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: dave26
       Date: November 11, 2024, 9:07 pm
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       Don’t think fans want or would appreciate  a stop /start match
       for consistency while referees go to the monitor they have had
       enough of it as it is - personally I think there was more
       consistency before VAR and I would get rid of VAR and let
       football be football and the fans enjoy it again as VAR causes
       far more problems than it solves , before VAR referees were more
       consistent yes they made mistakes they were generally accepted
       though but with VAR and the number of cameras and angles they
       have mistakes are highlighted and debated to death in the press
       , on football shows and all over social media week in week out
       and still they get decisions wrong and involved unnecessarily
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: Ivanhoe
       Date: November 12, 2024, 5:06 am
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       I've watched this game in its entirety and to be fair to Tom
       Bramall he was consistent throughout with his foul threshold and
       interpretation so the challenges that led to the Cunha goal were
       'the norm' for the game and weren't being given, which led to
       quite a free flowing game.
       I think the VAR intervention was correct, it was a foul on
       Semedo, forearm and foot making contact, which the referee
       missed.  Semedo does step across to prevent the Southampton
       player getting to the ball but that isn't a foul, he is entitled
       to shield the ball.
       Southampton were unfortunate as they had the majority of
       possession but didn't have another shot on goal after the
       disallowed goal.
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       Re: Wolves v Southampton - Thomas Bramall
   DIR By: Acme Thunderer
       Date: November 12, 2024, 5:26 am
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       I must admit I am a supporter of VAR and I cannot agree that
       there was more consistency before VAR was introduced. How many
       VAR 'decisions' do we now see accepted, perhaps with a shrug of
       the shoulders, even though the offside or whatever has been
       tight? Beach balls and red cards for handling shots going wide
       come to mind and these and others would surely have been sorted
       by VAR, would they not? At times, I have wished that VAR could
       be extended down, for example Sunny Singh Gill's refusal to give
       Crewe a late penalty v Salford, which was dreadful and cost
       Crewe two valuable points, but I accept that this is not going
       to happen anytime soon. I agree fully that consistency is needed
       with VAR, and either the bar is set high or it is not, we cannot
       have both. Other than that, I feel we should continue with VAR.
       I only saw the highlights of course, but I got the impression
       that Thomas Bramall never looked comfortable at Wolves, and I
       certainly agree that the second challenge prior to the second
       Wolves goal looked like a foul and should perhaps have been
       acted on. But maybe that's me lowering the bar unnecessarily.
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