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West Ham v City - post match reax

Skoorb

Skoorb

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A rusty start for the Champions but we got over the line with room to spare.

We got things clicking after a slow start and scored some great goals with each of our key strikers finding the net although Sergio needed two bites at getting his tally started with a re-taken penalty after encroachment from Declan Rice. City had a super goal ruled out for a marginal offside and one confirmed by the same slim margin. So much for 'clear and obvious errors'

Solid performance from new boy Rodri - still needs to sharpen up but it's early in his acclimatisation to the PL. Fantastic double save by Ederson when WHU had their tails up after the first VAR disallowed goal. Some sloppy moments later on but overall a 0-5 away win when you are still honing match fitness isn't bad.

VAR will be the talking point. Doubtless the dippers will complain about the ones that went out way.
 
Pep on BT making a comment on the weather conditions (hot), and that we weren't good in the first half.
More satisfied with the second half.
The game lost a little bit with the VAR, and confirmed Hominid's point with 0-3 to 0-2, and Ederson's double save.
 
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VAR points...

The lines used by the VAR technology are much finer than those displayed to viewers.

The line placement is calculated by complex software not humans and so should ensure zero bias in their placement.

The penalty retake - Rice encroached and then cleared the ball after Fabianski's save. That was why VAR was involved.
 
Skoorb said:
VAR points...

The lines used by the VAR technology are much finer than those displayed to viewers.

The line placement is calculated by complex software not humans and so should ensure zero bias in their placement.

The penalty retake - Rice encroached and then cleared the ball after Fabianski's save. That was why VAR was involved.
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It's going to take time to adjust to this cluster f#$k, but eventually it will find it's level.
 
Skoorb said:
VAR points...

The lines used by the VAR technology are much finer than those displayed to viewers.

The line placement is calculated by complex software not humans and so should ensure zero bias in their placement.

The penalty retake - Rice encroached and then cleared the ball after Fabianski's save. That was why VAR was involved.
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This would seem to be the future, as we either keep it as it is, or abandon it altogether.

Every goal will now be looked at for off-side (or encroachment at penalties etc.), using the same software, and a decision will be made. If we don't like it, what's the alternative? Go back to human decision? That's why we were clamouring for VAR in the first place!
 
Skoorb said:
VAR points...

The lines used by the VAR technology are much finer than those displayed to viewers.

The line placement is calculated by complex software not humans and so should ensure zero bias in their placement.

The penalty retake - Rice encroached and then cleared the ball after Fabianski's save. That was why VAR was involved.
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I thought there was a new rule this season with pens, if the keeper saves there's no rebounds? That would make Rice clearing the ball after encroachment irrelevant:hmmm:
 
It would help if the VAR room press released stills on offside decisions post game, let us all see what they see.
 
Anyhoo, on the football, dodgy in that first half, Jesus looking sharp though ( opposite of Aguero who looked like he'd just rolled out of bed).

Mahrez all of a sudden looks like part of the furniture.
 
The thing with the encroachment is that the ball was cleared after the initial save first time around by one of two players who had got further into the penalty area than Rice, it seemed to me.
 
Bluedub said:
Anyhoo, on the football, dodgy in that first half, Jesus looking sharp though ( opposite of Aguero who looked like he'd just rolled out of bed).

Mahrez all of a sudden looks like part of the furniture.
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Good point BD, but he stills needs to quit shooting at every opportunity. Otherwise solid effort.
 
Bluedub said:
I thought there was a new rule this season with pens, if the keeper saves there's no rebounds? That would make Rice clearing the ball after encroachment irrelevant:hmmm:
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I thought that too but the above was the explanation provided on BT sport by their pet referee Peter Walton
 
Pellers on BT, thinking the scoreline didn't reflect the game, and bemoaning bad luck with the first.
Not happy with his team in the first half, echoing Pep it seems.
 
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