At around 5.10 in, there's a tackle on the far side that earns a straight red, the camera angle isn't the best but I was wondering what everyone thought?
No, because you can't tell from this if the referee has made a clear and obvious error.Let's ask this question. You are the VAR and this is the only replay you have, would you recommend a review?
This is the point I am making. You really can't tell much from this video apart from what it 'may' have been.No, because you can't tell from this if the referee has made a clear and obvious error.
But, that doesn't mean the referee didn't get this horribly wrong. He could have seen some kind of stamping/scraping for a clear RC, or he could have imagined something and brainfa**ed this RC. We will probably never know. The tackler's bench probably know. They were quite muted...?
I mean, point number 1, a VAR will be checking this regardless. But let's ignore that - I'd be on the mic asking what he's seen at the very least. Ithink you really need to know that before we can judge if he's wrong or not.Let's ask this question. You are the VAR and this is the only replay you have, would you recommend a review?
If he answers "the force of the tackle" then I might be thinking about telling him to delay the player leaving so that we can check (obviously if you were actually VAR you'd have more angles you'd then need to consider).
There's no VAR here in any case.
Personally I can't see anything warranting a red from this camera angle myself, but the other thing that is concerning me is the reactions all around seem fairly muted. For me, SFP offences usually trigger a reaction of some kind. (NB: I'm not going to say the referee got it wrong)
Still thought it would be an interesting discussion.