Agree and agree!!!A truly dreadful rule change. (HB)
No idea why Norwood is still on the pitch. Weak refereeing
Very poor not to come back for Spurs free kick... ref was clearly signalling advantage, which has not been allowed to accrue!
And elbow looks like a straight red to me. Has a look where Son is first, then smacks him Was it reviewed?
But it did accrue, they scored. VAR can't take it back for the free kick before advantage, all it can do is penalise the unintentional handling.
Correct decision, but a daft law change.
Agree that Norwood is a very lucky boy.
How has it accrued? If the referee had spotted the handball in real time (not easy of course) then presumably he'd have given Spurs a free-kick as that offence happened first.
The fouled Tottenham player didn't have any opportunity to play the ball - the Sheffield United player kicked it against him! I don't see how you can say that advantage has accrued there.
He played advantage, he was still signalling it as the goal was scored. But VAR can only go back for the handball, not the original foul. Daft law, daft VAR protocols, but the officials on the night got it spot on.
Under the 19/20 interpretation of the Laws, it's likely still to be ruled out. In the 20/21 version, it's likely to be given.Here is a question.
If Kane collects that ball goes inside the full back and squares it to whoever was a few yards away and they score, is that allowed?
His tweet about BLM was interesting too!!Under the 19/20 interpretation of the Laws, it's likely still to be ruled out. In the 20/21 version, it's likely to be given.
Overall, as others have said, many of the recent introductions to football such as the attacking accidental handball clause and VAR itself, whilst well intentioned, have woefully backfired. It seems to be a case of be very careful what you wish / ask for ... complaints about goals coming from accidental handballs led to that introduction - IMO a backward step. Complaints about officials making very occasional human error mistakes led to VAR - IMO a blight on what should be a free flowing game.
To quote a Gary Lineker tweet tonight .. "The Game's Gone"
Where does it say that?
Obviously the VAR can't tell the referee if he missed a foul but if he played an advantage I'd have thought it should be fine to say 'advantage wasn't possible because of X', just as if a referee went to play advantage but then the assistant raised a flag for offside.
If a referee played advantage in the penalty area because the ball was running through to a striker who scored and VAR subsequently judged to be offside, are you really telling me the referee couldn't go back and give the penalty?
Obviously if the offence happens after the advantage (e.g. a player is fouled, advantage is played, cross is then overhit) then you can't have a second go but here advantage was effectively never possible.