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Oh bore off. What happened today wasn't a foul, it was a poorly written rule being retrospectively applied by VAR as if it was a tax code. The ref was spot on in giving the goal, the problem with VAR is it's more obsessed with the letter of the law than looking at the situation and judging it. Rules in football have always been about interpretation, only a few things are absolutes (offside, back passes, professional fouls etc), and whilst I'm a supporter of VAR, this is its biggest issue, it's changing the way football is refereed.

If you genuinely looked at that goal today and thought it should be disallowed, not because someone interfered with the wall, but because they were 30cm away from the wall instead of one metre, then I can't argue with you, I can only pity you.
What we think is an irrelevance. What the laws of the game say is that it had to be disallowed.

It's daft of guehi to be anywhere near the wall. that's a training ground routine that they've actively fucked up a good chance to score on
 
What we think is an irrelevance. What the laws of the game say is that it had to be disallowed.

It's daft of guehi to be anywhere near the wall. that's a training ground routine that they've actively fucked up a good chance to score on
The annoying thing is in the Man U game is the ref didn’t book saliba because it was too early. Shit bag bald cunt.
 
yeah, I guess he was weak, but he was basically pushed into the goal. I didn't know that you were allowed to do that.
They were doing the exact same last season. It's allowed unfortunately. Most teams out their own player to borderline block for the keeper
 
I think you're wrong about this. The rule would be impossible to police without some objective standard. It would be way too chaotic if the ref just had to use his judgement to decide if the wall is interfered with.

Got to agree. They already pick and choose too often whether or not to apply the rules (e.g.that Bournemouth defender not getting sent off for handball on Friday). Fans and pundits don't help either by continually recycling ridiculous nonsense about "soft/harsh" penalties and "common sense". The game has to have rules or it can't function, and we have to accept the rough edges that rules will sometimes bring about.
 
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