#85

But the VAR should be looking for that at every set piece. Defenders would stop doing it pretty quickly if a couple of penalties were awarded on the VAR’s say so in the group stages.

#86

Really happy England got a late winner cause otherwise this VAR chat would be even more insufferable.

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#87

Totally disagree on this. Would very quickly descend into farce any time any degree of necessary physicality was looked at for every set piece. There’s a definite grey area in terms of what constitutes a foul when marking an opponent and opening that particular can of worms for VAR should be avoided IMO.

The calls yesterday were wrong, I don’t think they’re incidents that are wrong consistently enough to warrant the interruption to the game given the frequency they’d be reviewed.

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#88

It’s pretty obvious what’s over the line though. If the defender has no interest in where the ball is and is entirely focused on wrapping his arms round an attacker to impede his movement, penalty.

#89

Fwiw the kyle walker one was the most blatant and obvious foul in the penalty area of yesterday’s match

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#90

I don’t think it is though. The ones yesterday were for sure but there’s 50/50 ones so many times in every match, would be so shit to have to stop the game to have a look at them every time which you absolutely know you’d have to once attackers got a whiff of the fact there were more frequent pens to be had

#91

Poland Vs Senegal

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#92

The Stones header was in before Kane scored, imho.

#93

Poland vs Senegal

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#94

Who’s having something Polish, Senegalese, Colombian, Japanese, Russian or Egyptian for tea?

#95

At least Kane touched it before he claimed it this time

#96

Why is any degree of actual holding in the box OK though? If you grab hold of a player in midfield it’s immediately a free kick.

#97

Incindentally SDD, my shirt today is loving your profile pic :+1:

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#98

Because it’s a physical sport and there is a particularly increased degree of physicality required to mark players at set-pieces.

There would either be 5 penalties a match or just every corner would lead to a clear cut chance otherwise.

#99

thanks man! x

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#100

That isn’t true. Aerial battles all over the pitch involve quite a bit of wrestling. Obviously there’s a line where that becomes a foul but it’s a grey area

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#101

Wrapping arms round an opponent/shirt pulling is always a foul. Very different from standing one’s ground.

#102

It would be a very, very stop start game if this were true

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#103

When both players are doing it, as they always are at set-pieces, the line at which it becomes a foul and who the fouls is against is way too blurry to be reviewing every time.

It’s the exact sort of incidents that VAR should be avoiding like the plague to stop the game turning into a stop/start load of nonsense.

#104

Got Polish and Japanese beer in the fridge.

Pea crisps in the cupboard. Think they’re Japanese-ish.