HAL Round 1

[Paul01]

Soft pen Fakeroli strikes again

[Unlimited]

1-1 VAR strikes again 

Fornaroli wins a soft free kick on the edge of the area but VAR shows vision that the foul was clearly inside the area 

Referee awards penalty and the City fullback scores from the rebound after Thomas makes a save

Hectic two minutes 

[MadKaw]

4 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

1-1 VAR strikes again 

Fornaroli wins a soft free kick on the edge of the area but VAR shows vision that the foul was clearly inside the area 

Referee awards penalty and the City fullback scores from the rebound after Thomas makes a save

Hectic two minutes 

also showed it was clearly not a foul...

[Unlimited]

I saw a little shove in the back and then possibly a second shove before he went to ground

Very soft admittedly

[JackDoff]

Thx VAR , shiit end to last season , shiit beginning this one...   

[EmMac]

40 minutes ago, Edinburgh said:

Why is the roof closed?

Stop the gulls?

[btron3000]

One and a half games it took them to revert back to VAR/referee madness. One and a half ******* games.

 

[Unlimited]

1 minute ago, btron3000 said:

One and a half games it took them to revert back to VAR/referee madness. One and a half ******* games.

 

At least the VAR was on this time 

[Paul01]

1 minute ago, btron3000 said:

One and a half games it took them to revert back to VAR/referee madness. One and a half ******* games.

 

Hearing the half-time chat, it's all on Kurt Ams.

[Themumf]

Slow mo looks dead soft but must admit at normal speed I thought it was an ankle tap and shove. Untidy challenge, regardless of whether it was a soft pen or not though tbh.

[btron3000]

3 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

Hearing the half-time chat, it's all on Kurt Ams.

Maybe, but there is no way the ref should be going over to check things on a little tv on the sideline. You've got a bunch of dudes in a box watching huge high def tvs with all sorts of controls, and the ref has to look at a screen on the sideline. The ref now has a worse view than you and I. It's daft.

If you're going to use VAR, then it has to be up to the dudes in the box to overturn and only when clear and obvious error.

[MadKaw]

forget the VAR and the clowns that run it and just get the fox commentators to call it..

[wendybr]

Did they do that in the WC - have the ref go over to a little screen on the sideline?

I can't remember??

[Themumf]

On another note, both these sides are going to put 4 or 5 on us.

[Edinburgh]

1 minute ago, Themumf said:

On another note, both these sides are going to put 4 or 5 on us.

City couldn't manage that a few weeks ago 

[btron3000]

7 hours ago, MartinTyler said:

Looks like Corica's got a touch of the Arnies with his "we dominated and deserved to win" comment.

There have been a couple of moments where he seemed to be forcing the bullish attitude, sort of going against his normal personality, like he remembered he had to act like that.  Heres hoping it comes crashing down for him and he gets stuck trying to be something he's not.

[Themumf]

Glorified pre season friendly. Speed of movement and attacking weapons are on a different level. Although I suppose they can’t be that good if Baccus and Corey Brown can get a run.

[btron3000]

1 hour ago, Edinburgh said:

Why is the roof closed?

I would like an answer to this! It's not baseball or cricket, you can play in the rain!

[btron3000]

1 minute ago, Themumf said:

Glorified pre season friendly. Speed of movement and attacking weapons are on a different level.

So you're saying we'll be much better now we're in the season proper! 

[Unlimited]

12 minutes ago, wendybr said:

Did they do that in the WC - have the ref go over to a little screen on the sideline?

I can't remember??

They did

Personally, I think it’s the way to go. Referee should retain all authority on all calls - VAR is assisting, not deciding.

[Themumf]

5 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

So you're saying we'll be much better now we're in the season proper! 

Fingers crossed champ. We’ll need to be. 

[Unlimited]

2-1 to Melbourne City

City slices through the middle after McGree cuts in from the wing with a run into the box, great finish first time past Thomas

[Paul01]

2 minutes ago, Themumf said:

Fingers crossed champ. We’ll need to be. 

https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/football/a-league/simon-hill-chats-with-wanderers-recruit-alex-baumjohann-ahead-of-the-aleague-season/news-story/88d16c81053cd079cd642373be92332d

[Davo]

Honda lost the run of McGree for the goal. Let’s see if Fox mention it at all.

[mack]

Athiu isn't good enough for the A-League.

[btron3000]

1 minute ago, Unlimited said:

They did

Personally, I think it’s the way to go. Referee should retain all authority on all calls - VAR is assisting, not deciding.

As much as FIFA want to bang on about the ref making all the decisions, its BS.  The VAR makes a decision to refer back to the referee, so they are part of the decision making process.  THEN the ref determines if its a clear and obvious error.  It's unnecessary, it adds way too much time to the process, it interrupts the game, AND it means the ref is now trying to doublecheck his own decision with substandard technology.

If the decisions are only overturned when "clear and obvious error" then why do you need the original ref to decide? Clear and obvious should be clear and obvious to everyone. And they can be checked by VAR on the run.

Also, how easy is it to see "clear and obvious" on a tv on the sideline? As soon as you start using technology you are obliged to use the best technology you can.

[Davo]

He’s a slow Usain Bolt.

[btron3000]

Just now, Davo said:

He’s a slow Usain Bolt.

Racialism

[btron3000]

Just now, btron3000 said:

Racialism

 I didn't realise racialism is a real word, was a joke 

[GunnerWanderer]

Joke of decision on the pen 

was a joy to watch Honda he performed well

baccus did well also carrying bratten who was woeful 

victory when they get the Swede back will be good 

great crowd and atmosphere