West Ham’s goal counting was the correct decision.
The ball was just, still in.
Show me the image that convinces you of this, where you can clearly see the ball is still in play throughout that sequence?
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Another shit ref today. Must be all out of cards after the Christmas period because he’s not pulling the yellow out for any Fulham fouls deserving of such.
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Bassey throwing himself about when he should have been carded after about 10 mins.
Gusto escaped a red for this
https://twitter.com/footballontnt/status/1746159470957240455?t=veUoBZSJ-sSMCOpAHfVlmg&s=19
Not one I think VAR should overturn to get to a red, genuinely going for the ball, not loads of force going into the challenge
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https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1747333144821235861?s=20
Couldn’t possibly be mr Webb there making up the laws as he goes and basically saying it should’ve been a penalty cos of popular opinion, could it?
No Howard, it doesn’t even up the newcastle one, piss off.
The disrespect is getting out of hand
https://x.com/mc_rum_hammer/status/1752776421427028025?s=46&t=eJpgg6uHWRsStnASv-OePg
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There have been two “subjective” errors when VAR intervened (and the panel felt it should not have done):
- Sander Berge’s goal against Nottingham Forest in September which would have put Burnley 2-1 up, but the panel felt that goal was incorrectly disallowed for handball after a VAR check.
- Also in September - when Arsenal played Manchester United and Antony Taylor gave a penalty for Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s foul on Kai Havertz, only for the penalty decision to be overturned because the VAR felt the contact was not sufficient to bring Havertz down.
Dont buy their stats.
The latest Premier League statistics show before VAR was introduced, 82 per cent of refereeing decisions were correct. Now, since VAR was introduced, 96 per cent of decisions are correct.
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I dont believe the stats
“the technology has led to a 14 per cent increase in correct decisions”
“before VAR was introduced, 82 per cent of refereeing decisions were correct. Now, since VAR was introduced, 96 per cent of decisions are correct”
Maybe I’m being hyper pedantic, but this is not a 14% increase in correct decisions, it’s a 14 percentage points increase.
So according to them it’s actually a ~17% increase in correct decisions (if my maths is correct), maybe I should be their PR guy 
But I reckon there will be a load of incorrect decisions they’re not counting for this purpose.
And of course a second review by another referee with the benefit of video replay should lead to more correct decisions overall. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s working well if the decisions themselves take ages and they still make obvious errors
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I did initially consider making that same point so your pedantic observation is noted and appreciated. 
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Arseblog has done the graft for us here.
Which made me sit up a bit, because here’s snippet from a Sky Sports article from 2018, citing figures from PGMOL:
In total, refs make around five errors per game, meaning they are right 98 per cent of the time.
The assistant referee makes on average 50 decisions each game; 45 of these are pure offside judgements, with four of these resulting in offside flags. Their accuracy? Again, a staggering 98 per cent.
So correct decisions have gone down from 98% in a season before VAR to 96% now…?
Must be using different data, although… 
https://twitter.com/eurofootcom/status/1755918234782478449
I rest my case…
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Why be such a pussy?
It’s not Big Dave playing for Dog and Duck FC on a fierce hangover in the Sunday leagues, who actually might batter you for one too many unfavourable decisions, it’s the Premier League. Keane’s not gonna do a fucking thing ya lil bitch.
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Exactly why we should be cracking down on dissent, so referees aren’t pressured in this manner. This example is a bit egregious but I’m sure this type of influence happens regularly and a lot of it acted on subconsciously by referees. E.g. players constantly complaining without merit ultimately leading to ref second-guessing their own calls.
Lol shouting for every decision is part of the game, if people start getting carded for that it’d end 4v4 every week.
Clattenburg just dramatising it for effect now he’s left the PL.