VAR -What's the point?

[fulhamtom]

My wife even said he's  being pulled back and she has no real interest.

[Pieter A’dam]

indeed. if Lookman would not have taken the shot, they would give us a penalty .... We are playing great, but need to capitalize this and get more goals otherwise we are gonna pay for this I am afraid.

[_Putney_]

not a penalty for me, would have been so so soft

[RufusBrevettatemyhamster]

That was no way a penalty. It would have been insanely harsh if it had been awarded.

[FFC In Oz]

Agree with the above two posts.

Would have been a super soft pen, Ajayi had his arm around Lookman momentarily, but there was no pulling or throwing motion.  He withdrew his arm at the right time.  Play on.

[Motspur Park]

In an ideal world this wouldn't be considered a penalty but in the modern game this was 100% a penalty.

[Logicalman]

It's not relevant to this game, as it's only used for when the big teams need a dodgy call to go their way!

[Texas White]

It's not relevant to this game, as it's only used for when the big teams need a dodgy call to go their way!

And there you have the perfect answer...  👏👏

[RufusBrevettatemyhamster]

It's not relevant to this game, as it's only used for when the big teams need a dodgy call to go their way!

But it wasn't a dodgy call. It wasn't a penalty and not even close to being one.

[BestOfBrede]

It's not relevant to this game, as it's only used for when the big teams need a dodgy call to go their way!

And there you have the perfect answer...  👏👏

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It was a pen - he put his arm across twice to ensure he couldn't get a proper shot

[bobbo]

Well it was a penalty , but just not what they give pens for nowadays.

[BestOfBrede]

....unless it was Liverpool, City, Utd, the lot down the road etc

[ALG01]

if we played in red shirsts and were arsenal or from the north west it would have been given. of course it was a penalty, he had his arm round our man in the box and stopped him..100% penalty

[SouthIslandWhite]

The fact that we are arguing about it being a penalty or not tells me that it probably wasn't close enough to be awarded anyway. Moot point, we need a striker and we need one NOW! Dwight Gayle please.

[davew]

Dwight Gayle and a prayer book won't be enough, our best chance is that this season is scrapped!

[MaximusDecimus]

not a penalty for me, would have been so so soft

Maybe so but had  that been outside the area it would 100% be given as a free kick.

[filham]

No, sorry we have no one but ourselves to blame for today's lost points. To blame the ref. or VAR  would be letting our players and manager off the hook.

[fulhamtom]

Well I think it was a penalty although I agree that in the scheme  of things it may appear soft. Interesting that there is a differed of opinion here. It means that we have to decide on what level of cheating is acceptable but,  more importantly how often the bigger teams get the call than little old Fulham and West Broms. To me my wife, who came to a couple of games 38 years ago and immediately stopped once married, immediately thought  he was pulled back. We all have opinions.

[LittleErn]

Penalty or not, Lookman goes down far too easily. He gets some rough treatment with little protection from the refs we have had so far, but falling down and looking for a foul has got him nowhere. It just gives the ball away, and prejudices the ref against him, so when he does get fouled he doesn't get a free kick. He needs to learn not to run into traffic and to offload the ball quicker.

[bog]

That was no way a penalty. It would have been insanely harsh if it had been awarded.

Like the ones United often get awarded.  :022:

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