GW 20 game thread

coremiller

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Terrible defending all the way around, first by Aurier to let Mane run free, then by Rodon and Doherty to play Mane onside, then by Dier and Lloris to allow Firmino to score. Calamitous.
 

67YAZ

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Winks & Lamela and Nat Phillips all coming on at the half.

Edit: Lemela for Kane, Winks for Aurrier, Phillips for Matip.
 

67YAZ

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TRENT!

Edit: Think Jose just mouthed something like "bullshit" which is correct. That was junk playing out from their own box.
 

67YAZ

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Well, this match has opened up quickly.

Edit: the replay from behind shows the absolute perfection of that hit.
 

coremiller

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I'm not sure how this is going to end, but neither defense has me convinced it's ending 2-1.
 

67YAZ

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RIPPING IT UP ON THE COUNTER.

Edit: So they're going to VAR a possible handball but not Dier with hand up around Firmino's throat...
 

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Correct call in the end but VAR (and video review in all sports) is laughably bad that you can call off a goal that happened 4 passes later but can’t retroactively call the clear and obvious foul right there in the middle of the screen
 

67YAZ

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Nobody contorts their body and passes in an unexpected direction like Thiago. Sometimes it looks painful how he twists himself up.
 

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Watching the replay of the 3rd goal, and it's shocking how badly Rodon screwed that up. Maybe he heard someone call him off the ball? Still, just bad.
 

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Way late to the party, but I came to say that I’ve about had it with VAR. My overall excitement for this season has been greatly diminished by the continual horseshit.

There is no possible way you can call Son offside based on the evidence they used. That was a textbook example of how the players exceed the framerate and how arbitrary the frame selection is for the pass. It’s complete and utter garbage.

Liverpool should have been awarded a foul for Dier’s manhandling of Firmino, which was occurring before he handled the ball. Call back the goal for the handball, but how the hell is it justifiable that it ends in a Spurs free kick?

There is no reason VAR has to be this bad. None.
 

Dummy Hoy

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Way late to the party, but I came to say that I’ve about had it with VAR. My overall excitement for this season has been greatly diminished by the continual horseshit.

There is no possible way you can call Son offside based on the evidence they used. That was a textbook example of how the players exceed the framerate and how arbitrary the frame selection is for the pass. It’s complete and utter garbage.

Liverpool should have been awarded a foul for Dier’s manhandling of Firmino, which was occurring before he handled the ball. Call back the goal for the handball, but how the hell is it justifiable that it ends in a Spurs free kick?

There is no reason VAR has to be this bad. None.
It's really brutal- and the problem then is that while it could be a good thing if done well, it's done so poorly that people want to scrap the whole thing, which isn't ideal either.