Old Gunner":1nzqqcfa said:dunlop":1nzqqcfa said:In the Chelsea v Arsenal game last night the game was held up at one point for over two minutes discussing if there should have been a penalty, the ref said no penalty VAR eventually agreed no penalty.
Stoppages like this will only slow the game down.
Referees mistakes are part and parcel of the game, the PC brigade are winning again.
So let's take a theoretical situation. Argyle are in the FA Cup Final against Manchester City, it's the final minute of regulation time and the score is 0-0. Taylor legs it through the opposition defence into the penalty area when he is upended by a City defender (Dirty Northern Bas***ds etc.), the referee says 'no penalty' he adjudges Taylor dived and he is given a yellow card. The score remains at 0-0 and in extra time City go on to win 5-0. After the game TV replays clearly show that Taylor was indeed failed and a penalty should have been awarded to Argyle. If VAR had been used a penalty may have been awarded and Argyle may have gone on to win the match. So in this theoretical situation would we as Argyle fans have shrugged our shoulders at the biggest injustice in our footballing history and said "never mind referee mistakes are all part of the game" or would we be burning down FA headquarters at the sheer stupidity of not utilising the available technology?
On the other hand the tables could be turned and we get an undeserved victory.
That's football.