Balham Blade
S24SU Seer
It wasn't completely accidental and it prevented a certain goal. Mawson swung an arm round when the ball got past the keeper and tipped it onto the crossbar. I said to Mrs Balham at the time that it looked like handball to me so clearly I have eagle-eye tooI agree with him. Completely accidental, arm wasn’t in an unnatural position and if anything was harsh and unlucky
Even the initial BBC replays didn’t pick it up.
Super slow mo, one angle - gotcha. I do think VAR has been very good at picking up the less obvious stuff and somewhat bizarre decisions, almost like it needs to fuel the controversy. Whereas obvious stuff it then becomes the refs decision to view the screen and they still make wrong decision.
Previous round - arm above head, unnatural position, no pen
This round, close contact, caught by surprise, natural position, pen
I was anti VAR this season, this season I’ve lost desire to even care or get angry. It’s so poorly implemented
The unfathomably wrong decision against Plymouth in the last round shouldn't be used to criticise the correct decision against Bristol City.