Match Thread Everton vs Coventry City (A) - Hill Dickinson Stadium - Fri 6th November (8pm KO) (9 Viewers)

[robbiethemole]

One thing I don’t understand is, no foul on Awonyi so play on which means the ball is still live, but Mikolenko then dives onto the ball handling it. If it’s play on from the ‘foul’, surely THAT has to be a penalty?? Nobody is looking at this, but it’s a clear and obvious mistake by that wanker Attwell.

 

[robbiethemole]

Well that didn’t take long. One poorish performance and it starts again.
Until Mondays game most people agreed, he was one of our most consistent players.

Agreed, but he is vertically challenged and teams are exploiting this. Who suggested him marking Barry, who is probably a foot taller, needs a good kick in the knackers.

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Agreed, but he is vertically challenged and teams are exploiting this. Who suggested him marking Barry, who is probably a foot taller, needs a good kick in the knackers.

It was Pinnock’s man, which from poor defending and positioning elsewhere Pinnock had to take another attacker and try and head the cross clear leaving Barry free at the back post battling with Dasilva

 

[Frostie]

One thing I don’t understand is, no foul on Awonyi so play on which means the ball is still live, but Mikolenko then dives onto the ball handling it. If it’s play on from the ‘foul’, surely THAT has to be a penalty?? Nobody is looking at this, but it’s a clear and obvious mistake by that wanker Attwell.

It wouldn't be a handball as his arms are in a natural position as he falls.

Either way though, they decided it WAS a foul but was outside the area so no intervention allowed.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

It wouldn't be a handball as his arms are in a natural position as he falls.

Either way though, they decided it WAS a foul but was outside the area so no intervention allowed.

This incident remains a big point of confusion for me.

Is VAR not allowed to intervene on fouls outside the area not being called by the referee? So the basic situation is: They had to look at it to check a penalty, and came to the conclusion that it *was* a foul but as it was outside the area they can't overturn it?

 

[wingy]

It wouldn't be a handball as his arms are in a natural position as he falls.

Either way though, they decided it WAS a foul but was outside the area so no intervention allowed.

Objectively wrong then isn't it, no FK was awarded?

 

[Frostie]

This incident remains a big point of confusion for me.

Is VAR not allowed to intervene on fouls outside the area not being called by the referee? So the basic situation is: They had to look at it to check a penalty, and came to the conclusion that it *was* a foul but as it was outside the area they can't overturn it?

Correct.

 

[Cov. Kids. Never. Quit]

Watching Match of the Day a few howlers from the Man City goalkeeper and the Hull goalkeeper.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

Correct.

I mean thanks, but at a certain point I wonder if this is all doing more harm than good. The entire away end was baffled when the VAR text flashed up on the scoreboard saying that the VAR assistant had deemed the contact outside the box with no further information.

I was watching MOTD's analysis of why the foul on Havertz wasn't a penalty and I have to say, I don't think that "if the process/regulations say this, the inverse must also be true" would fly at any organisation I've ever worked at

 

[Mcbean]

He was pulling him back so he was onside