formerly known as ivan Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Firstly, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t being used yesterday or in any cup game over the third round, but others around me said it was. Anyone confirm please. Secondly, I hope we never have to experience VAR! The thought of not celebrating Conway’s goal yesterday until we were allowed to do so would have been a terrible experience. Granted he was onside by a mile so it wouldn’t take that long to give, but the whole moment would have been ruined. I don’t know how fans in the premier league put up with something like that on a weekly basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinMan's left peg Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) I believe it was in use but wasn’t required for any major decisions so you wouldn’t have been aware of it. Have to say it should be all matches or nothing for each competition in my opinion. Edited January 8 by TinMan's left peg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Yes, it was in use though I don't think anyone was thinking about VAR when that one went in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I had some real hope VAR would check when Bowen scored. And then when I saw the replay I understood. He was about 25 years onside. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Firstly, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t being used yesterday or in any cup game over the third round, but others around me said it was. Anyone confirm please. Secondly, I hope we never have to experience VAR! The thought of not celebrating Conway’s goal yesterday until we were allowed to do so would have been a terrible experience. Granted he was onside by a mile so it wouldn’t take that long to give, but the whole moment would have been ruined. I don’t know how fans in the premier league put up with something like that on a weekly basis. Calvert-Lewin was sent off after a VAR check in the first game of the round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Firstly, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t being used yesterday or in any cup game over the third round, but others around me said it was. Anyone confirm please. Secondly, I hope we never have to experience VAR! The thought of not celebrating Conway’s goal yesterday until we were allowed to do so would have been a terrible experience. Granted he was onside by a mile so it wouldn’t take that long to give, but the whole moment would have been ruined. I don’t know how fans in the premier league put up with something like that on a weekly basis. Yes it was in use in any game taking part in a Premier League ground. Won't be in use in the replay obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Well I guess it was used well in the game yesterday then if some people were unaware it was in use! Obviously a lack of contentious incidents would have helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 17 minutes ago, Laner said: Calvert-Lewin was sent off after a VAR check in the first game of the round. Good point. I could have sworn at some point in the Spurs/Burnley game the other night they said VAR wasn’t in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Fordy62 said: I had some real hope VAR would check when Bowen scored. And then when I saw the replay I understood. He was about 25 years onside. He was as far onside as TC was offside for his second! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 There was no sign of the monitor though? We looked closely (or as closely as you can from the top tier!) and couldn’t see any evidence of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, italian dave said: There was no sign of the monitor though? We looked closely (or as closely as you can from the top tier!) and couldn’t see any evidence of it. Think this is it in the red box. The triangle surrounds appear slightly different (presumably not PL branded) but here's a pic from a previous trip to the London Stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Fordy62 said: I had some real hope VAR would check when Bowen scored. And then when I saw the replay I understood. He was about 25 years onside. very much so, and Pring in particular was sooo slow to respond to his run. He continued to do the same thing, move forward then drop back into more space to receive the ball, and we kept leaving him be. i hope they pay more attention in the replay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 10 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: Think this is it in the red box. The triangle surrounds appear slightly different (presumably not PL branded) but here's a pic from a previous trip to the London Stadium. Ah, thanks. Not quite where we were looking! Can you answer the other thing that puzzled us yesterday? How the f—- do the people sat behind the massive scoreboard see anything?! I suspect there’s something to do with perspective, and how it looks from where we were. But it looked like there’d be some seats with ‘restricted view’ meaning no view at all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2 minutes ago, italian dave said: Ah, thanks. Not quite where we were looking! Can you answer the other thing that puzzled us yesterday? How the f—- do the people sat behind the massive scoreboard see anything?! I suspect there’s something to do with perspective, and how it looks from where we were. But it looked like there’d be some seats with ‘restricted view’ meaning no view at all!! I'm guessing there must be a bit of a void between the big screen and the first row of seats there but I'm not too sure! I've been to the LS a hell of a lot from the Olympics onwards but never really paid much attention to what's behind the big screens. Next time... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 20 minutes ago, View from the Dolman said: Think this is it in the red box. The triangle surrounds appear slightly different (presumably not PL branded) but here's a pic from a previous trip to the London Stadium. What a crap view. Stamp seemed to irk TGH, did not see a relpay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcshorey Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I'm pretty sure it was briefly used when we had a second disallowed, it was clearly offside but I remember seeing the ref signalling that there was a quick VAR check. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kit Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 08/01/2024 at 10:14, The Original OTIB said: What a crap view. Stamp seemed to irk TGH, did not see a relpay. I've seen a replay and there was nothing in it. What irritated me at the time is I think the ref. booked the player who did it but for me it's either a straight red because you've seen someone stamp/kick a player on the ground or it's nothing at all so no card necessary. Issuing a yellow seemed odd. I may have missed the actual reason for the west ham player being booked at that time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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