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14 Apr, 11 tweets, 2 min read

LATEST VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 105
Rejected: 5
Goals: 28
Disallowed: 34
Pens: 23 (5 missed)
-handball: 11
-overturned: 20
-retakes: 3
Offside goals: 26
Allowed after offside: 7
Disallowed handball: 4
Allowed after handball: 0
Reds: 15
-overturned: 2
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VAR STATS (cont)

Most for: Brighton 9
Fewest for: Arsenal 2
Most against: Liverpool 12
Fewest against: Burnley 0
Most net for: Burnley 5
Most net against: Liverpool, WBA 6
Most involvement: Liverpool 18

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals awarded: Leicester 4
Most goals disallowed: Liverpool 7
Best net goal score: Sheffield United +3
Worst net goal score: Liverpool -8

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals to opposition: Tottenham, WBA 4
Most goals disallowed for opposition: Tottenham 5
Most penalties awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most penalties conceded: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham 3

VAR STATS (cont)

Most subjective decisions for: Fulham, Man United 5
Most subjective decisions against: West Brom 6
Best net subjective score: Burnley, Everton +3
Worst net subjective score: West Brom -5

VAR overturns (net score)

Burnley +5
Chelsea +3
Everton +3
Man City +3
Brighton +2
Fulham +2
Aston Villa +1
Crystal Palace +1
Leeds +1
Leicester +1
Newcastle +1
Sheff United +1
Southampton 0
Tottenham -1
West Ham -1
Man United -2
Wolves -3
Arsenal -5
Liverpool -6
West Brom -6

VAR overturns - decisions for

Brighton 9
Fulham 8
Leicester City 7
Man United 7
Aston Villa 6
Chelsea 6
Crystal Palace 6
Liverpool 6
Southampton 6
Tottenham 6
Burnley 5
Everton 5
Leeds 5
Man City 5
Sheffield United 5
Newcastle 4
West Ham 4
West Brom 3
Wolves 3
Arsenal 2

VAR overturns - decisions against

Liverpool 12
Man United 9
West Brom 9
Arsenal 7
Brighton 7
Tottenham 7
Fulham 6
Leicester City 6
Southampton 6
Wolves 6
Aston Villa 5
Crystal Palace 5
West Ham 5
Leeds 4
Sheffield United 4
Chelsea 3
Newcastle 3
Everton 2
Man City 2
Burnley 0

REF VAR STATS

Most overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (12)
Most subjective overturns (VAR): Jon Moss (6)
Most subjective overturns (ref): Mike Dean, Andre Marriner, Craig Pawson (5)

REF VAR STATS

Most pens (VAR): Simon Hooper, Jon Moss (3)
Most VAR penalties (ref): Craig Pawson (3)
Most red cards (VAR): Michael Oliver (3)
Most VAR red cards (ref): Mike Dean, Graham Scott (3)
Most goals disallowed (VAR): Jon Moss (5)

REF VAR STATS

Most disallowed offside (VAR): Jon Moss (4)
Most allowed offside (VAR): Craig Pawson (3)
Least involvement (VAR): Anthony Taylor (1)
Least involvement, subjective (ref): Simon Hooper, Michael Oliver, Jon Moss (1); Darren England (0)

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After the Emre Can handball penalty, I thought I'd run through why there's disagreement among referees about whether it's a penalty.

I'll also explain how handball ended up here, with quotes from Pierluigi Collina and David Elleray.

How we're in this mess is still unclear.

Unfortunately no rights vid to embed, so to explain what happened:

Emre Can went to head clear, but the ball glanced off his head and deflected onto his outstretched arm.

Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande gave the pen. Spanish refs MUCH stricter on handball (stats to follow).

The referee judged that Emre Can touches the ball with his hand/arm when it has made their body unnaturally bigger.

But what about the clauses for the ball deflecting off the body or when the player is deliberately playing the ball?

First off, the deliberate play (No. 2 here).

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12 Apr

There was no angle for the VAR to make a decision with the tech there. Mbaye Diagne's shoulder blocked on two angles, and the defender's boot on the other. Impossible for the VAR to over-rule, would be a guess. #WBASOU

So no doubt we are going to have another massive controversy here.

How can the VAR make a decision here when you cannot see the player who scored the goal? It would be a guess.

This is the correct decision. VAR cannot over-rule the linesman when he cannot see the two player.

It is completely impossible to make a VAR decision off this.

You cannot see where Mbaye Diagne's upper body is.

For that reason, the ONLY decision is to stay with the field decision.

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Here it is, your Monday VAR thread. Looking at:

- Spurs v Man United
- Burnley v Newcastle
- Why we're in this situation
- Comparison to Bundesliga / other leagues
- Brief offside (it's nothing new)

There's many moving parts to this. Strap in!

Let's start with the big decisions.

Firstly, the Scott McTominay foul on Son Heung-Min.

This is very much along the same lines as the penalty Danny Welbeck was awarded against Liverpool. If the ref gives the foul, fine. But it's not for VAR in the PL.

In both, the decisions don't happen if the VAR doesn't get involved. If the VAR does, and based upon the replays, the ref is left with little option at the monitor.

The surprise is the VAR was Craig Pawson, who hasn't advised a goal be disallowed all season - even for offside.

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Dale Johnson

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This looks to be the tightest VAR offside yet.

It HAS to change next season.

Leagues MUST be allowed to follow the UCL method and only give offside when technology graphically provides a clear decision.

Pierluigi Collina wants it this way. It has to happen. #FULWOL

One subjective aspect people don't appreciate is one VAR can look this and decide the tech isn't needed and give the goal.

But tonight (like with Bamford vs. Palace) the VAR decided to get the tech out. Once he does that, it opens it up to these pathetic millimetre decisions.

Decisions such as these are NOT about the offside law. People get wrapped up in that.

It's not the problem. It's not about feet. It's not about daylight.

The issue is how offside is handled in VAR. How the major leagues have been told to use the tech to the absolute letter.

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10 Mar

SEMI-AUTOMATED OFFSIDE: A THREAD
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- How it works
- When will it arrive
- The end of the delayed flag
- How it saves the emotional, spontaneous celebration
- What the IFAB says about it

This only fixes part of VAR, as "clear and obvious" remains a subjective problem.

But of 101 PL VAR overturns this season, a THIRD have been for offside.

These are the lengthiest checks, and almost all involve the scoring of a goal.

These should all be removed. Game changer.

And remember, those 101 are only overturns.

Most of the 716 goals scored in the Premier League have had to be checked for offside - to varying lengths of time.

Goals which fans have had to wonder "is this going to be ruled out for offside?"

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Key: Both decisions made by the ref, so not clear and obvious errors?

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