[St Charles Owl]

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The absolute state of the game.
Neville trying to pretend the cheating isn't happening.. Especially after that Coventry VAR goal disallowed.

That Coventry goal was offside, VAR showed that and there is no debate there. Had VAR not been involved like in the old days, then we would have been sat in a pub listening to MU fans complaining about it being offside, instead we are sat in a pub complaining about VAR correctly giving the offside, either way we are complaining about a decision.

For me the question is what should VAR look at, we have the technology these days so how should it be used? Also we should look at the offside laws, was the Coventry players trying to gain an advantage? You could argue that as he was offside according to the laws then yes he was, but is this in the spirit of the game when its that close or even how we want the game to be played?

In the Coventry case, the refs are not the problem. The goal was given by the ref, no way he could have seen it accurately anyway and the VAR showed the player was offside by the smallest of margins. The refs did exactly what they should have done.

I haven’t seen the Forest ones though so can’t comment on the validity of their rant but their rant doesn’t help and is childish in the extreme. Again we have seen these debates at every game we have ever been to, a foul not given, a penalty that wasn’t, a handball that the ref ignored etc etc. But the minute you claim a ref made those decisions because of who he supports you have lost your argument!! I think refs make bad decisions, they always have and always will, they are human but they get far more right than they get wrong. Forest should be blaming their striker who missed the sitter or their keeper who spilled a shot, that’s why they lose games, not the refs.