Penalties like that have been getting given for over ten years (years before VAR).timshorts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:11 amNot mentioned above is that although these players are "running at speed", they still manage to dangle a leg out to make sure that there is contact there before throwing themselves on the floor.
VAR + offside =irritating.
VAR + diving for penalties = ruining the game.
It's about time that somebody with some degree of authority made a bit of a stand. If they say too much after the game then they end up on a disrepute charge, but managers go to games not involving their own teams, so they can see what is happening as an (almost) neutral, and the product is being damaged for the likes of sky.
Not sure why everyone is so surprised that was given.