Women's World Cup Finals

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

It is not irrelevent to anyone who loves football. If we all just sit back and say oh that is what VAR says so it must be right it will kill the game. The offside rule was introduced to stop players cheating not hairline decisions like that. Alll the build up play and the finish all ruined by an offside toe. Pathetic.

In that instance & according to the rules its offside.
Whether it should be will always be up for debate.
However no amount of input from fans will alter anything.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

It is not irrelevent to anyone who loves football. If we all just sit back and say oh that is what VAR says so it must be right it will kill the game. The offside rule was introduced to stop players cheating not hairline decisions like that. Alll the build up play and the finish all ruined by an offside toe. Pathetic.

but England got past Cameroon with the aid of VAR.....cant have it both ways.

St Georges Park should pay the groundsman to paint some penalty spots on the goals there, then England might be able to practice penalties.

Technically by the law offside but never a ‘clear and obvious error ‘. VAR will kill football with decisions like that.

Puddy at Wembley, Scott Neilson at Gateshead, Challinor on Pringle are clear and obvious errors, one toe offside with bodies level is not.

Quoted from Heisenberg

What happened to being level? There should be clear daylight between players, it’s preposterous.

Yes but that isn't the current offside rule.
So it's offside according to the current law's.
Whether we feel that's correct is and will be alwsys up for debate.

That penalty......ffs.

Score that and Im certain they would have gone on and won that game.

Criticism has to be levelled at Neville and the coaches, they were giving the ball away from match one, and that was never eradicated.

But the fact that we are all a bit drunk off at losing, suggests that we were a lot more interested than we  let on at the outset.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Technically by the law offside but never a ‘clear and obvious error ‘. VAR will kill football with decisions like that.

Puddy at Wembley, Scott Neilson at Gateshead, Challinor on Pringle are clear and obvious errors, one toe offside with bodies level is not.

VAR will always check offside in the lead up to a goal.
Technically its 100% accurate unlike a penalty appeal or handball which may be debatable.
Pity it ruins the celebrations but fans won't have say in its introduction or implementation.

Quoted from moosey_club

but England got past Cameroon with the aid of VAR.....cant have it both ways.

St Georges Park should pay the groundsman to paint some penalty spots on the goals there, then England might be able to practice penalties.

I don't want it both ways. VAR will kill the game if it keeps overriding very marginal decisions like that. They are treating it like a photograph to decide a horse race - offside by a nose.

VAR should stick to goal-line technology.  

VAR should only be used in goal line technology....

As I have written in a previous comment on VAR, although the decisions are correct, over the long run, say a season there will be less goals scored (allowed) then pre VAR, but that is the price of technology.

What they need to do with VAR is the sort of Umpires call thing that they have in cricket. If it is a really close decision, then you go with the original call from the referee, even if microscopically offside. Shouldn't have been offside (in the spirit of the game) and was a penalty, although it wasn't obvious in real time. If the goal had been given and the penalty denied, it would have been a fairer outcome.

Wasn't watching too closely, but the Yanks were certainly chucking themselves to the ground a lot to win fouls. Some very clumsy challenges from England, however and it could have been a straight red. The lass who got sent off looked a bit cumbersome to me and struggled against the greater pace of the Yanks.

The passing was odd for me as we mixed up some very good and positive passing and crossing with lots of absolute dross with passes which were hopelessly miscued or underhit. You can't give the opposition possession so easily and so often if they are any good. Sort of reminds me of the men's team from 20-odd years ago. That's where the women need to improve for the next tournament.