Howard Webb, PGMOL and the Premier League are opening up discussions between the referee and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for key incidents this season.
Within the first instalment of “Match Officers Mic’d Up” in 2024/25, Howard Webb, chief working officer at PGMOL, the organisation that oversees the League’s match officers, has mentioned 5 latest incidents.
The concept is to undergo the conversations between the match officers to present followers a larger information of how selections are made.
The officers on the pitch don’t hear all of the conversations from the VAR hub in Stockley Park.
Amongst the 5 latest incidents that Howard Webb has dissected, is a key one which went the best way of Newcastle United.
Premier League official web site – 17 September 2024:
Incident:
AFC Bournemouth’s Dango Ouattara scores towards Newcastle United from a nook which is given on-field by referee David Coote.
What the match officers did:
VAR officers Tim Robinson and Neil Davies overview the incident and say the ball strikes Ouattara’s arm. Because it’s a factual determination, they inform Coote to disallow the objective and restart play with a free-kick to Newcastle.
Assistant VAR:
“If it’s not hit the pinnacle [of Ouattara], the one different factor it will probably come off is the arm.”
VAR:
“Are you cheerful that’s factual?”
Assistant VAR:
“I’m blissful that’s low sufficient [to be handball.”
VAR speaking to the on the pitch referee:
“I’m going to recommend you disallow the goal for a factual handball by the goalscorer, the number 11 [Ouattara].
“So, the restart is a direct free kick.”
Howard Webb now reviewing:
“On this state of affairs, the ball strikes Ouattara’s shoulder, upper-arm space.
“It’s arduous to be completely conclusive as to precisely the place.
“Now, the VAR checked out this and determined that, in his skilled opinion, that was within the space of the arm that must be penalised beneath the underside of the armpit.
“That’s the essential reference level. I don’t suppose that’s conclusive sufficient to intervene.
“Equally, if the objective had been disallowed by the on-field officers handball, I don’t suppose there’s proof right here to say that there’s no handball both.
“So once more, it goes again to ‘referee’s name’. It’s an essential idea. And for these factual issues you want proof. It’s very clear that the on-field name is mistaken, I don’t suppose we’ve it right here.”
I believe Howard Webb sums this up fairly properly.
It might have gone both method.
After I first noticed the replays I believed it was simply low sufficient to be handball and nothing I’ve seen since has modified my thoughts.
Nevertheless, it was such a detailed name and as Howard Webb says, with it being such a detailed name, then the course that has been given this season for match officers/VAR, ought to have seen it stick with the referee on the pitch. Howard Webb saying he thinks this also needs to have been the case if the referee had disallowed the Bournemouth objective for handball, then VAR shouldn’t have then intervened both.
Stats through BBC Sport:
Bournemouth 1 Newcastle 1 – Sunday 25 August 2pm
Targets:
Newcastle United:
Gordon 76
Bournemouth:
Tavernier 37
Possession was Newcastle 61% Bournemouth 39%
Whole pictures had been Newcastle 14 Bournemouth 16
Pictures on the right track had been Newcastle 5 Bournemouth 4
Corners had been Newcastle 9 Bournemouth 8
Touches within the field Newcastle 32 Bournemouth 27
Newcastle United crew v Bournemouth:
Pope; Livramento (Trippier 58), Krafth, Burn, Kelly (Corridor 69), Longstaff (Willock 70), Bruno, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy (Barnes 58), Isak, Gordon (Almmiron 89)
Unused subs:
Ruddy, Targett, Osula, Alex Murphy
