06-02-2022, 12:02 PM
I only saw the game on iFollow and therefore just the same almost head-on view as any one else watching on TV.
I was very surprised at the red but I had been very concerned at the way the Pompey players agitatedly surrounded the referee before he reached for a card.
I wonder if from the reverse angle (unseen by TV) it might have appeared that Morrell was ‘studs-up’ which might have justified the red card.
If the judgement of the appeal is based mainly on the TV pictures (the players will have equal and opposite views according to which colour shirt they were wearing) Pompey have an excellent chance of overturning the Red.
If the referee says “he had his studs up” that will be it I fear.
It’s interesting how many Red card tackles, examined on VAR, look so different from angles other than that of the live TV, foul tackles is one of the areas VAR has been something of a success, in so many others it has disappointed.
I was very surprised at the red but I had been very concerned at the way the Pompey players agitatedly surrounded the referee before he reached for a card.
I wonder if from the reverse angle (unseen by TV) it might have appeared that Morrell was ‘studs-up’ which might have justified the red card.
If the judgement of the appeal is based mainly on the TV pictures (the players will have equal and opposite views according to which colour shirt they were wearing) Pompey have an excellent chance of overturning the Red.
If the referee says “he had his studs up” that will be it I fear.
It’s interesting how many Red card tackles, examined on VAR, look so different from angles other than that of the live TV, foul tackles is one of the areas VAR has been something of a success, in so many others it has disappointed.