Celtic VAR Chaos & Man Utd's Carrick call- ‘The worst 30 mins of my life!’ | Thursday’s Papers | OFF THE BALL BREAKFAST
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The sleepy midweek night that it was supposed to be and it turned out to be anything but. We've got a full house for you. Dara, good morning to you. Morning, Ger. Matthew, how are you? Ger. Enda, your boys. How to give you a heart attack. Sorry, I assume everybody knows Enda's first love is not Donegal, but actually Celtic.
It was revealed in the chat a couple of days ago, actually, people were trying to figure out who I supported. I presume the Arsenal fans in the chat were trying to figure out who I supported. Because I've been accused of bias on more than one occasion in this show in my short, brief period back. But yeah, Celtic are the number one. Do you have an English team? If you had to pick, I'm not going to reveal that here. He's a Man United fan. Ah. He's an Arsenal fan. He's secretly an Arsenal fan. We are surrounded on all sides. But no, that was genuinely, I will say, probably 30 of the worst minutes of my life. Multiple times. Sorry, the first, after the first Mother of Goal,
there's still the opportunity that Celtic are going to come back here but after that second one I was like nah that's it there is a possibility that at 7.32 in the morning people don't know but it was a 97 98 minute penalty that gave Celtic a 3-2 win at Motherwell which keeps which keeps the opportunity of them winning the title on the final day of the season alive all they've got to do is beat Hearts now otherwise they would have had to win by 3 yeah we were working this out it would have been 3-0 because it would then have gone to scored goals and Celtic would have scored more But as it stands, all they've got to do is beat Hearts at the weekend at Parkhead. Because there was a VAR controversy.
We love VAR on this show.
What dramatic events kept Celtic's title hopes alive?
I know, yeah. Would you like two and a half hours of... Well, you can see here where the ball touches his hand first before his hand touches the ball.
Yeah. Come on. Do you want to play the commentary? Oh, yeah, okay. This decision?
John Beeson has been told to come over to the VAR screen by Andrew Dallas. And look at this again. Trusty, is it a hand?
I wonder whether it's a hand.
That raised hand, the arm up, the left arm. Well, that is what they're looking at. There's the verdict. Penalty! A penalty for Celtic!
That's Guy Weaver on commentary with Chris Sutton on co-coms. And then the hilarious analysis afterwards was, that's a heed. That's a heed's not a hand. Because the logic was, if that were to touch his hand, it would have just fallen down. I'm like, when the goalkeeper comes out and punches the ball, does it just automatically dribble down? I don't think so. The reaction to this was actually genuinely incredible. Sorry, you were obviously on the side. It was a Stonewall penalty. Why did it take them so long to give it?
No, no. I stand by my earlier... thoughts on the show in terms of the Arsenal stuff in that VAR should not be deciding titles for major decisions like this we just shouldn't be in a situation where football is being decided upon and re-refereed like this but I think it's one of those that can genuinely go either way the referee could look at that and say you know there's a little bit of tussling going on is his hand pushed up by Austin trustee Does that cause him to handle the ball? Is there enough in it? Does it definitively touch his hand? There's loads of ways a referee could have looked at this, but I think it does touch his hand. And by the rules of the Scottish laws that they have up there, if it hits his hand, his hand's in that position and it's a handball and it's a penalty.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:18
2
What dramatic events kept Celtic's title hopes alive?
2:18–9:06
3
How did VAR controversies impact the Celtic vs Motherwell match?
9:06–15:16
4
What were the reactions to the controversial VAR penalty decision?
15:16–17:55
5
What are the implications of VAR technology in Scottish football?
17:55–41:29
Speakers
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