The EFL Playoffs Thread 21/22

We’ll done Forest. With zero shots on target, Huddersfield can’t have any complaints.

I think it was absolute scandalous that var didn’t intervene with both of those stonewall pens for Huddersfield. I’m not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest and whenever people say var favours the big clubs in particular Liverpool I assumed it was nonsense. Having watched that today I 100% believe the powers that be wanted forest back in the prem. Feel sorry for Huddersfield.

I can kind of understand the first one though there was contact. The ref had already made a big call by booking him and it had to be very clear to turn it around, but the second was a stone-waller and as far as I could see, VAR didn’t even look at it.

Thankfully we weren’t in the playoffs because to go all that way, have all that hope and then be undone by a system that stinks would be crap. VAR is meant to stop refs making mistakes not sweep them under the carpet. Bad luck Huddersfield but the story was always about Forest getting back to the PL. For a year at least.

Waiting for VAR decisions before you can celebrate is annoying, waiting for them to rubber stamp wrong decisions or not even look at controversial moments is just plain wrong. But is anyone really surprised.

UTG!

Oddly enough a programme came up about this very topic, only a few nights ago and it certainly painted a totally different picture to what you say plus there was the Hillsboro disaster and cover up and some of her then closest allies, said that the order to make it look as if it was fans fault, came right from the top but i will leave it at that as the last thing I wish to get into is any arguments right now. 
The truth is we only ever know or think we know, based upon what the narrative is and led by the agenda of wherever runs the media outlets, that we read or watch, this can often be very wrong too

Yes I had a tenner on both sides having a least one shot on target each half,useless Yorkshire puddings

If your strategy to get promoted is by running into the box in the hope you can get contact with someone and fall over, then you probably won't do very well if you do go up. I think they should've had a penalty, but did they deserve to win the game, no probably not.

Really? Player's reaction to going down in the box is one you won't see anywhere else on the pitch. I know they get given, but let's face it most of the penalties given these days are for players falling over, sometimes their own feet.

We shouldn't be justifying it just because it happens week in week out.

Pleased to see Forest do it, always a fan of their Cloughie era football, proper football played on some atrocious pitches by today's standards. A City like Nottingham should have a club in the Premier League but then so should the likes of Bristol and Sheffield!

1st pen shout was a dive, the 2nd one well I think Forest were lucky. Diving/simulation, call it what you like, I call it cheating and it should be dealt with much more harshly than a yellow card across the whole of world football. With the video evidence available now, offences should be handled in retrospect with suspensions handed out. It ruins the game and sets an awful example to everyone else playing the game right down to grassroots. The challenge itself must be responsible for putting the player on the deck with the player unable to stay on his feet. All this rubbish pundits trot out about "well there was contact", so what if there was contact, contact happens and these players are fit strong agile lads with exceptional balance and reflexes. The challenge must force the player to the ground. I have no sympathy for Huddersfield and no sympathy for any player conning the ref and all fans of the game. FIFA and the IFAB in particular need to sort this out. One thing VAR has done is vividly expose players who are cheating and football authorities are not doing enough about it.

It's not just pens either, it's other free kicks and feigning injury too. We see to now have a pandemic of footballers getting cramp in recent years. Anyone who has had their calf or hamstring knot up will know that you don't get rid of it by someone straightening your leg for a few seconds, then you can get up and run around again. You need treatment, fluids, physio.

Too many pro players are just taking everyone for fools, it's rife and ruining the game.

Sorry, went off topic a bit!