Morgan

@PlanetFPLPod Audio confirms this - fixated on the Raya foul (it is a foul) and glossed over/ignored the trossard one

@PlanetFPLPod Think you're spot on. Main issue from yesterday was it felt, as with many decisions (trying to not be West Ham biased) that they locked in on one foul and then almost re-referred it, looking for a foul. Entering the VAR making a decision era rather than clear and obvious.

@PlanetFPLPod love the pod James. Quick one on VAR - why is the rice on Mavropanos foul not a penalty but the Paqueta foul on Dunk a penalty? Dunk is never making the ball - have attached the article. Was the 2-2 in December share.google/v1gWy0mbk0oYoR…

@PlanetFPLPod Will need the audio but also wonder if it's the new breed if decision making we see - ref hasn't a clue what to do so let's play carry on and waits for VAR?

@MorganRees333 Good spot this one. Watched it back. Difference on this one (possibly?), is not in a crowd and ref is looking at it. Ref gives on field Vs VAR intervention would have been needed on Mavropanos. So difference here is ref gives it. I don't think VAR would have.

@PlanetFPLPod Genuinely think had to be on field decision- with about 5 fouls, nothing clear and obvious about it. If they wanted to do a proper job, would have been 30 minutes breaking down all the fouls!

@DaleJohnsonBBC x.com/PLMatchCentre/…

@DaleJohnsonBBC Apologies if you can't remember it - Paqueta fouled Dunk in our December 2025 game. The ball landed in the 6 yard box and the foul was at least 10 yards away. How was that a penalty but the multiple fouls on West Ham players fine?

Biggest VAR call ever? Four chaotic minutes that may define the season for Arsenal and West Ham. If it takes that long, can it really be clear and obvious? That is the wrong way to look at it. With @philmcnulty. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

🗣️ @AlanShearer: “We see something like that every week!” Will VAR decide the title? 👀

In the immediate aftermath of West Ham United’s controversial loss to Arsenal, Jarrod Bowen launched the protests at the officials, Tomas Soucek and Callum Wilson pleaded for answers, while an incandescent Mads Hermansen repeatedly wagged his finger and had to be ushered away. “If you ask any goalkeeper in the league if he’s been illegally blocked, pulled, pushed on corners this season, you will not find anyone who has not experienced this,” Hermansen told The Athletic after West Ham United loss to Arsenal. “I don’t understand why it’s given today. It’s been (lawless) for many situations and that’s just why I don’t understand why it’s been called in this situation.” The 1-0 defeat leaves Nuno Espirito Santo’s side in the relegation zone, one point behind 17th-placed Tottenham Hotspur who have a game in hand. While a lot can still change in the next two weeks, it is worth highlighting there is no use of VAR in the Championship. Perhaps that is the only small comfort West Ham can take for potential life in the second tier. 📝 @RoshaneSport Free to read 🆓 bit.ly/4dkJLbC

PGMOL have created this problem for themselves. This is a foul on Raya, It’s a foul on Mavrapanos, Trossard is committing a foul. You have allowed it to be a battle royal every week, GW 36, you now decide to call it

Hmmm. #consistency

Well said Peter Schmeichel! 👏

Jarrod Bowen…. WELL F*CKING SAID.

"That goal should’ve stood. VAR has absolutely ruined moments like that. West Ham fought for that equalizer and somehow they’ve found a way to disallow it for the softest little touch you’ll ever see. If that’s Arsenal at the Emirates, nobody even checks it." – Joe Harr

"I was a goalkeeper, I know when a keeper’s genuinely impeded and when he’s looking for help. There’s no way you can tell me that was enough contact for the goal to be overturned. The game’s gone soft. West Ham have been robbed, simple as that." – Joe Hart

David Sullivan wanted West Ham to feel like a big club. That’s not the same as being a big club. 10 years after leaving Upton Park, the dysfunction has caught up with West Ham. They need a miracle against Arsenal. theguardian.com/football/2026/… #whufc

@henrywinter @FootyBoardroom Great listen but extremely worrying times for my club. Can we ask, as fans, how it got this bad under 'Businesswoman of the year' Baroness Brady ? On a reported 1m a year salary for near 16 years? What on earth has been going on in that boardroom to produce finances this bad?

Sunday brings one of the most significant games of the season. West Ham v Arsenal could define events at top/bottom & shape ⚒️future. Christian Purslow and I look at #WHUFC plight in the latest episode of @FootyBoardroom 2/2 youtu.be/HWy-Yj-aC5o?si… open.spotify.com/episode/5ejPzN…

What happens if West Ham go down? To Fernandes, Summerville and Bowen? To Nuno? To balance of power between Sullivan and Kretinsky, to LS gates and to revenue including the massive hit to TV money? #WHUFC fans - and their excellent FAB - been asking these questions and more 1/2

😡 "Villa were a disgrace! 🤯 "That is as bad a Premier League performance I have ever seen!" 🤦‍♂️ "It made Spurs look like PSG... I felt sorry for #WHUFC!" Simon Jordan was left stunned and furious by how bad #AVFC performed against #THFC! 👀

I'm confused. A team in a European semi-final have rotated their entire team but are still trying to win?