As revealed by The Mail, Lee Mason has been dropped for VAR duties ahead this weekend’s Premier League fixtures finding himself at the centre of the controversial disallowed goal at St James’ Park on Saturday.
Mason – who retired as a referee at the start of last season and became a dedicated Video Assistant Referee – was in the booth for Newcastle’s clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday when on-field referee Michael Salisbury initially gave the Magpies the lead thanks to a Tyrick Mitchell own goal.
The decision was overturned after a review was recommended by Mason, who had judged Joe Willock had fouled Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. Replays however clearly indicated that Willock had been fouled by Mitchell, with a shove in the back giving the Toon midfielder no option but to collide with Guaita.
The Mail add that Newcastle have filed a formal complaint over these ongoing issues with VAR, with this not the first time the incompetence of officials have robbed us of precious points just six games into the season.
The Premier League asked PGMOL to investigate the incident at St. James’ Park and they have since admitted that mistakes were made, accepting that Joe Willock’s goal – along with Maxwel Cornet’s at Chelsea – should have stood for both Newcastle and West Ham.
As a result, Mason hasn’t been selected for the upcoming round of fixtures, but that means little to us after what should’ve been a win on Saturday resulted in a frustrating 0-0 draw.
Anyone see the problem with this statement?
“Joe Willock’s goals – along with Maxwel Cornet’s at Chelsea – should have stood for both Newcastle and West Ham”
As for “Replays however clearly indicated that Willock had been fouled by Mitchell,” I thought the whole problem was that Mason did not show Salisbury the angle that clearly showed that Willock had been fouled.
Daveys **** mate(Quote)
As a CP fan in the US Midwest, I saw the push from Mitchell. It looks bad. However, was the fouled player on a trajectory to collide with Guaita with or without a push? The push was not violent.—- Guaita was hit very violently beyond the severity of the push. As a former hs physics teacher, Guaita getting knocked down was beyond the influence. Really hard to tell and I sympathize with Newcastle. In American football, the rule on replays is that you go with the call on the field unless there is conclusive evidence to overturn it. The original call was “goal”.
D Paul(Quote)