Stuart Attwell is in more VAR controversy as Matheus Cunha criticises referees and Wolves fans vent anger during defeat to Bournemouth.
After Wolves’ goal against Bournemouth was disallowed for an elbow by Matheus Cunha, the forward suggests that referees want to change decisions against Wolves.
Attwell was at the centre of denying Nottingham Forest three penalties in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Everton, which then saw Forest claim there was bias as he supports relegation rivals Luton.
And now more controversy followed him in midweek after he adjudged Matheus Cunha to have fouled Justin Kluivert in an off-the-ball incident in the build-up to Hee Chan Hwang making it 1-1 in the second-half, which looked to have cancelled out Antoine Semenyo’s first-half opener.
Does Cunha even touch him or did Kluivert just flinch? #WWFC pic.twitter.com/cMF5rHXNuu
— azy (@azywwfc) April 24, 2024
Matheus Cunha bemoans the VAR decisions against Wolves this season ❌ pic.twitter.com/XZ7lsBofsQ
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 24, 2024
VAR: ‘Okay, so did any Bournemouth players appeal for a foul?’
Ref: ‘Nope. Did Cunha make contact with Kluivert or not?’
VAR: ‘No but after checking the club badge, we can see he plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers so no goal.’
Ref: ‘Nice one.’ pic.twitter.com/ZLXHnodhCB
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 25, 2024
This wasn’t seen in real time but Attwell chose to give the foul following advice from VAR Darren England to watch it again on the pitchside monitor.
After the game, O’Neil decided not to comment on the decision, having spoken at length about VAR decisions this season, but says he had no issues with Attwell being appointed to the game.
Cunha said: “So it’s hard, you know, its many points, then you lose it. A hard decision. And many times you go to see some things in the TV and then some programmes and they always sorry, or something like that, but the next day I’m coming and happen again.
“You know, its not for today, maybe they give the good decision, I don’t know, honest. They heard inside of the pitch because the speed of the action is different, you know, then you go to the VAR and then you see its low motion. Maybe you changed my intention or maybe, you know, like. And then I speak with the guy and they say, ‘I don’t know why the referee go to the VAR’.
“You understand these kind of things and you feel honest. On the bottom of my heart, it’s hard, you know, everyone say, like, we have to go to the second division, to the Championship and then to be relegated, and then we come here with a lot of work, have family behind everyone, have family. I know, but it’s hard, you know, it’s hard to lose a lot of points with hard decisions. You know, maybe they give. Well, maybe not, but always hard decisions make us feel, like, bad, you know, sometimes we feel like, I know it’s not the point, but we feel like, oh, that’s not fair against us, you know, that’s not fair.
“No, no qualms at all, I hope he is OK. A tough few days for him. I hope he is doing OK,” O’Neil said, per Shropshire Star.
“I don’t have any thoughts on the decision, I think it is really important I focus fully on my team and Wolves.
“I have spent a lot of time this season answering questions around VAR and decisions and I don’t have any thoughts, everyone else will see the incident and make their own decisions. My focus is fully on us.
“I have answered your questions around it so many times after so many games and all that goes out after the game is either me moaning or not moaning about decisions.
“It doesn’t help anybody, let’s let those guys figure out what is the correct decision and let me figure out how to get this team some more points between now and the end of the season.”
Gary O’Neil on disallowed goal: I dont have any thoughts on it, ive spent a lot of time talking about VAR decisions, I’ll let you make your mind up. I’m just going to concentrate on my team #wwfc pic.twitter.com/FbJrDTIjB4
— Nathan Judah (@NathanJudah) April 24, 2024
Attwell also gave a red card to red card to Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez for a foul on Matt Doherty in a decision which survived another VAR check.
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola said the club appeal against the decision, but was in agreement with the disallowed goal.
He said: “I think Justin gets involved in the play after and he cannot defend the cross properly and that is why I think it is clear and obvious and everyone sees the foul.
“It would be controversial if he doesn’t affect the play and doesn’t participate anymore but he is there and the one who cannot defend the cross. I don’t think it’s controversial.”
Chorus of boos and chants of ‘Premier League, corrupt as f**k’ ringing around Molineux as referee Stuart Attwell disallows Hwang Hee-Chan’s header. #WWFC pic.twitter.com/Dgnre26MaL
— Charlie Haffenden (@JournoHaff) April 24, 2024
Nunos right, Atwells shite pic.twitter.com/DmF4aKfWpg
— Jessica Crane (@jesyikiah) April 24, 2024
This is what Twitter users are saying with Stuart Attwell in more VAR controversy as Cunha criticises referees and Wolves fans vent anger…
@lukebailey90: Just a reminder of what Onana did right at the start of the season. Imagine showing both clips to someone with no context and then asking them to say which was given as a foul. And MGW’s push on Semedo the other week. That would have been soft too, but it was more of a foul than this.
@BG__85: This is just terrible. Foul given for brushing Kluivert’s hair. That is just embarrassing. We’ve had some bad decisions go against us but this may be up the top
@Trickyred1: No surprise, Atwell involved yet again. Feel for Cunha. No way should the goal be disallowed.
@georgia_wwfc: It actually gets worse the more you watch it, the game is gone.
@fcw_12: The worst thing about this is not only did he push cunha first but the bournemouth player didn’t even appeal.
@_georgiaeden: he’s pulled cunha’s shirt and cunha’s shrugged him off. literally a 50/50. HOW is that a foul worthy of disallowing the goal that game 6 passes later?!
@stevephipps83: So there’s a ‘clear and obvious’ foul in here somewhere… Let’s not forget how reluctant VAR’s have been to overturn anything lately, but yet they step in here when nobody bats an eyelid at the ‘incident’
@BenPawlowski21: Don’t start swinging elbows at players then
@trfcryan: Genuinely can’t get over the fact they disallowed that you know. Hope to god VAR never comes into the EFL
@WolvesFC_Joe: If the opposition aren’t saying anything was wrong, why check that something is wrong. You know that any team will moan about the slightest thing if they can find it.
@luiscaprioq: the genuinely have fucked us and wolves over so much this season 🤣 what have we done #nffc #wwfc
@NFFC_EPL: I’m telling you now if Cunha touched him he’d have hit the deck rolling around 😂 every player in the prem does. That’s biggest giveaway for me he hasn’t even protested
@davidhorsefield: So now var anticipates that it might of happened and if it did we should not give a goal, also not looking at kluiverts hands who push out at the player first
@astevecartwrig1: VAR killing the game with officials simply making up new laws of the game to pervert the decisions.
@CaritaMejor: For me, if it is a foul, how can it rule out the goal if the player ‘fouled’ is still able defend the run of play? and then, if you determine it is a foul, why is it not a red card for violent conduct?? Even by their ‘letter of the law’ VAR rules it doesnt make any sense.
@sTilaks: The fact that Kluivert makes absolutely no appeal says it all really, get Attwell out the game
@WeAreWolvesFans: Honestly done with football… Players reaction tells you everything. I bet Kluivert didn’t even know what the check was for himself as he doesn’t even complain. Clear and obvious error? The game is gone. It’s at the point where I expect them to disallow all our goals. Feel for O’Neil. Expected to go down and we’ve comfortably stopped up with a small squad. But it could’ve been a special season if our squad was much bigger. Injuries would’ve been avoided and we could’ve stayed competitive. I’m sure we’ll see a big ST price increase too… 😅 Football as a whole was much better before VAR. No one can argue with that fact. Celebrating a goal knowing it’s definitely a goal and you can enjoy the moment. They tried to install fairness at the cost of emotion and it’s comprehensively failed and ruined our game.
@Marly_D13: Everyone should come out and keep applying pressure until the standards are raised
@WomWolf93: What Cunha fails to realise is the fans pay to watch Attwell, Salisbury, Coote, Gillett, Hooper and not him. He shouldn’t be allowed to question their decisions. #WWFC #Wolves @Wolves
@GREENYPUNXI: Everyone’s just had it now with incompetent ref’s and VAR telling you now it’s getting close to most teams putting out statements speaking up.
@BillEtheridgeuk: Players and fans alike having the joy of football squeezed out of them by these constant bizarre VAR decisions . It’s sad but premiership football is no longer enjoyable
@ZacharyLakin: Even the players know it’s shit now get it gone
@CallumFT_: I think it’s the turn over the shoulder which results in it being disallowed. If he does it without looking it’s not called as a foul but because he looks he knows Kluivert is there so he is purposely flinging an arm at an opponents face
@Lem_WWFC: Genuine shock that goal has been overturned. Just how? How does someone look at that and go yeah that action has impacted the goal?
@KieranCallum29_: Hold up @FA_PGMOL so the penalty we should have got on neco Williams against West Ham wasn’t given because of not enough contact, but then you give this as a foul!!! Inconsistent bunch of useless twats
@dylanwwfc: Stuart Atwell genuinely believes that this is enough contact to disallow a goal, but not enough contact to give a penalty…
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