| VAR 17:28 - Sep 22 with 3757 views | kizaitfc |
Did anyone really want it for these tight calls?
Personally I wanted it to eradicate the ridiculous decisions referees were getting wrong, the dives, the penalties that should or shouldn't be, the red cards that should or shouldn't be.
If were are gonna go back 8 passes before a goal and pull up a millimetre offside then for me football and the entertainment factor has been lost. |  |
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| VAR on 16:15 - Sep 23 with 510 views | MrTown |
I genuinely thought the purpose of it was for clear and obvious mistakes, when it is used for that it benefits the game.
Being 1.6cm offside is not a clear and obvious mistake. Taking over 3 minutes to come to a decision is not a clear and obvious mistake. |  |
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| VAR on 22:25 - Sep 23 with 468 views | Radlett_blue |
| VAR on 23:40 - Sep 22 by Nthsuffolkblue |
The technology for it is not infallible. They are talking about judging whether a foot was ahead of the last defender when the ball is played using a camera angle that is not in line and a freeze frame that does not have the ball on the end of the passer's foot.
It should only over-rule when it is absolutely clear that the original decision was wrong. If the TV ref can't see that on the first replay, it should be allowed to continue. This would make VAR the exception to clear up howlers, instead of the ultimate authority on every tight call. |
How do you decide whether it is "absolutely clear" or not? You are just creating a different, highly debatable decision. |  |
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| VAR on 20:22 - Sep 24 with 415 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| VAR on 22:25 - Sep 23 by Radlett_blue |
How do you decide whether it is "absolutely clear" or not? You are just creating a different, highly debatable decision. |
You decide whether it is absolutely clear by whether on the first view of it you say "the ref got that onw wrong".
If you have to take a second, third or fourth one, then drop an imaginary line down from a guessed angle to see if his toe might have been beyond the last man at the moment the player may (or may not) have played the ball, you trust that the ref got it right.
Part of the problem is that VAR is taking so long.
It should be there to clear up the obvious howler, not the tight call that might have gone either way. It is the incessant review by TV pundits that has made it what it is.
The better solution will be to scrap offside as suggested earlier. |  |
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