VAR

[Methuselah]

“Privately acknowledged.....”

Yet plastered all over the press.

Forgive me if I don’t accept this without question, mate.

Bascombe is a rabid RS supporter.

 

[Tubey]

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Joke.

That's mad. Apparently it wasn't even the same phase of the attack that the goal come from too.

At this point I think the refs are deliberately sabotaging the tech as they've taken offence to it.

 

[Walken]

Definitely hurts the entertainment factor but also harms the sporting element too. As I have said before on this issue, the offside rule is to stop goalhanging; enforcing it because someone has their toenail offside in the build up play just makes no sense at all.

Yeah I agree fully, also the idea of enforcing it because of the upper body I think makes it less about good defending and more about random fortunes

 

[PhilM]

Goals are being stopped by semantics, its not really in the nature of entertainment to do so

I’m curious whether the people (referees) making these absurd decisions actually played the game, even at child and/or amateur level?

Unless they’re absolutely bells, anyone who has would not be making these utterly atrocious decisions.

 

[DanEFC92]

You'd think "well at least they'd get offsides right". Shambles mate.

 

[Walken]

I’m curious whether the people (referees) making these absurd decisions actually played the game, even at child and/or amateur level?

Unless they’re absolutely bells, anyone who has would not be making these utterly atrocious decisions.

It's a fair question, but to have the interest in footy to become a pro ref you would have thought they must have done, to make the pen decision against Brighton you could have quite playing footy at the age of 11 and still know thats an absolute nonsense of a decision. Looking at the way they are currently handling thing I honesty don't know

 

[PhilM]

It's a fair question, but to have the interest in footy to become a pro ref you would have thought they must have done, to make the pen decision against Brighton you could have quite playing footy at the age of 11 and still know thats an absolute nonsense of a decision. Looking at the way they are currently handling thing I honesty don't know

Therefore, I suspect they're the former then - bells. We've had the Brighton farce (penalty and not for Richarlison) and last week with horrendous decisions.

Yet, it's not merely us as a club who are suffering as I suspect most clubs have now had a terrible decision against; even that shower and the offside was a farce.

I do know personally, from a local referee who was in the PL, that there was a lot of pressure on them from above, but that should not be allowed as an excuse.

The person in the bunker shouldn't be allowed to make the sole decision because the referee, as the person in charge, should be wanting to see the camera.

 

[Nymzee]

It's ruining the soul of the game. I don't even celebrate goals anymore because I'm not sure it's going to be a goal or not.

 

[PhilM]

It's ruining the soul of the game. I don't even celebrate goals anymore because I'm not sure it's going to be a goal or not.

Last week, we had absolutely no idea why the officials were checking for the penalty, so people were stood there in actual bewilderment.

 

[Ring master]

VAR is outdoing itself every week,even more than the previous week lol-silly stuff

 

[PDAWG]

What game did it ruin today then?

 

[RFUS]

Last week, we had absolutely no idea why the officials were checking for the penalty, so people were stood there in actual bewilderment.

That is one of the biggest issues with it that is totally indefensible -- the lack of communication. Show people at the ground the replays. Tell them what is being looked at and why. Make sure they know the reasoning behind decisions.

 

[Minimeister]

That is one of the biggest issues with it that is totally indefensible -- the lack of communication. Show people at the ground the replays. Tell them what is being looked at and why. Make sure they know the reasoning behind decisions.

There is absolutely no way they would do this in England and expose the refs for what they are. They need to protect the product.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Last week, we had absolutely no idea why the officials were checking for the penalty, so people were stood there in actual bewilderment.

That is a problem but not a problem with the concept of replay and more the actual implementation of it that the FA has carried out.

The offside thing is tough because technically they are getting these right but it definitely calls into question the spirit of the game. However that's a very tough line to draw on what should and should not be called. I can see why people would rather they just didn't look at it but then you have John Terry jumping into the crowd after he's scored a 98th minute equalizer from a full yard off and that really sucks a whole lot.

 

[PhilM]

That is a problem but not a problem with the concept of replay and more the actual implementation of it that the FA has carried out.

The offside thing is tough because technically they are getting these right but it definitely calls into question the spirit of the game. However that's a very tough line to draw on what should and should not be called. I can see why people would rather they just didn't look at it but then you have John Terry jumping into the crowd after he's scored a 98th minute equalizer from a full yard off and that really sucks a whole lot.

It does and that’s why VAR was brought in with the wording of ‘clear and obvious error’, which would suggest leeway and/or a threshold involved.

Decisions like today or even that shower’s last week are not clear and obvious errors because it’s fair to argue that the decisions are actually far too close to call.

Any rational fan would be giving the little toe-offside, or an arm or an armpit, yet the FA are making a mockery of the process even before the other awful ones.