VAR

[MikeH72]

Strange that eh? They should be instructed by the PL to have screens installed at their grounds.
Either you have VAR and screens or you don't. Why make an exception just for those two? Well, we already know the answer to that don't we...

They are having VAR. Having it shown on a screen to the crowd won't make any difference to the decision, just adds confusion for the fans who are at the game. That's the club's own fault for refusing to put screens in though.

 

[kenada_blue]

It's Uber gash.

But won't be going away

 

[kenada_blue]

I'm absolutely made up with VAR, a minute or two to get the RIGHT decision is worth it to see a few gammon faced talk sport listeners explode. It's not infallible but as demonstrated little over 24hrs ago, it is working 100%.

The debate whether it's "right" is where the interpretation is and where it falls down.

Just wait for a Salah special being given even though he's been pulled up in the past for "falling over unnaturally".

Or when one game calls a decision and the next game where the exact same thing happens, doesn't.

If you're gonna do it, do it properly or not at all. End of the day it's been around what, 3 years or longer? And still isn't "working".

 

[SteChallinor]

The debate whether it's "right" is where the interpretation is and where it falls down.

Just wait for a Salah special being given even though he's been pulled up in the past for "falling over unnaturally".

Or when one game calls a decision and the next game where the exact same thing happens, doesn't.

If you're gonna do it, do it properly or not at all. End of the day it's been around what, 3 years or longer? And still isn't "working".

That’s spot on, but one of my other specific bug bears with it is that a dive outside the box can’t be reviewed, even though it is the next most likely thing to result in a goal after a penalty.

 

[Joey66]

I feel that we will have to revert back to the old offside rule ie the whole players body is offside -this 3mm of a boot, arm leg etc is just nonsense plus every ground must have a screen and it is talked through like cricket or Rugby.....

 

[Pudsey]

Rugby league has screens at the televised games. In my mind differences like this result in an unfair competition as same rules not applied in every game within that competition.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

VAR is horrible. They should kill it now while they still have a chance

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Frankly, I’ve hated VAR from its very first use, and can’t see me ever really changing my mind.

I don’t need EVERY decision to be PERFECTLY correct.

I’m ok with an offside call going against my team by 2mm. If it’s tight, I’m accepting of it being a mistake, but a close call.

If VAR was only to be used to rectify clear errors, I could probably stomach it, but already we see that’s not what it is.

The audience on TV have no idea what’s happening, so I can only imagine it’s much worse at the match.

VAR is a symptom of Twitter football fans behaving like entitled toddlers.

I have more specific issues with it, too, but that’s my general gist.

Hallelujah!

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I honestly don't get why they don't stop the clock when the ref is conferring with whomever and then to VAR. 2 decisions like that is minimum 5 minutes a match yet "the 4th official there will be a minimum of 4 minutes of extra time" even in the second half

Imagine loads of fans missing busses/trains/having to leave before the end due to VAR!

 

[Minimeister]

Remember at the last world cup and in the early stages this is all the commentators prattled on about. But by the later stages for some games it was hardly mentioned so I'm really hoping the same happens here. I'm finding most football unwatchable on telly as it is with the biased idiots paid to spout the obvious but to have them talk about VAR like it's new every week would kill it for me.

 

[summerisle]

Here we go, just applicable for certain teams then.

 

[PITA]

Challenges aren't needed, cricket has evolved now that umpires go to the TV all the time just to certain.

This is what will happen on football eventually and tbh, I have no problem with that. I'd be more pissed off about us getting robbed off a decision that the ref didn't check than the extra 10 seconds out of the match it took.

Firstly I should state that I certainly don't have an agenda (I'm not even sure who would really, on this matter, but there we go).

Thirdly, I think that all depends on what you like about football. For me, part of the appeal of the game is the immediacy of it, the adrenaline, the euphoria and being part of it. Getting done by a bad decision can be heartbreaking and incredibly annoying, but I don't complain if we win by one. It's part of the game in that sense. I have no interest in sitting in the ground wondering what the hell's going on while they spend 10 minutes working out whether it's a corner or a goal kick, and if they're not going to use it for stuff like that it then it doesn't mean you get the right results anyway, so you just end up getting annoyed with the smaller decisions instead of the bigger ones.

Slight difference of opinion here.

 

[johnblue23]

Here we go, just applicable for certain teams then.

Spot on. At least with the every time it hits the arm/hand it's a penalty it's unambiguous. 'Interpretation' allows for unsuitable decisions for certain teams. Nothing wrong with VAR if every goal/penalty is looked at.

 

[Lickle eric]

I hate it.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Frankly, I’ve hated VAR from its very first use, and can’t see me ever really changing my mind.

I don’t need EVERY decision to be PERFECTLY correct.

I’m ok with an offside call going against my team by 2mm. If it’s tight, I’m accepting of it being a mistake, but a close call.

If VAR was only to be used to rectify clear errors, I could probably stomach it, but already we see that’s not what it is.

The audience on TV have no idea what’s happening, so I can only imagine it’s much worse at the match.

VAR is a symptom of Twitter football fans behaving like entitled toddlers.

I have more specific issues with it, too, but that’s my general gist.

The part you are leaving out is it is a competition and the competitors deserve the fairest system possible. It isn't perfect yet for fouls and handballs but the offside part of it is fantastic from a fairness perspective and turning away from it would honestly be corrupt at this point. The rest needs work but the work should be done instead of giving up.