TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
It's embarrassing how poorly this is being done
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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I thought the VAR in game was terrible today.
It is going to totally ruin matches for me. The excitement of close decisions or dodgy decisions is gone. There will be nothing to debate or argue over any more.
The WH v City game, there was nothing to say after it! Just yes, it was 5-0. No contentious decisions. No 'well if he'd been sent off it could have been a different result' conversations any more..
Maybe its just me.
It is going to totally ruin matches for me. The excitement of close decisions or dodgy decisions is gone. There will be nothing to debate or argue over any more.
The WH v City game, there was nothing to say after it! Just yes, it was 5-0. No contentious decisions. No 'well if he'd been sent off it could have been a different result' conversations any more..
Maybe its just me.
N.S.N.O.
Player Valuation: £35m
Bad refereeing decisions ruin matches, tired of it happening every week to suit the big clubs... How many incorrect goals did Liverpool get last season alone?!!!...
VAR brings more fairness (I'm sure there's still wiggle room for bias)....so what if there's a few delays, if it results in the right result I'm fine with that...
Kean’s dreadlock will be deemed offside in the Derby after he’s scored a last minute winner.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
I'm not really sure how Sanchez running through the back of McGinn was a 10 second review and a play on. Well I am sure but I was really hoping that wouldn't happen.
Also anyone chatting about clear daylight or whatever with offside is chatting wham. That's not going to get rid of close calls it just moves the line for close calls somewhere else. Offside is fine and just because it is more tightly enforced now doesn't mean the rule needs binning off.
Also anyone chatting about clear daylight or whatever with offside is chatting wham. That's not going to get rid of close calls it just moves the line for close calls somewhere else. Offside is fine and just because it is more tightly enforced now doesn't mean the rule needs binning off.
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
VAR is for pedants and TV. It ruins some of the enjoyment of football, the goal celebration. If It was just checking for clear errors fine but it has and will become the height of anality checking everything the offsides by millimetres being a case in point. Refs will become redundant.
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kev101
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This is the worst thing to happen to football since all seater stadiums. Players and fans can't even celebrate a goal now, instead of joy in the stands it's nervous looks at the big screen and then a little cheer of relief if the goal's given. This is the death of excitement and that rush of adrenaline that makes football such a passionate sport to follow.
Minimeister
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Totally agree mate. Can't wait for the January midweek home game when I'm freezing me knackers off waiting for 5 minutes for Jon Moss in a studio, being even less accountable, finding ways to disallow our goal.
TheBigIguana
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You're right mate no goals were celebrated yesterday
Most of those conversations stem from an ignorance of the laws of the game by paid pundits and are by far the most tedious part of football coverage. Whatever floats your boat but if you get your excitement from a close call then doesn't those few seconds of VAR review lend to the tension?
And given the number of laws that are open to interpretation, a factor that is often highlighted by VAR, then the perceived dodgy decisions will still be there.
The "could have been a different result" conversations are the clearest indicator that the subject clearly doesn't warrant a conversation. If you have to jump off into what is essentially multiverse theory based fiction to fill the minutes then maybe it's time to cut down on the coverage.
Except they've clearly continued to do so since VAR came in.
There seems to be a narrative that VAR is going to lead to the disallowing of loads of goals that would previously have been given. The fact is that many attacking moves have often been incorrectly halted by the human eye's tendency to be deceived by fast movement, the pressure on officials to make the right decision and those crucial few millimetres.
Done correctly the safety net of VAR can also encourage benefit of the doubt being given to attacking sides and for spurious offsides to have less of an impact. The offsides that aren't flagged due to that safety net may well lead to many more goalscoring opportunities developing.
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gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £80m
Get rid of it now. It's going to tap the juice out of the game.
Makes you wonder how the game survived for over a hundred years without VAR
billyblue80
Player Valuation: £70m
You know what I mean people feel they have to wait to see if it has been checked before they celebrate now.
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