VAR

[anton66]

Even Klopp is getting a bit embarrassed by the 99.5% of decisions going their way. He says refs should go to the monitors, so maybe the FA will listen to him?

 

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[Bluetintedspecs]

In their eagerness to ensure VAR is used accurately, the powers that be have resorted to ridiculously fine margins. This is particularly evident with all these stupid offside decisions, where a player's toe is being caught offside.

For offside decisions, take away those tramlines on VAR and if you can't tell with the naked eye the attacker is offside, then they're onside.

The attacker should always be given the benefit of the doubt unless the offside is clear from the VAR freeze frame, without using tramlines.

Also, get the refs to look at the monitor. It won't stop them making bad decisions, but least we know who's making them and where to direct our fury.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

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And that’s not even counting the other player moving the other direction. Or the fact that the ball and the “line of offside” are both moving. So you can safely double that margin of error in most cases.

 

[DOMNOLAN]

I believe that if an official, usually a linesman, suspected an offside but wasn't certain he was required to give the forward the benefit of the doubt pre Var.
There may be a case to apply this where the margins on Var are so small and we don't have the technology to indicate the exact moment that the ball was
kicked.

Similarly with cricket dismissals, I wonder how many results, and trophies would have been different pre Var and the cricket equivalent.

If the call is within the margin of error, then this should be applied. Don’t know why this wasn’t before

 

[MrGrumpy]

The whole line drawing is baffling, just watch the reply

 

[saintquin]

Has anyone gone back and checked how many times VAR has saved Liverpool this season? They've been spamming 1-0's for a while now. I don't feel like other teams have had as many decisions go their way as they have.

In the past it used to be pens but its VAR now.

In Tennis - they let the computer decide if its in or out, wouldn't it be fairer to do it that way instead of having four people squinting at the screen trying to decide if they can get away with giving Liverpool a goal.

The fairest way would be for the ref to decide if they need to use the replay or not, then when he goes to the TV monitor have it shown on the big screen so everyone can see it.

VAR 'should not be too forensic' - football law-makers set to issue guidance

Football's rule-making body says the video assistant referee should not be "too forensic" over offsides - and should only be used to reverse "clear and obvious" errors.

www.bbc.co.uk

We're top of the League!

 

[Blueclouds]

VAR 'should not be too forensic' - football law-makers set to issue guidance

Football's rule-making body says the video assistant referee should not be "too forensic" over offsides - and should only be used to reverse "clear and obvious" errors.

www.bbc.co.uk

We're top of the League!

I'm surprised liverpool only gained 2 points

 

[Jeff Jones]

cricket has umpires call, means that if only half or less of the ball is hitting the stumps on Hawkeye, they stick with the original decision

Yes, but a lot of umpire's decisions are judged incorrect and reversed. I wonder historically how many matches and even test series would have been different
if the current appeal technology had been in place then.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

According to SSN this morning without VAR Liverpool would only be 6 points ahead in the league go figure.

 

[Harryflashman]

Its just trading one man's opinion with his eyes for that of another man's opinion through pixels. The FA have turned this into a circus.

Absolutely and completely this . The ref might as well sit on the sidelines with his headset and a whistle and wait for the man running the game from 40 miles away to radio him and tell him to blow the thing award a free kick . It’s horrific

 

[Harryflashman]

I’m convinced Or rather scared that in a decade or so nobody will cheer when a goal is scored but rather wait for VAR to award it to start . It’s the worst thing to happen to football in my lifetime

 

[DOMNOLAN]

According to SSN this morning without VAR Liverpool would only be 6 points ahead in the league go figure.

Only 6 is misleading. Would probably be more. For example, the city game, where city should have had a pen, and then Liverpool go and score, that game would not be counted in these stats. That’s a game that went from losing to winning in 1 decision, and it won’t be counted as “var’s fault” due to them winning 3-0. So that’s a 6 point swing towards one team.

They deffo have had a disordinate amount of decisions go their way

 

[xena]

Just get rid of the stupid lines, freeze the frame if you can't tell from that stay with on field decision

 

[4737carlin]