VAR

[Lineker]

My original refereentraining was in 1989 I think. I dont remember the words active and passive being specifically used, but the concept was there. As others have pointed out the game would be stopped constantly otherwise.

Something we were taught back then is that the spirit of the rules is what we needed to referee, not the letter of the law.

Nowadays, when the updated laws of the game are published each year, the guidance that comes in after the law is much longer and getting longer year over year.

Personally, I'd like to see offside scrapped entirely. It was introduced to stop 1 problem, and the game and players fitness has changed so much in the interim, I'm not sure it would even be abproblem..

On this specific instance, in what other scenario does a player who is in an offside position attempt to play a ball, miss by mere inches, and not get whistled? The positioning of our players from the standpoint of being able to challenge for the ball is immaterial.

 

[Wat Tyler]

 

[RomanReigns]

should say player can be booked for clapping

our player was sent off for getting a second yellow card, not a direct red for the clapping

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

should say player can be booked for clapping

our player was sent off for getting a second yellow card, not a direct red for the clapping

Give em time mate

 

[Marcus Kendall]

My original refereentraining was in 1989 I think. I dont remember the words active and passive being specifically used, but the concept was there. As others have pointed out the game would be stopped constantly otherwise.

Something we were taught back then is that the spirit of the rules is what we needed to referee, not the letter of the law.

Nowadays, when the updated laws of the game are published each year, the guidance that comes in after the law is much longer and getting longer year over year.

Personally, I'd like to see offside scrapped entirely. It was introduced to stop 1 problem, and the game and players fitness has changed so much in the interim, I'm not sure it would even be abproblem..

On this specific instance, in what other scenario does a player who is in an offside position attempt to play a ball, miss by mere inches, and not get whistled? The positioning of our players from the standpoint of being able to challenge for the ball is immaterial.

You can't scrap offside as all it would do is encourage long pumped balls into the box with 6 or 7 basketball sized players all goal hanging looking to get tap ins or headers. Actually it might suit us so yeah scrap it!

 

[summerisle]

'Collina, who was voted the world's best referee five times'

VAR: More trials of challenge system expected during two-year review

Pierluigi Collina says there will be further trials of a challenge system as part of a two-year review of VAR.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bedfordblue]

So presumably the foul on Beto was out side the box, and it wasn’t a CGSO so they couldn’t opine of whether it was a simple foul or not?

 

[Clarky cat]

So presumably the foul on Beto was out side the box, and it wasn’t a CGSO so they couldn’t opine of whether it was a simple foul or not?

Wasn’t even given as a foul. Hall slides into Beto and gets none of the ball outside the area and then lifts his other leg up and trips Beto when they are both inside the box so actually fouls Beto twice. Ridiculous.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Wasn’t even given as a foul. Hall slides into Beto and gets none of the ball outside the area and then lifts his other leg up and trips Beto when they are both inside the box so actually fouls Beto twice. Ridiculous.

Terrible decision from the ref, but pretty much par for the course from him today.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Watched the Bournemouth Sunderland game yesterday and Le Fee gets blatantly shoved over from behind by Jimenez whilst trying to get in position to shoot and the VAR didn't get involved as they said it was a natural contact . Shows its not the technology but the officials not being able to interpret what a foul is anymore

 

[davids]

Watched the Bournemouth Sunderland game yesterday and Le Fee gets blatantly shoved over from behind by Jimenez whilst trying to get in position to shoot and the VAR didn't get involved as they said it was a natural contact . Shows its not the technology but the officials not being able to interpret what a foul is anymore

When a goal is disallowed because the attacking player has a small portion of his calf in an offside position while facing his own goal you know the game is finished.

 

[maltablue]

See that the 5 cm allowance has been taken away

 

[Ivo]

See that the 5 cm allowance has been taken away

That's just for the RS that mate.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

And in some surprising news Man Utd get a soft penalty from a theatrical dive from Cunha totally altering the game in their favour

 

[windymiller]

When a goal is disallowed because the attacking player has a small portion of his calf in an offside position while facing his own goal you know the game is finished.

The Burnley offside yesterday was absurd. His arm and 1 mm of his shoulder was offside but because he could score with that 1 mm of shoulder it was disallowed. Utter nonsense.

Don't even get me started on the handball rule. The ball bounces off the Brentford player onto Barnes arm, that was in a natural position, so it's disallowed but if he lays it off for another player it's not handball. Make it make sense.