VAR thread

[Norbs]

Until we've seen it frame by frame and from 74 angles we can't be sure

[Irishnev]

Until we've seen it frame by frame and from 74 angles we can't be sure

They only seem to do that for us and manipulate it to suit the desired outcome

[Kenneth]

Had one last night, Sheffield player clearly offside, ball is cleared by our defender and the result was a corner. Presumably the linesman didn't flag in accordance we ith the new VAR rules, but because the ball want put in the net, it wasn't called as offside/reviewed. Seen it loads all season.

I think it's a better system than the flag going up and expecting everyone to play on regardless, but it seems that linesman are concentrating less on offside calls, or don't have a reliable way of letting the ref know without the flag in real-time, and the corner is given by the ref before they can intervene.

[Norbs]

Are corners considered a goal scoring opportunity? If they are then at that stage a goal kick should be rewarded

[Kenneth]

VAR doesn't go back to the awarding of corners or freekicks if there is a review of a goal scored from them.

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/HaytersTV/status/1367583909899350020[/ame]

[Alex]

I hate it and its killing football.

[Exiled_red]

I hate it and its killing football.

I thought the odd poor decision a few years ago was frustrating. VAR in it's attempt to improve things has made it 100 times worse, there are **** decisions every game that have been reviewed by VAR and often by the ref on the pitch side monitor using slow mo, multiple angles and take 2 or 3 mins to reach and are still ****ing wrong.

Consistency has gone to **** too same incident one week is a pen or an offside the next week it isn't

An official just getting the decision wrong because he only saw it once from a single angle in real time is the dream at the moment, we could understand why he got it wrong and move on.

[Harv]

Yep, VAR + no fans and football is just joyless.

Those handball/non handball decisions from last nights games are a joke.

The Fulham player had his arm hard up against his body and the ball was leather at him from half a meter away FFS! He had no chance of doing anything other than what he did.

Conversely ours, the Chav had his arms up in the ****ing air and blocked a cross!! Since when has that not been a pen?!?

Even the Chav offside goal was a joke. You cant give that offside, how many goals have you ever seen scored by someones elbow?

[Kenneth]

The Fulham one shows just how stupid the current rules are around contact with the arm when a goal is scored. There is zero reason why they have brought in that specific rule, it's illogical and stupid.

[Bender]

The Fulham one shows just how stupid the current rules are around contact with the arm when a goal is scored. There is zero reason why they have brought in that specific rule, it's illogical and stupid.

Indeed that was laughable... All the players and managers now shout is var var ... just get rid of it.

[Exiled_red]

The Fulham one shows just how stupid the current rules are around contact with the arm when a goal is scored. There is zero reason why they have brought in that specific rule, it's illogical and stupid.

[Fredo]

Still rather have VAR than conceding a goal in a tight game via a one eyed assistant referee with no way of reversing the decision. They'll eventually sort it out.

[Alex]

I dont think VAR has added anything to the game.

What's the benefit bar the odd marginal call? If anything people kick off about VAR as much, its just shifted the anger to a different place. When the focus should probably be on supporting the Refs to do their job better, shouldn't it?

[chadrtc]

I dont think VAR has added anything to the game.

What's the benefit bar the odd marginal call? If anything people kick off about VAR as much, its just shifted the anger to a different place. When the focus should probably be on supporting the Refs to do their job better, shouldn't it?

I was really looking forward to it being introduced as I expected it to bring about consistency, but it's completely farcical now. No two games are refereed in the same way - the dreaded purple screen now just feels more like a lottery. I can't remember the last time I watched a game where there wasn't a VAR issue one way or another.

The lack of crowds have made time wasting in games the norm as well. I don't recall seeing a single booking for time wasting since the crowds went away, but it's there in almost every match. 60 second setups for every goal kick and loads of throw ins.

Football is bad enough due to our results of late, but even when we were top at Xmas, the season was already a terrible watch. I can't see myself wanting to watch games live for much longer if the game continues down this route. The mad thing is - I don't feel any of this in European games. The issues seem to be squarely based around the Premier League's interpretation of the technology.