VAR Thoughts?

[DJLJ]

Another instance where the ref and linesmen fucks up. Can’t wait for this to get in. 

[Bob]

It’s just as shit as I always thought it would be.

 

youve got an Ex ref on TV - one who was always absolutely shit - saying what he thinks the result of the decision should be, with all the confidence and authority of Kevin Keegan saying David Batty will score the penalty in France 98 when put on the spot, and his guesses being equally as wrong.

 

a stop of possible penalties that nobody on the field called for, and the fans clearly had no idea we’re being looked at.

 

looking at incidents a second time that the ref had a clear unimpeded view of initially.

 

a game where VAR didn’t change a single decision the ref made, somehow stops 4 or 5 times in total.

 

load of rubbish. 

[No2]

Was there a chant for VAR after Manes goal? I knew it was fucking shit but I never imagined it could be this bad.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I've been in favour of VAR, but seeing Phil Dowd give his opinion with the benefit of video replays has me worried. He's a fucking dribbling imbecile.

 

He deserves some kudos for being consistently wrong on everything though. That takes some doing.

[Paul]

Last night was my first experience of it at the match and it was fucking shit. The fans inside the ground have almost no idea what’s going on either during or after the VAR process. Football has had years to prepare for this, has the benefit of numerous established equivalents in professional sport to learn from and has virtually no financial barrier to getting implementation right. 

 

For me, they need to have the whole thing on a TV screen in the stadium with a clear explanation of what’s being checked and then a clear outcome on screen. Or else fuck it off. 

 

Obviously it’s still at the teething problems stage, but these issues are more fundamental as last night was just bewildering. 

[Aventus]

The ref should signal to us what he is doing, maybe spelling out the letters VAR with his arms in YMCA style. 

[Wezza]

As well as watching replays in slow motion, the VAR should also be shown real time footage as well. In slow motion Dowd said the Trent one was a pen, but in real time shown sometime after the incident they said his reaction time to get out of the way was only 0.2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

[Jose Jones]

Just now, Wezza said:

As well as watching replays in slow motion, the VAR should also be shown real time footage as well. In slow motion Dowd said the Trent one was a pen, but in real time shown sometime after the incident they said his reaction time to get out of the way was only 0.2 seconds.

 

 

 

 

There's a thing with politicians in that often when they retire they stop spouting partisan, sloganeering bollocks and come across as much more intelligent, likeable human beings than they ever were in their public position, no matter what their party political persuasion was.

 

With ex-professional referees who were pretty horrendous, jumped up idiots in their professional life, they somehow become even more ridiculously stupid and lacking in any basic footballing knowledge when they are asked to comment on the game.

[an tha]

It's shite and it hasn't helped the game at all, mostly down to the clusterfuck that the way it has been implemented and used has been.

[sir roger]

Knowing that VAR was in European use & in the Prem from next season , not sure why nobody at Liverpool thought about getting a big screen , you can get them at Argos for about 500 quid ffs.

[aws]

Should just use it for offside. Other decisions are just a matter of opinion and slow motion distorts most incidents.   

[VladimirIlyich]

11 minutes ago, aws said:

Should just use it for offside. Other decisions are just a matter of opinion and slow motion distorts most incidents.   

They couldn't get those right either. Fuck it off and train referees better.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Still not sure how they ruled Mané's goal offside. As the ball's kicked, you can clearly see the defenders left leg, with a blazing white sock, is level with Mané's chest. 

[Pureblood]

5 hours ago, Paul said:

The fans inside the ground have almost no idea what’s going on either during or after the VAR process.

Oh, stringy was there?

[Captain Turdseye]

Big screens at footy grounds are shite. I’d hate to see one at Anfield. 

[TheHowieLama]

They could just make a video feed that people could access with their cell phones -- they are all watching those anyway

[Captain Turdseye]

iPad holders built into the back of the seat in front. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Keep in line with the traditions of the game, no point changing the atmosphere.

 

A giant holographic Countdown clock should be projected onto the centre circle, intimating a decision is due. At which point VAR rings out to the tune of The Sex Pistols' EMI. The chants get louder until the clock reaches zero, and Kris Akabusi descends from a sky winch and screams "Awoooga!", as his dick lets off fireworks that spell out "offside" in glittery spunk explosions.

[SasaS]

2 hours ago, aws said:

Should just use it for offside. Other decisions are just a matter of opinion and slow motion distorts most incidents.   

Yes, same as the goal-line technology was an improvement since it put a stop to potentially wrong decisions.

Everything which is still not absolutely clear after VAR shouldn't be vared in the future.   

[Dave D]

I just cant believe Vince McMahon hasnt brought it into wrestling.

 

All those contentious decisions

 

Did he just get hit by a chair?

 

Over to VAR.....yep.....big fucking chair over the head. Sgt Slaughter disqualified.

 

Made for it really      

[Bogman]

I went for a piss at the time of Trent's "handball". I fully expected it to be given, as it was blatantly not a handball.

 

I was amazed that after mopping said piss off the bathroom floor, it wasn't given.

[3 Stacks]

The TAA and Danny Rose incidents are handball rule problems not VAR problems. VAR just accentuates how bad that rule is. That's what they have to change and make clearer because handballs have been the one massive issue regarding VAR. Besides that, bad challenges will always be a matter of interpretation, but it's not a bad thing that refs can give them second looks.

 

Again, helped correct a clear error in the Barca-United game tonight, but those will be less talked about. 

[SasaS]

But that's the point, it helped correct a clear error, which you can do with offside and goal-line. With fouls, it's much more difficult, so it should be left to the referee's interpretation, unless it's something blatant he failed to spot. I'm inclined toward if a top trained professional failed to interpret something as a foul in real time, then it's his decision, fair enough.

[TheHowieLama]

It is not just how good the officials are - they have to keep up with the game which is faster than ever from end to end to have a chance.

 

Every major sport has added additional referees on the field of play in the last couple decades. And all of them but hockey already had more than one.

 

[Lee909]

Massive VAR call in Milan. 

 

Handball, ref calls pen, 30 seconds later he's over, checked it and reversed decision. Brilliant use of VAR

 

And 90 seconds later another pen, 30 seconds review pen