VAR (7 Viewers)

Aelfgar said:

You don't need lines or daylight or anything else, the system should work with the rule as it is. If you can see an offside, there was an advantage. If you can't, the advantage simply didn't exist. Hence the idea of clear and obvious. We're humans, not machines.

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Yeah agree with this. A quarter of a CM isn't an advantage to the attacker to just get on with it

Calista said:

Just what I have been saying. If it needs lengthy deliberations it's clearly marginal so don't interfere with the ref's on-field call.

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Yep. A fundamental error is believing there is a ‘right’ decision in football. Obviously there is with binary things like over the line or not, but with fouls it is so rare to be completely a right or wrong case as it’s about interpretation. It’s why we all enjoy debating it. Those that are defo right or wrong can be called in 20 seconds.

Mucca Mad Boys said:

Rugby needs to be the inspiration for VAR. The referee needs to use it as a guiding tool rather than a crutch. It’s more common for referees to make their own mind up or even overrule TMO when they see incidents. In football, if VAR tells the referee to ‘have a look’, it’s all but making the decision for them.

This is why Prem referees have got worse because ultimately, they rely on VAR to make all the big calls. There’s no real accountability.

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I have watched rugby on the tele and seen 2 or 3 major fuck ups in single game.
It was actually seeing it absolutely ruin a 6 nations game between Wales and France, albeit one that was a dead rubber, that convinced me it was bollocks and would be detrimental to football.

Otis said:

Exactly this.

The principle is fine and the system would work fine if they used it properly.

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Hard disagree. The sport is far too subjective.

clint van damme said:

I have watched rugby on the tele and seen 2 or 3 major fuck ups in single game.
It was actually seeing it absolutely ruin a 6 nations game between Wales and France, albeit one that was a dead rubber, that convinced me it was bollocks and would be detrimental to football.

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The problem with rugby is some of the rule changes have just been detrimental full stop. The referees

On a fundamental level, there will always be human error so referees controlling when they want to ‘have a look’ is better than VAR just chiming in on every micro incident and deliberating for 5+ minutes on whether something is a handball or not. Especially when they freeze frames arbitrarily and debating if an offside by millimetres or not.

The way it’s officiated is the flaw, not the equipment.

Frostie said:

Hard disagree. The sport is far too subjective.

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Well, I think it's here to stay, so we need to use it for its intended purpose and not the nonsense we currently have.