This is an absolute farce
This is what i thought we were getting,that's i fought passionately on here for it,listen very carefully..i shall say this only once..i was wrongWhy does an error need to be clear and obvious?
Surely if the ref makes an error, if it can be, it should be over-ruled to get to the correct decision.
Isn’t that what fans want?
Var, where to start? they should stick to things that they can get right,offsides are better decided now even tho the wait is not good and the lino can still stop play with a wrong flag!! Use it to check things the ref does not give or see such as off the ball incidents etc. As for the penalty decisions, it has gone tits up,we get this talk of the bar being set high when they dont give a pen, but the bar is low as fook when the ref gives a soft one and they uphold it, totally contradictory. It is in danger of becoming more sinister than helpful, faceless people deciding the main points in a game, taking the pressure off the refs so they dont get the flak from the fans, its almost like it has been implemented to give more power to the football associations to make their own decisions on game outcomes while saving the refs a load of abuse at the same time, a win win for them,and their objectives, a lose lose for football. Oh, and I was for it beforehand as well, but now Im not sure, maybe if the ref just signals for a var check for a penalty rather than make a decision himself, then var would have no pressure to uphold the refs, maybe this would make their job more straightforward, and transparent too. Otherwise they should go back to the drawing board with certain aspects,but while they are getting what they want then it looks like its here to stay.
The only time VAR worked was the World Cup. But then it was really used, the refs would look at the monitor and the rules of the game were being implemented. If it was the foul in the box, it was foul in the box, no this bullshit clear and obvious errors that changed nothing from the times when there was no VAR, refs still can influence 95% of controversial situations with no vlear and obvious error bullshit.
But moaning fucking old ****s couldn't deal with the game being stopped 2-3 times and football authorities couldn't wait to fulfill their wishes and make it barely used at all and making a miracle of overturning the ref's decisions. It will never got rid again, but it didn't bring anything to the football and moaning old ****s are guilty for that.
When the refs used to check the screens, the culpability was on them to make the right call and they often did. This system is an absolute joke, there's zero culpability, they just say the 'check' is over and continue with the game. We have no one to question on the call, no rationale provided despite the images and video footage proving the contrary. This implementation of VAR is prone to corruption allegations.
Anyway I'm here just to say, I fooking told you so. Look at my previous posts, earlier in threads about VAR.
I've always said this is just another layer of blame. It's absolute shite and will be the ruination of the game.
To all those that said I was a dinosaur and couldn't handle change. Na na na na na ;-)
Just watching the rugby, a sport that I know little about. One thing though is obvious - the refereeing and application of “var” is utterly clear to all, no room for bias, but I suppose that’s the difference between corrupt and non corrupt sports, no pandering here to utd, dippers, bayern, Barca, madrid. And they treat their paying fans with respect, and let them know exactly what’s been decided, and what. Fifa, uefa, pl and fa are as blind and bent as fuck
Just stick to goal line technology (which is amazing) and fuck VAR off before the games completely ruined. It’s an absolute farce.
Big difference is, rugby fans accepted VAR, can have a beer in the stands, mingle with opposition fans and enjoy the sport without crying corruption at every point - I’m sure it took a few years to get VAR in Rugby right, fans have allowed it to progress. It’s been bought in for Tennis, Rugby - but fans that have been screaming corruption for years and years don’t want it to be bought into football ? The mind boggles.
At this point of time, fans are entitled to scream a corruption as it's inconsistency is mind boggling. and the fucking high bar makes it worthless for anything bar offsides. Refs can pretty much do whatever they want now just as they did before it as their initial decision is almost never changed.
Fans are very guilty for that though as it was working pretty good when refs were checking the screens but they moaned about that slowing the game and now we got this shit.
This is what I thought we were getting, that I fought passionately on here for it, listen very carefully..I shall say this only once..I was wrong