VAR Discussion Thread | 2024/25

TheBeautifulGame said:
Of course it's completely insane. The goal scoring opportunity language and the decision-making process that its morphed into is counter productive and hugely problematic. The old fashioned way of doing things was much better but unfortunately the game has been hijacked by the FIFA President with his reinventing of the wheel and over-reliance of technology. But it's more of a design flaw than anything.

They need to go back to allowing the referee to simply judge the severity of the incident as it relates to carding. Keeping things simple as much as possible cannot be understated. They've over-complicated everything due to VAR which has created all this red tape as far as what is needed to make certain decisions.


And if that happened Palace fans would be crying about it too, Palace fans would be on about how he was unfairly sent off. What VAR does is that it creates controversy in situations where there wouldn't otherwise be. If the ref had merely seen the handball and called for a free kick with no card no one would have batted an eye. But it becomes controversial the moment play is stopped and then it goes to a review and then the wheels start churning about this needing to happen for this to be given and before you know it it's become its own monster. They've turned a nothing burger into a scandal merely by the reviewing process. And then as a result either City fans or Palace feel wronged by whichever way the review goes.

It's an absolute riot what VAR has done and continues to do, and whether we realize it or not, we're all sick of it. Something needs to be done and there really needs to be an urgency to actually get VAR out of the sport. One would think after all the shenanigans we've observed this season, the never ending controversy on a match day basis that this offseason could be a turning point.


Amen.
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“It's an absolute riot what VAR has done and continues to do, and whether we realize it or not, we're all sick of it. Something needs to be done and there really needs to be an urgency to actually get VAR out of the sport.”

All absolutely bang on. Except “we’re all sick of it.”
There’s one (non-match going) plum on here who thinks it’s progress.
 
madloaf said:
I hope you're saying this because @TheBeautifulGame used the phrase "I could care less about being right" and my fucking word if there's one thing that gets on my tits it's the phrase "I could care less". You COULDN'T care less!! I repeat, you COULDN'T care less.
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TBH I said it because like a daft **** I read the the whole fucking diatribe to the last word!
 
TheBeautifulGame said:
Context? He's either moving towards the goal or he's isn't. The direction that he was moving would have taken him to the sideline short of the corner flag, not towards the goal.

You continue to dig a deeper hole for yourself. Best to just concede that you are in denial about what happened. He's running towards the sideline, period. For you to continue to deny this any longer out of some desperate attempt to be right would be mad.

There's a reason why VAR made the decision that they made. We don't have to like it, we don't have to agree with it, but we can certainly understand it and not be in denial about why the decision was made.

If you continue to suggest that he was running towards the goal when it's patently clear that he was running wide toward the sidelines, you cannot be taken seriously. And for you to lecture me about not having a "feel" for the game when you can't even admit he was running wide is wild.
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Wrong. If he's moving forward he's heading towards goal if you're looking from the side.
 
madloaf said:
I hope you're saying this because @TheBeautifulGame used the phrase "I could care less about being right" and my fucking word if there's one thing that gets on my tits it's the phrase "I could care less". You COULDN'T care less!! I repeat, you COULDN'T care less.
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Well spotted. He’s denied being a yank but only yanks say this, because like most things yanks say, it doesn’t make any sense
 
Not really VAR but they have come to a new ruling on that " Alvarez" double touch penalty.

IFAB clarified in a circular letter to soccer stakeholders that a penalty kick which is scored now after an accidental double touch should be retaken. A double-touch penalty that is not scored will not be retaken
 
Xhavenjoe said:
Not really VAR but they have come to a new ruling on that " Alvarez" double touch penalty.

IFAB clarified in a circular letter to soccer stakeholders that a penalty kick which is scored now after an accidental double touch should be retaken. A double-touch penalty that is not scored will not be retaken
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That particular "foul" never existed before VAR. (Double touch yeah but not invisible to the eye) And doesnt need to exist. We didnt want VAR for that shit.

/ sorry I know its not your fault
 
Time for a rule change...



If goaltending is called for interference with a field goal, the shooting team is awarded the points for the field goal as if it had been made.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
That particular "foul" never existed before VAR. (Double touch yeah but not invisible to the eye) And doesnt need to exist. We didnt want VAR for that shit.

/ sorry I know its not your fault
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I mean, no foul that wasn’t visible to the eye, existed before VAR.
 
Stephen230 said:
I mean, no foul that wasn’t visible to the eye, existed before VAR.
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Nope and it didn't matter a jot. They are micro analysing stuff that doesn't need it.
The game should be free flowing, not some American style sport that can only be played with technology.
 
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