The death of VAR

[Big Ellens Bell]

In my view VAR is to Football what speed cameras are to roads. Invented with the best of intentions but hijacked for a different purpose, in football's case it's been hijacked to influence results of matches in favour of certain clubs. (Dippers, rags, spuds and to a lesser extent Chelsea) How many times this season have the dippers been gifted matches by very generous folks at Stockley Park when compared to City and Sheff Utd for example? I for one would like to see the back of it and much prefer watching lower division games free from VAR.

 

[Kun T. B. Horlocks]

So the player didnt mean to score with his hand ?

Don't know the incident to which you refer
The "arm out " rule would stay
for pens etc
Yes there maybe an anomaly eg Llorentes goal in CL
Perhaps "a goal cannot be awarded if hand is used directly to contribute to scoring of goal"
My point really is what goes on outside the box should be easy to rectify
We need some semblance of common sense to return re handballs but hey I'm just a punter who had that wonderful 5th goal ruined by a joke...

 

[KS55]

Defensive handball vs attacking handball.

 

[Navas >>| Fast Forward]

Why wasn’t Fabinho’s goal against us disallowed? Trent Alexander-Arnold used his hand in the build up.

 

[Kun T. B. Horlocks]

Why wasn’t Fabinho’s goal against us disallowed? Trent Alexander-Arnold used his hand in the build up.

Yep clear case of arm out in the box

 

[SWP's back]

VAR did stop them getting a penalty last night tbf.

 

[@BluePhil8]

A bit of wishful thinking. This round of mid-week fixtures has seen so many poor VAR decisions surely it is the death knell of this awful process? I know I can be accused of bias for calling out the Mahrez non-goal but bias is far from the truth when it comes to Spuds. I hate them and they need to feel at least two really bad VAR calls in two big games to feel the pain we have had recently against them. But in all fairness how can Kane's goal be ruled out for handball? Then Moyes has reason to feel hard done by in terms of VAR v Chelski. Enough is enough surely? Please!

At least Spurs have had the benefit of VAR multiple times in key moments, I can’t say we ever had. Those twats deserve the bad luck, ours is just yet another scoop of dog shit to add to the mountain of shit we’ve accumulated over the past 2 seasons with VAR.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Why wasn’t Fabinho’s goal against us disallowed? Trent Alexander-Arnold used his hand in the build up.

because Liverpool needed to win that game.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

VAR did stop them getting a penalty last night tbf.

odd how it's applied "more" fairly (not completely) now they're crowned champions, yet anyone dare get in the way of the rags is suddenly seeing shit calls left, right and centre.

 

[Sir peace frog]

It wasn't even handball, it hit him on his back.

Utterly ridiculous.

he did actually hit the ball with his hand just as the defender kicked it against him (there is a good angle of it), however if that's handball to the so called experts then the game is broken.