I agree with having a margin in terms of the 'spirit' of the original law, but I don't think that having one would put a stop to these kinds of arguments. Whatever the margin is, it would have to have a cut off point - it wouldn't be workable leaving it to the ref or VAR man's personal judgement. (Not that you are suggesting this.) Then whatever cut off we have (you're allowed a certain number of centimetres over the line/only the attacker's feet count/'daylight' between the players/whatever) is still going to be subject to the same process of freeze-framing, drawing the lines, getting the ruler out and so on. The problem is that the VAR technology creates this level of scrutiny which will always result in extremely close calls.
Offside judgement (Laporte v Wolves)
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avoidconfusion
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VAR is fucking dumb
JRockBlues
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I don't follow Dutch football but it seems like they do things a little differently over there...
Haven't done any research on it so don't know how the fans feel or if this is welcomed or not but at least they're trying.
Haven't done any research on it so don't know how the fans feel or if this is welcomed or not but at least they're trying.
Blueknows
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VAR why do we NEVER see the angle looking straight down the line ?
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It’s good but both goals would be disallowed last night rather than just one.
flook
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What concerns me is how these marginal decisions have quickly become accepted by many (in the media) as the norm, and judging by some comments on here, by some fans too.
The tech isn't there to judge to this level of accuracy, it's all down to the man drawing the cross hairs. Level has always been onside, giving benefit of the doubt to the attacker, now it seems there is no level and decisions are being (inaccurately) measured to fractions of an inch.
The dutch idea is the closest I've seen to applying some common sense, but still relies on drawing lines manually I suspect
The tech isn't there to judge to this level of accuracy, it's all down to the man drawing the cross hairs. Level has always been onside, giving benefit of the doubt to the attacker, now it seems there is no level and decisions are being (inaccurately) measured to fractions of an inch.
The dutch idea is the closest I've seen to applying some common sense, but still relies on drawing lines manually I suspect
Dirty Harry
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I have, and this is the part I have an issue with " The boundary between the shoulder and the arm is now defined by "the bottom of the armpit", I'm questioning the definition of that(or their understanding), and for what it's worth, if you're (not you specifically) going to make rules and regulations on a billion pound industry and put it in writing, 1/ know your anatomy and 2/ don't use a fuckin cartoon drawing to illustrate the point, may as well have used this fucker
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It may or may not be corruption but VAR is ruining my enjoyment of the game...
The mythology that's been built up around these tight offside calls is nonsensical.
The frame rate of the video means that the error bar should be 4 to 5 inches wide so how they can dream up this rubbish is beyond me.
Drawing lines and stuff, pretending that there's a level of accuracy that simply doesn't exist.... its an utter farce.
The mythology that's been built up around these tight offside calls is nonsensical.
The frame rate of the video means that the error bar should be 4 to 5 inches wide so how they can dream up this rubbish is beyond me.
Drawing lines and stuff, pretending that there's a level of accuracy that simply doesn't exist.... its an utter farce.