VAR - 2020/21

[LongsightM13]

Referees are disgrace
vAR staff is disgrace

They are the same people and that is probably its biggest problem

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Fair point Dave, But I'm just sick to death of these type of VAR decisions always going against us. And when were allowed to go to games its was much worse, as you couldn't see the replays.

I think that when we were in the stadium, after the Spurs robbery, we just knew that the VAR decisions were always gonna be 95% No goal!!

 

[p.taker]

They are the same people and that is probably its biggest problem

Fair point that. It's a brotherhood and they don't want to be critiquing each other.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

then we simply go back to refs making the same shit decisions but on a more regular basis ?

Not piling on here. But to your point, considering what’s been taken away from the game (the pure unadulterated joy of seeing a ball hit the back of the net without worrying whether it might get overturned), I’d happily got back to shit refs. Shit refs are shit, but the experience was on the whole more enjoyable before slightly less shit VAR assisted reffing.

 

[Bobbyespania]

I’m an 60 year old grumpy guy as well. And I’d rather moan about errors from the referee that can be labelled as being humanly mistakes, rather than the wrong decisions taken by VAR who can sit back and watch the incident from every angle over and over again.

Just get rid of VAR.

I like many others welcomed the installation of var to stop all the refs from fooking up but instead it’s made things now twice as worse. Like most have said on here there’s no recourse to those at stockley park. What there should be is a independent panel doing it not other referees who don’t want to make their fellow mates looking stupid.when we played spuds at ours and Jesus scored a thunder bastard right at the end of the game and it was chalked off for a perceived handball(that wasn’t) I knew then trouble was ahead.

 

[Blueknows]

i didn't know that they said that would happen?

From the official VAR roll -out regarding communication......".In stadiums with big screens, if the VAR has been involved in changing a decision from the on-field referee, they may broadcast definitive video clips to help explain what has happened."
So if thats the official line why have we never seen it happen at any ground ?

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

From the official VAR roll -out regarding communication......".In stadiums with big screens, if the VAR has been involved in changing a decision from the on-field referee, they may broadcast definitive video clips to help explain what has happened."

Thanks, So I wonder why are they not doing it?

 

[Blueknows]

Thanks, So I wonder why are they not doing it?

Thats been my question from day one along with why the rags and scousers have not been made to install a big screen ?

 

[stonerblue]

I had Tim Sherwood and SWP on the stream I had and they both agreed that we had a stonewall penalty denied and that the Southampton one shouldn't have been given as it was a dive.
They even spoke to Chris Foy and he agreed that the decisions were wrong and he said that he wouldn't have given the Saints one but would definitely have awarded ours.
He said that VAR probably didn't override the Saints penalty as Laporte did have a hand on his shoulder so the VAR guy couldn't definitively say it was an error amd so they went with the onfield decision. They then had a bit of a debate about why was that a penalty considering what goes on at pretty much every corner in a game and Foy said that's why he wouldn't have given it, there wasn't enough in it to give a penalty for that.
For the Foden penalty none of the pundits or Foy had any idea why it wasn't given in the first place and couldn't even come up with a theory as to why VAR hadn't intervened in that one.

Sherwood was brilliant, and probably a bit pissed. Had a proper go at the var nonsense and didn't pull any punches.
SWP was calm and less 'controversial' but still had the same things to say about vars shitness.
My take on both decisions is even after var looked (or glanced half-hearted at the first one) they still come up with the wrong decision and there can only be 2 reasons. Either gross incompetence or bent.

 

[stonerblue]

I think that were VAR to be ditched we wouldn't even get a second look at the Foden Stonewall Pen. Moss and his ilk would just waft it away like he did last night. At least a referral to VAR might, just might get a decision in our favour. Go on, then, I'm kidding everyone. A hairline decision in our favour? More chance of Mossy taking off and flying round Beswick.

A wrong decision after var review sticks in the craw far longer than wrong one by a ref.