To be fair, determining where a player is stood in difficult enough with the low frame rate TV Broadcast cameras use, but the issue is determining when the passing player first touches the ball, in relation to where the supposed offside player is stood.Of my five sons, one's a software developer and another a website designer. Both tell me the technology is already available to determine offside instantly - three bird-seye cameras above the pitch, merge the three images to create a single image. Image recognition technology instantly determines whether a player is offside. All Prem grounds can accommodate birds-eye cameras. Despite all the money in football, the Prem and FA are using Windows 98 pound shop, bargain bucket tech rather than the best available.
The best solution they could implement is have someone at the side of the pitch, running in line with the last defender, say a linesman, no, assistant referee, and give them some device that allows them to tell the referee if he has seen an infringement of the offside rule; a flag perhaps.To be fair, determining where a player is stood in difficult enough with the low frame rate TV Broadcast cameras use, but the issue is determining when the passing player first touches the ball, in relation to where the supposed offside player is stood.
That is the problem they won't overcome anytime soon, unless this frame rate issue is overcome, & the frames in question also cover the passing player's first touch too.
Exactly. My sons tell me that the available tech is absolute and would determine offside as instantly as goal-line tech. It's as though the Prem have bought Quality Save and B&M's own brand tech rather than the best.To be fair, determining where a player is stood in difficult enough with the low frame rate TV Broadcast cameras use, but the issue is determining when the passing player first touches the ball, in relation to where the supposed offside player is stood.
That is the problem they won't overcome anytime soon, unless this frame rate issue is overcome, & the frames in question also cover the passing player's first touch too.
When questioned about it, the ref was pointing to his earpiece & shrugging his shoulders. I can only take that to mean, 'No one's pointed it out to me mate'.Would that have changed anything with Rodri?
On-field ref didn't give a foul.
We don't know if VAR said play on or review.
Either way, how would the challenge have changed it? If the ref's not giving it, he's not giving it.
I nearly put that in my post but didn’t as VAR wouldn’t get involved with that as far as I’m aware?
But, shocking decision by Oliver and we can only speculate as to why he didn’t give us the free kick. I mean, wtf had Oliver seen or thinks he’s seen? And if that was in the penalty would VAR have seen it the same way as Oliver??
Having a linesman patrolling each half of the pitch on both sides, & linesmen either side of each goal was mooted, but was deemed to expensive, & too interfering.The best solution they could implement is have someone at the side of the pitch, running in line with the last defender, say a linesman, no, assistant referee, and give them some device that allows them to tell the referee if he has seen an infringement of the offside rule; a flag perhaps.
Quite why we all need physics degrees these days to understand football is ridiculous.
When questioned about it, the ref was pointing to his earpiece & shrugging his shoulders. I can only take that to mean, 'No one's pointed it out to me mate'.
There was an arm around Rodri's neck.
There was contact with his legs.
The opposition player fell the fuck on top of Rodri.
With VAR in operation, on what planet isn't that a fuckin penalty?
Same question has been asked several times on different threads, nobody has any idea but I fear the answer lies in what colour shirt the scorer is playing in.