Var debate 2019/20

[cookster]

Looks onside from that angle.

 

[Nails]

Looks onside from that angle.

Son's goal in the first leg was NOT offside. Arms are not considered in the offside law.

 

[jonmcity]

We will see the benefit of VAR in the long run.

 

[sheepskin_tearaway]

We will see the benefit of VAR in the long run.

Agreed, but it’s difficult to appreciate that right now!

In particular, it takes the absolute piss that the dippers put us out last season largely because of the absence of VAR, and spuds have put us out this season largely because of the presence of VAR.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I have to say that right calls or wrong calls we now have a television programme where we used to have a live sport.

Which is probably just what the tv companies envisaged all along, as it means that the game CANNOT now exist without them.

 

[greenwoods66]

City and psg done by var shocking

 

[BlueTG]

The weakness of VAR is this:

I was at the match so may be wrong, but to me Son looked clearly offside just before he won the corner prior to spuds’ 3rd goal. Even if it turns out he was onside, bear with me and assume he was offside because it would play out the same. The linesman didn’t put his flag up, because they have been directed not to, and to let the move play out.

So if son takes it round ederson and scores, VAR rules it out.

When ederson gets there first and it goes out for a corner, VAR doesn’t come into play.

Corner comes in, ederson gets a hand on it, corner other side. Corner comes in, goal.

But pre-VAR it would never have got that far because Son would have been given offside initially.

He wasn’t offside.

 

[dubblue]

The problem with VAR reminds me of a period a few seasons ago when we were going through a period of quite a lot of bad decisions and disallowed goals (hard to imagine, I know). I found myself reigning in my celebrations because I wasn't sure if it would be disallowed. It kinda kills the moment. But ultimately, I'd still rather have that and get the right decisions than the alternative.

I remember feeling the same over that period but it was only a few months...we are stuck with never being able to celebrate a goal properly again.

 

[PistonBlue]

Shafted without VAR, shafted with VAR.

 

[FrankSwift1]

Looks onside from that angle.

You can score with your shoulder though. I didnt think so before but seeing that makes me think he could be slightly off side.