VAR Discussion Thread - 2023/24 | PL clubs to vote on whether to scrap VAR (pg413)

[jimharri]

No I know, what I meant was I hope they now get some shit decisions against them this week to balance it out.

I get you.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

No I know, what I meant was I hope they now get some shit decisions against them this week to balance it out.

The problem is, the shit decisions against them very rarely effect the result, and everyone walks away believing 'these things even themselves out over the season'.

Stats will say they do, but the stats never take in to account the result of the 'error', just that they've had a number for and a number against.

 

[AirbagsOptionalTheReturn]

Var is run by people who are more bent than a 9 Bob note

 

[Bluearmy]

The person who said that couldn't say where that information was from though and I haven't been able to find any reports stating that anywhere.
The nearest I can find is that bringing in the semi automated offsides wasn't added to the agenda at the relevant meeting between the league and the clubs so it hasn't actually been discussed. There are hints that club chairmen didn't want it to be discussed but we don't know if that's in the same way that club chairmen vetted the appointment of the Premier League chairman, was it all the Premier League CEOs or just two or three? Who knows.

Premier League says no to semi-automated offside technology

FIFA's semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) will not be coming to the Premier League anytime soon. The English top flight has reportedly rejected the chance to introduce the technology ahead of the 2023/24 season. This is despite the fact that a series of VAR-rated blunders plagued the...

worldsoccertalk.com

There's also some reports saying Howard Webb has blocked it's implementation as they're still discussing which parts of the body should be used to determine offside.

Premier League semi-automated offsides held up by body issue

The Premier League are likely to introduce semi-automated offsides eventually, but only after further determination on which body parts will be considered relevant.

dailycannon.com

Like most things surrounding VAR, there hasn't been much clarity, discussion or sharing of information around this decision.

Their lack of transparency is a disgrace

 

[Coljj]

Is that weekly segment on Sky happening where Webb explains the weekends Var decisions? After last night I guess now they will begin it after match day 2.

 

[Kippax77]

They have. Referee Simon Hooper, video assistant ref Michael Salisbury and assistant VAR Richard West haven't been selected for net weekend's round of PL games.

And Wolves still have 0 pts

 

[lawton mellor]

:) The Shields Gazette, really? These tables are always rubbish, this one particularly so.

manspewshited in the top 4 without V A R utter bollox

 

[searsleftpeg]

If these were just genuine "mistakes " then they should occur randomly, so the D/S should have had "mistakes" against them, but they always seem to benefit. It may be my Blue Tints but I don't know of any contentious decision going against them.

 

[kaz7]

Wot no bluehammer ?

 

[Thaksins Love Child]

Carragher didn't think it was a penalty - how?