If my memory serves me right VAR was sold to the fans as technology that would ensure that goals such as Maradona’s handball or Henry’s for France against RoI would be disallowed, or blatant offsides would be easy to overturn. We now have a situation where every decision is forensically analysed to point where one week it’s a red the next it isn’t. That’s not what it was intended to be used for. However I wish it was used when blatant corners are given as goal kicks and vice versa. That takes seconds and is factual. The offside at the end today was too close to call correctly given the shit technology used and the goal should have stood. The system needs a massive overhaul and the authorities need to come out and agree what it is there for.
Running at a relatively slow pace of 4m/s against a static defender each frame of VAR footage is approximately 8cm. Between each frame, it is nigh on impossible to tell the precise moment a pass is made. At best it is a guess. Currently the VAR operator is free to make the call on which frame the chose and is therefore in a position to influence the call.I can’t see how they can judge the moment it’s kicked to position of a toe,the tolerances have to to be so extreme, a thin red line cannot be it, and how thick is that line, the thinner it is the better chance you have of been onside, Coventry battered them twats, I hope we finish it off and break another record by it been 7-0
The principal of VAR is brilliant but it’s 100% not being used correctly,it’s slowly sucking the life and enjoyment out of football today’s game Coventry were seconds away from one of the greatest comebacks in football never mind cup semi finals,but VAR has made the game sterile to a point and has achieved nothing but destroying the instant passion when a goal is scored be it a goal on the 15 min mark,60min or a dramatic last min winner like today ..
Agree totally,if it’s that tight and it’s taking more than let’s say 10-20 secs to judge not 2-3 mins then you give the benefit to the attacker which was always meant to be the case,unfortunately situations arise where because of which teams are playing they are determined to try and sway a tight call either way..It's definitely not being used correctly but I also think it's flawed in that the offside rule wasn't designed to be implemented so forensically. We have a rule that's designed to stop players gaining an obvious advantage from being in an offside position. Nobody has ever wanted goals to be ruled out for a toe or an armpit being offside, but we are forced to do that now that we're using a method more precise than the naked eye. The only answer I can see is that we change the offside rule now so that it's feet only and either only the trailing foot that can be offside or there be daylight entirely. Yes you can still draw lines and argue in those situations but I think fans would have to accept that if the attacking player has gone soon enough that it's debatable whether or not their trailing leg is still onside then they dont get the benefit of the doubt.