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

[ShaunMCFC]

Of course but refs are human and make mistakes. Say 1 in every 10 or so penalty decisions is a howler. So if as a team you create 20 more chances to get a pen than another team then you'd on balance get another 2 pens. You'll also statistically get more going the other way too where the ref doesn't award them and that's a howler too. So probably evens out over a season.

I’m fine with pens being given, as long as they are pens. I hate the idea of ‘creating chances’ to get a pen, you’re creating chances to score a goal? The idea that you’re going to keep diving and eventually one of them will stick winds me up, that’s where we’re at.

 

[bridgeno1]

I’m fine with pens being given, as long as they are pens. I hate the idea of ‘creating chances’ to get a pen, you’re creating chances to score a goal? The idea that you’re going to keep diving and eventually one of them will stick winds me up, that’s where we’re at.

Yep fair enough, it is manipulation (ergo cheating) even if it is very common.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I’ll be consistent for @bridgeno1, Arsenals wasn’t a pen and neither was that we’ve just got. Standard of refereeing in this country is very poor, it’s killing the game

Yet that one on Haaland deffo was, ref wouldn’t of given it and VAR ensured it was the right decision.

 

[kaz7]

Yet that one on Haaland deffo was, ref wouldn’t of given it and VAR ensured it was the right decision.

Did you see var given the dive pen for the arses? You said var had stopped diving , clearly not , lol

 

[stonerblue]

Never a pen for City's first.

 

[Gordyola]

The first City pen was no different than the one that the Altrincham fan gave to Arse last season against Eddy where was Ian Wright on MoTD saying that was the worse penalty I’ve ever seen given?

 

[ganganvince]

VAR question I know they can only recommend a red or nothing but if a challenge went in and ref gave nothing VAR send him to screen as poss red he doesn't believe it's a red but now thinks yellow can he give a yellow on the basis of what he has viewed?

 

[Stephen230]

VAR question I know they can only recommend a red or nothing but if a challenge went in and ref gave nothing VAR send him to screen as poss red he doesn't believe it's a red but now thinks yellow can he give a yellow on the basis of what he has viewed?

Yes, once the referee has gone to the screen, all options are back on the table.

It’s one of the anomalies of VAR. Take the possible Grealish penalty in the semi final last week. The referee gave a goal kick, so once the VAR has decided not to recommend a review, they have to stick with the goal kick, even though they both know it should be a corner by that point.

But if the VAR had recommended a review and the referee had decided to stick with his no penalty call, he can then change the restart from a goal kick to a corner.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Dermot the apologist says Bournemouth goal.

Bit late.

 

[manimanc]

Dermot the apologist says Bournemouth goal.

Bit late.

Didn't he say that that the Arsenal pen wasn't a pen?

Doesn't surprise you does it.

That disallowed goal was a complete farce. Two blatant fouls on Bournemouth players and never a foul on the keeper.

But the Premier League want last day drama, I expect a barrage of iffy decisions in the rags/Arsenal and spurs/us games.