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

Would you want VAR scrapped?

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I found the program quite interesting, despite being fronted by Michael Owen, and thought the officials actually came off better when you could hear the decision process and what they’re saying. It’s the complete lack of transparency until now that arouses suspicion. Still think VAR, and standard of refereeing in general, is shit but think if the crowd and television audience were able to hear the audio in real-time it would be a big step in the right direction.
 
Webb: "certainly appears Akanji has an impact on the goalkeeper who seems to hesitate"

With words like "appears" and "seems to" who could argue with such certainty.

VAR is garbage whether it goes for us or against us. If they insist on keeping it then we must hear the discussion in real time. The discussion should always go "this is fucking awful for fans, shall we get rid lads?"
 
madloaf said:
Webb: "certainly appears Akanji has an impact on the goalkeeper who seems to hesitate"

With words like "appears" and "seems to" who could argue with such certainty.

VAR is garbage whether it goes for us or against us. If they insist on keeping it then we must hear the discussion in real time. The discussion should always go "this is fucking awful for fans, shall we get rid lads?"
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The fact the head of the refs doesn't even realise Ake’s header comes from behind a defender, which is the most likely cause of any delayed reaction from the keeper is scary… A significant lack of base level understanding of the game!!
 
chesterguy said:
Interesting that they didnt reference the Liverpool goal and compare it to City’s therefore it appears we are getting a huge helping hand from VAR
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Not sure it’d really be in Howard Webb’s interests for people to think VAR benefits City tbh.
 
Ric said:
Not sure it’d really be in Howard Webb’s interests for people to think VAR benefits City tbh.
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I think the narrative is that City have benefitted more than anyone else so watch out for a levelling up of decisions over the season
 
Paladin said:
I think the programme is a huge step in the right direction. Webb claims he wants more transparency. They therefore need to analyse ALL the controversial incidents so that we can hear the decision making process that occurred for each. If they miss any obvious ones out, we will know it's a cover up and a sham.
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ALL is the key word.
 
Thats how you know its bullshit, it has taken city supposedly benefitting for this to happen, why didnt this happen after the utd wolves game, why now?
 
madloaf said:
Webb: "certainly appears Akanji has an impact on the goalkeeper who seems to hesitate"

With words like "appears" and "seems to" who could argue with such certainty.

VAR is garbage whether it goes for us or against us. If they insist on keeping it then we must hear the discussion in real time. The discussion should always go "this is fucking awful for fans, shall we get rid lads?"
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It's bonkers. He's assuming the keeper is hesitating because Akanji is moving but Akanji is being wary enough to get out of the way. Otherwise any movement of any player stood in an offside position in future could be deemed to be affecting the keeper, they might as well change the rule.
 
This is all about Webb and his massive ego, why the hell is he on tv subjectively judging his own employees?
 
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