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

[balotelli's back pocket]

1. Disband (unlikely) or restructure PGMOL.
2. Bring in the semi-automated offside technology used by FIFA and UEFA.
3. Recruit specialist VAR officials, preferably retired referees from other countries. UEFA and FIFA have the right idea - they never use on-field officials and VAR officials from the same country.

 

[freshie]

Never thought I’d say it but got worse than when Mike Dean was in charge
Say what you like about Dean but he wasn’t the publicity whore that Webb is He must have an apology ready for every week
Needs a total shake up with a qualified administrator put in place don’t need to be an ex ref The whole PGMOL Is unfit for purpose and if this continues the it must become untenable

You mean Mike Riley?

 

[Chak19]

The decision in last year's Derby to say Rashford was "not intefering" was the worst I have ever seen. It was clear at the time it was not a straight decision. It could not have been a mistake. Few in the ground (including most United fans) thought it was a goal. Just like the decision today. If it was Atwell again he needs to be removed from football.

It was Darren England.

 

[ElMago_DSilva]

If that Luis Diaz decision isn't corruption in plain sight... I don't know what is.

This game absolutely STINKS of corruption.

It's time they got every single one of these officials (referee, linesman, VAR officials) mic'd up.

We need to cut this corruption out once and for all.

 

[willipp]

I know it’s liverpool and funny, but this just highlights what a fucking farce VAR is and how it’s damaging the game. The referees and pgmol are so unfit for purpose it’s killing the game and this just shows exactly why.

You only have to look at who scored wolves second goal today and you see how fucking inept these fuckers are.

 

[Odd socks]

Watched in pub with a good crowd, after seeing the replay everyone was gutted they were sure it will be given as it wasn't even close.
Quite funny when it wasn't given and chorus's of "your getting sacked in the morning - aimed at the groundsman"
Fucker can't cut grass straight.

 

[freshie]

Release the audio.

“Where are the lines?”
“Sorry I sniffed them all”

 

[AKA 55 year old teenager]

1. Disband (unlikely) or restructure PGMOL.
2. Bring in the semi-automated offside technology used by FIFA and UEFA.
3. Recruit specialist VAR officials, preferably retired referees from other countries. UEFA and FIFA have the right idea - they never use on-field officials and VAR officials from the same country.

Townshend said post match Pigmol were offered the technology used by FIFA and UEFA but they turned it down.

 

[Ric]

Problem is it was the linesman who called offside, without VAR Liverpool would've still been denied a legitimate goal.

I can live with that tbh. If VAR isn’t even eliminating clear factual mistakes, then the trade off (slowing game down, not being able to fully celebrate goals etc) doesn’t seem worth it frankly.

 

[The blue phantom]

Having that still image up of the tackle when the Ref went pitchside is as bad as the Offside goal. Wtf are they playing at?

 

[micky_blue]

It's probably the worst decision so far and there's been quite a fucking few!

Nearly as bad as allowing utd an equaliser last season

 

[ancoats]

1. Disband (unlikely) or restructure PGMOL.
2. Bring in the semi-automated offside technology used by FIFA and UEFA.
3. Recruit specialist VAR officials, preferably retired referees from other countries. UEFA and FIFA have the right idea - they never use on-field officials and VAR officials from the same country.

Why can't PGMOL get VAR right? Because it's Bent

Simply just change the result or give the goal after the game on review ? they can change red cards given out to players, So why not give a goal and change the result to 2.2

 

[Deleted member 81382]

There's plenty of times I can recall watching a game where there's a close offside call and it's checked within seconds without any lines being drawn and I've thought to myself there's no way they could've checked it that quickly. Makes you wonder how many of those were incorrect decisions that they couldn't bother checking.

 

[N1985]

Nearly as bad as allowing utd an equaliser last season

I personally think this is worse. It's an absolute basic onside, no interpretation of any new rules needed, it's onside.

 

[Ric]

I feel like blaming the system lets the real idiots off the hook. VAR is there for replays and the replays showed the goal was clearly offside.

A normal human sees that and awards the goal and this results in the system correcting the linesman’s incorrect flag.

You could genuinely see it was onside from a single cross field replay. These people need to be made more responsible for these shocking errors.

I’m not a fan of VAR but it has been effective in the hands of the competent, so I’d get rid of PiGMOL first

Don’t get me wrong, the officiating problems we have are far more to do with personnel than technology. The whole thing needs an overhaul. Just think VAR has generally made the game worse rather than better though.

 

[Nellies left peg]

I personally think this is worse. It's an absolute basic onside, no interpretation of any new rules needed, it's onside.

If the dippers and rags are on the wrong end of a few more of these shockers the red media might do something about these useless idiots who are ruining the game and make them accountable, but the premier league should be all over this as it’s ruining their product

 

[micky_blue]

It will give Talk Shite something to talk about come Monday morning

 

[mike1923]

I personally think this is worse. It's an absolute basic onside, no interpretation of any new rules needed, it's onside.

I agree

There’s nothing to consider - no ‘is he interfering, has a defender took a touch’ etc

The only thing they needed to do was draw a line which would have showed him to be comfortably onside

 

[Gordyola]

We’ve seen occasions where there was no evidence of VAR checking goals for offside 2 at Anfield I can think off
Just get rid of VAR it was better without for so many reasons
We also need an independent time keeper stopping the clock when the ball is dead we saw today 6 mins at Wolves a game stopped constantly in second half and the same at Spurs with hardly any

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

I personally think this is worse. It's an absolute basic onside, no interpretation of any new rules needed, it's onside.

Agreed. The other incorrect VAR decisions have been subjective to some degree. But I think the Rashford offside goal is probably the second or third worst. It was say a 90% obviously wrong. Also recall Brighton should have had a couple of penalties last season against spurs that were 90% obvious.

Just thought. Spurs seem to benefit from a lot of VAR errors. Remember champions quarter final in 2019.