VAR Discussion Thread | 2024/25

[richardtheref]

Do you think that PiGMOL need to be made aware

Do you think that PiGMOL need to be made aware ?

Well when it was initially brought in a few people mentioned it in the media but gone quiet on this recently. Every training course I went on we were told to concentrate on the feet

 

[Stephen230]

The Real Madrid President has called on the Spanish FA, to fuck the Spanish refs off and bring in English ones to replace them.

Strange, as I heard we have the worst referees in the whole of Europe.

 

[Blue Mist]

The Real Madrid President has called on the Spanish FA, to fuck the Spanish refs off and bring in English ones to replace them.

Strange, as I heard we have the worst referees in the whole of Europe.

The Real Madrid President is as mad as a hatter. He is slightly, just slightly above Neville in a list of people I would take any notice of.

But David Coote is free..........

 

[stonerblue]

The studs are why it's a red for me.

The ridiculous thing is it'll probably be overturned because of the amount of engagement it's getting rather than the challenge itself.

Right

 

[stonerblue]

Err… get rid of VAR and we’d of had that decision still stand and vastly more decisions like that back in the game.
You lot cried that VAR is interfering in the game to much - yet when a ref has a clear view and makes a decision you want VAR to intervene- make your mind up.

Also, on this incident others can justify why it was red , you ever think you might just be wrong sometimes ?

It was a red card studs yo deliberate foul. Red all day and the ref did his job without the need for var.

 

[BlueHammer85]

It was a red card studs yo deliberate foul. Red all day and the ref did his job without the need for var.

And gets death threats for it and people moaning at VAR for not interfering despite wanting to get rid off it.
The refs and VAR isn’t the problem- it’s the fans and social media brigade.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Has Howard Webb said anything about banning his employees from playing PL fantasy football?

Some of the decisions I wonder if they are made to keep their in house league scores up.

 

[1961_vintage]

That Liverpool penalty today is a shocking decision.

 

[danielwood5]

That Liverpool penalty today is a shocking decision.

I'm really glad VAR has stopped Liverpool's non-contact dives from getting penalties.

 

[stonerblue]

I'm really glad VAR has stopped Liverpool's non-contact dives from getting penalties.

@BlueHammer85 loves this post..

 

[Stephen230]

It seems they haven’t ruled out introducing SAOT at some point this season yet.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

VAR is improving ! So say the people running it!

They don't even include all of the stats so they can tell us it is improved upon last year.

The whole VAR thing is being basically managed by performance targets that they have to meet. Never thought I would see that insidious shit being used to manage a football game. I am pretty sure they get bonuses based upon success factors of VAR, they're constantly proving it has improved by percentages. And that's how our game is reffed nowadays, with performance curves.

Only 13 major mistakes this season, wow! Just as many as when we had refs? Who knows there are no stats for that.

Get rid, give us our game back with ref mistakes not technology mistakes.

 

[TinFoilHat]

It seems they haven’t ruled out introducing SAOT at some point this season yet.

As soon as the dippers are crowned champions I reckon?

I'd leave it until next season now as the tech could affect the relegation battle.

 

[Stephen230]

As soon as the dippers are crowned champions I reckon?

I'd leave it until next season now as the tech could affect the relegation battle.

I didn’t bother copying the whole article but he did go on to say if they were ready to go and there was just a couple of games left, they’d leave it until next season.

My money’s on straight after the final international break at the end of March.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I rest my case.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Get rid, give us our game back with ref mistakes not technology mistakes.

The game back where teams can score last minute winners from offside. No thanks.

 

[Shuffs]

Foul for the Orient goal
Penalty on Marmoush
Red card on Marmoush

Offside goal last night.

I would say VAR is needed

 

[bluetonium]

What it does do is give everyone less places to hide. It still makes mistakes, and I feel the lack of transparency about when and how it is being used needs addressing, but our game today was a perfect example of refereeing game management that would have less chance to arise if the cameras were in play. You can't let the underdog have a helping hand. You can't ignore big calls because of the pressure.

Would var have got involved today for any of the big decisions? I'd hope so, certainly for the penalty and calf scraper, but I still can't be sure. But it at least lets the referees know that an unbalanced implementation of the rules is harder to get away with.

Still needs communication opened to the public and extended use to second yellows. If var doesn't intervene today on the Orient goal, then tell everyone why not, for example. We don't want it stepping in on every contended decision, but when someone leaves the ground and goes flying through the air to rake their studs down a player's leg, you'd hope ten times out of ten it would be stepping in to call out the ref's temporary blindness.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Foul for the Orient goal
Penalty on Marmoush
Red card on Marmoush

Offside goal last night.

I would say VAR is needed

The only think VAR would have fixed from that lot is the offside goal the Rag's scored.

The other three would have all been 'not enough in it to change the decision'.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Foul for the Orient goal
Penalty on Marmoush
Red card on Marmoush

Offside goal last night.

I would say VAR is needed

And this is only a one off weekend without Var , imagine weeks of this.