VAR Discussion Thread | 2024/25

[Kippax77]

Are you not seeing how little VAR is involved this season ? Unless the ref has missed a clear and obvious then VAR will not intervene, but the vast majority of penalty decisions, red cards etc are left to the Refs discretion. Far better and exactly what fans have been calling for.

Apart from telling the ref to give you lot a ridiculous penalty on Monday night

 

[give it to gordon]

Are you not seeing how little VAR is involved this season ? Unless the ref has missed a clear and obvious then VAR will not intervene, but the vast majority of penalty decisions, red cards etc are left to the Refs discretion. Far better and exactly what fans have been calling for.

Yea it missed Haaland being rugby tackled all the time on Sunday

 

[BlueHammer85]

Apart from telling the ref to give you lot a ridiculous penalty on Monday night

Still the refs decision ultimately and he had a look at the monitor and deemed it a pen. Right or wrong decision all I want is officials to not be making blind decisions and given a second look

 

[Stephen230]

Wonder how they will manage that considering they struggled getting Lutons ground up to spec and had months

I don’t know the exact ins and outs but I don’t recall reading that making the ground compliant with VAR was a particularly huge issue. Just bringing it up to Premier League standards in general.

 

[Gordyola]

Still the refs decision ultimately and he had a look at the monitor and deemed it a pen. Right or wrong decision all I want is officials to not be making blind decisions and given a second look

But he got it right with the first look then made it wrong with the second look How was it a clear an obvious error in the first place in any case
Why only somethings get a second look surely you want it to be everything?

 

[BlueHammer85]

But he got it right with the first look then made it wrong with the second look How was it a clear an obvious error in the first place in any case
Why only somethings get a second look surely you want it to be everything?

But it was a handball, and his hand was in an unnatural position, whilst I can see it deemed harsh by some as it only slightly changed the trajectory of the ball and it was minimal contact, under the laws of the game that's a handball and a penalty.

 

[Gordyola]

But it was a handball, and his hand was in an unnatural position, whilst I can see it deemed harsh by some as it only slightly changed the trajectory of the ball and it was minimal contact, under the laws of the game that's a handball and a penalty.

Brentford player did not appear to deliberately touch the ball, did not have his body in a position that was “unnaturally big” and was also in close proximity to the cross. That, plus the deflection consideration, should mean there was no possibility of a penalty. But then the VAR got involved.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Brentford player did not appear to deliberately touch the ball, did not have his body in a position that was “unnaturally big” and was also in close proximity to the cross. That, plus the deflection consideration, should mean there was no possibility of a penalty. But then the VAR got involved.

Its still down to the Ref, he had a look and deemed it a pen, it can be argued either way but for me, whilst a bit harsh, it was a handball and his hand was high and it changed the trajectory of the cross.
VAR have every right to inform the Ref to have a second look. the outcome of the Refs decision is solely on him, not VAR.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Chris MaCausland has been approached to become the head of PGMOL's new independent VAR review group.

'Chris has the perfect qualities for the role', according to PiGMOL insider; 'Being blind and supporting Liverpool will ensure fairness in the game...'

 

[Bigga]

We need to get rid of VAR not add more to it like challenges, there is so much wrong with this idea Let the officials get on with their job like they did for over a hundred years VAR has made things worse and the offsides taking 4 minutes to decide is frankly madness when it is clear that using videos with some bullshit tech to allow for parallax is shear madness Then the use of VAR to determine if there has been a clear and obvious error by a ref yet intakes five minutes of slow motion repeat and free frame to decide is a total contradiction. There are so many anomalies as to how it is used as well eg VAR cannot help with a two yellow card situation that leads to a red yet it looks at reds
The inch high Lino on Sunday taking ages to put his flag up, not his fault working under instruction

But we are stuck with it because its more money for the officials and extends their life in the job

Wait, so when a corrupt on-field official ignores something blatant, we should just "get on with the game" even when we, the fans, or TV picks up that blatant decision?

At least if the players are able to challenge that decision the ref would have to review it in front of the worldwide audience.

And it's not slow-mo or freeze frame that's, in itself, the issue(but it is in isolation), it's viewing in context that's not always presented and that should be consistent.

For me, the inconsistency of interpretation for the viewing of VAR is the issue.