It’s true, it’s a pointless debate that goes round in circles- I point out a handball goal being given and no doubt later there will be a controversial incident where var have got the wrong decision and the arguments go on.
I don’t want perfection and I don’t expect that. I just want a ref to have a second look with tech help or goals like that one today to be rightly ruled out.
So why do you want VAR then?
VAR was introduced to improve decision-making accuracy, which is commendable. However, despite the fabricated statistics, it hasn’t been effective. Football laws and their interpretations are inherently subjective, and adding VAR with video replays introduces even more subjectivity, as there are now multiple opinions involved in a decision. IFAB has attempted to minimize subjectivity by altering the Laws of the Game (LoTG), but this has actually worsened the situation, particularly in the case of handball, which changes every season.
People often discuss the use of technology in football as if there’s a specific application that determines decisions, but in reality, it’s just video footage. When the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) uses the video, they employ slow motion and freeze frames to check if the referee missed something. However, if the only way to see the incident is through slow motion and freeze frames, it means the referee didn’t miss anything. What makes the use of VAR wrong is that it can distort the perception of the event, often making it appear worse.
VAR also distorts a game the Lino doesn't flag, as instructed, but there was a definite offside, play continues immediately a free kick is conceded and a goal is scored direct from the FK
Can you see what is wrong? Before VAR the Lino flagged ref gave an indirect FK and play continued correctly. Does this appear in the stats to show how VAR is getting things wrong? Of course not
Match going fans don't want VAR, see below, and in a small sample size on here neither does posters on this forum and Im sure the same could be said of the club's fan forums
The results of our fan consultation on VAR are in, and they make for interesting reading: more than four out of ten fans say they will attend fewer games in future due to the effect VAR is having on the game.
thefsa.org.uk
So, why do Howard and his mates? Well its a nice little earner, before VAR it was one match a weekend now its more its also means when they have to retire, as they cant run anymore, its a nice desk job extending their careers
VAR has indeed spoiled the game. Yes, we all complained about referees, and we still do. However, in retrospect, after a game, we would generally accept that the referee had one interpretation of an incident. TV made it unfair to officials with their endless debates and use of video footage about incidents, almost introducing VAR before it was actually implemented. They drew lines across the pitch to indicate a player’s on- or offside position without any correction for parallax. Yet a Lino in real time, inline with play had made a good decision as to whether a player was offside, not his toenail, a genuine human assessment of infringement of the law this meant that the sprit of the law applied, now they use laboratory techniques to find mm infringements and no application of the spirit of the law
