Im 43, played since I was 5 been a city fan from around the same time and love the club and the game on the whole. However, in the last 10/15 years the standard of refereeing with its support for the cartel clubs is nothing short of a disgrace and something was badly needed. It had got to epidemic proportions!! Yet again the rags top the most penalties awarded stats, and we all know about the amount of points Liverpool got from offside/dodgy penalty decisions last season!
The spurs game is a fair comment, the Spurs goal would have stood without VAR. No one saw it was handball until a 4th angle on a super slomo. The Aguero one might have stood (linesmen told to keep their flags down on close decisions), Id probably lean towards it would have been given as was so tight in the old system, but it was just offside so no complaints really. So we got the bad rub of the green there, specifically with the handball!! That isn't a sole reason to close down VAR. If it were to happen regularly, then fair enough Id be the first to be kicking off about it, but we cant dismiss it for a poor decision in its infancy. If we went with that logic, we'd of got rid of Referees 150 years ago!!
Without VAR/Goal line decision, I've no doubt the Liverpool incident would have been given as a goal and we wouldn't have won the league!! VAR will work in our favour in the long term, even if it doesn't correct every incorrect decision...
The one where the attacker pulled her leg back to shoot and kicked the defender?How was that not a penalty?
Oh that one. Certainly more of a pen than the one i was thinking of but still not stone cold.Please explain your thought process in thinking that was not a pen. The Dutch girl then kicks her in the rib area without getting anywhere near the ball. Anywhere else on the pitch and you would not even argue that was a pen.
Lucky we are not responsible for reviewing VAR decisions. We were talking about different incidents.Oh that one. Certainly more of a pen than the one i was thinking of but still not stone cold.
Ha, only slightly less confusion than the real thing.Lucky we are not responsible for reviewing VAR decisions. We were talking about different incidents.
The official v.a.r. was a joke & chose the feet to make a line when Kane was clearly leaning forward.
But I won't be having this argument a year from now, if it's as bad as I fear it will be, as I won't be bothering anymore.
Those who like computer football can enjoy goals being disallowed & fans stopping celebrating with any passion.
Please explain your thought process in thinking that was not a pen. The Dutch girl then kicks her in the rib area without getting anywhere near the ball. Anywhere else on the pitch and you would not even argue that was a pen.
But, i thought it's not there to correct every incorrect decision. It was being brought in to ensure
games are not won/turned on a clear officiating error. Currebtly it seems to being called on when not needed
and not called on, when it looks like it might clear something up. Basically in it's current guise, its a farce
and I think football is better off without it.
I’ll go with the fallible humans who don’t take minutes to make the wring call or pull back play to retrospectively award penalties after play has moved to the other end of the the pitch.It will still have the same human beings making the final decision Var provides a second chance to make a decision - hopefully the extra thinking space and opportunities for replays will lead to more correct decisions. The truly marginal calls that could go either way will still be at the mercy of human failings. Whether those failings are then due to incompetence of bias hardly matters.
I’ll go with the fallible humans who don’t take minutes to make the wring call or pull back play to retrospectively award penalties after play has moved to the other end of the the pitch.
You're presuming that the officials on the pitch are corrupt (which i say is bollox) and that the officials operating var will be squeaky clean.R
Really, you'd rather City lose a title due to a corrupt official, as long as an opponent are still able to take the ball up their end of the field...!!?? Each to their own I guess!!
I was wondering who was going to collect and publish VAR statistics this season in the premier league.
1 , Var decisions total per club
2 , VAR, overturning decisions, per club,
1 :Positively, 2 :Negatively.
3 , VAR decisions looked at but not referred, per club. (This in many ways , the most important, but I Doubt if we will get any stats for )
I was wondering who was going to collect and publish VAR statistics this season in the premier league.
1 , Var decisions total per club
2 , VAR, overturning decisions, per club,
1 :Positively, 2 :Negatively.
3 , VAR decisions looked at but not referred, per club. (This in many ways , the most important, but I Doubt if we will get any stats for )
Still can't bring myself to watch any of that game.I still haven't seen a conclusive angle that proves Aguero was offside in the CL semi against Sputs, VAR is a cheat's charter.
I think the ref should be given a maximum of 90 seconds to review the incident in question and also be only shown replays at normal speed as everything looks a foul in slow motion.