es1
Well-Known Member
i said it before the offside rule needs changing if VAR is going to work, you can not bring in technology with the rule as it stands today, even derby first goal looked offside from the freekick to me but the rule of intent or being active if the ball does not touch anybody know how can VAR judge that ???
your right, it's the part of the offside law which is most open to interpretation, however there was a southampton leg playing all derby player onside from the free kick so didn't apply to this goal.
as has been mentioned several times, there needs to be a corresponding investment into the technology required to implement VAR properly for it to become a success. As it stands, with low res/low frame rate cameras from awful angles it's almost impossible to tell some offsides, even simple ones.
We need what they had at the world cup, they invested in technology to help them specifically with offsides (even when the attackers body was ahead of the defender) and it worked very well but we seem to think we'll manage with what we've got...