VAR thread 2022/23

[halfcenturyup]

Utterly ridiculous.

Naah, they can disallow goals that look perfectly good to an accuracy of 1mm. It's all good!

 

[Bluesince1979]

That is literally the definition of handball

 

[halfcenturyup]

That is literally the definition of handball

That was literally the definition of handball even 20 years ago before they started fucking around.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Naah, they can disallow goals that look perfectly good to an accuracy of 1mm. It's all good!

Absolutely this.

 

[Bluesince1979]

That was literally the definition of handball even 20 years ago before they started fucking around.

Yep. Its handball

 

[Stephen230]

 

[Gesario]

That is literally the definition of handball

Blatant

 

[hertsblue]

Unless they release all audio from all games it will be just as subjective as the var decisions

 

[Blue Mist]

And all that will happen is every Wednesday they will say 'yep we got that one wrong, sorry'.
Meanwhile the rags and dips will be helped up the table whilst Brighton will be fucked over.
Same old Var, just another layer, oh and a pay day as it will be sold to sky.

 

[deegee33]

Statement courtesy of the Howard Webb Public Relations Consortium Ltd.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Unless they release all audio from all games it will be just as subjective as the var decisions

Why would they not release audio? Whats the big secret?

 

[halfcenturyup]

Difficult to criticise that, although I would like to, of course, but as always it depends on how it is implemented. I don't have great hopes.

 

[kaz7]

It will be selective , games with nothing much happening in it , he wouldnt have dared do it for several bent games including the offside rag goal v us

 

[Stephen230]

It will be selective , games with nothing much happening in it , he wouldnt have dared do it for several bent games including the offside rag goal v us

Well we’ll soon find out.

My 50p is on one of first games that Sky will air the audio from will be that derby.

 

[Bluearmy]

Well we’ll soon find out.

My 50p is on one of first games that Sky will air the audio from will be that derby.

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[Machiavelli]

Ouch. @BlueHammer85 's alter ego?

If it was he’d be agreeing it was the right call just to be a contrarian. ;-)

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

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Exactly this, like the offside lines from the Arnold Trent Alexander handball game against Liverpool.

"give us til half-time, or maybe full-time, give the photoshop man chance to do his work, then we'll show you the offside decision for Salah"

It stinks of smoke and mirrors to me.
Unless it's live I'm inclined to believe that it's not in the slightest bit "transparent".

 

[Gazza]

Because it's the end of their season I've watched a few games from the lower leagues this weekend and watching football without VAR again has been like a breath of fresh air.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Difficult to criticise that, although I would like to, of course, but as always it depends on how it is implemented. I don't have great hopes.

It’s easy to criticise it. They are releasing only select audio, after the fact.

It’s a highly controlled quarter-measure, which protects them from having any questionable audio heard if they don’t want it to be. And it allows them to frame any contentious decisions with carefully scripted explanations, legitimising farcical decision making and incompetent refereeing.

It’s Ref Watch 2.0

Until they make the full audio available, live throughout the match, it is just another narrative crafting strategy.

 

[Stephen230]

It’s easy to criticise it. They are releasing only select audio, after the fact.

It’s a highly controlled quarter-measure, which protects them from having any questionable audio heard if they don’t want it to be. And it allows them to frame any contentious decisions with carefully scripted explanations, legitimising farcical decision making and incompetent refereeing.

It’s Ref Watch 2.0

Until they make the full audio available, live throughout the match, it is just another narrative crafting strategy.

FIFA forbid any league from airing live audio.