You and I know most don’t believe it has been brought in to benefit certain clubs specifically, but certain very active posters in this thread, for months, have been claiming most on here do believe it, hence the wording and posting of the poll.It wasn’t brought in to benefit anybody we all know that.
It has though been to the Scousers benefit because of “technical” problems at their shit-hole ground.
To be fair, I recall officiating accuracy being regularly reported as 90+% prior to VAR being implemented. Which would be expected, as they wouldn’t be reporting that about 1 out of every 5 decisions are incorrect, would they. Especially given they had been resisting implementing video review for decades after it had been used and continually refined elsewhere in the world.Mate. Re-read that whole exchange. It was low 80’s or high 70’s prior (source dependent), it’s now 94% INCLUDING VAR. Which does anything but beg that question.
44% of people are lunatics.
I am holding out hope he isn’t, but he is testing my patience, I have to admit.You're wasting your time with that Hammer85 chap. I blocked him years ago because I believe he's a troll.
not sure on commentary/studio reaction
I've had a look, most see it as he lost his footing and a unfortunate accident - also he apologises within seconds. others seem to think it was deliberate
they could review this but there is no way of proving he meant that deliberately
This x tenThe poll question is too black and white, it should have asked - Is VAR being exploited to manipulate results?
You're wasting your time with that Hammer85 chap. I blocked him years ago because I believe he's a troll.
You could argue it's easier. The referee could make a marginal decision one way knowing full well it's the other way and VAR are stuck with the 'clear & obvious' get out. Same with Yellow Cards that should be Red - Ref gives it, VAR doesn't overturn it.
It's not only VAR decisions though. I've seen throw ins clearly come off opposing players and the ref/lino gives it the opposite way. You also have the disparity in applying the LOTG where opposition players can foul with impunity, yet ours are first foul yellow card. Then there is the application of the advantage rule and the ref blocking the passing lanes (as a particular referee used to do regularly with Spanish Dave). Then there is the subsequent stat padding towards the end of the game (booking a couple of opposition players for cheap fouls) to level things up when the match result sewn up. ALL theses things can affect the outcome of a game without VAR's intervention.
And right now, even with the shoddy nature of polls on here, it is reflecting that *most* people active in this thread (and who have voted) do not hold that belief.
Again, you only acknowledge them after I called you out on your original claim.Ive acknowledged there’s other factors for the conspiracy brigade, even still… 44% of posters do think VAR is solely bought in to benefit Liverpool and Man Utd - my original throw away claim wasn’t that far off
Again, the wording of the poll was purposeful.This x ten
Mad how their [red scum] fans think it’s biased towards City who’ve apparently paid VAR off isn’t it. The issue (problem?) with football fans is that it’s often so tribal that we end up with the worst case of myopia imaginable. Every manager thinks the ref did a bad job against their team (Klopp especially), every fan usually thinks similar, it’s normally disinterested 3rd parties that are more likely to have a neutral opinion but none of us are disinterested 3rd parties where City are concerned on here. So we end up with some going down the rabbit hole.Ive acknowledged there’s other factors for the conspiracy brigade, even still… 44% of posters do think VAR is solely bought in to benefit Liverpool and Man Utd - my original throw away claim wasn’t that far off