halfcenturyup
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I suppose it will always just be a constant cycle
I can point to decisions that would not have been given pre VAR, like Shaws handball, or Stones goal v Arsenal being flagged etc
likewise, there will always be a penalty or major decision that should have been given even with VAR.
… I don't think there will ever be a system that pleases. VAR can find ways to constantly evolve and improve though so that's why i will always be for it, transparency is the next phase they simply have to bring in - but still not hopeful this will please that much for those that are already preconditioned to thinking bad decisions are corrupt decisions.
But we could point to decisions that were right or wrong before VAR and we were all happy to do it under the cover of human error with a sidedish of bias and corruption. Now we have VAR and it was welcomed with the promise that it would do away with monumental mistakes, even to the point of accepting all the delays and rule changes to accommodate. But here we are how many years later and we are still pointing to decisions that are wrong or right. It hasn't eliminated monumental mistakes, and we are, not surprisingly, less inclined to accept human error and more inclined to go with bias and corruption.
I think that's a perfectly normal reaction tbh.