VAR thread 2022/23

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I thought that VAR was used to review all red cards regardless of whether there is a "clear and obvious" error? Like it reviews all goals and offsides.

The clear and obvious criteria is used for example when the ref misses a foul which could be a penalty. But the ref dies not see the foul or wrongly thinks there is no foul...so he made an error.

I could be wrong. The clear and obvious criteria seems like obfuscation to protect the officials.

The clear and obvious criteria is another layer of subjectivity which muddies the water even further. Not only does it protect the officials but it also does nothing to remove the potential for corruption. If anything it makes it worse.

 

[half & half derby scarf]

City players seemed to be suggesting that Almiron's goal was handball but VAR just checked the offside and nothing else. Haven't seen a still frame or slo mo to determine what part of his body it hit. Strange that those types of VAR decisions get studied in detail for other teams (in red).

 

[Paladin]

This bit. There is no evidence of Sky influencing any decision.

The referee decided whether he made an error or not. He could have gone to the screen and not changed his mind, should he have thought he was still right.

The only thing to debate here is what a clear and obvious error is. That is subjective and why we still have these red card debates.

In theory, yes. In practice, this just doesn't happen. How many times has a referee been to the monitor and not reversed his decision? I can't remember a single one.

It's as if the VAR is the senior referee and if he says go to the monitor, you know you have made a mistake and are instructed to change your decision. It's almost like a protocol.

In hindsight, I think Dean was right not to refer Taylor to the monitor last week because that would have resulted in Taylor changing his mind and sending the Spurs player off - because that appears to be the protocol. However, Dean will have seen Taylor looking straight at the incident. He knows Taylor can't claim to have missed the incident, so it wasn't right to ask Taylor to go to the monitor because Taylor deemed the incident not worthy of punishment for violent conduct. That is a subjective decision about which two referees are entitled to hold differing views.

The Trippier incident today is the same in my opinion. The referee deemed it a red card, having had a clear view of the incident. His view wasn't impeded. There was nothing extra in the review that he didn't know without the review. It wasn't a clear and obvious error - just a matter of opinion. It's fair for other people including the VAR to have a different opinion, but it is a subjective matter, so the referee's immediate opinion was not wrong or invalid.

VAR should be correcting errors, not overturning decisions based on subjective interpretation.

FIFA's definition of violent conduct is "Violent conduct is when a player uses or attempts to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball."

Trippier was not challenging for the ball. The question is, did he use excessive force or brutality. I think he did. The referee thought he did. These are perfectly valid opinions, and the referee having this opinion is not an error. The VAR thought he didn't use excessive force or brutality. A valid opinion, but having opposing opinions is not an error.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

It’s hard to prove he is out of control and there was no excessive force. He went in to trip KDB to stop a promising attack. He achieved that, without injuring the opponent.

The offence you are suggesting carries a 3 game mandatory ban.

You can tackle with both feet off the floor. You cannot hit your opponent with both feet.

Vinny got a straight red in the Rag's match when he clearly won the ball. The bullshit excuse at the time was two footed, out of control when we all know it was a perfectly executed, perfectly timed challenge.

Now I know we've moved on from there but we are still no clearer in our understanding of what is and what isn't a reckless/dangerous challenge because the 'interpretation' changes from game to game for whatever reason we can only speculate. I have my suspicions.

 

[Blue Mist]

This is a poor attitude. You are maligning someone in anticipation of what he might say. Why not at least allow him to voice his opinion, before bad-mouthing him?

@Paladin He has regularly voiced his opinion. On many occasions he has been proved wrong. He is a wum.
I will debate with all and accept I am wrong when shown to be. That can be shown when I ranted about the match commander. Richard the Ref put me right, I accepted it fully, I was wrong. We have suffered disgraceful decisions since 2010 so most of us are wary of the var officials and their very strange decisions, when the west ham fan comes on here, this thread, he takes no account of that. He is always opposed to anything a Blue says.

 

[Blue Mist]

Yellow card for me. Would be gutted if one of our players was sent off for that challenge.

OK, from you, without this sounding condescending, I accept that.... but.... there is always a but....
Was it a clear and obvious error by the ref ?

 

[madloaf]

Var is garbage.

As you were.

 

[Paladin]

@Paladin He has regularly voiced his opinion. On many occasions he has been proved wrong. He is a wum.
I will debate with all and accept I am wrong when shown to be. That can be shown when I ranted about the match commander. Richard the Ref put me right, I accepted it fully, I was wrong. We have suffered disgraceful decisions since 2010 so most of us are wary of the var officials and their very strange decisions, when the west ham fan comes on here, this thread, he takes no account of that. He is always opposed to anything a Blue says.

I think he has some alternative views to what most of us see. He keeps us grounded. I don't always agree with him, but I don't think VAR was invented as a means of curtailing City's progress.

VAR isn't perfect, but it might get better as time passes.

 

[manimanc]

Tripper was never a red, tactical foul what every team does.
This Ref was out of his depth today and VAR overturning his red card sums up his performance.

 

[Paladin]

It’s hard to prove he is out of control and there was no excessive force. He went in to trip KDB to stop a promising attack. He achieved that, without injuring the opponent.

The offence you are suggesting carries a 3 game mandatory ban.

You can tackle with both feet off the floor. You cannot hit your opponent with both feet.

And you can be guilty of violent conduct without even making contact with an opponent.