VAR thread 2022/23

[Nascent Blues]

Did the ref make a clear and obvious error?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Did the ref make a clear and obvious error?

He thought so.

 

[Nascent Blues]

He thought so.

But the team doing VAR had to make that initial decision, and I don't have a clue how 'they' could have decided that it was clear and obvious.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

But the team doing VAR had to make that initial decision, and I don't have a clue how 'they' could have decided that it was clear and obvious.

They didn’t think it met the criteria for a red card. That is how they think on those types of decisions.

 

[Nascent Blues]

They didn’t think it met the criteria for a red card. That is how they think on those types of decisions.

But that doesn't mean it was a clear and obvious error, does it?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

But that doesn't mean it was a clear and obvious error, does it?

In their eyes, it does.

 

[Nascent Blues]

In their eyes, it does.

No, it doesn't.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

No, it doesn't.

One referee deems it violent conduct/excessive force, another doesn’t.

The second referee then suggested the first has another look at the decision again.

The first referee then has the choice to stick or change his decision having reviewed it on the screen.

 

[Nascent Blues]

One referee deems it violent conduct/excessive force, another doesn’t.

The second referee then suggested the first has another look at the decision again.

The first referee then has the choice to stick or change his decision having reviewed it on the screen.

The second referee doesn't have to be sure it wasn't violent/excessive force; he has to be sure that the referee's decision, on the field of play in real time, was a clear and obvious mistake. I'm saying by the law of the game, how could that be deemed a 'clear and obvious mistake' by the referee?

Do you think it was a clear and obvious mistake by the ref in real time?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The second referee doesn't have to be sure it wasn't violent/excessive force; he has to be sure that the referee's decision, on the field of play in real time, was a clear and obvious mistake. I'm saying by the law of the game, how could that be deemed a 'clear and obvious mistake' by the referee?

Do you think it was a clear and obvious mistake by the ref in real time?

My reaction was a yellow card.

Referees will think differently and think excessive force? Violent? Etc.

The clear and obvious label needs binning as it’s meaningless.