VAR thread 2022/23

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Good job that we played as long as we did on 23rd October 2011…. Regardless of the result never being in doubt

Indeed. There are always exceptions. 11 years ago. Time flies.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What? At every game..

No as they don’t always ask and don’t televise every game. It might even be a different Sky employee too if Geoff’s on leave or doing another match.

 

[inchy14]

Indeed. There are always exceptions. 11 years ago. Time flies.

Good job we never took our foot off the pedal…. Who knew how important that result would actually be.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Good job we never took our foot off the pedal…. Who knew how important that result would actually be.

1-0 would have been fine. We’d have just won the league by 2 goals, not 10.

 

[inchy14]

1-0 would have been fine. We’d have just won the league by 2 goals, not 10.

Not sure my nerves could have taken that at all!! Was bad enough as it was.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Not sure my nerves could have taken that at all!! Was bad enough as it was.

It’d have been horrific if the margin of victory were an issue!

Ive got palpitations just imagining it!

 

[SebastianBlue]

It’s a belief though. Not a definitive fact.

You could be 99% right, or could be 1% right.

I think, given the evidence, any sane person would place a bet on 99% right.

As I said, there is absolutely no reason to believe that the Premier League is somehow far less corrupt than every other sport league in the world.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think, given the evidence, any sane person would place a bet on 99% right.

As I said, there is absolutely no reason to believe that the Premier League is somehow far less corrupt than every other sport league in the world.

Yet it can’t be proven. The evidence isn’t conclusive. Each strand of it isn’t proof of corruption. They’re lumped together to create an viewpoint based on the balance of probability.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Yet it can’t be proven. The evidence isn’t conclusive. Each strand of it isn’t proof of corruption. They’re lumped together to create an viewpoint based on the balance of probability.

I am (well, was) a data scientist, so I understand nearly all analyses operate on probabilities based on the preponderance of ever-evolving statistically significant data (even deliberations in a courtroom).

As I have said, all statistically significant data (former officials’ accounts of matching fixing/manipulation, betting corruption scandals, some direct insights I have into the financial management side of football, etc.) indicates a very high probability that the Premier League is no different to any other major sport league in the world.

That is to say, systemic corruption is present and highly likely to be manifested via VAR manipulation.

And I think time will bear out my analysis to be accurate.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I am (well, was) a data scientist, so I understand nearly all analyses operate on probabilities based on the preponderance of ever-evolving statistically significant data (even deliberations in a courtroom).

As I have said, all statistically significant data (former officials’ accounts of matching fixing/manipulation, betting corruption scandals, some direct insights I have into the financial management side of football, etc.) indicates a very high probability that the Premier League is no different to any other major sport league in the world.

That is to say, systemic corruption is present and highly likely to be manifested via VAR manipulation.

And I think time will bear out my analysis to be accurate.

And that fine. I wouldn’t be a football fan if I thought that way.