VAR thread 2022/23

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I don't see why the refs can't be miced up. What have they got to hide from the general public and fans.

 

[moomba]

They can do all that but many will still scream and shout corruption when it goes against their team

Do agree with you though, needs more transparency and officiating standards needs to improved

I think if they are open and honest, and we can hear the communication between VAR and ref there will be much less suspicion.

But someone doesn't seem all that keen for that communication to be released to the football public and I can only wonder why that is the case.

What are they hiding?

 

[svennis pennis]

It seems to be used pretty well at major tournaments. I don’t remember too many scandals at international level for example. I suppose the difference there is it isn’t operated by a load of incompetent, inconsistent to say the least, bellends that officiate the Premier League.

 

[burning blue soul]

I think if they are open and honest, and we can hear the communication between VAR and ref there will be much less suspicion.

But someone doesn't seem all that keen for that communication to be released to the football public and I can only wonder why that is the case.

What are they hiding?

They are hiding their incompetence and arrogance at reffing a game at the bidding of their own ego's, and not the sensible interpretation of the laws of the game.
Staggering that we are in this mess, really.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Didn't see the Newcastle one but can see why the foul on Mendy was given, Bowen made contact and stopped him getting up to save the rebound. Also think it was a foul on Eriksen as much as it pains me to say so. The Coady disallowed goal was dubious, he looked level with the ball as it was kicked.

 

[Stephen230]

I don't see why the refs can't be miced up. What have they got to hide from the general public and fans.

The commentator would spend the whole game apologising if you just heard any bad language.

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Is there anybody who thinks the ruining of goal celebrations is worth the impact VAR has had?

All it’s done is moved controversy and ineptitude from the pitch to the pitch/Stockley park.

Please give me back unfettered goal celebrations / dismay as applicable. It’s done nothing to improve the game, NOTHING! Still cannot celebrate goals like I used to.

 

[the blue panther]

I think I'd rather live with offside goals than live forever with the uncertainty of VAR finding an attacker an inch offside. I know it gives the (apparently) correct decision, but we lived with shit decisions by ref's for 140 years so lets get back to that and just have goal line technology for debateable goals when it's borderline 'over the line.' The waiting for a decision has taken too much out of the game.
Anyway, it's jobs for the boys now; a mini empire is being built around VAR, with the great Howard Webb coming in as the new emperor shortly, so, it's here to stay forever, I reckon - sadly.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

I think if they are open and honest, and we can hear the communication between VAR and ref there will be much less suspicion.

But someone doesn't seem all that keen for that communication to be released to the football public and I can only wonder why that is the case.

What are they hiding?

It will come, once the backroom staff have been briefed on how to communicate their absurd decisions.

Chasing our tail.

 

[half & half derby scarf]

I just don't see the point of releasing the audio after the event on youtube. What good could it possibly do? The only way it could help is if the audio is available in realtime. The Premier League really are small time establishment sycophants.

Premier League 'plan to release in-match conversations between referees and VAR officials'

The Premier League is reportedly planning to publicly release conversations between referees and VAR officials held during a match.

www.joe.co.uk

 

[homerdog]

Didn't see the Newcastle one but can see why the foul on Mendy was given, Bowen made contact and stopped him getting up to save the rebound. Also think it was a foul on Eriksen as much as it pains me to say so. The Coady disallowed goal was dubious, he looked level with the ball as it was kicked.

Bloody hell, I think you should be taken on by PiGMOL!

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Until VAR is used in an open and transparent way and when mistakes are made they openly address them and explain their reasoning at the time to ensure the same mistakes are not made again, then it will remain as it is, not fit for purpose.

The refs on the pitch and used for VAR are incompetent, the management of PIGMOL are incompetent, there is very little consistency, the decisions made are the reading of the game vary (sometimes wildly) from match to match and there is a strong sense that some decisions are made more favourably towards certain teams to keep that team in the game, or to give them an advantage they should not have.

In short, large amounts of incompetence, decisions avoided which they think may harm the ‘product’ and decisions which seem to overly favour certain teams, leading to not just accusations of incompetence but also accusations of corruption, the scale of which is debatable.

Who funds PIGMOL?
Why can the wankers at Sky & BT hear the discussions and audio which is hidden from the fans, whilst listening to this audio, pundits such as Neville seem to be trying to influence those discussions, is this audio listened to at Stockley Park?

VAR is a system implemented by the multi billion pound industry which is the EPL and is run by the biggest set of fûckwits and morons any organisation could assemble, impressive really.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

 

[axlgod]

I just don't see the point of releasing the audio after the event on youtube. What good could it possibly do? The only way it could help is if the audio is available in realtime. The Premier League really are small time establishment sycophants.

Premier League 'plan to release in-match conversations between referees and VAR officials'

The Premier League is reportedly planning to publicly release conversations between referees and VAR officials held during a match.

www.joe.co.uk

…so they can edit it.

 

[lonestay]

Every season with VAR we get two weekends where season shaping decisions get made , one early in the season once everyone has played some games, to begin to nudge certain teams in the right direction and then another weekend later in the season to hopefully define the season for those teams . We won't have any blatant VAR decisions across the fixtures now until March/April. We will get the odd one in certain games as a maintenance tool, but not a blanket weekend where a majority of the games have a contentious VAR decision made. The scum will have some maintenance decisions for the next few games to boost them.

 

[Nellies left peg]

It makes me sick how the video officials and on pitch referee in rugby union can be so efficient hardly missing a trick when these premier league officials are incompetent tossers who are earning a good living out of making shit decision after shit decision with no comeback whatsoever. You know when you see who is officiating that controversy is going to ensue

 

[Dirty Harry]

Why can the wankers at Sky & BT hear the discussions and audio which is hidden from the fans, whilst listening to this audio, pundits such as Neville seem to be trying to influence those discussions, is this audio listened to at Stockley Park?

I think the answer to that will most certainly be yes.
I always had my concerns/suspicions with Neville coming out with “oh I think if VAR take a look at that he could be in trouble” or “ No nothing in that” type comments it was aimed at an audience more than just the viewers.

Regardless, what concerns me is the fact it took such a long time to come out that they could hear the officials communications, that’s not just some minor detail, so why is that ?

 

[BlueTG]

Didn't see the Newcastle one but can see why the foul on Mendy was given, Bowen made contact and stopped him getting up to save the rebound. Also think it was a foul on Eriksen as much as it pains me to say so. The Coady disallowed goal was dubious, he looked level with the ball as it was kicked.

Bowen’s contact with Mendy wasn’t even enough to leave a bruise, let alone leave a grown man writhing in agony ‘unable to get up’. And Mendy initiated the contact.

 

[Bluesince1979]

The incompetence is staggering. They were supposed to be being much more lenient this season but they have actually gone totally the other way.
I saw absolutely nothing up with the arsenal, newc and west ham goal this weekend and even evertons goal was too tight to call for me.
Absolutely none were clear and obvious errors.

Id like to say its crooked but i honestly think its just people really shit at there jobs with big egos

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The incompetence is staggering. They were supposed to be being much more lenient this season but they have actually gone totally the other way.
I saw absolutely nothing up with the arsenal, newc and west ham goal this weekend and even evertons goal was too tight to call for me.
Absolutely none were clear and obvious errors.

Id like to say its crooked but i honestly think its just people really shit at there jobs with big egos

That's the problem though. There are so many examples that appear incompetent that it becomes difficult to spot any actual cheating. Personally, I think it's this way by design rather than accident, hence why they are so reluctant to give us access to live comm's.