VAR thread 2022/23

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After seeing the handball in the United box not given tonight, despite it being nearly identical to Akanji’s last night, I genuinely don’t understand what the handball rule is now.
 
SebastianBlue said:
After seeing the handball in the United box not given tonight, despite it being nearly identical to Akanji’s last night, I genuinely don’t understand what the handball rule is now.
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Yes, it's a problem.

I am firmly in favour of stopping the pretence that handball can be governed by longer and more complicated laws and more and more interpretations which no human being can assess in a split second, or clearly for that matter two minutes in the case of VAR. Make it a purely subjective accidental / deliberate decision.

Would be a complete mess, you say? Spend more time training referees on consistency of the deliberate handball.

Open to corruption, you say? Only do this as part of a complete regulatory overhaul with independent oversight and real accountability.

Would work in the PL, but not in Europe with referees from all the different FAs, you say? I got nothing :( I guess we are fucked.
 
Shaka Hislop on ESPN just said this during the halftime show for our FA Cup match, discussing tomorrows game:

“Brighton have had a very good season and if not for some very… suspect VAR decisions it would be an even better one”.

Pundits are starting to take notice.
 
Remind me again how VAR is corrupt and goes against Man City ? That goal has won you the title

Before VAR stones goal would have been flagged offside . How is that fair ?
 
kaz7 said:
One decision all season but you are straight on here whilst your team are playing , hmmmm
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Actually, VAR has corrected the right calls for so many decisions . They don’t get talked about.

If there is corruption why would they bring in VAR to give those tight decisions ?
Before VAR a lino could just flag it off Willy nilly. No questions asked.

You know it doesn’t add up.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Actually, VAR has corrected the right calls for so many decisions . They don’t get talked about.

If there is corruption why would they bring in VAR to give those tight decisions ?
Before VAR a lino could just flag it off Willy nilly. No questions asked.

You know it doesn’t add up.
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One decision for US , you dived on here to wum again
 
kaz7 said:
One decision for US , you dived on here to wum again
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I’ve had loads of stick the other way.

All season- VAR is meant to be corrupt to stop you winning the league.

Tonight it’s thanks to VAR that you got that 2nd goal that killed the game. You can’t justify that with corruption.

By the way , cheered that goal.
 
FightLikeAGirl said:
Of course West Ham get shafted out of a penalty. If it had been the other way round, Liverpool would have been granted it.
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Seen it. All my fellow fans going mad. Calling corruption of course.

I can see why it wasn’t given (under the new laws) He was sliding in. Close call either way.
 
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I do think VAR is shit generally, but we (rightly) benefitted from it today. So it’s not all bad.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
I’ve had loads of stick the other way.

All season- VAR is meant to be corrupt to stop you winning the league.

Tonight it’s thanks to VAR that you got that 2nd goal that killed the game. You can’t justify that with corruption.

By the way , cheered that goal.
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Didn't award a blantant penalty. The offside was blatant, could hardly not give it.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
The offside was by millimetres - how is that blatant ?

if the ‘powers’ wanted to be corrupt and there was no VAR. the lino would just flag it offside right?
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The off-side rule is stupid as it is. Stones was off-side by any normal interpretation that can be assessed with the naked eye. And for that reason I don't like it. He mis-timed his run but was saved because a defender had his leg extended. What a load of bollocks.

At least we can say it was consistent and was right under this mm, frame by frame interpretation of where a foot is in a running stride. Doesn't make it any less bollocks, though.

As for VAR winning us the title, don't even go there .... Penalty anyone? If Arsenal had scored twice in the second half, would you be on here saying VAR had cost us the title? What has won us the title, if we indeed have, which imo we haven't yet, is a brilliant team performance.
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Actually, VAR has corrected the right calls for so many decisions . They don’t get talked about.

If there is corruption why would they bring in VAR to give those tight decisions ?
Before VAR a lino could just flag it off Willy nilly. No questions asked.

You know it doesn’t add up.
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"They" didn't "want" to bring in VAR. It was a FIFA requirement, wasn't it?

And, as we have said on here thousands of times before, corruption doesn't mean giving decisions towards an end every single time. If the off-side avenue is closed off, there are plenty of other ways to influence a match for whatever reason.

In fact, giving decisions against the end validates the corrupt process so that people can come on football forums telling everyone how the system isn't corrupted for that very reason.
 
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