Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
With technology now being so advanced maybe they should do it like this.

1/ Software is used to blank out the faces and the strips of the teams involved and a generic ground background is used so they don’t know which match they are being asked to officiate on.

2/ They should only be at a screen when a decision is needed.

3/ There should be three different people looking at the decision but with each VAR ref totally isolated from the others.

4/ Within 45 seconds of the replay they have to select a yes or no button. This means you make more of a gut decision rather than poncing around looking for things that aren’t there.

5/ The votes are relayed to the ref within one minute of the replays starting.

If you don’t know which game you’re watching and you are only one private vote out of three then bias disappears and all that’s left is stupidity.
Probably a bit convoluted ...... but I agree with the principle. Would the VAR make the same decision if they didn’t know which team was which? Would at least eliminate bias .... mind the way we play you don’t need to see the faces and shirts to know it’s us .....