O/T - Worst thing ever in football?

[Andy_Faber]

Clearly the law makers believe it is about right or wrong. I take your point about the adrenaline rush, but I don’t understand why cricket followers can cope with that loss - eg when a crucial decision is reversed because of a minuscule inside edge or no ball, or a magnificent six saving catch is disallowed because a millimetre of the fielder’s heel touched the rope - and football supporters can’t be expected to.

Two possible reasons - there's little 'human judgement' in drs and stilllots in VAR, and drs has a relatively short review period, VAR can go on seemingly for ever

[ramAnag]

Two possible reasons - there's little 'human judgement' in drs and stilllots in VAR, and drs has a relatively short review period, VAR can go on seemingly for ever

Have to disagree. There’s more ‘human judgement’ in DRS because there is always the ‘umpire’s call’ option to fall back on and I’ve seen some astonishingly lengthy decision making, particularly where ‘clean’ catches are concerned.

[Andy_Faber]

Have to disagree. There’s more ‘human judgement’ in DRS because there is always the ‘umpire’s call’ option to fall back on and I’ve seen some astonishingly lengthy decision making, particularly where ‘clean’ catches are concerned.

Clean catches sI'll agree with. Youre wrong on umpires call, its a misnomer, it should be 'stick with your earlier decision', there's no FURTHER human intervention

[ramAnag]

Clean catches sI'll agree with. Youre wrong on umpires call, its a misnomer, it should be 'stick with your earlier decision', there's no FURTHER human intervention

Completely agree. ‘Umpire’s call’ means ‘stick with your earlier decision’, i.e. the original HUMAN decision.