Var

[Peven Stressley]

Theres loads here, very obvious when it happens, but no one pretends to be pious ant better than thou.

But the quality of the entire SFA system is nothing short of a joke.

Agree. Last week, after watching one replay of the penalties given to both Hibs and Celtic, it was obvious neither was a penalty.

The VAR officials and refs studied both decisions for a longer time and at closer quarters than anyone watching at home or in the pub, yet they still got it wrong.

They don't know or understand football and continually get things wrong yet they stay in their jobs.

[Arabdownsouth]

Agree. Last week, after watching one replay of the penalties given to both Hibs and Celtic, it was obvious neither was a penalty.

The VAR officials and refs studied both decisions for a longer time and at closer quarters than anyone watching at home or in the pub, yet they still got it wrong.

They don't know or understand football and continually get things wrong yet they stay in their jobs.

Or they are just plain old cheating b*stards

[JUSTaway]

The Dundee pen the defender is naive and the Dundee player cons the officials, it's masterful cheating, but I think it's close enough to cut the officials some slack. I think our officials are just not good enough and strong enough to handle the pressure of VAR. You could have the best cameras on the world, and they would still make bad decisions, it's not the technology. We've had it over 3 seasons now, and they still haven't figured out that slow motion distorts what you are watching. Better off without it and living with mistakes that don't at least take 5 mins and multiple people to get wrong.

[Arabdownsouth]

That penalty for Motherwell yesterday was f*cking disgraceful. It's absolutely beyond me how VAR is getting involved in that and it doesn't end up with the c*nt getting booked for diving? And yet Armstrong was allowed to f*cking hip throw Sevelj to the ground and nothing said? Our game is f*cked!

[JUSTaway]

Just seen that Celtic goal chopped off against Braga for handball tonight, that might actually be worse than the Dalby Hibs phantom handball.

[Arabdownsouth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c2dn9lkp0e5o




Is that not why we have f*cking VAR in the first place?

[TerryTheTerror]

Perfection? Up here, semi proficient would be a huge step forward!

[arab777]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c2dn9lkp0e5o




Is that not why we have f*cking VAR in the first place?

It depends on how you view how VAR should be applied. Them complaining VAR creating an unfair 'expectation of perfection'" is partly to do with how forensically they are looking at things.

if they had applied VAR the way we were originally told it would intervening in clear and obvious errors then it would much cleaner. The fact they go looking for stuff after every goal, almost trying to find a reason to chalk off a goal, is not what was supposed to happen. But as they have decided to look at incidents multiple times from multiple angles yes there is added pressure to get it right.

We need to get to a situation where let the ref referee the game and VAR has minimal intervention but when it is clear the ref has messed up that is when you have a word in his ear. Same with offside decisions it is ridiculous that goals are being chopped off because a toe is slightly forward. That wasn't the purpose of offside rule when it was devised looking at it from the naked eye. To be offside pre VAR it usually meant the linesman could see the forward player was at an advantage and enough to be seen as such. As soon as you have to draw lines you are admitting it isn't clear and you are dealing in ridiculous millimetres.