VAR (Again)

[WTF11]

Tennis has it right
Maybe you can contest 2 decisions each team per game if you think it went against you

It is not going away but something needs to change

Cricket has been doing that for years.

[WTF11]

How many more before something is done?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...2Et?li=BBoPWjP

[klix]

And there is the rub, "common sense". Noticeable by its absence, in just about every decision that VAR is involved with, either because of downright f00king stupidity, examples being where it determines that a players short sleeve cuff being "offside (FFS!!) represents an unfair advantage to the attacking player, or slavish interpretation of the rules as they apply to VAR-related reviews by the match officials because to do otherwise would be "wrong" and not adhering to those same nonsense rules.

Easy changes that would help;

1. VAR only for penalty and confirmation of goal decisions (as per the Henry punch)
2. Offside to be judged by the match officials during play only, no review
3. Linesman to flag immediately they judge a player to be offside
4. Goal line technology to be relied upon where the ball crossing the line is questioned

Simple, easy to implement, fair (the rub of the green rule applies), removes the most contentious area from interference by VAR.

Put that little lot to a vote by players and club management (NOT the F.A.), I suspect they would be behind it.

That will fail straight away
To much common sense 😁😁

[Orgoner]

How many more before something is done?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foot...2Et?li=BBoPWjP

Totally agree with it not being a red (excessive or violent), but there was a reasonable case for it still being a yellow (reckless)?

[WTF11]

Totally agree with it not being a red (excessive or violent), but there was a reasonable case for it still being a yellow (reckless)?

In that case wouldn't there be just as good a case for giving Mitrovic a yellow too?

[Orgoner]

In that case wouldn't there be just as good a case for giving Mitrovic a yellow too?

Yes.

[Orgoner]

You can't just go around headbutting people's elbows...

[WTF11]

And again. Not Baggies biggest fan, and tonights result wouldn't make that much difference to us, but FFS, a millimetre of the Baggies players foot is offside (and yes, "Offside is offside" is the oft trotted out mantra) and a brilliantly taken goal is scrubbed, its a f00king disgrace (And no, I don't give a f00k that the linesman flagged it, the rule needs amendment and REAL advantage as a result of being offside is the arbiter of whether its worthy of being flagged or not.

[WTF11]

Absolutely spot on regarding the attempt by those manning the VAR system during the Spurs/Palace game to get a perfectly good goal disallowed;

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/news...Hze?li=BBoPWjQ

"Piece of miserable geometry", perfectly put.

[joellufcprice]

Its a ****ing ****show. Just give every team 2 'reviews' per game and once they're done, they're done. Nobody gives a **** if a players elbow is 'offside' or even his bloody foot for that matter, they aren't gaining an advantage in any sense by being 5cm ahead.

These bloody fouls as well, everything looks a foul when you slow it down.

Time to just let the bloody refs do their job and if the manager doesn't like it he can request a VAR review twice a game whilst game is still in play, once they're done the refs just have to make their choices like they've always done.