Mantis Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: I think var should just be used for offside decisions and that’s it, it’s ruining football. I hope they get rid of it next season, I think I prefer getting screwed over by a poor referee decision then having every incident bloody reviewed, it’s ruining the flow of the game. Yep. We've gone from a situation where there were fairly regular mistakes from referees to a formal system whereby not only are mistakes frequently not corrected, but actual correct decisions are also reversed, with the game being broken up in the process. It's actually hard to fully emphasize just what a joke of a system it is. Edited November 21, 2020 by Mantis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 if this were the point where refs started overturning these type of calls and being consistent, I would be fine with it. But I know they won't which is the problem 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted November 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2020 It hasn’t improved decisions It hasn’t improved consistency It hasn’t removed debates Its **** shit. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Imagine being so inept that you've managed to bring in technology that was supposed to help refs make better decisions, actually he worse than when they didn't have the technology. How do you even **** that up that bad? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) In theory, VAR is great. In practice it’s been a disaster. The biggest controversies have been caused by human error. Incompetent officials making incomprehensible errors. VAR equivalents in other sports work better, primarily, because the officials are better IMO. For years, they’ve been given the benefit of the doubt because of the fast(er) pace of football, how it’s impossible to see everything and things are often less clear cut. But now I honestly can’t understand how they are still **** things up with the benefit of replays. Football refs seem to have an attitude about them. I appreciate that we can’t have the game without them but I’ve always thought that you have to have something a bit wrong with you to want to become one. In a similar way to someone who wants to become a Tory MP. Edited November 21, 2020 by JB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted November 21, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, JB said: In theory, VAR is great. In practice it’s been a disaster. The biggest controversies have been caused by human error. Incompetent officials making incomprehensible errors. VAR equivalents in other sports work better, primarily, because the officials are better IMO. For years, they’ve been given the benefit of the doubt because of the fast(er) pace of football, how it’s impossible to see everything and things are often less clear cut. But now I honestly can’t understand how they are still **** things up with the benefit of replays. Football refs seem to have an attitude about them. I appreciate that we can’t have the game without them but I’ve always thought that you have to have something a bit wrong with you to want to become one. In a similar way to someone who wants to become a Tory MP. As per my post yesterday I don't even think the human error/implementation is the WORST thing. It's just destroying the soul of the game with the delays. You can't really celebrate a goal anymore. Got a penalty? Don't get excited. I don't care about right or wrong anymore. I just want to go nuts when a decision has been made instead of sitting there like I've just seen a single run awarded in a cricket Test Match. Edited November 21, 2020 by sidcow 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Penalty decision in the Man U game and VAR did not intervene because it was not a clear and obvious error. Loving the consistency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted November 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Genie said: It hasn’t improved decisions It hasn’t improved consistency It hasn’t removed debates Its **** shit. I would say "consistency" has gone backwards. But then again I still don't think it is VAR being the problem, problem lies with those monkeys in charge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 34 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Penalty decision in the Man U game and VAR did not intervene because it was not a clear and obvious error. Loving the consistency. Well now there is consistency...Bruno has just gone shin to shin with WBA player, pen given on-field, VAR said no pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted November 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2020 Just now, a-k said: Well now there is consistency...Bruno has just gone shin to shin with WBA player, pen given on-field, VAR said no pen. I agree consistently shit decisions! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Haha. Identical pen situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 And of course Man U now get a dodgy handball pen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted November 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 21, 2020 So he can stutter a run up and get it retaken till he scores! Its a **** joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Johnstone off his line the second time too, but not being checked since Fernandes scored this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 So much karma for the gobby baggies fans in the last 2 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, S-Platt said: So he can stutter a run up and get it retaken till he scores! Its a **** joke Agreed. The second he feigns to shoot with that stupid hop and a skip, thats the moment the keeper should be allowed to make his move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 It's just rotten. Absolutely rotten. There needs to be a movement against this because it literally is killing the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I'm so sick and tired of the traditional big teams getting all the favorable decisions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 20 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I'm so sick and tired of the traditional big teams getting all the favorable decisions. The same as it was before technology came and added a 4 minute delay to them getting those decisions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I'd say it's WORSE than before. At least before you didn't have good decisions being overturned or bad ones being reviewed in slow-motion and still not acted upon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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