I'm giving them the benefit of a doubt concerning offsides and other lines.
But they are terrible with every other thing.
But they are terrible with every other thing.
Get rid of VAR NOW! We want our game back! (...or not, some are happy)
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They managed to take a somewhat foolproof and generally good idea, and make it shit.
...i explained that very thing to you in this very thread several pages ago.
Ffs mate
Some of us mainly watch other European leagues and don't see any issue in them with VAR... works very well in fact, good improvement.
Others in the thread arguing this is false... Can only say from my own perspective in games I've watched, that is definitely the case. I watch at least as much La Liga as the prem and also dabble in Serie A and Ligue 1 games sometimes, plus catch Bundesliga highlights.
Solution is really simple, sack Riley, copy the other leagues, done. No more issue.
I also watch other leagues & I still hate it in those leagues- so don’t say it’s false as that’s a lie. Many other people don’t like it in other leagues too. Including players /managers in those leagues.
How about answering the points I made? They definitely didn’t on the Burnley goal stop the frame the moment the ball left his foot.
The Burnley player didn’t really celebrate his actual goal either incase var ruled it out- it’s making the game less enjoyable with no tangible benefits. It’s just not worth it
My main problem with it is it feels like they are going out of their way and actually looking for reasons to disallow goals. The Sheff United one yesterday as an absolute disgrace. Also, I've noticed fans and even some players hesitate celebrating in case VAR intervenes. The emotion is being taken away from the game.
What happened to it only being used to rectify "clear and obvious" refereeing errors? Not one Spurs fan would have complained if that goal stood yesterday. If it takes nearly 4 minutes, it's not a "clear and obvious" mistake is it?
I've also noticed sometimes they stop the play and show the line at the wrong time, as in before or after the ball has left the players foot.
What happened to it only being used to rectify "clear and obvious" refereeing errors? Not one Spurs fan would have complained if that goal stood yesterday. If it takes nearly 4 minutes, it's not a "clear and obvious" mistake is it?
I've also noticed sometimes they stop the play and show the line at the wrong time, as in before or after the ball has left the players foot.
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They need to speed it up, because this 3/4 mins each time is ridiculous.
Yep. If anything it should be the opposite, it would be better for the game.
I hate when VAR is used for marginal offside decisions. If it's not clear and obvious the benefit of the doubt should go with the attacking team. The only way VAR should disallow a goal for offside is if you can see with your eyes, unaided by lines, it's clearly offside. If you are looking at it and thinking "hmm, not sure, I need to get my lines out", it's not offside. That Sheffield United goal should have stood because it wasn't clear and obvious. Also they didn't measure from defender's shoulder and you are allowed to use the top of your shoulder to control the ball. That goal was wrongly disallowed.
He didn't say anybody's opinion was false, just that his own experience doesn't reflect the view that it's been crap on the continent.
The whole concept of VAR is terrible.
English refs are a fecking disgrace
It benefited Liverpool so let’s just ignore everything.
Not sure how that isnt a handball
Hate them but City seem to have been shafted by VAR a few times this season.
That was shocking.
That was shocking.
How was it so predictable that England would absolutely destroy the potential of var. It is an absolute shambles in the Premier league
Fixed that.
When jamie carragher doesnt say its not a penalty you know it is a penalty
feck VAR.
It’s adding nothing, the controversies are as bad (if not worse) than pre-VAR & those idiots reviewing decisions are make incomprehensible decisions. Was a fan of introducing video technology but this is not worth it.
It’s adding nothing, the controversies are as bad (if not worse) than pre-VAR & those idiots reviewing decisions are make incomprehensible decisions. Was a fan of introducing video technology but this is not worth it.
It is, but they’ve been told to be generous to Liverpool so they let it slide.
Sums up how wank VAR is. Pathetic.
It's criminal how ofter VAR is overlooked in the PL.
Not bothered to watch but just came in here figuring to see Liverpool have had some help and I’m not surprised.
The push to have Liverpool win the league is so obvious.
The push to have Liverpool win the league is so obvious.
You mean English refs ? Because VAR was applied pretty well everywhere else before PL.
How the feck did Fifa get it right for WC 2018 and everyone else is fecking it up since? Fifa of all authorities... I don't watch Seria A or La Liga much, but PL and Bundesliga seem incapable of using it to the benefit of the game.
This is NOT just a premier league thing.
It’s riticised in every league.
It’s riticised in every league.
I am not sure that the concept is terrible but its implementation is not at all good. To me the biggest problem is that football by definition is a spontaneous flowing game. And VAR has a highly negative effect on this.
I mainly dislike the offside element. Like most rules offside was defined around visual perception. Level is onside. So. What is level. Is a few millimeters really worth disallowing a goal. And what part of the body should count. And how accurate is the timing taken from precisely when the ball is passed. We see the offside lines but rarely the exact point of the pass.
Essentially football is about entertainment and not the precision of an offside line.
Anything to benefit Liverpool.
Literally any other team in the league and that gets brought back
Literally any other team in the league and that gets brought back
How can you say that when it was the referee that didn't make the obvious call? The bad refs are the reason VAR is needed in the first place, yet you haters want to give unlimited power to those morons. Completely spurious logic.
Absolutely.
It’s wank. In the PL.
Bet you we wont see the lines drawn on that offside decision either
That wasn't offside?
Why aint we seeing the offside lines for that goal ffs
Exactly
fixIf Sheffield United’s was offside yesterday, this definitely was.
Refs are wanker. I long for the day when they will become obsolete.
I’m absolutely convinced that is offside.
It might not have been, but the bigger issue is why we didnt see the still picture with the lines