VAR

[Drog]

 

[davebirch]

After tonights Sydney v McArthur game, you can shove VAR up where it truly hurts.
Two incredible reds for McArthur, down to 9 men yet they still won..
Both reds were yellows at the most, both could well have been just a free kick. Not only was the game stopped for 5 mins for the first, I can't tell you how long the second was, I switched off, but it ruined the game as entertainment.
Just get rid, get rid, get rid. It is stuffing the game, stop it now.

 

[Drog]

Yet no one comes on here to recount the many examples which var gets right. Only the very few that the chap in var hq gets wrong. The good far outweighs the bad but we do all like a good moan don't we?

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Yet no one comes on here to recount the many examples which var gets right. Only the very few that the chap in var hq gets wrong. The good far outweighs the bad but we do all like a good moan don't we?

It’s perfectly fine to moan at imperfection though.

 

[Husky]

Coventry would be in the FA Cup Final if it wasn't for VAR.

You could tell they are a Championship club as they all went crazy after their last gasp extra-time "offside winner". . . . thinking that was that.

 

[Husky]

I didn't watch this but I remember Luton fan Stuart Atwell's name for some reason . . . something to do with us. . .Anyone?

Anyway, that is quite a strong social media post that Forest put out. More fan talk that the usual official line. . .

Burnley still have hope . . . . .

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

It seems VAR dosent apply to manure. Get it bloody scrapped.

Fans claim FA Cup semi-final was 'fixed' as VAR 'issue' spotted in Man Utd win

FOOTBALL fans have accused Sunday’s FA Cup final of being “fixed” after spotting what they believe is a major VAR blunder. Some think there was an error in the decision to disallo…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Drog]

Bloody shame but rules are rules ODB and for that line to go through his foot he'd have to be in size 16 boots.... like the clown boots that Sheaf and Casamero were wearing.
I'd commented what a fantastic penalty Torp's was, right in the top corner and unsaveable but that it was fraught with disaster as a fraction right or up would have seen it miss the target. Poor old Sheaf thought he could emulate that and instead ballooned it over. As ever Rule 1 of penalty kicks is to hit the target.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Bloody shame but rules are rules ODB and for that line to go through his foot he'd have to be in size 16 boots.... like the clown boots that Sheaf and Casamero were wearing.
I'd commented what a fantastic penalty Torp's was, right in the top corner and unsaveable but that it was fraught with disaster as a fraction right or up would have seen it miss the target. Poor old Sheaf thought he could emulate that and instead ballooned it over. As ever Rule 1 of penalty kicks is to hit the target.

You missed the point. That VAR decision was wrong and the lines are clearly in the wrong place. Coventry have been cheated out of a cup final.

 

[Drog]

You missed the point. That VAR decision was wrong and the lines are clearly in the wrong place. Coventry have been cheated out of a cup final.

How can you tell from that still photo?

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

How can you tell from that still photo?

I have the eyesight of a pilot according to my optician. Clearly the VAR operator dosent.

 

[Robin]

No need for this BS.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1783813591973642609

 

[davebirch]

Indeed Robin, no need for another reason to make a mistake.
The game has survived for well over 100 years with refs making mistakes, why add another level to the mistake makers.

 

[Drog]

One word dave..... corruption. With arab and american owners there has never been as much money in the game and one thing will always lead to another.

 

[davebirch]

Well, I'll go to bottom of our stairs.
Sydney v McArthur in the playoffs, and guess what happened. McArthur have a player sent off after 27 mins. Ref had awarded a free kick and a yellow just inside the "D", when low and behold VAR tells him to have another look at it. Comes back yellow turns to red, so it's off you go.
It turns out that VAR had picked up that the player had denied a goal scoring opportunity. The Sydney player was moving left to right across the edge of the area and didn't have control of the ball. It would have been an absolute worldie had he been able to score.

So yet again a match has been ruined by an over zealous official in front of a TV set.
I think it was Ange who said that referees have no authority on the pitch any more, and I'd have to agree with him.
Time to get rid of VAR, as it is, at present, compounding referees errors with their own, causing unnecessary delays and making referees a mouthpiece for some one off the pitch.
Time to own up that it's been an abject failure and get back to real refereeing, warts and all.

3 Mins of highlights:

 

[Robin]

Well, I'll go to bottom of our stairs.
Sydney v McArthur in the playoffs, and guess what happened. McArthur have a player sent off after 27 mins. Ref had awarded a free kick and a yellow just inside the "D", when low and behold VAR tells him to have another look at it. Comes back yellow turns to red, so it's off you go.
It turns out that VAR had picked up that the player had denied a goal scoring opportunity. The Sydney player was moving left to right across the edge of the area and didn't have control of the ball. It would have been an absolute worldie had he been able to score.

So yet again a match has been ruined by an over zealous official in front of a TV set.
I think it was Ange who said that referees have no authority on the pitch any more, and I'd have to agree with him.
Time to get rid of VAR, as it is, at present, compounding referees errors with their own, causing unnecessary delays and making referees a mouthpiece for some one off the pitch.
Time to own up that it's been an abject failure and get back to real refereeing, warts and all.

3 Mins of highlights:

What a mess Dave. Is there some debate in Australia about the negatives it brings along?

 

[Drog]

Dollopers. Foul(?) was outside the area so at least var made the ref overturn his wrongful penalty decision didn't it dave? No way a red card imo, not even a yellow.... whoever judged that in var HQ should face censure and be replaced.
Whilst VAR may have problems one of them is that the player who dived should have been sent off too for clutching his neck and clearly faking it in his successful attempt to get his opponent sent off. Referee and player 'fouled' should face the beak and the black lad should have his sending off overturned.

 

[davebirch]

Tilting at windmills, Robin.
There's no point, the powers that be have all the say, they don't care what the fans think.
It will start to sink in though, it has to and it's going to come from some of the clubs.

 

[davebirch]

Dollopers. Foul(?) was outside the area so at least var made the ref overturn his wrongful penalty decision didn't it dave? No way a red card imo, not even a yellow.... whoever judged that in var HQ should face censure and be replaced.
Whilst VAR may have problems one of them is that the player who dived should have been sent off too for clutching his neck and clearly faking it in his successful attempt to get his opponent sent off. Referee and player 'fouled' should face the beak and the black lad should have his sending off overturned.

He didn't award a penalty Drog, you can see when he gets the call from VAR, he's standing outside the area.

 

[davebirch]

Dollopers. Foul(?) was outside the area so at least var made the ref overturn his wrongful penalty decision didn't it dave? No way a red card imo, not even a yellow.... whoever judged that in var HQ should face censure and be replaced.
Whilst VAR may have problems one of them is that the player who dived should have been sent off too for clutching his neck and clearly faking it in his successful attempt to get his opponent sent off. Referee and player 'fouled' should face the beak and the black lad should have his sending off overturned.

Funnily enough, Drog, the last meeting between these two clubs, McArthur had two players sent of after VAR intervened. If I remember correctly, one of them was overturned.