Women's World Cup Finals

A nephew of mine worked on "VAR" at the very start and initially it was to be brought in for " did it cross the line or didn't it " and should have stayed there. We are now getting statistics for everything-how many completed passes, whether 2 metre tip taps or defence splitting through balls-it's all there FFS. Soon it will be " 33% of the England team are wearing green boots-15% red but only half are made in Panama. The Panama Canal isn't a real canal as we know it, made up of lakes etc. Gary , do you know that the average wage in Panama is a 1000'th of yours.   The game ends there and we are sorry we didn't have time to show you any of the 5 goals Grimsbee scored against Man. City.

Caught it from the 46th minute with England 2-1 down and have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the athletiscm and skill levels on show - massive advancements on the last time I tuned in. Quite liked the more delicate nature of the ladies, its a different game and should be accepted as such. By the 75th minute I was thoroughly enthralled egging The Lionesses on.

It's gutting to see such a classy goal disallowed but for me the decision was quick and I had no problem with VAR in the second half. It adds a layer of drama for me, though it might be tougher to take actually being in the stands stood waiting about. It's here to stay and I think it's important the right decisions are made in big moments, it will surely iron itself out over time.

For the offside I immediately thought offside on seeing the initial replay, sadly its the law which is wrong right now which not VARs fault. We should go back to giving a bit of leeway to the attackers such as the 'clear daylight' old rule or similar not if half a big toe is in front of the defender it's no goal. And watching the referee dissecting the replays from all angles for the penalty while being able to see what she was watching was nail biting entertainment (for me). But again sat in the stands that would be more frustrating.

Quoted from Rik e B

Caught it from the 46th minute with England 2-1 down and have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the athletiscm and skill levels on show - massive advancements on the last time I tuned in. Quite liked the more delicate nature of the ladies, its a different game and should be accepted as such. By the 75th minute I was thoroughly enthralled egging The Lionesses on.

It's gutting to see such a classy goal disallowed but for me the decision was quick and I had no problem with VAR in the second half. It adds a layer of drama for me, though it might be tougher to take actually being in the stands stood waiting about. It's here to stay and I think it's important the right decisions are made in big moments, it will surely iron itself out over time.

For the offside I immediately thought offside on seeing the initial replay, sadly its the law which is wrong right now which not VARs fault. We should go back to giving a bit of leeway to the attackers such as the 'clear daylight' old rule or similar not if half a big toe is in front of the defender it's no goal. And watching the referee dissecting the replays from all angles for the penalty while being able to see what she was watching was nail biting entertainment (for me). But again sat in the stands that would be more frustrating.

Never mind the stands, I find sitting in the chair waiting for VAR an annoyance of the first order. I want to see the ball in play, that's why the game is called football not "let's all get excited waiting for the VAR-ball". The game is the thing that's exciting not some half-@rsed technology. If I want that I'll buy a Play Station.

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Gutted that we lost and well done to our women anyway, let's hope the English cricket team can keep the other World Cup dream going tomorrow.

Can't wait for next year, the BBC are sponsoring the Transgender World Cup.

Don't they usually get allowed in with the women where they destroy all before them due to more powerful attributes, especially in strength/power based sports? 🙄

I'll make a prediction, VAR doesn't kill the game and football continues to go from strength to strength. Frustrating as it is or can be currently I don't forsee the death knell of the game as a result of it.

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Can't wait for next year, the BBC are sponsoring the Transgender World Cup.

Ron-you can't say that on here - "But I like you "

I thought they was only going to use VAR when a clear and obvious error by the ref was made,

Whites big toe does not construct a minor error never mind a clear and obvious one,

VAR  should be used as it was intended to do and only stop the game when it is clear like when Maradona scored with his hand or Lampard's shot was a foot over the line  otherwise it will ruin our great game.

re VAR I've always been a bit of a Luddite but to my mind it's yet another manifestation of what I see everywhere these days (especially at work), which is that if something is possible via the use of technology then it's always seen as necessarily a good thing to implement, which in my experience it often isn't. It's often balderdash.

It's the law of unintended consequences striking again.

Did the powers that be really want the game to be stopped minutes on end and goals disallowed because of an offside toe?

The trade-off between getting some decisions correct after endless viewings are not worth the slowing of the game and the controversy that VAR is bringing to each major game.