Women's World Cup Finals

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

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.

The problem is though that the problem makers do not see it as a problem! To them it is a minor glitch, a pothole on the road to full technological coverage and monitoring of the rules.

Rick thinks football will go from strength to strength regardless. It might have the same name but it will not be football. Just as women’s football is not football, it is “women’s football” and all the pretence in the world by the BBC and Lineker will not change either of these things. If VAR continues as it is now it will grow like Topsy.

Quoted from golfer

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.

to be honest that sounds like a typical Jonathan Pearce commentary to me  

Quoted from Heisenberg

What happened to being level? There should be clear daylight between players, it’s preposterous.

But the modern game is played with finer margins now. I don't know why anyone should moan because a toe was off-side. If it was any part of the body then it is off side. There has been photo finishes in horse racing for over 60 years and if a horse wins by even a nose then it has won. It's the same with athletics in track events when a runner will try to thrust their upper body forward so it crosses the line first. VAR is here to stay and as long as it is done quickly then I have no problem with it. It's called progress.

Quoted from rancido

But the modern game is played with finer margins now. I don't know why anyone should moan because a toe was off-side. If it was any part of the body then it is off side. There has been photo finishes in horse racing for over 60 years and if a horse wins by even a nose then it has won. It's the same with athletics in track events when a runner will try to thrust their upper body forward so it crosses the line first. VAR is here to stay and as long as it is done quickly then I have no problem with it. It's called progress.

No it’s called “new” which is not necessarily synonymous with “progress”. I have no complaints about the idea of technology to do something that needs to be addressed in football, or any other walk of life in fact. The problem arises when the technology becomes an end in itself simply because it can do something. Then that changes the nature of the game instead of enhancing it. This is the tail wagging the dog. We don’t need tech for offsides, forget that, we just need a sensible offside law.

Quoted from promotion plaice

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.

The England cricket team today reached the World Cup semi-final then  

Trouble is we all know what has happened to England teams when they reach the semis recently     

Quoted from rancido

But the modern game is played with finer margins now. I don't know why anyone should moan because a toe was off-side. If it was any part of the body then it is off side. There has been photo finishes in horse racing for over 60 years and if a horse wins by even a nose then it has won. It's the same with athletics in track events when a runner will try to thrust their upper body forward so it crosses the line first. VAR is here to stay and as long as it is done quickly then I have no problem with it. It's called progress.

Couldn't agree with you more rancido..we won't be moaning when Akheem rose scores the winner in the league 1 play off final thanks to a tight VAR  decision

I wrote a massive long reply but lost it so bollox to doing again. Basically, with the tight margins and the massive effect a wrong or right decision could make, it so important to get things right. No more Maradona hand of God incidents that could write history wrongly and even cause long term knock on repercussions for the wrongly adjudged party.

Could range from the wrong nation lifting the World Cup to a Club getting relegated and struggling to recover. The knock on effects for many many years could be massive in either case.

Quoted from forza ivano

Couldn't agree with you more rancido..we won't be moaning when Akheem rose scores the winner in the league 1 play off final thanks to a tight VAR  decision

Bet we will if the toe of his boot or his hand is ruled offside.
You really can't tell me that a minute bit of a player (toe, arm, knee etc) being 'Offside' is what the rule is really about. Surely there has to be a clear advantage in the shape of a large part of the attacker being beyond the last defender.
My concern is that VAR on offsides using such small parts of the player will totally do away with being 'level' and therefore onside. Given the closeup and slowdown of the film there will never be an exact 'level' How many dead heats are there in racing these days?

Quoted from promotion plaice

The England cricket team today reached the World Cup semi-final then  

Trouble is we all know what has happened to England teams when they reach the semis recently     

Indeed.      My Mrs new nickname for me is Mr England’

I have trouble getting further than a semi.  😊

Quoted from forza ivano

Couldn't agree with you more rancido..we won't be moaning when Akheem rose scores the winner in the league 1 play off final thanks to a tight VAR  decision

You have made the perfect argument for banning var. No game should be decided by an offside toe.