VAR Again

Quoted from The Yard Dog

Newcastle robbed, never a penalty, feel for the players gave their all, only to be robbed in the 96 min.

If I was the players, refused to play if VAR is in operation, until the law makers change the law back to deliberate handball and the muppets operating VAR systems.

VAR operators are ruining football, every goal being checked as well as those incorrect decisions, there's also a strong argument to say VAR is negatively impacting the viewing experience inside the stadiums. Supporters watching on television have access to multiple slow-motion replays and camera angles, meaning they can quickly reach a conclusion over whether they believe a decision to be correct.

VAR sucks.

Has anyone considered whether the amount of additional time now being played could impact refereeing decisions?

Referees do more running and will obviously get more tired.

Tired people tend to make poorer decisions - often taking the easiest option.

The decision in the Newcastle-PSG match (96th minute, except it wasn't as the 1st half exceeded 45 minutes) was diabolical.
Yet according to the BBC "The game was being officiated by one of the world's best referees".

I'VE GOT IT!
We need to implement another system to spot "clear and obvious errors" by the VAR official.
Just a quick check after every VAR decision is made. Would only take a couple of extra minutes...  

Newcastle robbed.

Meh. Can't be too bothered when one petro-state team beats another petro-state team, regardless of the rights or wrongs of a refereeing decision.

That young lad playing in central midfield looks like a prospect, however. Very calm and collected in such a high-pressure game playing against a 'big team'.

Quoted from Abdul19

Pandora's Box, innit.

Except without any hope at the end

Re Newcastle.  The referee looking at the monitor viewing a still shot of the ball glancing the arm of the defender.

No context whatsoever that it hit his chest first, then spun up to hit the arm. Short of cutting his arms off he has no chance of avoiding that.

The ref has a full stadium baying for a penalty and is under intolerable pressure and the still shot gives him the get out clause to give it.

What a bloody mess they've made of the game at that level.

How far do you go back with VAR?
You can eventually get back to the butterfly in Brazil flapping its wings. Ludicrous waste of time. It’s supposed to be a game of entertainment. But then money shows its ugly head.

Newcastle were perfectly happy with contentious VAR decisions a few weeks ago when it helped them beat Arsenal..... I think your luck evens out over a season tbh.  

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

Newcastle were perfectly happy with contentious VAR decisions a few weeks ago when it helped them beat Arsenal..... I think your luck evens out over a season tbh.  

That's why we as neutral football fans can state our opinions without fear or favour on the abomination that is VAR.

Your luck evened out with refereeing decisions so we should have left it at that.

Quoted from OddShapedBalls

Newcastle were perfectly happy with contentious VAR decisions a few weeks ago when it helped them beat Arsenal..... I think your luck evens out over a season tbh.  

Luck probably does even itself out over the season which is why VAR should never have been introduced. You can forgive a ref or linesman making an error during the action of a game but if they disrupt the game, ruin the spectacle and spontaneity of watching but they're still making errors then you have to say what's the point? Goal line technology works because it's instant, doesn't interrupt the flow of the game and is a definite yes or no. They told us VAR would only be used for clear and obvious errors but here we are with just as many, if not more errors once it's been introduced, some of which are literally being caused by it's use. Get rid of it. Lots of us said it would be shite and we've been proved absolutely spot on with that one.