VAR

Bumping this back up. Just seen VAR work properly, Brighton pen overturned. So what? you say, well so far this season we have had a few where the VAR man has had a word with the ref and suggested he go and watch the replay on the telly. The sort of thing that rarely happened last season. Certainly an area that has improved.

 

Worked at the end of the game too. Brighton player leading with his arm at a corner deflecting MaGuires header. Ref blew for full time but went to the sidelines and gave the pen.

First pen I gave seen awarded after the final whistle.

 

and for anyone not sure, because the handball occurred before he blew the final whistle, he was correct to allow the pk to be taken.

 

@SimonW - I agree, last year the VAR man rarely overruled the ref on the field. This year, at least they are asking them to go and have another look (using angles that weren't available to them). Of course you are right when you say the VAR man should save us time and just overrule the original decision but I do like that now it gives the ref a chance to "oops, I got it wrong" and that they are smart enough to change the call.

 

They can look at the screen now because there is no crowd atmosphere to kill any more - so they do, and still they get it wrong.


"They've lost the plot, totally", said Steve Bruce after his side won a penalty that clearly was not.

 

Can I just say that VAR doesn't always get it right but yesterday's offside decision in the game between Palace and Leeds is one of those times where getting it wrong can be fully accepted.

 

Why are we still putting up with this nonsense? It's spoiling the game. I'd rather switch over and watch a film than have to go through this same garbage week in week out. When are they going to dump it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54855596

 

The issue with this one is that there is a player you can't see behind Bamford so you can't draw a line on him and as the offside line is diagonally drawn on the pitch it is impossible to worn out where the two are in terms of being onside.

It even looks like the Palace players foot which can't been seen because Bamford is in the way could be beyond the lines drawn by VAR.

 

They haven't reviewed this from multiple angles, not have they taken the position of the player behind Bamford. They don't even have a camera from the opposite side at Palace to measure that nor would cameras behind the goal be any help.

 

VAR is farce. Bin it. Goal line technology and review of straight red cards and thats it.

 

Tonight VAR disaster tops yesterdays Son near died disallowed goal.

 

And, of course, it doesn't do away with controversies about interpretation. Man U had an excellent goal disallowed yesterday because the Spurs players appealed that Son had been hit in the face by McTominay. What actually happened was that Son was blatantly trying to grab McTominay's shirt. In trying to brush him off he accidentally made slight contact with Son's face and Son went down like he'd been uppercut by Joe Frazier. The ref watched the replay, focused only on the touch to the face (which he deemed as accidental, otherwise McTominay would have received a second yellow and been sent off), ignored the context, applied no commonsense and disallowed a perfectly good goal. Madness. The goal should have stood and Son should have been booked for simulation.

 

That disallowed goal was a joke. Forget any team biases - football is about joy, goals, excitement. We're seeing quality goals disallowed for the most minor of infringements. If they're even infringements at all. That goal yesterday- brilliant foot work by Pogba, great awareness and lovely weighted pass, great movement by Cavani, great finish. Fans want to see that stuff. And it happens to every side in the PL. And what's worse, fans can't even celebrate goals now. That moment of joy when the ball hits the net - its gone. You have a half celebration and then wait to see if VAR is going to rob you. It seriously needs binning off.

 

Exactly. I was watching my other team, West Ham, yesterday. I jumped off my sofa when Lingard put his second goal away, then had to wait 30 seconds while they decided if Bowen had been offside before delivering the assist. It just kills the joy.