Will VAR Change Football for the Better?

[anonymous-user]

Not even borderline!

[V40TC]

unident said:

Not VAR, but goal line technology has just had a shocker. The Villa keeper caught the ball and carried it backwards over his line. So obvious as he’s trying to push the ball back into play and it’s wedged behind the post. No goal apparently.

Just what the game needs on its return

I'd wager someone forgot to switch it on

[Murph7355]

Blades fan. Gutted. Definite goal.

Shows the tech is not infallible. I guess it was due to the keeper's body and arms covering the ball. But that's poor.

[Murph7355]

V40TC said:

I'd wager someone forgot to switch it on

Let's hope so and they have the bottle to say so and give the goal

[juice]

Due to Social distancing - I think the ball now has to go 2m over the line...

[gooner1]

unident said:

Not VAR, but goal line technology has just had a shocker. The Villa keeper caught the ball and carried it backwards over his line. So obvious as he’s trying to push the ball back into play and it’s wedged behind the post. No goal apparently.

Just what the game needs on its return

To be fair the GK didn't have much say in the matter, his own team mate smashed him over the line.
Are the Refs and their assistants getting a little too reliant on technology nowdays?

[unident]

gooner1 said:

To be fair the GK didn't have much say in the matter, his own team mate smashed him over the line.
Are the Refs and their assistants getting a little too reliant on technology nowdays?

True, but his catch was poor and he was falling backwards Replays are pretty damning. Definitely agree that someone has forgotten to switch the system on.

Some mention that VAR should have stepped in.

[bitchstewie]

Did I mishear or did they say that Michael Olivers hawkeye watch registered a goal in the referees room during half time?

[Puggit]

gooner1 said:

Are the Refs and their assistants getting a little too reliant on technology nowdays?

Yes. There is a complete inability to referee with their eyes - or to use common sense. If a team is appealing like crazy, maybe it's worth asking VAR to check.

The refereeing team are as much to blame as failed technology here - if not more so.

[fathomfive]

You really shouldn't need technology to give that. The ball pushed the side netting out ffs.

[unident]

I don’t think you can blame the ref. If he’s been told you can not give a goal without the buzz from the watch then that’s what he has to abide by. Too many bodies in the way for it to be seen by him, maybe the linesman should have done better. Equally it’s up to VAR to step in, not him to call for it, so that’s on them if they were permitted to intervene under the rules.

[Driver101]

Very strange. The ball was obviously over the line. If the goal line technology didn't work VAR should have kicked in.

A double failure.

[48k]

The officials have had an absolute shocker.

[Athlon]

Should be awarded retrospectively if it is without doubt, what a crap re start if they can't get the basics right

[RichB]

So the Premier League makes itself look foolish yet again. Blame VAR, blame the goal line tech but ultimately there is a referee who is controlling the game. With two linesman that appear to do very little these days they all failed big time but most of all the referee is at the top of that pyramid of officials. What a joke it all is.

[unident]

Athlon said:

Should be awarded retrospectively if it is without doubt, what a crap re start if they can't get the basics right

That would get very messy, very quickly.

[85Carrera]

unident said:

That would get very messy, very quickly.

It would. Just think how much Liverpool’s lead would be reduced if the rules were applied fairly and equally across the season.

That aside, this is a ridiculous decision that:

1. Should have been spotted by the ref;
2. Should have been spotted but the linesman/assistant ref if missed by the ref; or
3. Should have been picked up by VAR

[Murph7355]

unident said:

I don’t think you can blame the ref. If he’s been told you can not give a goal without the buzz from the watch then that’s what he has to abide by. Too many bodies in the way for it to be seen by him, maybe the linesman should have done better. Equally it’s up to VAR to step in, not him to call for it, so that’s on them if they were permitted to intervene under the rules.

The keeper practically tried to walk out of the side netting!

The ref, the linesman and the tech all let the side down badly here (yes I'm biased!).

Scruffy game but that should have been 3pts and not 1. 5th place and not 6th. Piss poor.

Losing Henderson will be a real problem for the Blades. If I were ManUtd I wouldn't be extending the deal, not even for the remainder of this season (though obviously hope they don't take such a hard nosed stance!).

[eltax91]

A biased blade here but what a joke of a decision. The officials need to get a pair. The way the blades players reacted should have been enough to ask VaR to check, let alone the obvious look of disappointment on some villa players too!! They had 1 minute and 9 seconds to review the decision before the passage ended. SS has it nailed writhing 20 seconds.

Given our run-in, that was the 2 points taken from us that we will miss out on Europe by knowing our luck.

But that’s football. All the money and technology in the world, it’ll never get perfect decisions.

[Winky151]

They state that 7 Hawk-eye cameras were obscured & yet 1 Sky camera placed along the goal line clearly captured it - absolute shocking decision.
I also thought they implanted sensors in the balls for this or was that a concept that never came to fruition?