Will VAR Change Football for the Better?
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Ridealong said:
VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee, VAR and the assistant referees are not in charge and do not make the final decisions.
The onfield referee is in charge of the match and has the option to take VAR or his assistant view or not, unfortunately no referee this season has gone over to the monitor to check whether VAR decision was right or wrong against his original decision.
I believe if the referee (Stuart Attwell) for the Norwich v Man U game reviewed the incident on the monitor for the 1st VAR penalty, he would have stuck to his original decision (saw no foul by Godfrey) and if the referee (Martin Atkinson) for the Arsenal v Palace game reviewed the incident on the monitor for the VAR disallowed Sokartis goal he would have stuck to his original decision (saw no foul by Chambers).
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/0/var-premier-league-explained-does-work-decisions-can-changed/The onfield referee is in charge of the match and has the option to take VAR or his assistant view or not, unfortunately no referee this season has gone over to the monitor to check whether VAR decision was right or wrong against his original decision.
I believe if the referee (Stuart Attwell) for the Norwich v Man U game reviewed the incident on the monitor for the 1st VAR penalty, he would have stuck to his original decision (saw no foul by Godfrey) and if the referee (Martin Atkinson) for the Arsenal v Palace game reviewed the incident on the monitor for the VAR disallowed Sokartis goal he would have stuck to his original decision (saw no foul by Chambers).
referees have been told to avoid on-pitch reviews at the pitch-side screen whenever possible. These types of review are known to cause the longest delays. Instead, on-pitch referees have been told to trust the advice they are given by VAR.
Driver101 said:
Just seen the Sheffield Utd offside now.
Nearly 4 minutes to decide his toe nail was offside is harsh.
I’m still struggling to see how this goal was given offside , I do think that Lundstram should be encouraged not to wear bright luminous boots in future & adorn grass green boots instead . The thing that puzzles me as they show graphs & lines to show the players positions but they never seem to show when they he ball actually leaves the passers boot . Have to say I liked the goal line Technology but this Var nonsense is already spoiling the people’s love of the game , Sheffield United really did get a raw deal & robbed of a Win against an average Spurs team yesterday.Nearly 4 minutes to decide his toe nail was offside is harsh.
ExocetApe said:
Surely if a decision isn't obvious in the first 10 seconds of reviewing it, there should be a common sense ruling that it is/is not clear and obvious. Some of the delays and then stupid decisions are turning people against VAR even if it proves itself to be a useful tool at times.
Ah, you mentioned common sense. That's what the FA and PGMOL have always been lacking. Remember defending cash flow is primary, protecting referees is secondary. The game and the fans are very low in the priority stakes.GTO-3R said:
That was 100% a penalty to City and then they go up the other end and score! VAR is s
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It seems the refs are playing to the traditional rule that it's not handball if it's not deliberate (or ball to hand) and accepting that the rule was meant to have changed to any strike on the hand/arm is a penalty this year. Then we have the situation that VAR do not want to overrule one of their own. 
It's a total nonsense... em177 said:
Why are we not seeing the VAR checks are in this match when we have been in all the others?
I have no idea but Salah did appear to be 3mm or 4mm offside, If the man in Stockley Park had drawn his lines it could have been as much as 1 whole centimetre. In previous games we've seen all the slide geometry come into play before the goal being rules out... Gassing Station | Football | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff