As are the apparent decisions theyāre making using the technology
For me being so minute itās making the game far too clinical and taking away the passion and release from the game, especially watching at home as we are having to do currently
I canāt find myself letting go anymore and thatās not what football is about
Personally Iād rather have the human errors in the moment than a human error looked at 30 times and still making a human error
At least then, right or wrong you can have that natural release that football should bring
For me anyway
Sorry if it makes the game too clinical, but just last weekend, there were 4 major incidents in England, that show why human error can't be tolerated. 3 of them in the EPL, at West Brom, Chelsea, and involving us. At West Brom, the ref was grateful that VAR could help clean up his mess. At Chelsea, the VAR gave the ref every opportunity to look at a key penalty incident and decide for himself. In our game, I celebrated our first goal knowing the cross would have to be checked. I was amazed it originally stood tbh, but I was happy it was checked and it was fine.
The alternative is the incident in the Derby v Forest local derby, where a cheat scored an important equaliser after handling the ball. Everyone knew it was handball except those who needed to know on the pitch. I'm glad those days are gone from our league.
For all the talk of "accepting" human errors, it's all a big lie. When the handful of human errors have stood this season, there has been, rightly, outrage and uproar. So VAR is absolutely essential. It doesn't affect the passion or emotion any more than when technology needs to be used in other sports. No it's not what it used to be but it can't be. Time moves on, and so does football.
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