Stockley park needs binning off. Id love to see Var binned off too.
But if the referee isnt sure he should be able to ask a video referee situated within the stadium or pitchside to look at the pitchside monitor for a decision. And the audio should be broadcast live on tv for viewers at home. The referee needs to tell the video ref what hes checking for and what the onfield decision is. Thats it. The video ref then makes the decision and communicates it to the ref. And its a one phrase decision. Goal. Offside. Penalty. No penalty. Red card. Recind red card. Etc.
A review system ... 2 per half for each team would be good as well.
Before VAR football matches were watched by billions of people Worldwide, it prospered and went from strength to strength. I don't remember watching matches thinking I wish there was another referee watching the match ready to step in and re-refereee the game...None of us did...We had an imperfect system, a referee and two linesmen, who we trusted to make the right call. Of course being human they collectively got it wrong sometimes, but we accepted it and moved on...there was no delay...a goal was a goal and offside was offside. Today, we have the exact same system in place, with the addition of essentially an extra (safety net) referee called VAR. The football authorities disregarded scientifically proven data that adding complexity to a process makes it less effective, and stupidly implemented a two ref system. Neither of these ref's can see the same incident the same, so we have to accept one of their decisions, and ignore the other; both are subjective decisions and so will always be open to scrutiny and doubt....there is no definitive way to arrive at a right or wrong decision...it's just someone's opinion.
VAR was well intentioned, but it hasn't, and in my opinion, can't work, because people are fallible, always have been and always will be.
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