I remember thinking the same thing...
VAR is just time wasting nonsense, they tried it...it doesn't, and can't work so get rid.
VAR did work in the derby this season with Coote on the buzzer. Home and Away. Keep it then, because it's needed. It's not an experiment, it's not trial and error, once it's introduced, it is permanent.
I don't know how many leagues and cups have it now, but it's easily 100+. Because the benefits outweigh the risks.
The problem is, some refs take the opinion that the âtouchâ in the player was never enough to make him go down, and I side with that.
While others take the attitude of âthere was contactâ then the var review will invariable go against us wether we are the offender or the offended 🤷ââď¸
They need to get rid of this âwell there was contact â itâs turning the game into a diving contest.
The refs need to man up and hold their ground. If youâve been hacked down by a mistimed tackle ok. If youâve been âslightly touchedâ youâre gonna get booked for simulation. The slow Moâs will clearly show whatâs the right decision, but all refs need to be at it so thereâs some consistency 🤷ââď¸
You won't get consistency with subjective decisions so shouldn't expect it. Many subjective decisions are 50/50 calls that can go either way.
Everyone's tolerance levels are different. Imo, shirt pulling in the box is an automatic foul/free kick/penalty because I have no tolerance for it, and if it was penalised consistently, it would be no more in two weeks. But refs usually tolerate it if it's not persistent enough, so it still goes on. A mistimed tackle is contact to some refs, and not enough to justify a decision to others. Either way, the decision on the field won't be overturned.
Listen carefully: I mentioned VAR in my post completely independent of the Gakpo incident ( in answer to the original posters point)...I made that clear, read it again ..I said that VAR had nothing to do with it and that it was 100% a referee error.
This thread is about VAR...So you can't just introduce broader football incidents to qualify your argument...that's just silly.
As for why we lost against Spurs...it was due to the unfortunate own goal in injury time....Even though we were robbed of a perfectly good goal.
We were robbed of a perfectly good goal that day, because the linesman thought Diaz was offside and put his flag up. Did you forget that or something? Bizarrely, it was the VAR who got blamed for it, not him. Take away VAR, and it's still ruled offside.
Our season is over early because of too many sleepy starts, too many rescue jobs needed, and too many chances missed, such as the ones I highlighted in the last post. Nothing to do with officiating. But its much easier to sweep it all under the carpet, and scream corruption.
If you see the title over the door, you will see that this thread is not supposed to be about VAR at all, but a hysterical reaction to the error at Spurs. It all sweeps into the rotten narrative that's thrown at our fans all the time, and which we strive to reject.