GreasyChipBeattie
Well-Known Member
Many years ago, I watched MOTD when Spurs (I think) scored a goal against Coventry (I think) where the ball bounced out after hitting the frame inside the goal and the ref didn't give it.
Hundreds of dodgy decisions later and I was happy to see VAR introduced to 'right such wrongs'
So has VAR improved the game? Well, after a woeful start, I would now describe VAR as.... woeful.
Just this weekend, we've seen a stonewall penalty not given to us, I've just watched Mane 'tackle' Fred, following through, studs up into the chin, in the same way Lundstram 'tackled' at Crystal Palace and got sent off. Add these to the rest of the ludicrous decisions gone against (and for us) and countless other teams and VAR remains, after a year and a half, a stain on the game.
"If we remove it, won't we just be re-introducing poor decisions made by match officials?"
Yes, of course we will, but we will also be reintroducing talking points, crazy goal celebrations, games allowed to continue instead of being broken up often with teams in the ascendency either losing momentum, or even worse having to deal with the psychological disadvantage of having a goal chalked off after the event while giving a boost to the team under the cosh.
Also, it's not as if we'd be giving up one successful system for one that was failing. VAR IS FAILING.
The price we have to pay for the very few clear and obvious errors made by refs and linesmen (that's what they are, not referee's f******g assistants) is far too great.
F**k the millimetre offside decisions, f**k the 'Is he naturally/unnaturally purposely/unpurposely protecting his face/trying to juggle the f******g thing handballs.
Let the ref decide and get the f**k on with the f******g game. That's what he's there for!
VAR is not for the good of the game, it's for the good of the referees and the product that is the Premier League. Well my precious little (where's ya father, where's ya father. where's ya father) referee, you get respect by being good at your job. If you can't do it to a decent enough standard, go and do something else. I know it's a difficult job, but listen, we all know that, and it might surprise you to know that no-one expects you to get it right every time. It always was and always will be part of the game. Yes we'll go bananas at you when you f**k up, at least until we realise you were right all along after we see the replay later.
I would rather see 10 minor offsides on MOTD missed by the lino than see goals chalked off by some f*****g computer than can 'see' some fraction of a centimetre that the human eye can't.
The worst thing of all though? The ridiculous inconsistency that makes it no better in my opinion than the inconsistency of the refereeing we've always endured.
Fine, keep the goal line technology. At least that's fool proof......
Hundreds of dodgy decisions later and I was happy to see VAR introduced to 'right such wrongs'
So has VAR improved the game? Well, after a woeful start, I would now describe VAR as.... woeful.
Just this weekend, we've seen a stonewall penalty not given to us, I've just watched Mane 'tackle' Fred, following through, studs up into the chin, in the same way Lundstram 'tackled' at Crystal Palace and got sent off. Add these to the rest of the ludicrous decisions gone against (and for us) and countless other teams and VAR remains, after a year and a half, a stain on the game.
"If we remove it, won't we just be re-introducing poor decisions made by match officials?"
Yes, of course we will, but we will also be reintroducing talking points, crazy goal celebrations, games allowed to continue instead of being broken up often with teams in the ascendency either losing momentum, or even worse having to deal with the psychological disadvantage of having a goal chalked off after the event while giving a boost to the team under the cosh.
Also, it's not as if we'd be giving up one successful system for one that was failing. VAR IS FAILING.
The price we have to pay for the very few clear and obvious errors made by refs and linesmen (that's what they are, not referee's f******g assistants) is far too great.
F**k the millimetre offside decisions, f**k the 'Is he naturally/unnaturally purposely/unpurposely protecting his face/trying to juggle the f******g thing handballs.
Let the ref decide and get the f**k on with the f******g game. That's what he's there for!
VAR is not for the good of the game, it's for the good of the referees and the product that is the Premier League. Well my precious little (where's ya father, where's ya father. where's ya father) referee, you get respect by being good at your job. If you can't do it to a decent enough standard, go and do something else. I know it's a difficult job, but listen, we all know that, and it might surprise you to know that no-one expects you to get it right every time. It always was and always will be part of the game. Yes we'll go bananas at you when you f**k up, at least until we realise you were right all along after we see the replay later.
I would rather see 10 minor offsides on MOTD missed by the lino than see goals chalked off by some f*****g computer than can 'see' some fraction of a centimetre that the human eye can't.
The worst thing of all though? The ridiculous inconsistency that makes it no better in my opinion than the inconsistency of the refereeing we've always endured.
Fine, keep the goal line technology. At least that's fool proof......
