After watching a few VAR incidents recently I was wondering how we all feel about its introduction.
My opinion is that I would rather do without it. I feel it takes away more from the overall experience than it adds. I know it is important that the decisions made should all be correct ones; and that if we had VAR in our games against Leeds and WBA we would have come away with the points (not sure if there were any games when VAR would have taken something away from us.) But half decent refs would have got the decisions right in those games without having to resort to technology.
The down side of VAR for me is that more and more it is going to mean that before fans can celebrate goals they will have to wait for the VAR verdict and atmosphere will be flattened.
On balance I would take a few really bad decisions like those mentioned above in order to keep the excitement and emotion which the game still generates.
VAR ?
posted on 20/6/19
Not a fan of it myself, my gripe is that it should be across the board for all matches not just certain leagues or tournaments.
posted on 20/6/19
I’ve not been overly impressed with the way it has made the game more staccato. Granted they gave picked up and corrected a few decisions. I just wonder if it is too much of a burden on the flow of the game which already suffers from play acting and other time wasting tactics, for example? I would rather just allow the officials to make the decisions as they see them.
posted on 20/6/19
It’s only because money is that the big clubs have agitated for it.
posted on 22/6/19
We had VAR in La Liga starting last season. For me, I welcome it as it certainly took a lot of subsequent arguments out of discussions in the bars. Generally, the Spanish have welcomed it in La Liga.
I wish it had been in place for the Deportivo v Mallorca play-off final first leg the other night. There was an accidental clash in the centre of the pich. Nothing malicious or intentional and immediately after the incident, the Mallorca player was inconsolable. It was a total accident which resulted in the Deportivo player being stretchered off, taken to hospital and having 70 stitches in and around his mouth.
Predictably, without VAR, the Mallorca player was sent off (direct red card so not available for the return leg). With VAR, the ref would have seen that it was a complete accident. If VAR had been present, the ref would have reviewed the incident before deciding if any punishment was necessary.
I'm not sure if Mallorca are appealing the red card, but the Deportivo player said that it was an unavoidable accident and would not place any blame on the Mallorca player for his injury.
posted on 22/6/19
There will be incidents where it will be really beneficial. I suppose we can’t expect football to stand still. Always inevitable when there are multiple camera angles for TV to analyse games with allowing the pundits to scrutinise every official.
posted on 22/6/19
I don't know how it works in Spain, but in England the player would have been able to appeal the red card. Doesn't help the fact that Mallorca were down to 10 men I know, but I'm still not persuaded.
posted on 22/6/19
Not sure who has been watching 'Years&Years' set in a not too distant dystopian future but in the final episode one of the characters was railing against changes that had come about and one of them was the total absence of on-pitch referees.
(If you have net seen it it is brilliant imo. On the iplayer, give it a go)
posted on 24/6/19
comment by Redfor50yrs (U2973)
posted 1 day, 20 hours ago
I don't know how it works in Spain, but in England the player would have been able to appeal the red card. Doesn't help the fact that Mallorca were down to 10 men I know, but I'm still not persuaded.
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It turns out that the Mallorca player was so shaken by the incident, he ruled himself out of the second leg, so an appeal wasn't necessary. As it happens, Mallorca won last nights second leg 3-0, winning promotion to la Liga 3-2 on aggregate.
With regard to Years&Years, I binged watched the first five episodes and eagerly looked forward to the final episode, which disappointed me somewhat. The stuff that made me smile were the references to new recipes for burgers and cakes in a post Brexit UK...
posted on 24/6/19
I know what you mean about the last episode, but Anne Reid's monologue was epic.