Swango1980
Well-known member
Before VAR, I'm pretty sure perfectly good goals were disallowed, or never allowed to materialise as linesman gave offside.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Great goal by Isak.
D
Deleted member 15344
Guest
That’s quite a small data set isn’t it
So at no point at all in the past have you ever seen incorrect offside call
Swango1980
Well-known member
I will repeat my last comment, changing Isak with Gordon
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
For all Citys possession there wide open at the back.!
Three great goals.
Three great goals.
Some game this. I can’t recall the last time I saw three goals of such quality in the one game.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
When did I say that.?
Dont put words in my mouth.!
Seen one in the Liverpool v Spurs game on Diaz inc VAR.
Right or wrong the Lino is there to make a decision !
VAR has taken his only job from him.!
Last edited:
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Yes but how many players got injured because he put his flag up?
Swango1980
Well-known member
You are correct. VAR very much has put most of the responsibility of tight and important offside calls onto VAR.
And in fairness, apart from a handful of disasters in the 4 or 5 years since VAR was introduced, it has probably resulted in thousands of correct calls compared to pre VAR. The frustrating thing is that the process can be very very slow of course.
D
Deleted member 15344
Guest
It’s not his only decision and he still puts his flag up when it’s clear offside , he keeps it down for tight ones or ones he is unsure of
The Diaz one wasn’t an issue with VAR , it was an issue with the officials their process and communication
injuries happen in many situations
Swango1980
Well-known member
Well, what do you want?
Linesman to put flag up immediately and forget VAR. Just accept this will result in many goals not being scored when he is wrong?
Or use VAR to double check, and award the goal if player is actually onside?
If you are going to use VAR, then as play will be able to continue for a period of time, and this could well happen over thousand times a season in PL, then it is inevitable a player could get injured in that phase of play on a small number of those occasions
Cracking game of football and absolutely tremendous goals.
Linesman had a howler with the offside in my opinion, he should of seen that and put his flag up straight away.
Linesman had a howler with the offside in my opinion, he should of seen that and put his flag up straight away.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Officials, their processes and communication is VAR isn’t it.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Just get rid of VAR for me it’s ruined the game.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Although I agree, I also know that if they did get rid of it, I can just imagine the extreme reactions when onfield officials make mistakes that could have been corrected by VAR.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Not sure how Burn avoided a booking there. Nice professional foul
We’d all just have to accept that as an outcome.
The bottom line is that VAR is still making some absolute howlers, and the fact we are talking about it more than football itself most of the time suggests that it’s an absolute load of tosh.
D
Deleted member 15344
Guest
No VAR is the technology - the officials and communications etc have always been there
VAR is here to stay now , genie is out of the bottle , there are many ways that it needs to improve , it’s worked well in major tournaments and in other sports.
VAR doesn’t stop some official just generally being awful at their job
KDB back 
Orikoru
Tour Winner
That's a relief - I captained him on FPL.KDB back
