VAR Again

[cricketfieldclarets]

Just ruled out a brilliant Son goal for Spurs.

[Spijed]

Just ruled out a brilliant Son goal for Spurs.

And no amount of technology can speed up the time it takes to look at these type of decisions.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Exactly. Hopefully this seasons trial is the death of it

[piston broke]

Exactly. Hopefully this seasons trial is the death of it

Just been authorised for the World Cup. There's no stopping it now.

I know you are not a fan but it will improve.

[cricketfieldclarets]

Just been authorised for the World Cup. There's no stopping it now.

I know you are not a fan but it will improve.

Ffs. The two best competitions in football ruined.

[Moorite]

Not good enough for the premier league next season but good enough for the world cup. Hmmm.

I hate VAR. The term, play to the whistle is basically gone now.

[South West Claret.]

See how it’s modified and settles down over time.

[ElectroClaret]

Bin it. Just bin it.

[pushpinpussy]

it was clearly offside

[Spijed]

Just been authorised for the World Cup. There's no stopping it now.

I know you are not a fan but it will improve.

But HOW can it improve if those who look at the screen need time to analyse whether a player is offside or not?

No amount of technology can ever speed up the thought process of a person as was the case today with Son, for example.

[South West Claret.]

Afraid it’s the modern fashion to try to make football decision making as perfect as it can be.

Next step I suppose is to replace the ref and linesman completely

[Spijed]

The problem that can never be resolved with VAR, no matter how much technology improves:

What is classed as a penalty?
What is classed as handball?
What is classed as offside?

Until there are clear guidelines as to what the answer is in those situations then technology is useless.

[piston broke]

But HOW can it improve if those who look at the screen need time to analyse whether a player is offside or not?
No amount of technology can ever speed up the thought process of a person as was the case today with Son, for example.

I haven't seen today's incident but I would speed it up the NFL way.
There has to be conclusive proof the original decision was wrong.
If it's not conclusive from a couple of angles go with the ref.

[South West Claret.]

Perfection not possible in the short term at least.

[Spijed]

I haven't seen today's incident but I would speed it up the NFL way.
There has to be conclusive proof the original decision was wrong.
If it's not conclusive from a couple of angles go with the ref.

But it takes time to look at a couple of angles. It took them a while for the Son offside, and that'll kill the game in the long term as all momentum could be lost for the attacking side.

[Paul Waine]

But HOW can it improve if those who look at the screen need time to analyse whether a player is offside or not?

No amount of technology can ever speed up the thought process of a person as was the case today with Son, for example.

A few hours of computer programming and it could all be judged by AI.

All the football/VAR calls are nothing compared with the challenges of setting up a car, never mind an HGV, to travel on the roads safely without a driver.

VAR will be good for football - so long as we don't let the "there was contact, so he was entitled to go down" brigade anywhere near the computer.

[cricketfieldclarets]

it was clearly offside

But it wasnt.