Why on earth has it taken them so long to do what was pantently obvious to the rest of us - look at the bloody monitors? So much better.
Yeah, it's a lot better.Caveat: it works well at the moment as the stadia are empty. Be interesting to see how it works when that is no longer the case.
I enjoyed VAR giving that Pen against ManUre and then the re-take. Glorious.I think VAR seems better this season so far....let's see what happens tonight, I'm hoping there's nothing and that we just soundly beat them.
well yeah, every neutral likes to see Man U getting the shitty end of the VAR stick, but if you're just watching a game for enjoyment's sake, you know its over once VAR sticks its oar in. I knew Man U were gonna lose after that happened. Likewise I switched off the Chelsea vs Liverpool game at half time because you could tell by the body language of the Chelsea players if was all over. They can't even get motivated by a sense of perceived injustice because there's no-one to get mad at. The other thing now is its breeding coward officials - i'm pretty sure the chelsea ref knew that was a red card but didn't fancy taking responsibility himself so he gave a yellow and let VAR sort it. Which begs the question why do we need them?
My view is there is an added psychological effect on the players having a decision overturned by VAR. So getting a player sent off by the ref will have less effect on a team than a player than getting a yellow and then VAR changing it to red. Likewise, a goal being allowed/dis-allowed and then VAR changing the decision. Think I will closely follow our interactions with VAR this season, and see if the theory has any legs..
Quote from: sickbeggar on September 21, 2020, 11:38:33 AMMy view is there is an added psychological effect on the players having a decision overturned by VAR. So getting a player sent off by the ref will have less effect on a team than a player than getting a yellow and then VAR changing it to red. Likewise, a goal being allowed/dis-allowed and then VAR changing the decision. Think I will closely follow our interactions with VAR this season, and see if the theory has any legs..Hmmm, could be tricky if you're not going to watch when VAR get involved.