Quote from: Toronto Villa on November 30, 2020, 10:25:09 PMThey are applying a rule so literally that it is ruining the game. There is almost nothing about VAR that fans agree on that is a benefit for the game.But they are not. If Ollie was offside he was also fouled. So ok disallow the goal but don't ignore the obvious foul that anyone with two eyes can see.
They are applying a rule so literally that it is ruining the game. There is almost nothing about VAR that fans agree on that is a benefit for the game.
Fuck it.Burn it with fucking fire, put the ashes in a safe and drop into the deepest trench in the Pacific. Fucking ****** of a system.Imagine being in the ground tonight having travelled 200 miles, paid £30, gone barmy and been told no lads, stop enjoying football, some ****** with a fucking ipad in Hillingdon reckons your arm is offside and cannot spot a nailed on penalty.FUCK VAR.
In the last decade or so, changes to the Laws, or at least how they are interpreted have made football a better spectacle as it has prevented the flair, edge-of-our-seats players from simply being kicked out of the game. However, the whole point of the game is to put the ball in the net and when a system designed to present clear and obvious errors is in fact working on the presumption that there is a reason to disallow a goal, it is a massive retrograde step and is now destroying that spectacle.
Quote from: olaftab on November 30, 2020, 10:27:59 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on November 30, 2020, 10:25:09 PMThey are applying a rule so literally that it is ruining the game. There is almost nothing about VAR that fans agree on that is a benefit for the game.But they are not. If Ollie was offside he was also fouled. So ok disallow the goal but don't ignore the obvious foul that anyone with two eyes can see. Your point is perfectly valid. I’m just saying the infraction was offside. That they missed the foul entirely is utter incompetence. It’s clearly a professional foul to stop him from getting the ball but I can only assume they decided the offside happened first deeming the foul a secondary issue. It’s fucking ludicrous however you look at it. Without VAR that’s a goal. Simple. And without VAR that could happen to us too. I have never heard a football fan complain when the margins were so tight it was impossible to see with the human eye.
Quote from: TopDeck113 on November 30, 2020, 10:53:36 PMIn the last decade or so, changes to the Laws, or at least how they are interpreted have made football a better spectacle as it has prevented the flair, edge-of-our-seats players from simply being kicked out of the game. However, the whole point of the game is to put the ball in the net and when a system designed to present clear and obvious errors is in fact working on the presumption that there is a reason to disallow a goal, it is a massive retrograde step and is now destroying that spectacle. I said sort of the same in the post-match thread. In attempting to fix the problem of match officials making mistakes, they've made the situation far, far worse by making just as many mistakes, and taking all the spontaneity out of the game in taking ages to do so. If an offside decision requires drawing lines to 0.000001mm, then fuck it, just let it stand. Even if it goes against us, I'd rather concede the goal.