The want to overturn the decisions that add to the drama and spectacle for their viewers.You can interpret the incident however you like. Was it the correct decision by VAR? Possibly. Was it a clear and obvious error? Nope.The ref missing a player being 3 foot offside is a clear and obvious error. A ref missing someone being a knee or arm offside is not. The clear and obvious error line is only there to be used as a "get-out" when they miss something. i.e. "Yes Player A could have been fouled in the build-up to a goal, but it wasn't a clear and obvious error by the referee." They can't lose.
I think the following would help:* bringing back the daylight rule (if that ever was a rule, I can’t remember) for offside and using VAR for detecting that. That would stop stupid armpit stuff. * Removing the ‘clear and obvious’ guideline as this is at the core of where a lot of problems are coming from. I’m not even sure that terminology is part of how VAR is used in other leagues. * No freeze frames to base decisions on, except for offside. * More than one angle of replays of incidents as this is often subjective in its selection as we’ve seen.* The referees and Stockley Park to me miked up so there is transparency in why and how decisions are made. * A much better communication with matchday fans on what’s going on. VAR shouldn’t just be a tv audience thing. * As someone mentioned before, taking it out of the hands of the PGMOL. They’re just reviewing themselves and guess what; they always find themselves correct. That would probably be a decent start.
... The bigger issue was the ref deciding not to use VAR for the Ollie/Evans incident.
Quote from: LeonW on December 13, 2021, 12:15:53 AMI think the following would help:* bringing back the daylight rule (if that ever was a rule, I can’t remember) for offside and using VAR for detecting that. That would stop stupid armpit stuff. * Removing the ‘clear and obvious’ guideline as this is at the core of where a lot of problems are coming from. I’m not even sure that terminology is part of how VAR is used in other leagues. * No freeze frames to base decisions on, except for offside. * More than one angle of replays of incidents as this is often subjective in its selection as we’ve seen.* The referees and Stockley Park to me miked up so there is transparency in why and how decisions are made. * A much better communication with matchday fans on what’s going on. VAR shouldn’t just be a tv audience thing. * As someone mentioned before, taking it out of the hands of the PGMOL. They’re just reviewing themselves and guess what; they always find themselves correct. That would probably be a decent start. First one seems unnecessary, offside has been ok this season since they made changes, but I agree with the rest.