The var thread

No response?

Typical TSS, tell you what you think, refuse to address any points that counter argument and then flounce off claiming some sort of moral high ground victory



You really are a condescending old **** at times mate.

 

My fear (which isn't really a fear as it is a nailed on certainty) is that future young fans will be really happy because they will never know how exciting football was.
There's a difference between an acceptance of the good points of technology....and downright worship of it....in the sense that if something is possible then it must be done regardless.

 

i sense their will be a lot of VAR issues this season.
the trouble is the game is so fast now compared to say the 1990s and there is no way ref's can keep up with it (not that they could then either) so technology is the natural way forward but I can already hear alan shearer moaning about it on MOTD 'fans wont be able to properly celebrate a goal' etc. etc...
it will take a few years to sort out i expect

 

Sorry, I was just off somewhere else. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

 

VAR broken at half time, @Libby loving it

 

To be fair, it was the referee’s earpieces which were broken rather than the VAR itself.

 

Not watching otherwise I might have cracked open a beer.

 

It was actually due to local interference with the referee's radio communication system, but sure.

 

So it's been fun today having loads of people who I've been arguing with over the Summer come up and tell me that they're now having doubts

 

Your obsession with VAR is getting as bad as Beef's obsession with Chaz, Libs...

 

Oh it's much worse than that, mate.

Tbf people have been bringing it up to me today

 

Not that you have SEEN

 

VAR is NOT suited to FOOTBALL .

End of .

Third umpire in cricket ? Yes 100% yes .

Flags in American Football , Part of that culture .

Football is all about passion spur ( sorry ) of the moment decisions . To halt a game of football for a questionable ( OR not ) decisions , robs it of the pure INTESITY & PASSION of the game .

It must be totally alien to the supporters / fans .

 

I thought it worked well the first weekend

 

It did, and we certainly can have no complaints about our game.......it saved us a couple times!
But, I still don't like it, and I'm just dreading being on the end of a wolves decision, its going to be awful.

 

It'll be bearable on the telly or a stream, it's awful at the match.

 

It is here now to stay and will modified and become more efficient with each passing season and discussions about like this one will be long forgotten in a few years time.

 

On the note of our game I can see it getting a bit silly if the refs aren't gonna blow for a flag just in case there's a goal. Sure he blew before it went in too which raises a whole new set of questions.

 

Yeah, its weird. Its like they enjoy the disappointment it causes! Sicko's.

 

The thing I like the most about it is that Refs being hung out to dry and crucified by TV pundits with the benefit of slow mo and several camera angles will be a thing of the past and important things like cup finals and promotion/relegation have a much better chance of being decided fairly and not by human error by 3 officials in real time.
It is paramount to get the right decision on game changing moments IMO.