Nor will they exert pressure if the replay is shown after the decision regardless of whether it's the VAR or the referee making the decision. So why say it is pointless to show the replays on the big screen after a decision has been made?
But that doesn't address the issue of showing the replay on the big screen.
The issue here is of showing the video on the big screens (so that everyone in the stadium can see the replay and any relevant info - lines to clarify offside etc). FIFA will how it after the decision has been made...
Why is there no point to it after the decision? I can understand wanting to see it while the ref decides, I understand that seeing it while the ref decides gives the fans something to do while there is a break in play. Showing it after the decision is made, allows the fans to see why the...
I think an issue that wasn't, as far as I saw, brought up before that the trials of VAR that the trials have exposed is an underlying culture that will be a big barrier to VAR being a full success: everyone wants to be the referee.
No, no-one really wants to be the referee, that involves too...