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I see where you're coming from, but under the current system, the referee CANNOT (or should not) ask VARS for assistance. He referees the game as normal, makes his decisions as normal, and the VAR only gets in his ear if they think he has made a massive blunder - that is how it is supposed to...

We're back to the old "there was contact so it MUST be a penalty" argument then. :rolleyes:

You could well be right. Slow day in the office, I clearly need to make better use of my time.

A slightly odd rant. Italy didn't cheat last night, I never claimed they did, nor did I make any derogatory racist remarks. Obviously most goals are 'good' goals. But we're going to have to get used to quite a few of them getting the all-clear now from someone sitting in a booth, before we can...

I'm not trying to "disguise" anything whatsoever. I'm stating the rules by which VARS is supposed implemented - to correct clear and obvious mistakes by the referee. Are you honestly saying that the initial non-award of that penalty was a clear and obvious mistake ? Are you saying that it was a...

Spot on fella.

OK,lets be clear here. VARS has been introduced in an attempt to resolve "clear and obvious errors" - ie howlers. Huge mistakes. Blatant wrong calls. That penalty decision was nothing of the sort. The ref initially decided not to give the penalty, and you didn't see too many complaints because...

VARS will not solve everything. But it will fundamentally alter the structure of game as we know it. One of the worst aspects is that the spontaneous rush of celebrating a goal will often be put on hold while we wonder if VARS will be getting involved - it happened last night after Vardy scored...

In total agreement. All hail the LUDDITES :thumbsup:

1986 to 2018 IS 30-odd years - you just didn't have any more howlers that have put us out of tournaments since 2010 (which was the Lampard one which has already been resolved now anyway), so that kind of reinforces my point. You've got to go all the way back to 1998 and Sol Campbell - would VARS...

The price to pay to try to correct these (very rare) clear and obvious errors is too great a one IMO. We can all cite examples of some absolute howlers that have proved costly, but they ARE extremely rare, they're not commonplace at all - they're just more memorable because of the stage they...

Many of the referees at this upcoming World Cup have NEVER used VARS. Just let that sink in for a moment. FIFA are pressing ahead though. And guess what - they've been in talks with technological businesses to have their brands sponsoring the VARS reviews. So expect to see Tag Heuer plastered...

The pen was not a "clear error" by the ref, it was a very marginal call. Therefore it should never have been flagged up by the bloke at the airport, as it was clearly a debatable decision. The original on-field decision was perfectly understandable and sound. Having been hauled over to the...

Pick out the rattiest player in the Italy squad and you could make the same point. Italy, like Holland, are at their lowest ebb in living memory right now. We're hardly worldbeaters ourselves, but I think we've got enough about us to take care of business tonight. A similar performance to Friday...

Italy are cack these days. Easy win for the good guys.