[Albion] Can anyone explain the actual point of VAR

Nobby · Feb 22, 2020

On the train back from the game today

What is the point of it?

I’ve asked this question from Day 1

We know that most referees are pretty useless. And therefore it follows that most VAR referees are fairly useless (as they are the same human beings)

So it follows that there will be as many VAR errors as errors by referees on the pitch

So what is the point?

Please

Weststander · Feb 22, 2020

To rubber stamp shocking errors by their pals.

Justice · Feb 22, 2020

I think Mike Dean summed up the PL refs thoughts on VAR in the Peter Crouch Podcast, ‘ I’m not happy someone else telling me I’ve made a mistake after 20 years in the game’

Mayonaise · Feb 22, 2020

Clears up some controversies but creates its own - week after week

Killing the enjoyment - get rid!

jessiejames · Feb 22, 2020

I thought in the Burnley Muff game
VAR made the correct decision. What I don't understand is how far back they go with it. Let's say Muff did not score when they did, but the ball stayed in play for another 5 min, then goes out can they then decide to give the penalty, and if so are those extra 5 min added on at the end of the game.?

DavidinSouthampton · Feb 22, 2020

It's worth it just to upset Eddie Howe&#55357;&#56833;

Nobby · Feb 22, 2020

jessiejames said:
I thought in the Burnley Muff game
VAR made the correct decision. What I don't understand is how far back they go with it. Let's say Muff did not score when they did, but the ball stayed in play for another 5 min, then goes out can they then decide to give the penalty, and if so are those extra 5 min added on at the end of the game.?

What if that had happened with one minute to go.
Players all off the field in the showers or on the coach or maybe have gone home.
Can they be called back for those extra few minutes?

Harry Wilson's tackle · Feb 22, 2020

Justice said:
I think The Complete And Utter Shyster summed up the PL refs thoughts on VAR in the Peter Crouch Podcast, ‘ I’m not happy someone else telling me I’ve made a mistake after 20 years in the game’

This.

So, they are busy sabotaging it (deliberately, probably not, but subconsciously, certainly).

AmexRuislip · Feb 22, 2020

Justice said:
I think The Complete And Utter Shyster summed up the PL refs thoughts on VAR in the Peter Crouch Podcast, ‘ I’m not happy someone else telling me I’ve made a mistake after 20 years in the game’

What like NSC on your sending off of Dale Stephens v Boro a while back

Creaky · Feb 22, 2020

jessiejames said:
I thought in the Burnley Muff game
VAR made the correct decision. What I don't understand is how far back they go with it. Let's say Muff did not score when they did, but the ball stayed in play for another 5 min, then goes out can they then decide to give the penalty, and if so are those extra 5 min added on at the end of the game.?

I presume that VAR doesn’t wait for a break in play before starting to review an incident.

Where they feel that the play needs to be stopped, for example for a penalty, then they can inform the ref.

A number of incidents are reviewed over the course of a game that don’t interrupt play at all.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Feb 22, 2020

Nobby said:
What if that had happened with one minute to go.
Players all off the field in the showers or on the coach or maybe have gone home.
Can they be called back for those extra few minutes?

Doing it really slowly is part of the undermining.

Mackenzie · Feb 22, 2020

Seems very inconsistent.

Uh_huh_him · Feb 22, 2020

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
This.

So, they are busy sabotaging it (deliberately, probably not, but subconsciously, certainly).

This!

Over time VAR could be used to assess the capability of individual ref's.
Could easily be used as the metric to decide which ref's get to keep their jobs

It isn't in their interest for it to work well.

Lower West Stander · Feb 22, 2020

Justice said:
I think Mike Dean summed up the PL refs thoughts on VAR in the Peter Crouch Podcast, ‘ I’m not happy someone else telling me I’ve made a mistake after 20 years in the game’

I think that happens after every game he referees doesn’t it?

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jessiejames · Feb 22, 2020

Creaky said:
I presume that VAR doesn’t wait for a break in play before starting to review an incident.

Where they feel that the play needs to be stopped, for example for a penalty, then they can inform the ref.

A number of incidents are reviewed over the course of a game that don’t interrupt play at all.

They Said on the radio that because the game had stopped, they were able to make the correct decision.
I thought that you can only go back a few phases, to make the decision.

Creaky · Feb 22, 2020

jessiejames said:
They Said on the radio that because the game had stopped, they were able to make the correct decision.
I thought that you can only go back a few phases, to make the decision.

Isn’t that with regards to offside following a goal being scored?

Sirnormangall · Feb 22, 2020

Lower West Stander said:
I think that happens after every game he referees doesn’t it?

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Yes. We’ve not waited until AFTER 20 years of his refereeing - he’s been told for each of the last 20 years that he should have followed a different career path!

Thunder Bolt · Feb 22, 2020

It worked well in the World Cup, but the way the PL is implementing it, is ridiculous

RexCathedra · Feb 22, 2020

Bent refs, partial defense against.

Someday the whole game will be refereed by machines

GT49er · Feb 22, 2020

FFS, it's simple. It's very expensive, so somebody is making a mint out of it. The TV companies want it (or thought the did - they might be wondering now) - but all the decision makers will no doubt have been suitably rewarded fir their perspicacity in bundling it through without any excess of tedious and costly testing.

Sorry ........... I thought this was common knowledge ..............

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