seagulls4ever
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I don't see the problem. You could see Mata's knee was offside, even if it was only very slightly. But it doesn't matter - offside is offside - you could see he was slightly offside so it's clear and obvious. But all goals are reviewed for offside, irrespective of whether it is 'clear and obvious'. The lines not working correctly initially was a shambles, but they weren't used to make the decision (straight lines were), and the right decision was made. Not sure why you think it wasn't offside (or the BT commentators for that matter). With the straight lines that were eventually shown, you can clearly see it was.
It is marginal rather than clear. VAR is being brought in to correct obvious bad decisions. Surely if every marginal offside is going to be reviewed games will last for hours. Presumably linesman become irrelevant ?
All the Liverpool WBA decisions were correct. Don't listen to Pardew.
Glory, glory man united. YOUR reds go marching on and on.
I can certainly see the yanks doing it. In fact, I can't see them not doing it. 'This decision is being reviewed by Crunchy Crunch, the crunchiest crunch there is'.
Doesn't FIFA have enough money already?
I wish you were wrong, but it's a pretty valid concern. We need to do our best to not accept it (any ads that creep in, rather than var).
Sorry - but I don’t think it was off inside either. And was so marginal that the attacking side should be given the benefit of the doubt.
If there had been no VAR I don’t think anyone would have moaned if that goal had been given. No fan of it all - just adds unnecessary complexity, slows down the game and gives tv pundits more opportunity to criticise
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Again I have to disagree, Tennis has natural breaks in play between points, football at its best should flow.
Rugby is a better example where television reviews are used by referees quite liberally........I don’t think rugby fans are universally supportive of it.
It’s bad enough when a goal is disallowed for a tight offside, without having the introduction of a pause between celebrating or not celebrating. It’s like the football equivalent of the dramatic pause that is now used in shows before a contestant is booted off.
No thanks.
Perhaps they can get Ant & Dec on the pitch and go through the entire first 11.
Anthony Knockaert.. *pause* you were ONSIDE.
Glenn Murray.. *pause* you were OFFSIDE I'm so sorry .. *crowd jeers*
****ing circus act this VAR.
Teething trouble doesn't make it a bad idea.
No it doesn't. It's likely to mean there are less teams on the end of wrong decisions.It does if you're on the receiving end of a wrong decision in a game that actually matters.
I disagree. The flow of the game is generally disrupted when there's a penalty, they might as well get the decision right.Even if it is only used for yes/no decisions, it will disrupt the flow of the game. Goal-line technology is good, but using VAR to scrutinise various subjective decisions - like was there enough contact to merit a penalty - is a poor idea.
Let's hope so. I assume there will always be those that don't like it. Just keep adverts and delays away.I no doubt will be proved wrong and it will go from strength to strength over the coming years though.
Anyone who thinks that was offside is wrong in the head, and people like you will ruin the game.