Time for VAR

"a couple of decisions" per match yes, which in the context of a low scoring game is really, really influential. I mean add to basketball it would be ridiculous, but footy, it makes perfect sense. The technology and process will improve to increase the TTD (Time to decision) and this noise will all disappear
If they ever, and I don't think it will happen, make this TTD a minimum, through a few years practice at friendly games, then it should be tried for EFL Trophy games. They're so far off at the moment
 
If they ever, and I don't think it will happen, make this TTD a minimum, through a few years practice at friendly games, then it should be tried for EFL Trophy games. They're so far off at the moment
they probably rushed it in. But it has improved. Personally I would have only brought it in for offsides first. No other decisions. That's something that cannot reasonably be argued, just as goal line tech couldn't before it. It could
, also with some AI tweaks automated in the near future.

I would then have followed the Tennis/Cricket model of having a limited number of VAR referrals per game that managers had to call for. To double check an incident, such as penalty claim, in or out of box, handball. This would mean that VAR would only be used when there is a real sense of injustice. Let teams carry over a VAR to the next game if they don't use VAR in the last 15 mins so that they don't do frivolous VAR requests.
 
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what I find most irritating are the people on TV who complained for decades about refereeing mistakes, instantly starting to complain about VAR taking too long to get to the right decision. You can guarantee these influencers would complain on TV again at the wrong decisions again like it's the end of the world if VAR were to be removed
 
what I find most irritating are the people on TV who complained for decades about refereeing mistakes, instantly starting to complain about VAR taking too long to get to the right decision. You can guarantee these influencers would complain on TV again at the wrong decisions again like it's the end of the world if VAR were to be removed
They're the only reason we have it now, years of lobbying by the TV companies.
 
Ched Evans has just equalised with his arm against Fulham.

Would have been disallowed immediately with VAR.

Not overly upset as I don't want Fulham to win, but that's another major decision wrong by the referees lately.
 
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