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Championship tell VAR to do one.

Teejay said:
The decisions VAR makes are fine. It’s the fact that it removes spontaneity from goal celebrations that is my issue with it. Hate it with a passion.

Eventually all decisions will be made by AI bots anyway.
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That’s a good point in fairness, and I do find myself waiting for VAR with pretty much every goal/corner when I watch on TV, completely taken away that part of watching for me. Find I still enjoy goals, build up etc though.

Like say for example when VAR chalked off citys winner years ago in the CL against Spurs I reacted like a goal had been scored, VAR can still contribute in my opinion
 

It's a shame it got voted down as it would have been intriguing to see that sort of challenge system in football. I've thought for a number of years it would be better like that for the howlers that get missed rather than every tiny little thing. Works in tennis and cricket like that
 
mackemed2 said:
This might not be a popular view but we are exactly the type of club that benefits from VAR, even if it still doesn't get everything right. We'd miss it if it was gone. Those no way 'decisions even themselves out throughout the year'.
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I don’t have the stats to back this up, but I’d wager it’s a big reason why the likes of man United, Chelsea, spurs etc have struggled recently.

Obviously the premier league money has made the gap smaller but those clubs definitely got more of their fair share of refereeing decisions pre var.

I’m not blaming corruption or anything, but the pressure to give those clubs decisions or rather the pressure to not rule against them 100% used to be a factor.
 
The Beautiful Game said:
I don’t have the stats to back this up, but I’d wager it’s a big reason why the likes of man United, Chelsea, spurs etc have struggled recently.

Obviously the premier league money has made the gap smaller but those clubs definitely got more of their fair share of refereeing decisions pre var.

I’m not blaming corruption or anything, but the pressure to give those clubs decisions or rather the pressure to not rule against them 100% used to be a factor.
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Personally I think that absolute nonsense especially in the case of Spurs.

They were they at because they have been absolutely shit this season and their plight has nothing whatsoever to do with anything else other than them been shit this season
 
gonzalo said:
I find myself a massive outlier in that I think VARs a good thing, all the discussions are around how its bad and ineffective, but anyone who watches other leagues knows it can be done well with the right tech and staff.

This turning of the media and fans against VAR is honestly one of the biggest stitch ups by the FA, Premier League, PGMOL, and I will wear my tin hat on this as I expect pelters.

Edit: Honestly every single MOTD, every podcast has some pundits exasperated at it, VARs technology, it’s like blaming guns for WW1, blame the bloody organisation thats meant to be sorting training out etc
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Ageeed. There are two conversations to be had:
1, is video assisted refereeing a good thing?
2. Is FIFA’s implementation of video assisted refereeing that we know as VAR a good thing?

Imho:
1. Yea. Look at how well it works in rugby union. FIFA’s arrogance in not just coping the correct answer is ludicrous.
No. Look at how well it works in rugby union. FIFA’s arrogance in not just coping the correct answer is ludicrous.
 
roker beach said:
You can understand them not having VAR in some ways, but when you think of some of the refs we had in the championship, there’s going to be more room for some flaky decisions.
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Var hasn't stopped that though. They just seem to make cockups just as much and have no excuse for it.
 
Steve H said:
I like VAR
The decision is delaying the inevitable
It will be used in the champo soon
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Indeed it will

It's a really badly written article and bad headline anyway

This was about a challenge system version. It was never going to be voted for implementation in a league tier as high as the Championship

Doesn't even seem to have been completed testing in Canada yet

An actual non story really
 
gonzalo said:
I find myself a massive outlier in that I think VARs a good thing
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You're not. It is statistically undeniable that VAR is far more reliable than simply relying on the onfield officials. We are in the PL because of VAR as being 2 down to the Blades at Wembley last year would have probably been too much even for our lads

Unfortunately the Luddites prefer to have more wrong, often terrible season changing decisions than wait for the correct decision to be made
 
Burns said:
We are in the PL because of VAR as being 2 down to the Blades at Wembley last year
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We don’t know this. The assistant stayed in his position and knew VAR was there to intervene. There’s no need for him to flag but there is some evidence to suggest he thought it was offside

VAR’s presence impacts the decisions of the officials, I don’t think we can firmly say the officials wouldn’t have disallowed their second
 
woodlebert said:
We don’t know this. The assistant stayed in his position and knew VAR was there to intervene. There’s no need for him to flag but there is some evidence to suggest he thought it was offside

VAR’s presence impacts the decisions of the officials, I don’t think we can firmly say the officials wouldn’t have disallowed their second
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Refs and other officials are making less important decisions and leaving it to VAR to step in and make the call.
 
woodlebert said:
We don’t know this. The assistant stayed in his position and knew VAR was there to intervene. There’s no need for him to flag but there is some evidence to suggest he thought it was offside

VAR’s presence impacts the decisions of the officials, I don’t think we can firmly say the officials wouldn’t have disallowed their second
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If the linesman could see that he was in a potentially offside postition and in the keepers line of sight then he a f**king genius official. That was a £120m decision and I'd rather it was looked at from multiple HD TV angles than two officials in real time in the heat of a Wembley final

The statistics are undeniable. VAR is far far more accurate and thankfully it's staying
 
Burns said:
You're not. It is statistically undeniable that VAR is far more reliable than simply relying on the onfield officials. We are in the PL because of VAR as being 2 down to the Blades at Wembley last year would have probably been too much even for our lads

Unfortunately the Luddites prefer to have more wrong, often terrible season changing decisions than wait for the correct decision to be made
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No good, i’ve actually been pleasantly surprised by this thread, you watch MOTD and listen to podcasts and youd think everyone hates var
 
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