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Var not good compendium

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Frost of all I will say I’ve put the word compendium in and have no idea what it means. That being said the purpose of this post which I hope you jolly good folk will participate in is to list the worst VAR mistakes ( corruptions ) that we have seen this season. This might indicate who has benefited most and who has well and truly had their pants pulled down. Here’s 3 to start as they are pretty recent

Mbuemo handball v Forest went to var you know the box sign so it will be given,,,usually and wasnt
Havertz tackle enough said
Motherwell header that wasn’t handball as hands can launch a ball like that.

Over to you lovely folk.
 

Not seen the still frame pics of the Motherwell header but from one angle it doesn’t look handball but from another angle it does.

I think there is a list published of VAR errors so for anyone who can find and post that, it might be an interesting contribution to the thread.
 
Seaham_FTM said:
That last night was a blatant red card.
Ballard or Onein would have been sent off, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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I don't thunk thats the case. Our player could have easily got sent off for that elbow in the chops against Man Utd but wasn't. People only remember that ones that suit there narrative

All sets of footy fans can point to perceived injustices
 
Mallard said:
Surely that is the referees and not VAR?

I am initially hated VAR however but I don’t think it is the tool that is the problem but those operating it.
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Totally agree, if it is used properly then it would be a great help but they seem to have made a right hash of that. Anything that takes over 1 minute to make a decision can't be clear and obvious so just get on with the game.
 
I don't believe there's a real will to sort it out.
Despite there being no excuse for the VAR officials not to be consistent. I'm thinking Ballards red, against Calvert Lewin getting away with the same "offence".

The officials are protected and are unaccountable. So dropping bollocks left right and centre is met, rarely, with an apology but mostly with silence or crass justification.
 
Upshot is that it remains human error , same as it ever was, just 2 more humans in the mix
Would only 1 referee make these errors more palatable?
Whats the alternative?
No referees and an AI model brought in to remove human error?
Referees have been getting a bagging since Adam was a boy
 
max wartbug said:
I don't believe there's a real will to sort it out.
Despite there being no excuse for the VAR officials not to be consistent. I'm thinking Ballards red, against Calvert Lewin getting away with the same "offence".

The officials are protected and are unaccountable. So dropping bollocks left right and centre is met, rarely, with an apology but mostly with silence or crass justification.
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This consistency bullocks is laughable. Firstly no two incidents are the same and these officials aren't robots. There are allowed different opinions to there colleagues just like posters on this message board have different opinions. You can put 10 refs in a room and show them something and depending on interpretation you any will get 50/50 split on what they think
 
redandwhiterob said:
This consistency bullocks is laughable. Firstly no two incidents are the same and these officials aren't robots. There are allowed different opinions to there colleagues just like posters on this message board have different opinions. You can put 10 refs in a room and show them something and depending on interpretation you any will get 50/50 split on what they think
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so what is the point of VAR then? instead of one persons interpretation, you have 5 peoples interpretation. its still down to judgement and opinion.
 
redandwhiterob said:
This consistency bullocks is laughable. Firstly no two incidents are the same and these officials aren't robots. There are allowed different opinions to there colleagues just like posters on this message board have different opinions. You can put 10 refs in a room and show them something and depending on interpretation you any will get 50/50 split on what they think
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You may have a point when the incident isn't clear and obvious, where have I heard that before, but you can't seriously argue that there aren't consistency issues.
 
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