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Can Hearts do it?


I was on about VAR. I mentioned nothing about the Championship yet you did. Weve had some benefits from it. Weve had things go against us from it.

I absolutely despise it. Its killing football.
Ffs! VAR benefitted us…in the championship. :lol:

Small brain, behind those small eyes, in your big head.
 
Can't even see what's controversial

Doesn't look like a penalty to me

But then fitba is a game I don't understand anymore

I was also looking for a handball there such is the madness now

But then football is a game I don't understand anymore
 
Is it ruining football? Doesn’t seem to be via any metric I can see related to popularity and viewing figures.

So you think football is getting better by waiting for several minutes waiting for several minutes to see if someone is offside by a toe nail then?
It's not impossible to come back from 2-0 down and win a game. Now tell me how many teams have done it in a playoff final.

Impressive denialism
 
Never said anything about being back in the Championship

But if you think the constant stopping of games, waiting to see if a finger nail has someone offside, not being able to celebrate a goal properly just to name a few if you think that is improving football then be my guest. VAR is f***ing awful.
I've noticed the celebrations have been shite this season, latest being Hume's goal possibly being offside by a toenail from O'Nien's flick on. People waited 2 mins until VAR had drawn the lines before the place went mental 😉
 
Do you mean we could have come back from 2-0?
I mean the linesman stopped as the ball crossed the line, didn’t run back up the line and put his hand to his ear. He saw the offside but with VAR there’s no benefit to him calling it
 
I mean the linesman stopped as the ball crossed the line, didn’t run back up the line and put his hand to his ear. He saw the offside but with VAR there’s no benefit to him calling it
Ah ok so you're saying he might have flagged if VAR wasn't in place? I can't know that that wouldn't have happened, you're right. It's hard to know anything with total certainty.
Impressive denialism
Dodge the question then ok
 
Ah ok so you're saying he might have flagged if VAR wasn't in place? I can't know that that wouldn't have happened, you're right. It's hard to know anything with total certainty.

Dodge the question then ok

Not dodging the question. I have no idea how many teams have made comebacks in Play Off finals. Nothing to suggest Sunderland couldnt have done it
 
So you think football is getting better by waiting for several minutes waiting for several minutes to see if someone is offside by a toe nail then?


Impressive denialism
I don’t think it’s “killing” football no. Crowds are as big as ever, TV deals bigger than ever, viewing figures higher than ever. All the PL clubs want VAR. The market isn’t saying that it’s killing the game. Stakeholders want it. No metric suggests it’s “killing” the game.
I mean the linesman stopped as the ball crossed the line, didn’t run back up the line and put his hand to his ear. He saw the offside but with VAR there’s no benefit to him calling it
It’s the referee’s call at that point. The AR told him Souza was offside, but Kavanagh ruled he didn’t interfere with play and gave the goal.
 
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Is waiting around for a decision crap? Yes. Is being on the end of a wrong decision without VAR crap? Also yes. What people mean when they say they hate VAR is they hate the fact a goal can be chalked off (correctly) against them and they’d like to benefit from scoring illegally. When it’s flipped around everyone wants VAR then.
 
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