Should VAR be scrapped?

[summerisle]

 

[BluePeadar]

VAR works in a lot of sports. Football has the global untouchable arrogance to do it their way and it is killing the atmosphere. Turning fans away from going to the game and hurting the passion which made football above other sports for a lot of people. Football is eating itself with money and VAR is just another factor which is in my opinion dragging it over a cliff.

 

[No8Bally]

It's only there to assist match fixing for the scab 6

 

[chrismpw]

It shouldn't be scrapped because Mane and Salah would win the league by diving - however it should be manned by a disparate team of judges separate from the bent FA

 

[perth_blue]

I feel it needs to go back to what it was supposed to be for. Clear and obvious errors.
Non of this, toenail offside rubbish. But a blatant error.
I would change it as well to make the 4th official in charge of it. Flag sommat and the 4th official looks at the screen and makes the call. Has 30 seconds or so to call it. If it is obvious, he can easily do that. If it is not obvious, then crack on with the onfield call.
Simples.

I like the idea of 4th official reviewing it. Because he would be able to provide his reasoning directly to the managers standing next to him.

 

[CharliePotato]

Get rid, ruins the game.

 

[TN Toffee]

I feel it needs to go back to what it was supposed to be for. Clear and obvious errors.
Non of this, toenail offside rubbish. But a blatant error.
I would change it as well to make the 4th official in charge of it. Flag sommat and the 4th official looks at the screen and makes the call. Has 30 seconds or so to call it. If it is obvious, he can easily do that. If it is not obvious, then crack on with the onfield call.
Simples.

Agree with this. Personally, until they can implement some sort of Hawkeye system that works like goal line technology to judge offsides in real time, I’d scrap that part of it entirely and just let the linesmen call it on the field. 30 seconds at the monitor is plenty, but I’d add that replays should only be viewed at full speed. Watching in slow motion makes every tackle/potential penalty look much worse than it usually is.

 

[gonetomorrow]

If VAR was partly designed to protect refs it ain't working. They're more unpopular than ever!

 

[Khalekan]

We've had VAR now for around 4 years. Simple question...

Do you think it has improved the overall standard of officiating, or would you scrap it?

No, it has not IMO.

What’s worse, it has taken the emotion out of the game.

No longer can one celebrate even a legitimate a goal with unbridled enthusiasm because there is a delayed reaction to see if the accursed VAR intervenes.

 

[TN Toffee]

No, it has not IMO.

What’s worse, it has taken the emotion out of the game.

No longer can one celebrate even a legitimate a goal with unbridled enthusiasm because there is a delayed reaction to see if the accursed VAR intervenes.

I went to a game at Fulham back around Christmas, and it’s such a difference not having VAR cast it’s long shadow over everything that happens. So much more enjoyable.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I went to a game at Fulham back around Christmas, and it’s such a difference not having VAR cast it’s long shadow over everything that happens. So much more enjoyable.

It's one of the reasons why I've got back into Irish league football. A goal is a goal and we only have 1 ref making poor decisions rather than 2.

 

[MikeH72]

I fear if we scrap it now then the game would be in a much worse state. The ability of referees now, due to the crutch of VAR, is awful. How many decisions get overturned every game with VAR that refs have missed? Imagine none of those decisions being overturned. To scrap VAR we’d need so much better live officiating.

The game was far better and more enjoyable when that was the case, despite the incompetence of the officials. VAR has done nothing to improve the game, not a single thing, no one actually wants goals being ruled offside because someone’s arsecheek is a millimetre offside. It’s nothing more than a tool to enable match fixing.

 

[wandyr79]

We should scrap the bent corrupt officials not VAR.

This technology is only as good as the person looking at the replays, that is all it is. VAR is not some kind of unique to football technology, it is some cameras allowing a person to see things from different angles and then make a more evaluated and more often than not correct decision.

 

[Nymzee]

The game was far better and more enjoyable when that was the case, despite the incompetence of the officials. VAR has done nothing to improve the game, not a single thing, no one actually wants goals being ruled offside because someone’s arsecheek is a millimetre offside. It’s nothing more than a tool to enable match fixing.

Well you say that, but the ref missed the handball yesterday, so would you still think no VAR is better/more enjoyable if it wasn't present yesterday and we still didn't get a pen?

 

[Runub]

VAR needs to be made fit for purpose. Mic is the refs and VAR. Only the corrupt and incompetent will be scared of scrutiny. Mistakes happen, but an honest one will be understood more readily and we can hopefully put away the suspicions of match fixing that we currently have.

I like that idea. Being able to hear the conversation leading to the decision would make everything more transparent