You don't 'think' VAR would have changed anything. And it probably shouldn't have. But if it had been active probably would have! And even if it hadn't, as you say, would have wasted time and killed momentum in the game. Summary, VAR = rubbish
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Don't start me off again on THAT
GloryDays
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The game is better with var
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Yes THE game is better with VAR.
However, that game wqs better without VAR
100% agree and said so numerous times during the game. Just so much better.
LamieRobertson
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VAR can……off
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Massively agree with you, but I’ve been banging that drum since before the dreadful thing was brought in in the first place. We’ve had six seasons of it now and still can’t believe some fans still want it.
Just take us back to when you could properly celebrate a goal like tonight.
Just take us back to when you could properly celebrate a goal like tonight.
The players seem to play the game differently in the absence of VAR too. There’s a far better flow to the game and seemingly an acceptance that they are engaged in a fast-paced, dynamic contact sport at elite level, with all the minor imperfections that brings, and not a sterile and binary computer game.
They seem far more inclined to just get on with it - and less prone to fabricating or exaggerating trivial contact that will appear like a heinous foul when viewed in super slo-mo multiple times.
What’s more, I reckon they enjoy it more too.
They seem far more inclined to just get on with it - and less prone to fabricating or exaggerating trivial contact that will appear like a heinous foul when viewed in super slo-mo multiple times.
What’s more, I reckon they enjoy it more too.
Except Cole Palmer of course. Took him ages to remember there was no VAR so there was no point him staying down any more after Dunk's little tap.
Sorrel
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Much better without VAR; pity it’s back next round.
Gazwag
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No, at Spurs the linesman gave handball and VAR didn't feel it was a clear error, today hand ball wasn't given and is wasn't handball either
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He really didn't. It was Pedro initiating contact and milking it. Something I wouldn't expect of him. Oh...
GloryDays
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And not forgetting Marguire’s goal at the death in the game on Friday. It’s offside.
VAR is better for the game and generally more fair. But this is just my opinion. All well and good celebrating the lack of VAR when it benefits us but the bigger picture is that officiating has got so bad, and now so reliant on VAR, that we can’t have elite football without it. It’s a Wild West.
This…. Goal line technology ‘yes’, VAR ‘no’.
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Not much has been said about our second goal that could have been disallowed for a possible handball from Lamptey if VAR was in operation but BBC have chosen to use it as a controversial example as to why Brighton like not having VAR
BBC fail to mention of course the times VAR has overruled a ref’s on field decision that was initially in our favour in circumstances where it shouldn’t have intervened.
As FH said, it’s not about the decisions (which probably are 6 of one and half a dozen of the other) but the fact VAR destroys the joy and spontaneity of celebrating goals and interrupts the flow of the game. VAR also is undermining the on pitch match officiating imo - it is seemingly destroying the few brain cells some match officials have in thinking for themselves and trusting in their own decision-making. (Can kids still do mental arithmetic when they leave school or has the reliance on calculators left that skill set undeveloped?)
FA Cup: Lack of video assistant referee technology felt in fourth round
The debate over the use of technology in football is nothing new - but in the FA Cup fourth round its absence has provided a frequent talking point.
www.bbc.co.uk
BBC fail to mention of course the times VAR has overruled a ref’s on field decision that was initially in our favour in circumstances where it shouldn’t have intervened.
As FH said, it’s not about the decisions (which probably are 6 of one and half a dozen of the other) but the fact VAR destroys the joy and spontaneity of celebrating goals and interrupts the flow of the game. VAR also is undermining the on pitch match officiating imo - it is seemingly destroying the few brain cells some match officials have in thinking for themselves and trusting in their own decision-making. (Can kids still do mental arithmetic when they leave school or has the reliance on calculators left that skill set undeveloped?)
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The article mentions technology in the Newcastle game. There was no VAR but goal line technology was available.Not much has been said about our second goal that could have been disallowed for a possible handball from Lamptey if VAR was in operation but BBC have chosen to use it as a controversial example as to why Brighton like not having VAR
FA Cup: Lack of video assistant referee technology felt in fourth round
The debate over the use of technology in football is nothing new - but in the FA Cup fourth round its absence has provided a frequent talking point.www.bbc.co.uk
BBC fail to mention of course the times VAR has overruled a ref’s on field decision that was initially in our favour in circumstances where it shouldn’t have intervened.
As FH said, it’s not about the decisions (which probably are 6 of one and half a dozen of the other) but the fact VAR destroys the joy and spontaneity of celebrating goals and interrupts the flow of the game. VAR also is undermining the on pitch match officiating imo - it is seemingly destroying the few brain cells some match officials have in thinking for themselves and trusting in their own decision-making. (Can kids still do mental arithmetic when they leave school or has the reliance on calculators left that skill set undeveloped?)
MOTD covered both Lamptey (ball to hand - accidental) and Mitoma (shoulder) and concluded neither were handball.