[Football] Neil Swarbrick

[BensGrandad]

Neil Swarbrick and PeterKirkup will be the VAR based near Heathrow for the cup game with Andre Marriner as the ref.

 

[BNthree]

Hang on; the VAR won't actually be in the Amex?

 

[Gabbafella]

So it's basically a couple of blokes with sky+, rewinding the action and making a decision?

 

[clapham_gull]

Hang on; the VAR won't actually be in the Amex?

Yes it wil be at the Premiet League HQ.

Makes perfect sense with cameras at every game.

Ref can view footage themselves pitchside and override any decision.

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[Worried Man Blues]

Brother Dave's on the fiddle

 

[B-right-on]

So it's basically a couple of blokes with sky+, rewinding the action and making a decision?

Probably so that they only need 2 added refs for a Sat afternoon to cover the whole PL. Tightfisted FA, there's just not enoguh money in football to have 2 extra for every game.

 

[Gazwag]

Hope they are not going to rely on the wifi to get the decision to the ref, or a 4G signal come to that

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Andre Marriner was the ref for the league game.

 

[el punal]

Brother Dave's on the fiddle

Liege and Lief

 

[JJ McClure]

Hope they keep an open line between the Amex and Heathrow otherwise it'll be a right pain...

Andre Marriner picks up the phone
"Thank you for calling the premier league sponsored by Quavers please select from the following options
press 1 for fixture enquiries
press 2 for ticket enquiries
press 3 for sponsorship enquiries
press 4 to scream for a policeman
press 5 for the video assistant referee
sorry all our video assistant referees are busy
please hold, your match altering decision is important to us"

 

[Martlet]

If they can run air traffic control for Heathrow entirely offsite, I reckon they might be able to do a few video replays for a football game...


https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....nd-heathrow-air-traffic-control-600-miles?amp

 

[Postman Pat]

I'm just worried he'll start getting messages from cab firms for pick ups from Terminal 5.

 

[Official Old Man]

Even the VAR guys don't want to come to the Amex on a Monday night to watch two reserve teams. Bet they are sat watching BBC or something.

 

[BensGrandad]

Obviously I am wrong but I thought that the new lorry park and studio was built to accomodate the VAR and anything else connected with Sky. I did notice for the Bournemouth game that they now have suspended gantrys in each corner for cameras which may have been there previously, but if so I hadnt noticed them

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

So we won't actually know anything at all at the ground. They won't show replays on the screen, so we'll all be in the dark until the ref blows his whistle and gives a decision, and we won't be any the wiser why it has been made

 

[Wardy's twin]

Obviously I am wrong but I thought that the new lorry park and studio was built to accomodate the VAR and anything else connected with Sky. I did notice for the Bournemouth game that they now have suspended gantrys in each corner for cameras which may have been there previously, but if so I hadnt noticed them

VAR is the FA not SKY...though I can understand the confusion.

 

[AmexRuislip]

If it's at Heathrow, I'm going
I'll be sitting next to the commentator, Johnny 'max headroom' Cantor

 

[BensGrandad]

Just a thought they have two VAR what if one says it was a penalty and the other says it was a dive does Swarbrick take precedence and make the decison? Or do they leave it with the refs decison to stand.

 

[Betfair Bozo]

Just a thought they have two VAR what if one says it was a penalty and the other says it was a dive does Swarbrick take precedence and make the decison? Or do they leave it with the refs decison to stand.

I was just talking about this. So the VAR has an AVAR? All very confusing.

 

[BensGrandad]

VAR is the FA not SKY...though I can understand the confusion.

I accept and realize that but thought they would be working hand in glove so the park and studio would be multi purpose.