[Albion] No VAR tonight

[Bozza]

Probably common knowledge, but I didn't know...

Is VAR in place for the 2023/24 Carabao Cup third round?

It was in the Carabao Cup where English football enjoyed/endured its first taste of the video assistant referee (VAR). Trialled at the backend of the 2018/19 it

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[um bongo molongo]

Not common knowledge here so thanks for the heads up. Will be nice to be able to celebrate properly and also abuse the ref properly when he balls up. Nostalgic.

 

[Simster]

Chelsea will now win 1-0 thanks to a goal that was 6 yards offside.

Should make a cracking goal of the month for them though.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Chelsea will now win 1-0 thanks to a goal that was 6 yards offside.

Should make a cracking ONLY goal of the month for them though.

Corrected for you.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Corrected for you.

Or spelt out the joke for the hard of thinking

 

[Brok]

Chelsea will now win 1-0 thanks to a goal that was 6 yards offside.

Should make a cracking goal of the month for them though.

I still prefer the idea of an own goal.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

It might mean those travelling away have a better chance of getting the last train leaving London

 

[ROSM]

I thought VARs 1st appearance in england wasnour fa cup tie with palace in early 2019.

 

[dwayne]

This is definitely a bad thing. Clubs like chelsea usually get the benefit of the doubt especially at home.

Why are they not using it ? Too tight to cover the OT ?!?

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

This is definitely a bad thing. Clubs like chelsea usually get the benefit of the doubt especially at home.

Why are they not using it ? Too tight to cover the OT ?!?

This

 

[Live by the sea]

Let’s hope we don’t get denied 2 obvious pens again !

 

[Badger Boy]

I think it's an excellent thing, let the game flow as it does and maybe we'll come out of it saying VAR is 100% required but also maybe we'll come out of it thinking empowering the referee makes more sense.

Unless the referee is useless, which is likely.

 

[Gazwag]

I thought VARs 1st appearance in england wasnour fa cup tie with palace in early 2019.

It was - it was actually Jan 18 - shocking research in that article

 

[HeaviestTed]

Looking forward to losing to a clear and obvious mistake tbh

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Tom Bramhall, tonight's ref, doesn't have a happy record with us. Oh well.

Here's one way in which Albion hope cup history does not repeat itself

Albion

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[HeaviestTed]

If we are gonna leave any tournament early then this is the one in my eyes.

 

[Giraffe]

I'm generally very anti VAR and lets be honest even with it we have had some shocking decisions at big clubs. That said it feels like it is getting better and the European version gave us two penalties. I'm still not a fan but could be persuaded. I'm mostly now fed up with goals being ruled out by marginal offside decisions. If they improved that I could be on board.

 

[trueblue]

This is definitely a bad thing. Clubs like chelsea usually get the benefit of the doubt especially at home.

Why are they not using it ? Too tight to cover the OT ?!?

Presumably because it's an EFL competition and that organisation only uses VAR in the play-offs.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Presumably because it's an EFL competition and that organisation only uses VAR in the play-offs.

It will be used in the Semis and Final

 

[AZ Gull]

I thought VARs 1st appearance in england wasnour fa cup tie with palace in early 2019.

It was - it was actually Jan 18 - shocking research in that article

Yep, the Palace FA Cup game in January 2018 was the first competitive match in England featuring the technology. There had been some trials in non-first team fixtures before that, I believe - one of which was the U-18 Premier League South fixture between Albion and Aston Villa which was switched to the Amex and played on Nov 1 2017 with Roger East as the referee.