Think it was Souness who made sensible suggestion, rather than having a fingernail distance deeming you offside as today, change the law so that if any part of your body is onside, its a goal (or not offside).
Yep. The slo mo is 50 fps. Even the more sluggish players will be running at 8 m/s (speedsters like Lamptey have been clocked at >10 m/s) so that gives a 16cm margin of error, which is huge given that the lines on some of the decisions overturned are tighter than a gnat’s chuff.
Correct. And it’s why VAR should only be used for off the ball incidents and mistaken identity calls. Nearly all decisions in football, including offside and handball, are subjective and VAR as it’s currently being used will never work no matter how good the individuals are operating it.
Four. 4 minutes. That’s not a clear and obvious error.Not only that, but it took a fecking age to come to their decision
Tedious is when some fans think they are above others telling us to get over it.
That wouldn’t solve the problem. Firstly, it would simply move where the line is drawn, and secondly defending teams would compensate by dropping back deeper, likely resulting in even fewer goals.
correct. as much as my preference would be for the whole thing to be binned off, that’s not going to happen. so just get the automatic offside in like they have in the champions league. obviously you’d still get the hairline decisions, but they’d be correct and wouldn’t take half an hour
Wouldn’t actually change offsides being given that are millimetres though, would it?
Another weekly VAR blunder for lessons to be learnt from.
They have several VAR cameras and all the broadcast angles to choose from. So they can choose the one that shows the body part clearly and draw the line using that angle. When they then switch angles to assess other relevant information, the line stays in place. The cameras are calibrated to work together and even take into account the camber of the pitch.
Interesting. Thank you. But I’m guessing that angle is the one they drew the lines on initially as it’s the only one we saw and we see what VAR is looking at right? If there was a better angle we’d have surely seen it? So the angle being poor does make a difference as to the accuracy of the lines. Ie is that the short line / armpit or not… that angle we saw was appalling and I think it’s down to their stadium? If not it’s poor from VAR…
According to the Premier League/HawkEye explanations, the lines look bent unless the camera is directly in line with the players. That's not in response to this. That's been the case since the start.
I doubt it. Normally when you see the whole process, they are flicking between angles initially to find a clear shot. I wasn't watching but it's possible that by the time the TV coverage cut to VAR, that bit had already been done.
A very good point!
No as it showed that angle for ages before the lines were drawn. Then when they were drawn it showed them on that angle. It was on tv for a fairly long time. I’d def bet they drew them on that angle personally. I don’t think there was a better angle.
