Correct is absolutely achievable with VAR. They have the technology to get it right every time. They can determine who wins swimming, athletics, cycling races when they are separated by an inch or less. They can get VAR right. Competent officials are required. As was shown yesterday, if the idiots had drawn the lines they would have allowed the goals. Same as our disallowed goal at Palace. If they had drawn the line off the right player the goal would have been allowed.
Remember our AEK match? Ref waved away 2 penalties. Competent, Spanish, VAR official corrected both errors.
But they are meant to check every goal. Otherwise they are relying on the lino to make the correct call. That explanation is illogical and contravenes their stated process.
There is no technology in VAR. Technology is possible but it will require dedicated cameras, sensors and specialist software (including AI) to take any human interpretation out of it. Some more people interpreting the same images by drawing lines is NOT technology.
It's never too late to reverse the decision. The ref simply stops the match and awards the goal. If they can award a penalty for Man U after the final whistle they can stop the match and award the Liverpool goal.
Would you introduce a new testing machine into a hospital without competent technicians to use it ? One is rather dependent upon the other. People cannot keep shouting at the operators unless they can suggest exactly who has shown they are able to use it.
Of course there is technology. There are video replays, freezeframes and a machine that draws the lines parallel to the goal lines from the point the official clicks on. Those lines can then be dragged across the freezeframe with a mouse. The officials don't draw straight lines with a magic marker.
So the problem is incompetent or corrupt referees and VAR officials. TBH, controversial handball, penalty and red card decisions are annoying but subjective and understandable decisions, to an extent. Getting factual offside decisions wrong makes me despair at PGMOL and question their agenda.
They were probably checking the current odds on their Spurs bets to decide if they should cash out or put on more cash.
They should be miked up and chat more
Football has so much to learn from rugby...but arrogance still prevails
The Palace one provided evidence that subjective decisions by VAR aren’t any better than subjective decisions by refs on the pitch. Yesterday’s Spurs one tells us that VAR maybe doesn’t even watch the game (jet lagged from the UAE flight ?) and certainly doesn’t communicate effectively with the on field ref. Oh and it was live on tv.
