Topic: Video Assistant Referees (VAR)

[loki679]

That's it?  He punches the ball as he's falling, course it's handball.  It's not accidental either.

[joeyt]

I hope you're kidding

[loki679]

He literally throws a punch at the ball, wtf are you seeing?

[joeyt]

He gets tripped by the Sheffield United players

[loki679]

Aye, then your hands go down, not one down the other in a random horizontal direction that just happens to be where the ball is.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Isn’t any touch on the hand illegal in goal buildup now? Doesn’t matter about intention. 

Stupid rule like.

[joeyt]

I can't see how anyone can view that as not accidental handball, if it's handball at all

[Optimistic Nut]

Handball rule is the biggest pile of s*** going. Surely they’ll have to change this to deliberate handball only.

[loki679]

I can't see how anyone can view that as not accidental handball, if it's handball at all

It's not a natural falling reaction at all, he literally punches the ball

[joeyt]

I've no idea how I would fall after 3 men tried to foul me and another player about to kick a football really hard at me. To me it looks like he's trying not to handball it.

I think you're missing the very obvious point that the reason he's falling down is because he was fouled.  Why should he get punished for that?

[wormy]

Is this Giggs? I can't say I've seen any discussion about it.

Why the f*** would you implement this?

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[AyeDubbleYoo]

Incentivising fouling is certainly usual.

[joeyt]

That's a mad rule change

[neesy111]

Fifa taking control of VAR.

[Mike]

Fifa taking control of VAR.

Same system as now, just adding a coin slot on the video booth.

[neesy111]

Fifa taking control of VAR.

Same system as now, just adding a coin slot on the video booth.

[Optimistic Nut]

The irony that in a season of technology, Villa stay up thanks to the one time it fails.

[Optimistic Nut]

Actually, had VAR done it’s job correctly here earlier in the season, that Schar goal would have been disallowed and Watford would be safe. Ouch.

[Disco]

And so it becomes. The Premier League is set to stop making the "drawing of offside lines" available for broadcast to TV companies.

Only the final VAR decision will be shown, following the lead of FIFA, UEFA and other major leagues.

Process the same, but complexity removed. https://t.co/vWtYb7qLtc

— Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) August 6, 2020

[duo]

And so it becomes. The Premier League is set to stop making the "drawing of offside lines" available for broadcast to TV companies.

Only the final VAR decision will be shown, following the lead of FIFA, UEFA and other major leagues.

Process the same, but complexity removed. https://t.co/vWtYb7qLtc

— Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) August 6, 2020

That's their only suggestion in improving VAR?

[Toon No9]

And so it becomes. The Premier League is set to stop making the "drawing of offside lines" available for broadcast to TV companies.

Only the final VAR decision will be shown, following the lead of FIFA, UEFA and other major leagues.

Process the same, but complexity removed. https://t.co/vWtYb7qLtc

— Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) August 6, 2020

That's their only suggestion in improving VAR?

Maybe the PL needs 17 weeks to decide what to do.
Bet they won't come to a decition on anything.

[jdckelly]

less transparency and more chance to make s*** up

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Thing is, before VAR broadcasters would just draw the lines themselves and have exactly the same debate.

[neesy111]

less transparency and more chance to make s*** up

Yeap.

[midds]

So they look at, draw the lines on so only they can see them, then make their decision? The public never even sees it?

What could possibly go wrong?