Said for a long time that there should be a 20-30 second limit. If nothing is found in that time then it's simply not clear and obvious. And yes it is **** at the match and no you can't celebrate goals the same anymore.
Oh here we go with the tedious 'it will stop cheating' nonsense when if anything it will make it worse knowing that any sort of touch being watched in slow mo will result in a penalty will be given. The world cup showed it won't stop cheating.
It will all become part of the game, as it has in rugby. Are things perfect at these early stages? No. Are things likely to improve, over time, practice and patience? Almost certainly.
It's been about 7 months since it was first used, has it improved at all? NO! Hawkeye is used in a number of ways in a number of sports and has been successful so use it in football and bin VAR.
The fundamental flaw is sticking to the idea of the ref in the middle being an infallible god who must oversee everything personally. That means everything must stop rather than him just getting extra info being fed in his ear. It also means the guy making the decision is still the one subject to all the player/crowd pressure judging things in context rather than just applying the rules to a monitor. Useless for fixing PGMOL's problems, but that's the point of it.
They go down with contact anyway, but, the Gerrards & Ronaldos, who went/go to ground with NO contact will no longer win penalties, they will rightly get punished instead. Grappling at corners will end, hopefully GK obstruction will go too. It's still new, it will take time for operators to understand how to judge something in slo-mo, it won't be 100%, but it'll be a damned sight better than having 3 men in black trying to keep up with 22 highly trained athletes and see every thing perfectly. Some decisions take longer than others, but I bet if you added up all the time VAR took and compared it to how muh time players wasted time trying to get others booked, it would be far less. You luddites would still be living in caves in animal skins because 'ooh, the roof leaks sometimes' 'oh, the cloth wears too quicky'. Always looking problems as an excuse to stay where you are, rather thanprogress. Always lookin back rather than forward.
It seems that it is the referee decisions that are overturned that take more time. The reason for that should be quite obvious to everybody. Much of last night’s delays were because the players, from both teams, were surrounding the ref. Let the officials do their job and then get on with it. The first penalty was an obvious mistake, judging from the TV angle, but maybe not from the refs view. The second one VAR just confirmed that the ref was correct.
I’ll just get in a couple of extra cases of beer, Bluey. They can take as long as they like then, yeah!
I've probably watched as much live footie as anyone on here .... I'm all for VAR if it comes up with the right decision ... which it will more so than match day officials without it
