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Bald Archie said:
That's the clincher for me. I've always regarded the match officials as part of the game, and the drama that human error can lead to.

As long as the refs aren't bent and are well trained/versed in officiating, and try their best, then any errors of judgement should be just seen as bad luck for those on the wrong end of a decision.

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Ultimately, this is the bit I don't think I'll ever be able to get past. And the bit that I can't ever see improving.

They've obviously completely ****ed up the implementation of course and there's things they could improve on such as a time limit and the ridiculous offside decisions.

But the simple fact is that once you've decided to review every goal then the damage is done. Even if other aspects are improved then that is still a fundamental change which completely ruins the live spectacle of the game (imo).

Up and down the country we're seeing bigger cheers for technology disallowing goals than for the ball actually hitting the back of the net. It's not football anymore.
 
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Tobes said:
You didn’t get robbed of an injury time winner though.

You did however get the benefit of an injury time winner against us, when the lino flagged and you scored.

I was all for it, but now I’ve experienced how it steals the moment from fans, I’m not having it. You can’t celebrate a goal properly any more, as you have to wait for some gonk in a hanger 200 miles away to decide whether someone’s left knacker was somehow gaining an advantage. **** VAR.
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Without VAR there's zero chance the lino doesn't immediately give Sigurdsson as offside and risk being labelled the worst linesman in history if it happened to take a tiny deflection off him after he'd been sat in an offside position for half an hour.

Only VAR gave the officials the chance to see Sigurdsson had no impact on the goal being scored and change that decision. Don't blame VAR just because PGMOL wasted that chance.
 
astro said:
Without VAR there's zero chance the lino doesn't immediately give Sigurdsson as offside and risk being labelled the worst linesman in history if it happened to take a tiny deflection off him after he'd been sat in an offside position for half an hour.

Only VAR gave the officials the chance to see Sigurdsson had no impact on the goal being scored and change that decision. Don't blame VAR just because PGMOL wasted that chance.
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They ignored the fact that the reason he was sat on the floor was that he’d been wiped out by Wan Bissaka. VAR ignored this.

He wasn’t in the eyeline of De Gea, as he was sat down, De Gea is 6ft 4” and clearly moves to his right to try and save the shot. VAR ignored this. Which then cannons off Maguire, and flies into the net, making it an OG. How can you be offside when it’s an OG? VAR ignored this.
 
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Tobes said:
They ignored the fact that the reason he was sat on the floor was that he’d been wiped out by Wan Bissaka. VAR ignored this.

He wasn’t in the eyeline of De Gea, as he was sat down, De Gea is 6ft 4” and clearly moves to his right to try and save the shot. VAR ignored this. Which then cannons off Maguire, and flies into the net, making it an OG. How can you be offside when it’s an OG? VAR ignored this.
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VAR saw everything. PGMOL ignored it.
 
Tobes said:
They ignored the fact that the reason he was sat on the floor was that he’d been wiped out by Wan Bissaka. VAR ignored this.

He wasn’t in the eyeline of De Gea, as he was sat down, De Gea is 6ft 4” and clearly moves to his right to try and save the shot. VAR ignored this. Which then cannons off Maguire, and flies into the net, making it an OG. How can you be offside when it’s an OG? VAR ignored this.
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i only saw that disallowed goal for the first time last night. Encapsulated everything that is wrong with VAR.

Like Libby and Archie though, for me it’s more about how it kills the enjoyment for fans. I’d rather live with the ref making some mistakes than VAR ruining the spirit of the game.
 
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