I'm not pro, I'm not anti. It is what it is. I think it will get better, and we seem to have for once been on the better side of it. I would say though that it is the biggest change to football since 1987 and then 1993 when 2 then 3 subs were allowed to be used.
And it can only get better if given the chance to do so. Oh get me, voice of maturity today! Nah.....scrap it........
All this anti-VAR talk proves that Brian Clough was right. He said there was "too much talk from pundits" about football and that they should show less talk and more football. But we ate up the punditry. And when they started to show analysis of a match, instead of more highlights, and questioning the validity of goals, due to offsides or pre-goal fouls and handballs, then the case for VAR was being made time and again. It is the sports media and our appetite to watch the dissection of the game to find out the truth that has undermined refereeing of football purely by 3 officials. Personally, I never liked the dissection of a game, when the pundits, like Jimmy Hill, first started doing it, but it grew on me. So these days when Gary Lineker et al question the fine line between onside and offside, because VAR can see the minute difference, then tough luck matey, your lot started it. This is your cake, now eat it.
Getting a laugh out of this is just asking for a slice of bad karma. If it is performance-based, then by all means take the p1ss. But we shouldn't really use VAR as a tool for wumming and one-upmanship.
That was a red card on the very first replay. I don't understand why it took VAR so long. Clear. And. Obvious.
Looked a red on the first replay Not sure we saw it at full speed on a replay, only the slow-motion, which looks worse Perfect one for ref to go to the monitor to have his own look - it just seemed to take so long
Palace fans have gone from chanting anti-VAR songs and holding anti-VAR banners, to celebrating VAR going in their favour, to screaming for VAR to give them a penalty.
