PerthDave wrote:We are seeing some significant teething problems but here's the aim(s).
"The IFAB confirmed the VAR will be used, with the aim of reducing unfairness caused by 'clear and obvious errors' or 'serious missed incidents', in relation to the following:
- Goal / no goal
- Penalty / no penalty
- Direct red card (not second yellow card)
- Mistaken identity (when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player)"
rgds Dave
This is the exact same criteria as used for the abysmal failure of a trial period they've had. It doesn't work in this format.
Frankly if referees were making "clear and obvious errors" often enough to warrant a video replay system to "support" them, they shouldn't be refereeing top flight football to begin with. Apparently this is now the case, for all of them.
Of course part of the teething problems has been that absolutely every goal has been reviewed even when there's been no reason to do so, and on a number of occasions the video system has picked up technically accurate but frankly nit-picky fouls. Llorente's push on the Rochdale defender was completely incidental to the goal he scored shortly after, Juan Mata's knee might possibly have been marginally offside but frankly it was impossible to tell in real time - and I'm absolutely fine with that, especially considering that most of the 90s saw the need for daylight between the attacker and defender and giving the benefit of the doubt to the attacking player. I don't even agree these are necessarily even fouls, never mind justification for taking decision-making away from referees.
Most importantly though, I think we can all agree we can't wait to see what a pillock Jonathan Pearce makes of himself when trying to understand it. I mean goal-line tech worked perfectly and even I think that's inarguable now, but Pearce was clueless.