But the technology that VAR uses means there is doubt about being 1mm offside, so till that is sorted how can it call such fine margins?
Agree, offside, diving, fouling - all against the rules, not sure why a Shearer or Wright goal should have been exempt from the rules.
Don’t think a goal has been called off for 1mm has it? How many goals in a season are going to be based on 1mm? Usually it’s a hand, an arm or a foot, something like that.
Not really, but if in applying the laws to the degree that you ruin the game then what's the benefit? For me the game was significantly better pre-VAR.
Dont you think the VAR used properly would help the refs get the marginal decisions right but that they are too slow and cause unnecessary delays in the match? I think the refs are the problem and not the VAR.
They can, but as long as they apply the technology in the same manner, using the same processes, it is far, far better than not applying it. IT isn't perfect, but within the scope of the available technology it's as near as damn it.
stopping goals that include breaking rules and allowing goals where an official wrongly claims someone is offside ISN'T ruining the game, it's improving the integrity of results. No one can argue that a toe in an offside position is not offside, because the rules are clear. You can make an argument that the technology has fraction of a cm in error, but you can't argue that fraction is less than the error of an assistant referee.
Exactly, the process for using VAR will improve and speed up. possibly near real-time adjudication of offside isn't beyond possible. Right now, I'll take the odd marginal decision being contended by sore fans over 10 terrible decisions a season that aren't even that close.
Good point
It’s already improving, I’ve noticed managers just accept the VAR decisions more readily now without all the carrying on they used to do when it first came in. I think they have realised it can go in their favour as much as against them.
Its the fantasy football culture. Many people are invested in the outcome of goals and games more than they would be.
You need to look at why it was brought in, to promote better attacking play and stop goal hanging. Teams used to leave a striker right in front of the goalkeeper and he never moved from 10 yards away. Teams would hoof the ball forward to that striker constantly. The game was very long ball. It would return that way, the game would be very stretched, it would be like Pulis vs Warnock every week.
I remember our school playground games where no offiside existed. We had some of the best goal hangers in the world at our school.
Laws - and the interpretation of laws - change over time though (offside, handball, back pass, tackle from behind ...), so aren't immutable. They've been changed to serve something greater, which we could characterise as the watchability and appeal of the game. So the laws exist to serve the game, not vice versa.
It would be a disaster.