Chris_from_Sidcup said:

clive said:

Fifa set to use VAR for corners at World Cup

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62lgler7rlo

Load of bollocks.

VAR for red cards (and yellows), plus the semi-automated offside tech we had at the Qatar world cup, and i think that is enough.

Nope - like I said before, all or nothing, There is no logic to doing it any other way, Chris. 

And for me it's nothing. 

Definitely good, just shows how many mistakes are made and cleared up by VAR 

I hate VAR. I'd rather scrap it and have refs making occasional errors. Some offsides are ridiculous, ruled out because the attackers toe was fractionally offside. I can just imagine a defender stepping up a bit and thinking yep, that'll be his toe offside. I dread if we get to the PL in my lifetime and I celebrate like mad a 92nd minute winner against league leaders Torquay Utd only for it to be ruled out 8 minutes later because Ty Campbell (Tyreece's son) touched the ball with his fingernail inadvertently.

BigRedEvil said:

Football would be better without VAR. It's ruined watching a game live. Get rid I say 

It’s definitely worse if you’re at the game - but it’s awful watching on tv too. 

Elthamaddick said:

Starinnaddick said:

In the Newcastle game last night the home team were awarded a penalty after VAR check. Both teams had been manhandling players in the box most of the game and getting away with it and the blatant impeding of goalkeepers is still being allowed. 

there will be Pens in every single game at every level of football if last night is the precedent 

ridiculous decision 

In that case , there should be penalties in every game. I haven't seen this Newcastle match but there is too much holding and pulling generally - way too much because my tolerence of it is zero.

There is no need to lay your hands on another player in football. The only acceptable usage should be defenders marking an opposition player, using their arm to  to keep the right distance from an attacker at corners because you should be watching the ball not the player. Ironically,  modern day defenders don’t do this anymore. Instead they are pulling or pushing and hardly watching the ball at all.

I’d punish all of it regardless of whether it impedes the opposition player or not. If that means 20 penalties a match, so be it. Teams will soon realise that the opposition have won because they cheated less. Football would win in the long term.

I absolutely detest it - from the day it was introduced I have stopped watching games involving it (play off final excepted & thankfully it didn’t ruin that).