- Jun 29, 2003
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5cm is pretty accurate. There's nothing wrong with the technology, it's the bloody decision they made. If you can't tell if someone is offside from the correct still image, then you can't make the decision they made. We'll just move on, but the VAR decision makers fucked up, not the technology or a lack of accuracy.
Some common fucking sense from the VAR refs is what's needed.
When it’s as close as that and they have to keep checking the videos, I think they should give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker.They need to realise that offside is offside is just a statement not a fact, They've decided on no clear and obvious but they can't deliver offside as a fact therefore they need some margin of clear and obvious for offside.
When it’s as close as that and they have to keep checking the videos, I think they should give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker.
No because that's how it has always been. VAR in this case changes the way the laws of football are applied. How are attackers supposed to time their runs and know if they are offside or not is being level, no is simply a matter of chance?Why?
Is it cos you Spurs?
VAR is a double edged sword.
We have benefited three times
and lost out once.
We will benefit and lose out again
before the season ends.
The technology is more accurateNo because that's how it has always been. VAR in this case changes the way the laws of football are applied. How are attackers supposed to time their runs and know if they are offside or not is being level, no is simply a matter of chance?
Because that was always the rule before.Why?
Is it cos you Spurs?
VAR is a double edged sword.
We have benefited three times
and lost out once.
We will benefit and lose out again
before the season ends.
5cm is pretty accurate. There's nothing wrong with the technology, it's the bloody decision they made. If you can't tell if someone is offside from the correct still image, then you can't make the decision they made. We'll just move on, but the VAR decision makers fucked up, not the technology or a lack of accuracy.
Some common fucking sense from the VAR refs is what's needed.
The technology is more accurate
annoyingly so in this case.
than the naked eyes of refs and Linesmen.
He wasn't level
he was 2 cm. offside.
at a crucial moment in the game
but the machines don't care.
How many thousand times
have we complained about seriously wrong
officials decisions?
No, not at all. It’s say that for whatever team we were talking about. It’s the fact that they literally can’t be 100% sure due to frame rate and angle of camera. The offside rule is supposed to stop advantage being gained. How can you say someone has gained advantage when it is that close? The difference could literally be a breath in.Why?
Is it cos you Spurs?
VAR is a double edged sword.
We have benefited three times
and lost out once.
We will benefit and lose out again
before the season ends.
But the moment was BEFORE the ball was kicked......I don't see why they could not get an image THE MOMENT the ball was kicked..then he would definitely had been offside or onside!!!The technology is more accurate
annoyingly so in this case.
than the naked eyes of refs and Linesmen.
He wasn't level
he was 2 cm. offside.
at a crucial moment in the game
but the machines don't care.
How many thousand times
have we complained about seriously wrong
officials decisions?
Not for offsideHopefully at the end of the season they will review the problems everyone has had with VAR and make changes. If they can't be more accurate with the technology, there has to be a tolerance allowance in cases such as this.
Plus, most importantly, VAR was introduced to step in in cases of 'clear and obvious' mistakes and this definitely wasn't a clear and obvious mistake by the ref/linesman, so shouldn't have been used anyway IMHO.