Oh my word! What a weekend for VAR in the Premier League. Are the video assistant referees intentionally trying to sabotage VAR so that it gets scrapped? Probably not, but as every week goes by more and more supporters from more and more clubs are getting properly cheesed-off with puzzling VAR decisions. This weekend alone … [Read more…]
The Premier League has recently appointed a new Chief Executive, Richard Masters. One of his first challenges was to comment on the under-fire VAR system, and he said that it was not going to be scrapped, but needed to be made better. Based on the stat that 2/3 of fans are saying that the game … [Read more…]
A couple of years ago I commented on the fledgling VAR system and it is proving to be the game changer that I believed it would be at the time. Now, After several weeks use in the Premier League, I am pleased to report that it is working fairly well . After watching the women’s … [Read more…]
The offside law has always been confusing to many football watchers, and over recent years there have been several subtle tweaks to the law to try to make to the game more exciting. These tweaks have generally been introduced to allow attackers to be given onside in situations where they may well have been given … [Read more…]
Only a few short weeks ago I published a post, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’, in which I commented on the up-coming VAR technology. Very few people had heard of it back in November, but now I would find it hard to believe that any football fan worthy of the name, is totally unaware of … [Read more…]
Northern Ireland were on the wrong end of an awful refereeing decision the other night, in their World Cup play-off match against Switzerland, when they had a penalty awarded against them for handball. The fledgling VAR system was not in use, and so there was no opportunity for the decision to be reviewed and changed. … [Read more…]