As long as it rules out all Arsenals goals today I will be happy with it.
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OK, I can see his point BUT the players must play to the whistle, happened last night too int he Arsenal match, linesman flagged for offside, referee didnât blow the whistle but they ALL played on.
Maybe the last comment in that article is correct, linesmen shouldnât flag for offside anymoreâŚhow that would work though is another questionâŚ
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Maybe it would be easier if there were no rules at all? Maybe insist on 11 players and only 3 substitutions allowed but after that, no rules. That way there can be no controversy.
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Players would take to the field in armour on a horse or hold a golf bat. Itâd be anarchy. Iâd watch it, mind.
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In reality, itâd probably just be more like leeds in the 1970s
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I was going to suggest Aussie Rules, but I donât think it could ever get quite that lawless.
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Having once watched aussie rules, live, in Oz, I pointed out to the mental locals that, tactically, both of the apparently âtopâ teams would be run ragged by Maidstone Utd. Itâs a dogs dinner of a game for sure.
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Hey, Iâve got a great idea - letâs help those fuckwits who keep getting things wrong by giving them technology!
Better than that, letâs not make each fuckwit actually use it during games - we could have it operated by their mates from the original bunch of fuckwits, from further awayâŚthat will definitely work!
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Seems sensibleâŚI canât see anything going wrong.
Bring it on.
Another ridiculous decision today but at least it denied villa a goal.
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VAR fucking rules
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So, Declan Rice says no player wants VAR in the 
, however what I think he means is that no player wants the handball rules in itâs current incarnation.
Nothing wrong with VAR per se, in this instance it applied the rule as it stands, canât blame VAR for that, blame the rules.
Fuck sake even Michael Owen agrees with me 
For me VAR is an issue with the subjective decisionsâŚ
No, if you watched him talk about it live it was VAR that he said nobody wants.
He cited the fact that fans were celebrating an overturned VAR decision like it was a goal and he said that that shouldnât be the case.
Agree with you (and others) that we shouldnât conflate VAR and the âhandball rules out a goal irrelevant of contextâ law.
Arguably, the only time that VAR actually works without dispute is when it identifies a handball in the build-up to a goal. And thatâs because the law is black and white - it doesnât consider context or intention.
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So in what context would a handball or foul that directly led to a goal and wasnât spotted by the ref be acceptable.
The only reason why they are whinging is that it went against them. Had Declan rice been a beneficiary of it, we wouldnât have heard a peep
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Ok, say the attacking sideâs player was running with both hands behind his back and the ball was kicked on to his hand by the opposition without his knowledge.
Under the current hand ball in the build up to a goal law, none of that context matters which means VAR can adjudicate perfectly.
I really donât have an issue with VAR on these new hand ball law decisions.
I do however feel that ignoring context rules out goals that in the spirit of the game should be allowed.
So in the context of Declan Rice where the ball squirted up hit his hand and deflected into a position that clearly benefitted him?
Debatable.
But thatâs not what you asked.
Presumably that includes Brightonâs âgoalâ which was so far offside , it was a fucking embarrasment that the lino didnât flag
All this really demonstrates is how many wrong decisions impact on the results⌠of course there remain issues over the correct use of video assistance, but my view is simple. We should want to get the decisions right. We should therefore use technology to help in doing so. The fact we have not yet worked out how to get the best out of VAR or the tech to ensure the spirit of the game is maintained is NOT a reason to ditch the idea or the technologyâŚ
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