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I think VAR worked perfectly today. Unfortunately the rules are utter dogwank.Still not working properly is it.
They obviously want a black and white rule but handball has always required a degree of common sense and needs to be judged on a case by case basis. That was how the original handball rule worked and it did work most of the time and never needed to be changed.
I think the FA are going to have to take back control of our game before it's too late.
We all know what hand ball is we've grown up with it! Deliberate hand to ball.
Fuck FIFA we are going to get players aiming for hands...I expect they train for it now?
Maybe so but how do you get a penalty AFTER the final whistle.? Only the fkn Mancs get that lucky. Another 13 to go !!VAR is death and the new handball rule is terrible, but that at the end of the United game is a penalty in any era under any rules and should have been given by the referee.
Maybe so but how do you get a penalty AFTER the final whistle.? Only the fkn Mancs get that lucky. Another 13 to go !!
VAR is death and the new handball rule is terrible, but that at the end of the United game is a penalty in any era under any rules and should have been given by the referee.
VAR is death and the new handball rule is terrible, but that at the end of the United game is a penalty in any era under any rules and should have been given by the referee.
That Chelsea equalizer really drove home the consequences of VAR. It is simply now understood that the exclamation point of a big, dramatic goal is no longer the relevant moment, it is when the inevitable procedural check has been completed.
This is no longer a human-scale experience. I hate it so much.
100%. Worked well for years. If it isn't broken why fix it? Bunch of idiots in suits coming up with fad ideas that are unworkable and over-complicating things. Clueless.They obviously want a black and white rule but handball has always required a degree of common sense and needs to be judged on a case by case basis. That was how the original handball rule worked and it did work most of the time and never needed to be changed.
100%. Worked well for years. If it isn't broken why fix it? Bunch of idiots in suits coming up with fad ideas that are unworkable and over-complicating things. Clueless.
Indeed. Certainly this handball rule as I can't think of one person who loves the game likes it. Has got to go. I'd happily write a letter and sign whatever as it's genuinely destroying the game and there might be a point where I'll just watch lower league stuff insteadFootball supporters organizations should have the elimination of VAR as part of their platforms.
Does THST have anything on this?