Aberdeen v St Mirren

[tlg1903]

1 minute ago, BigAl said:

Your clutching at straws if you think the clowns that run the game in Scotland could possibly approve something so sensible 

Or at Uefa and Fifa

[BigAl]

2 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

Or at Uefa and Fifa

As I said earlier in this thread Sweden implement VAR best.

They simply don't recognise it 

[RicoS321]

22 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

A countdown clock  would be a very easy way to make VAR significantly better.  If you can't tell if it's an error within ten seconds of seeing replays then it's not clear and obvious, play on.  

That's just as shite as VAR itself and solves nothing. Clear and obvious isn't defined by a time limit (because it cannot be defined by boundary). The first time the VAR cunts missed an incident that one of the scum was adamant was clear and obvious, but they couldn't get the camera angles in time, they'd change your arbitrary 20 seconds to 30 seconds, and so on. They'd rush to make a decision like last night's handball and just say it was handball because it hit the player's hand, and it's much, much quicker to spot handball, or "contact" rather than attempt to determine whether a foul has actually been committed. 

To be honest, it's one of the most cringey versions of VAR anyone could possibly think of. Imagine us all, sitting on the edge of our seats after every goal, perhaps counting down the 20 seconds with big grins on our faces, awaiting the result of our newly manufactured excitement. The players might do a huddle, Sky will give us a quick word from the VAR sponsors. As for most VAR calls, last night I sat in my seat with any excitement draining by the second. I genuinely couldn't have given a fuck what the outcome of any of the calls was by the time they were made. I don't need, or want, a manufactured "second cheer" after hearing the decision. I instantly assumed Lazetic was offside - as did the player - and didn't celebrate his first. None of this is removed by the 20 second rule.

VAR is shite. It will always be shite. It is shite by definition. It cannot operate on subjective calls, and there aren't enough offsides in the world that could make it worthwhile for that either. I wish people would stop suggesting "ways to make VAR better". It's a completely flawed concept, which everyone knew in advance.