The Football Thread 2019/20: Barcelona will have 2-8 till next season to avenge this embarrassment

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I don't care that we've got a pen, VAR is absolutely ruining the game.

Yeah very much agree.

[KK]

It’s telling that so many games I’ve watched have had at least 6 minutes of extra time because of VAR.

[PaperMacheMario]

Just got to leather it there really.

[KK]

First red of the tournament?

[PaperMacheMario]

If we can’t win then we may as well go out in a blaze of glory.

DESTROY THE SHINS

[PatSharpsMullet]

Why doesn't White take the penalties?

[TigaSefi]

Offside gonna be a nightmare from now on.

[PaperMacheMario]

That dive was awesome in slow-mo.

[Rex Kramer]

7 minutes is about 3 minutes less than it should be.

[Rex Kramer]

Football should be swapped to 30 minute halves and the clock stops every time the ball goes dead.

[KK]

This one feels even more annoying than normal, for some reason.

I blame Hope Solo’s irritating punditry.

[PaperMacheMario]

This one feels even more annoying than normal, for some reason.

I blame Hope Solo’s irritating punditry.

Hope Solo irritates me too. Absolute melt.

Gutting result but the team should be so proud of themselves. They gave the best team in the world a big scare and on another day could have nicked it.

VAR is just causing more problems than it’s solving. Both the offside and the pen were such pedantic decisions that wouldn’t be given without VAR, and it just takes too long to sort out. Would be so gooseberry fool being in the crowd while it’s all going on.

[Photek]

Unlucky England, all 4 goals we’re great but it was offside. Awful Penalty, my wife was not at all gracious in victory.

[Photek]

Would be so gooseberry fool being in the crowd while it’s all going on.

As a neutral I found the VAR checks quite nerve wrecking so I kinda liked them.

[Curls]

Awful penalty.

[Spindash]

Awarding penalties based on frame-by-frame footage.

[KK]

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[Cuttooth]

VAR is just causing more problems than it’s solving. Both the offside and the pen were such pedantic decisions that wouldn’t be given without VAR, and it just takes too long to sort out. Would be so gooseberry fool being in the crowd while it’s all going on.

The offside could and probably would have absolutely been given without VAR, assistant refs have to make an educated guess on that kind of thing and generally they get it right. VAR is ruining the game only in the sense that it makes everyone realise the laws of football aren't that great and highlights the inconsistency of refereeing decisions.

[Tomous]

Nice to see USA have finally topped this:

[PaperMacheMario]

VAR is just causing more problems than it’s solving. Both the offside and the pen were such pedantic decisions that wouldn’t be given without VAR, and it just takes too long to sort out. Would be so gooseberry fool being in the crowd while it’s all going on.

The offside could and probably would have absolutely been given without VAR, assistant refs have to make an educated guess on that kind of thing and generally they get it right. VAR is ruining the game only in the sense that it makes everyone realise the laws of football aren't that great and highlights the inconsistency of refereeing decisions.

Yeah, I’d agree that it probably would have been given without VAR - I guess I just mean that the whole reason it came in was for ‘clear and obvious errors’, and that’s not actually what it’s being used for at all. Assistant referees are advised to not put their flags up to let play continue so that it can be brought back, but when you then have to review the goal it’s impossible to know if the assistant referee would have flagged or not. And that would be irrelevant now, as it’s now in the hands of the ref and VAR team looking at the footage. If the assistant ref would not have given that offside, then should the goal have stood? On the other side of the coin, if the assistant ref does flag after it goes in but the player is shown to be marginally on then does the original decision stand as it wasn’t a ‘clear and obvious error’?

It’s also ruining the game in taking the ecstasy and emotion out of scoring/conceding, both for the fans and the players. Run it on an appeal system like in tennis or have it in complete control over the whole game. The halfway house way that it’s currently acting as just isn’t the solution.