Just watching the rugby. Ref mic’d up and camera’d up. Communication with players and supporters on another level in this game.
VAR would have spotted what Darnell Fisher did. Hearing a mic’d up ref describing it would have been quite something.
Just watching the rugby. Ref mic’d up and camera’d up. Communication with players and supporters on another level in this game.
Just said much the same on the match day thread. I've no idea what goes on in a rugby match and only watch when England play. Not sure they're mic'd up at every level but the lack of dissent, consistency in decision making, is light years from that in football.
In "VAR lite", the tech is scaled back and the scope of its involvement is reduced.WRT var I don’t really see the difference between var and var lite. To me, major game changing events should be checked ie goals, Red cards and penalties. There’s too much at stake to rely on demonstrably flawed officials. The tech is there so use it.
Thats not far off what goes on now anyway. The real big prob for me is the ludicrous way handball is dealt with now. Var has opened a can of worms there that they haven’t dealt with up to now.
I don’t want VAR as I believe it benefits the better more attacking teams which we are not. I would be more in favour of a challenge system like in tennis and cricket. You get 2 challenges and the captain calls the challenge rather than every goal or penalty appeal scrutinised, taking so much time out of the game.
One of many reasons I don't want VAR
100 per cent I include us in that, sadly.
The time wasting we do drives me mad; it’s blatant, horrible to watch and counterproductive; refs just end up adding more time on. 🙄
I’m sure the NTT20 guys mentioned that we had the lowest ‘ball in play’ time says of any team in the league (I looked but couldn’t find the stat).
in summary, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. 🙃
I think if my Dad wasn't nearly 80 he'd have run on the pitch and strangled Freddie Woodman by now for his time wasting by now. He's so blatant with it.
If that means VAR is only used to correct clear and obvious errors by the referee, then I agree 100%.
That’s already what VAR is.
No, it’s used to check referee decisions and that can be ridiculous when it’s 5 minutes to check whether someone’s big toes is in an offside position.
a clear and obvious mistake is very different than that. The penalty decisions in the Plastics game for example.
I voted VAR but I suppose I'm on the fence as I think in some instances it's OK but should be limited to goals, penalties, serious foul play, all within a time limit of one minute after the incident being questioned.
1 minute feels like forever when you think you’ve scored a goal.