Rocket Ron

It could always be worse, so look on the brightside! I’m a supporter, are you a fan? Through THICK and thin

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@SkySportsNews Sometimes a champions league winning manager knows more Twitter nerds. Probably best to just trust him when adding player 26

[Fans against VAR @FansAgainstVAR_]

Excellent opinion

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

VAR

I enthusiastically welcomed it. Was sold on the higher percentage of right decisions so we could all go home knowing football justice had been done and we could concentrate on which player was crap instead.

But I was wrong. Woefully and completely wrong.

Waiting 5 minutes for a decision to be made alone means the system isn't fit for purpose. Why? Because I sat with TV producers who said everything would be wrapped up in 10-30 seconds. It has literally taken the spontaneous joy from the most important part of the game. A goal.

Then, one thing completely blindsided me and many others.

Subjectivity.

I thought there would be science and a nailed on guarantee of a successfully and universally accepted decision. How wrong we were. Instead, arbitrary lines are drawn that simply can't with any certainty say whether a player is offside or not. So a human in a portacabin, 200 miles away only does what the referee can do, make a best guess.

Likewise handballs, dives, any penalty decision to be honest. A subjective decision decided out of stadium allowing an increasingly small and poor refereeing pool a get out of jail free card. Instead of them making a shit decision and owning it, they just pass it on 200 miles away so 3 men in a portacabin can make a shit decision instead. Lunacy.

For the love of the game, let's go back to investing in getting more referees, respecting them so that they join the trade and don't feel constantly abused. In short, treat them like rugby referees. Ultimate respect.

Then, fuck VAR off, it's ruined the game, made it petty and chaotic, and taken that one ingredient that you simply can't replace, instantaneous joy.

As a player and fan I accepted a referee making a bad decision in a game in the same way I accepted fucking up a shot or pass. We're all human.

Let's get back to that, humans doing their best, everyone walks away from the ground accepting that and less unrealistic pressure put on officials to be perfect when perfection doesn't exist in any walk of life.

VAR stinks. A system designed to help is a massive hindrance and it's about time pundits, fans, players, referees, clubs put pressure on authorities to get rid of it. We only need goal line tech, the rest can and should be refer refereed by humans making their best judgement. A best judgement that was over 98% right( audited fact pre VAR).

Enough is enough, fuck it off.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

If trossard was doing that anywhere else on the field would it be a foul?

If raya was doing what trossard was doing to Pablo would it be a foul?

If Pablo was doing to raya what trossard was doing to him would it be a foul?

If var was not in our game would life be better?

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@donhutch4 If trossard was doing that anywhere else on the field would it be a foul?

If raya was doing what trossard was doing to Pablo would it be a foul?

If Pablo was doing to raya what trossard was doing to him would it be a foul?

[Fans against VAR @FansAgainstVAR_]

"and that second roar is because the checks complete"
I truly despise what they've done to this sport

[Fans against VAR @FansAgainstVAR_]

The only way to save the game is to scrap VAR.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@Corballyred I think you’re missing a lot. A bunch of Liverpool players for a start. And then the delete button for another bunch of that drivel you typed!

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@IanDarke @FansAgainstVAR_ Sign me up for that.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@FansAgainstVAR_ an opportunity here!

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s head of refereeing, believes VAR has become too “microscopic” and claims the reason for the technology’s introduction in the first place has been forgotten.

“About the VAR intervention, I can tell you this: I believe that we forgot the reason why VAR was introduced,” the Italian said. “We forgot a little bit. Everywhere. You remember, eight years ago, I came to London. We discussed the ‘what VAR stands for’. We spoke about clear mistakes.

“Why we spoke about clear and obvious mistakes. Because technology works so well in factual decisions. In objective decisions, it is fantastic. For interpretations, subjective evaluation is more difficult. That’s why we started to speak about clear and obvious mistakes — clear evidence.

“I believe that we need to, at the end of the season, again in our meetings, to speak about this. We cannot go in this direction of microscopic VAR intervention. We love football like it is.”

More from @Dan_Sheldon_

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[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub What i mean is if the rules state you’re not allowed to cheer for goals any more then it would surely change your level of enjoyment.

I still enjoy lower league football and the raw real life aspect of it. No doubts just emotion and love.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub Apology accepted please accept mine if i came across similarly.

I love change and will embrace change for good. Bad I will fight against if I have the energy and a chance of affecting it.

It’s certainly not as easy as saying don’t let it ruin your enjoyment.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub Hope you get there and have a great time.

Appreciate you feeling sorry for me also. I’m sorry too. The game i grew up with is being ruined.

Take care of yourself

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub Ever? Really? Im telling you the joy of the game before VAR is better than now. A lived experience. I feel sorry for you pal. Get yourself to England and experience it for yourself. Not just prem but lower leagues with no var.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub Are we talking about a game in England here or are we talking about an American game? I’ll answer, England. So let me educate your unqualified & ignorant American self. Football is about fluidity & the ups & downs within each play. You’ve never lived it & have no authority.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub Var stopped that goal and has stopped many other goals too. Goals are joy. I can’t close my eyes and imagine var isn’t there.

You’ve never had the joy i had so i understand why you don’t know what you’ve lost.

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub A good move based on the rules not based on what’s best and more enjoyable.

That goal would’ve stood pre VAR so yes it’s VARs fault.

If you don’t know the difference between unbridled joy in the initial seconds of a goal or 3 mins later then you’ve never lived!

[Rocket Ron @Htafcloyal]

@PitchsidePub They’re emotions. The same emotions that have people coming back for years. To put right the wrong. It’s all part of it. Joy & elation. Anger & disbelief. It’s what made it the best game for over a hundred years.

After watching that play out. No doubt in my mind right is a goal!

[MJ @NSNO25]

@Stewart09322559 @owenk98 I want the referees to have the ability to make common sense decisions. I want the joy back in the game.

If VAR got decisions 100% right, it still wouldn’t be worth what we’ve lost. We are turning a free flowing game with story & drama, into a predictable game of technicality.