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.
Foreslår følgende vedlegg til handsregelen: Et 96-siders kompendium med illustrasjoner av samtlige «unaturlige» og «naturlige» armposisjoner per kroppsbevegelse. @nff_info#handsregel#backtoviljehands
@Heinevik Det burde bare stå: «Hands dømmes kun dersom en spiller med hånd/arm tydelig saboterer spillet med vilje». Ferdig - alt vi trenger. Så blir det riktig 90% av gangene, noen slipper unna med en frekkis nå og da, men vi unngår de aller fleste «treffer arm tilfeldig»-straffene.
@DavyWathne Det burde være en ren dommervurdering av intensjon, «prøver vedkommende å sabotere spillet med å føre hånd/arm mot ball?» Ja eller nei. Det vil bli feil noen ganger, men det er mye bedre enn dagens variant.
@AntonsenBrekken@perstaberg Fordi noen ønsket en fasitvennlig regel i stedet for en som straffet villet sabotasje av spillet. Sistnevnte er mye mer fornuftig, men blir «for» åpent for tolkning, tipper jeg. Problemet er at den «fasitvennlige» også blir gjenstand for tolkning, men med altfor mange kriterier.
@marxinor@Tjaernas Jepp. Kall meg gammeldags, men jeg vil tilbake til der hvor dommerne kun dømte på «viljehands», ikke på tilfeldige treff. Dummeste jeg ser når forsvarer prøver å blokkere skudd med armene «naturlig» plassert BAK RYGGEN.
@TrondAril Helt fullstendig hjernedødt å gå inn der. Først begynte VAR å gripe inn der det ikke var clear and obvious, men nå griper de altså også inn og omgjør riktige avgjørelser til å bli feil! Hurra!