VAR technical screw ups

[Fa1833 151]

5 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said:

This debate is worse than listening to John Hartson and Karen Carney.  🤣

Won’t be a debate soon when the machines take over and VAR slows tackles down and sends of players for the slightest of touches, it might seem petty now but watch as the rules get stricter and stricter and managers are adding VAR into there tactics. 

[Fa1833 151]

8 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

You're talking nonsense.

 

They got closer to the correct decision. 

I always talk nonsense but there’s some truth in there Rousseau. 🤜🏼♥️🤍💙

[Gonzo79 13,648]

7 minutes ago, Fa1833 said:

Won’t be a debate soon when the machines take over and VAR slows tackles down and sends of players for the slightest of touches

My hope is more people will go and watch lower division clubs, as a result.  

[Bill 13,717]

VAR clearly has the potential to make a huge contribution to the game and frequently enables better decision making. The problem is that it cannot cope with or compensate for either the deliberate dishonesty of officials or their gross incompetence. VAR remains entirely dependent upon the honest intentions and professional skills of those who operate it.

 

So when you get a chaotic decision making and cover ups like we saw during the recent old firm game, it's no good riding to VAR's rescue quoting "in-principle" advantages of the system. When officials fail, VAR fails. At that point trust is lost and what should be a force for good becomes a tool of corruption.

[compo 6,145]

How the heck did the game survive for all those years before we had goal line technology and now VAR simple we had good and decent referees.

[Yorkie Bear 508]

5 hours ago, Rousseau said:

Referees don't see everything.

 

The referee does have the power to go with VAR or not. There have been a few instances where the referee has stuck with his decision. 

I believe Mr Collum was one of those. After all who could possibly question Mr Collum's decision?

[Fa1833 151]

5 minutes ago, Yorkie Bear said:

I believe Mr Collum was one of those. After all who could possibly question Mr Collum's decision?

He must be Ragging Mr Gollum as Bilbo baw baggings took the whistle off him 🤣

[Yorkie Bear 508]

1 hour ago, Yorkie Bear said:

I believe Mr Collum was one of those. After all who could possibly question Mr Collum's decision?

Some additional info on this:

Jan 2023 Rangers V St Johnstone.

 

Collum booked Ryan Jack but was asked by VAR to review it as a straight red. Collum (no doubt reluctantly) went to the pitch side to look at the monitor but stuck with his decision to give a yellow. Who was the VAR? None other than Nick Walsh.

[Scott7 5,175]

29 minutes ago, Yorkie Bear said:

Some additional info on this:

Jan 2023 Rangers V St Johnstone.

 

Collum booked Ryan Jack but was asked by VAR to review it as a straight red. Collum (no doubt reluctantly) went to the pitch side to look at the monitor but stuck with his decision to give a yellow. Who was the VAR? None other than Nick Walsh.

Collum is not the most evil. He is scared though.

[Bill 13,717]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

Collum is not the most evil. He is scared though.

As bad as he is, Collum isn't the main problem. Underpinning every outrageous decision on the field is the SFA/SPFL that insists on opacity in every aspect of the game. Referees can't explain their decisions or be held accountable, VAR has to operate in silence, the Compliance Officer had to be chosen by clandestine means, evidence goes missing from investigations, secrecy at every turn, etc, etc. You couldn't create a better environment in which corruption could flourish if you tried .... and flourish it has.