That was a communication error though, so wouldn't have made a difference I don't think?
But at least it should be as instant as goal line stuff.
Yeah that's my thinking too especially when players are running side by side. There's no real advantage, and the rule wasn't brought in for this situation, but because some is a larger human or is leaning forward more in their running style then it's called offside.
Trim those sideburns, hippy
Don’t worry, they’ll cram all the shit decisions against us in the time they're still using the old method.
There'd still be arguments, this is football after all, but yes, a fixed point of the body would eliminate many of the dubious ones
Not the Fun lovin' ones?
Excellent
It’s really not. It’s shonky technology in the first place. Not having it in place for every single match is unacceptable.
They still have to use their thumbs for something.
I kind of give us a chance in the final there. Mourinho would have been a nobody and we would have become a European juggernaut.
It’s an approximation of cameras at suboptimal frame rates. It’s less accurate than Hawkeye in tennis or whatever the cricket version is. And both of those are shit. For evidence see dust at Roland Garros or wicket shoot outs in cricket. The predictive data is human coded, not agnostic.
Even if it's not flawless, couldn't it be better than what we're currently condemned to simply by virtue of being decisive? Referees were always flawed but as spectators we knew their immediate decision was final, and while we'd naturally complain we at least wouldn't dedicate so much airtime to it. If this animated, imperfect technology at least relieves us from tedious offside delays and arguing over decisions weeks later, then I kinda welcome that.
Yeah I kinda sit in the same space.
Yeah there is an infuriating feeling about being told that a VAR decision must be flawless by definition when you're looking at it and you're utterly convinced it's wrong, it adds to the whole feeling of powerlessness that we increasingly feel as fans. I'm hoping that semi-automated offsides end up like goal-line technology which, whether it's 100% accurate or they're misleading us and instead it's 98%, it still eliminates what are ultimately pointless discussions. But I am wary that as you point out it may take years to get to a similar level and in that time the promise of perfection and an evidently imperfect result that we see could only frustrate us more.
Agree. No need for any other kind of offside. Who cares if you stand on your side and your hip is offside.
Totally agree. An attacker leaning in to get an advantage while remaining onside is good forward play.
