Which is the correct answer.
People are complaining that VAR is calling the correct decision and want to go back to being all on the ref to call the incorrect decision.
Considering half of 606 used to be people calling in raging about incompetent refs getting the big decisions wrong, now half of 606 is people calling in raging about VAR getting the big decisions right.
I'd rather have things right, even if it can be annoying sometimes, because you can't argue with the camera, than the ref allowing Drogba to score when he's 3 yards offside.
I disagree.
People are complaining because the thresholds in place to prevent the «re-refereeing» of matches results in different outcomes based on coincidences. Like certain red and yellow cards this season.
Like the Arsenal goal that got disallowed against us last season, clear foul on Eriksen but the ref allowed play to continue. VAR stepped in and got it right, but somehow it’s ended up as an example of when VAR shouldn’t get involved because it doesn’t meet the threshold. Right decision but somehow a mistake, impressive.
Or as we’ve seen in quite a few matches, what the referee on the pitch decides then and there has too much of an impact on what VAR can do afterwards, even though the referee on the pitch might not have had a good view and made the decision in a split second. If he’s seen the situation and allows play to continue he’s set the bar extremely high for VAR to intervene. To the point where we’ve had almost identical situations but different outcomes in the same match, having a goal disallowed and then a goal against you for pretty much the exact same thing is a bit of a kick in the nuts. If the ref blows for the penalty the VAR won’t overturn it, if the referee doesn’t award the penalty then VAR won’t overturn it.
They’ve introduced delaying the flag for offside because they don’t want the linesman to get the big calls wrong and they know offside is black and white for VAR to handle afterwards. Why isn’t the same logic applied to referees making split-second calls on the pitch? The thresholds for VAR not to be involved shouldn’t really be there, instead we should have much more communication between the referee and the VAR. The referee on the pitch should simply say that he saw there was a situation in the build up, or a duel/whatnot, when the goal got scored but he was unsure of how much was actually in it and that he’d like to view the situation again.
For handball they’ve managed to introduce two very different set of rules depending on if the player is attacking or defending. Defending: They will take into account position of the arm, what you are doing in the situation, natural movement and all that, does the ball go via another part of your body first, via someone else etc. Essentially the logic way to look at it.
Attacking: Even the most accidental of accidental handballs is punished if you score directly from it, now matter how your arm is positioned. Unless you pass the ball to a teammate that scores, then it’s allowed.
For me, It’s bizarre that with VAR as a tool, referees/VAR will judge handballs completely differently depending on if the team is attacking or defending.
VAR and the referee on the pitch should be working much closer together, rather than the notion that VAR should only be there to get involved when there is a «clear and obvious mistake», simply because the threshold in place results in same situations but different outcomes in matches.
