Sweden to reject VAR

Flaggers

Flaggers

May not be the best moderator on LTLF, but he's...
LTLF Minion
I do have to wonder how they are able to be a member of FIFA/UEFA, participate in the various competitions but get to pick and choose which of the laws they want to implement in their game
 
Cureboy

Cureboy

Viv Anderson
I guess in Sweden fans may have more power as they don't get the same TV revenues as the Premier League...the paying customers are the ones actually keeping the league afloat. Who knows?

I would love to see fan organisations unite and protest against VAR here. It's a monstrosity that is killing our enjoyment of football.
 
GOBIAS

GOBIAS

Ian Bowyer
I still think the technology has a part to play.

But I said before it was introduced you will still have arguments and disagreements in the same way three pundits on a panel interpret a penalty or not differently.

In tennis or cricket you are using it to see if a ball is on the line or not or if the ball would have hit a wicket or a bat nicked a ball. They are conclusive. The only conclusive thing football has is the goal line technology which is the only thing that I’d say works well.

We can all agree or disagree over whether something is or isn’t a penalty but that isn’t about the technology. It is the refs and the lawmakers that have made a lot of this unworkable with regards to technology. Also the way the technology is implemented which is inconsistent and now has that added layer of interpretation with the clear and obvious nonsense.

Over the years we have all had issues with the off penalty decisions or whether the player was a last man and usually some will agree with the decision some won’t. I don’t think VAR will ever eradicate this.

But it should be there as a safety net to catch glaring errors. A ref who can’t see an incident or goes on the side of caution and doesn’t give it when the foul is clear. It will give that ref a better look. An off the ball incident maybe. A massively glaring offside that is missed.

VAR should be kept but massively rolled back in my opinion unless some major technological advancement comes.

So it should be:

- Goal line Technology

- Teams get a set amount of challenges per game to use to get the ref to watch it again on a monitor. I’m thinking 2.

- VAR to watch a goal back as the celebration is happening for a visual on offside. No lines drawn or silliness just watch it, freeze frame as ball is played and if it looks level it is level. That shouldn’t impact the restart.

A quick question. What was the worst ever refereeing performance in recent years that went against us before VAR? Would those three things eradicate those type of injustices?
 
I'm Red Till Dead

I'm Red Till Dead

Stuart Pearce
Cureboy said:
www.sportbible.com

First country in Europe's top 30 leagues win battle to prevent introduction of VAR

One of Europe's top 30 leagues has rejected VAR after supporter backlash.
www.sportbible.com www.sportbible.com

The fans have spoken in Sweden.

We need to make a stand against it in the UK. Fans from all clubs need to unite.
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It looks like several people have raised petitions on Change.org calling for VAR to be changed or scrapped but they have never really got going. I've never seen one drop in my inbox. You can see them here -

https://www.change.org/search?q=VAR&offset=0

Pick one, copy the link when you click to sign it, post it on here as a Scrap VAR thread with the link so any like minded people on here can register their vote against it too.
 
valspoodle

valspoodle

Steve Chettle
Well done the Swedes. My best mate (from years ago) who was also my best man, married a Swedish girl and now live in Stockholm.
 
California Redwood

California Redwood

A. Trialist
Instant replay was introduced into the NFL decades ago. I was a fan of the game prior to the introduction but that has faded with time, with a huge part of the lack of interest being related to the awful state officiating after the introduction, to the point where outcomes of instant replay reviews are absurd as those related to this VAR controversy. Errors in officiating occurred before and after the introduction - referees are human and will err so instant replay/VAR doesn't stop that, but the pace of the game has been harmed by instant replay - same for VAR. My opinion is that NFL officiating today is far worse than before instant replay as referees are now reliant upon the technology to correct their mistakes, which it doesn't - VAR appears to have a similar impact
 
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