What would the process be for removing it? Would it be scrapped if, for example, a majority of PL clubs voted for it?
In fairness one of the primary reasons I heard for opposing it prior to its implementation was the delays it would cause - looking at each corner/goalkick would only cause further delays and I don't think would improve people's perception of VAR in any way. Additionally, if you rule on this it then puts pressure to rule on throw-ins and this isn't just a bog-standard slippery slope argument as we have seen some already complain it didn't intervene in Utd's first goal v West Ham - and in my view at least it wasn't obvious the ball went out of play (in real-time or replays) and all the evidence I saw minutes and hours after came from people using lines they criticise VAR for using all the time.
I'm fine with this. If a player's head is leaning offside then I'm fine with VAR not stepping in to correct that. I think the margin of error is too great that we need an 'umpires call' style grey area.
Likewise I'm fine with it but on the whole I'm not as outraged by the current system as most are, my fear is whilst its probably better then what is here currently it isn't a magic bullet as many of the critiques of VAR would still remain. What do you mean by your 2nd sentence, you wouldn't have an umpires call? If not what system would you have
I think there needs to be a grey area where VAR doesn't intervene if it's too close to call.
Yeah it's just subjective. My dad used to be an obsessive football fan but, although he still follows the results closely, he doesn't watch it any more. Finds it very slow and sanitised. I didn't mind the technical/tactical turn at all. There were some great seasons where everyone was trying to implement stuff and you got a bunch of 5-3s and 8-2s. But it doesn't mean my dad was wrong, it's just a preference. When you make big changes to a sport, not everyone will like those changes, and this time I'm one of the people that really doesn't like them.
Yeah that's totally fair enough. Don't begrudge you that at all. I don't think a lot of the people making the "ruined" comments are as nunaced as you though. My impression is that many see it as an objective rather than subjective issue. I also sense that many haven't thought about it as much as you have either, and object to it purely because it is different and not what they are used to.
Ah so effectively what this system would involve then with umpires call with effectively a 10cm margin of error. Apologies I thought you meant the margin of error was too big to warrant an umpires call.
Agree, I do think VAR at times hasn't helped itself but I do also think at times people oppose VAR because they've decided to oppose it and so VAR will never win them over. That does sometimes frustrate me - not so much the opposition to VAR - if you are against non-instant technology in the sport no issues there or if its a stance of VAR is bad because it stops the flow of play fine, its more the attacking VAR from every angle possible even if the criticisms contradict each other. One thing you cannot say which was a criticism before its introduction is it hasn't removed talking points
