Can't over turn a yellow/foul unless you are giving a red..its not a red so VAR can't advise to change the decision.View attachment 4912
Yellow to Brewster (in Pink)!!!! After VAR Check too!! Really!!
A still pic doesn't show much. That doesn't even show if there was contact. What minute of the game? The video is geo blocked.View attachment 4912
Yellow to Brewster (in Pink)!!!! After VAR Check too!! Really!!
Side note: I would like to see IFAB prohibit players from sliding to challenge for the ball immediately after they have miscontrolled it because, as seen in this example, it can be quite dangerous. Often it leads to two opponents sliding for the ball in opposite directions.
I myself have previously been injured after sliding for the ball after an opponent, who was in control of the ball, took a heavy touch. Unexpectedly, he also slid for the ball. Needless to say, we annihilated each other.
A still pic doesn't show much. That doesn't even show if there was contact. What minute of the game? The video is geo blocked.
How on earth is it not a clear and obvious error though? The referee booked the Sheffield Utd player, give a free kick to Wolves yet he was the one who had studs planted into his leg.
Its a bad error by the referee and I have no idea what he saw to give a free kick to Wolves and book the Sheffield Utd player.
A lot of us dislike VAR but one thing we agree on is that if there, it should only intervenes on KMI's (key match incidents). And as it stands, they are goals, penalties and red card. If they where to intervene on every debatable decision then every game will take over 3 hours with less than an hour play time. The game would be ruined beyond repair.So if VAR isn’t putting right the wrongs then what’s it’s actual point. It seems to be picking and choosing when to be ultra picky and then making it up the protocols as they go along!
It would be very hard to define control. In addition to this, it would take a big competitive edge out of the game. I appreciate the potential risks with these type of challenges but we can’t prohibit players from challenging for the ball in certain situations.Side note: I would like to see IFAB prohibit players from sliding to challenge for the ball immediately after they have miscontrolled it because, as seen in this example, it can be quite dangerous. Often it leads to two opponents sliding for the ball in opposite directions.
I myself have previously been injured after sliding for the ball after an opponent, who was in control of the ball, took a heavy touch. Unexpectedly, he also slid for the ball. Needless to say, we annihilated each other.
VAR was always supposed to be ultra picky and only intervene on the four kinds of predefined (and relatively rare) match-changing events. It is not supposed to right all wrongs.So if VAR isn’t putting right the wrongs then what’s it’s actual point. It seems to be picking and choosing when to be ultra picky and then making it up the protocols as they go along!
The aim of the experiment is NOT to achieve 100% accuracy for all decisions as there is no desire to destroy the essential flow and emotions of football which result from the game’s almost non-stop action and the general absence of lengthy stoppages. The philosophy is:
‘minimum interference– maximum benefit’