https://blog.innerdrive.co.uk/sports/var-and-referee-biases
Does anybody have a link to up to date data?
Does anybody have a link to up to date data?
Everyone knows you're my secret admirer Santa!The other 2% are made by a @Big Cat
Remember it wasn't referees that wanted it, it was the other part of the "football community" you refer to that constantly bleated about incorrect decisions, many of them just as subjective as the decisions that we are now seeing arguments about with VAR. It's a circular argument, football wanted VAR to correct decisions, now they have it and decisions are going against them or they don't agree with the VAR intervention they don't want it any more. If it was scrapped it would take less than a season for the same people that wanted it scrapping to go back to bleating about wrong decisions and how referees need help from technology.It seems pretty clear to me, regardless of facts, VAR is definitely damaging the fragile reputation between the football "community" (players, managers, fans etc) and referees. My opinion is that it needs to go. Football is not a black and white sort of sport, so trying to shoehorn in VAR doesn't work. The thing that will improve the acceptance of decisions is not a technological one, its a cultural on. Facts and figures unfortunately will not help.
Irrelevant to what @benmc and I are saying. We're commentating on VAR with hindsight whereas you're always harking back to the pre-VAR era in which we all clamoured for technology (some form of VAR) with foresightRemember it wasn't referees that wanted it, it was the other part of the "football community" you refer to that constantly bleated about incorrect decisions, many of them just as subjective as the decisions that we are now seeing arguments about with VAR. It's a circular argument, football wanted VAR to correct decisions, now they have it and decisions are going against them or they don't agree with the VAR intervention they don't want it any more. If it was scrapped it would take less than a season for the same people that wanted it scrapping to go back to bleating about wrong decisions and how referees need help from technology.
Everyone knows you're my secret admirer Santa!
In terms of bias, it's been very noticeable of late that Joe Public is increasingly suspecting bias and even corruption in match officiating
Whilst most people did eventually accept on field mistakes back in the day (admittedly, very reluctantly), Joe Public is suspecting 'foul play' when it comes to VAR on an increasing basis. When VAR drops a clanger (or even when VAR just makes a decision that people don't like), they're unable to swallow it and I think it's really damaging further the relationship between the footy community and us referees
That's not me saying 'I don't like VAR'. That's me commentating on an obvious and worrying trend. People can't make sense of decisions when VAR is confusing matters and they're calling 'foul play' on referees. It's toxic, getting worse and ultimately effects us lower down the levels
Send your idea to PGMOL - Premier League referees are observed (via match video) in that manner currently, but publishing a league table seems pointless.Yes, and in a hyper analytical football world there should be up to date data on refs and their % of correct decisions, and incorrect.
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