onthebrink
Well-Known Member
I don't think it's right to say the PL is the only competition not applying VAR to goalkeeper encroachment - the Champions League haven't done so either, with some obvious offences not being punished.
The thing is people went 'mad' when VAR was regularly having penalties retaken over the summer and they'd have gone mad if the penalty hadn't been awarded on Sunday. It's very difficult to achieve an ideal balance.
I don't necessarily think there's an issue with saying that on-field officials will rule on encroachment so you get a more instant decision (rather than everyone celebrating and then a minute later a retake is ordered) and only the relatively obvious offences are penalised - the problem though is that on-field officials aren't penalising it at all.
The thing is people went 'mad' when VAR was regularly having penalties retaken over the summer and they'd have gone mad if the penalty hadn't been awarded on Sunday. It's very difficult to achieve an ideal balance.
I don't necessarily think there's an issue with saying that on-field officials will rule on encroachment so you get a more instant decision (rather than everyone celebrating and then a minute later a retake is ordered) and only the relatively obvious offences are penalised - the problem though is that on-field officials aren't penalising it at all.