VAR isn't the problem the problem are those guys working in that VAR room making decision 🤑💰

VAR is like trains, work well in europe but for some reason in the UK its expensive and causes too many delays

Can they not vote to scrap Howard Webb instead?

The problem is not VAR, the problem is corrupt people using it.refrees should go to the screen and see incidents and make decisions not some one in his home making a decision.

NO WAY!! Why ask the clubs. Rules have nothing to do with clubs. It's not VAR that's the problem, it's the REFEREES. The officials are awful and needs an overhaul

Referees the issue, not the tech lol

FIX YOUR CORRUPT REFEREES !!!

Refs are inconsistent and always have been. What is a red card or penalty for a team one week, isn't a red card or penalty for another team the next. All VAR has done is magnify their incompetence and made me think the league is corrupt after all.

Fair enough to wolves for coming forward but 14 seems a lot to pass the proposal

It's not VAR it's PGMOL. We want semi automated offsides as well

Honestly the game/sport has deteriorated so much in even 10 years. I don’t see myself watching football for much longer. VAR is one of the major reasons. Just isn’t the same.

get VAR out that decision for a pen in Newcastle vs Man utd was disgraceful and just matches the point that VAR protects the big 6

The sooner they get rid of it the better!

Just have goal line tech, nothing else

Offside should not be a toe or an elbow. 1 foot between opposing players at least!

the thing i dislike the most is offsides. if you score and your knee is offside then it should still be given as a goal. it’s like we’ve forgotten why the offside rule was introduced in the first place. give the advantage to the attackers to create a more entertaining game. if the players whole body is clearly offside then rule the goal out.

The problem with VAR will never be corrected because the decisions made outside of offside are based on opinion! Whatever they do to VAR will never change that. As a spectacle I think it’s destroying the game, goal celebration in particular is wiped out while VAR takes minutes checking every eventuality. Get rid of it and just keep goal line technology, which has nothing to do with VAR anyway.

As it is now, it cannot stay...The offside lines are just horrible and checking the buildup play to a goal too...

Stop using it for offside decisions.

Also when was the last time City had a VAR decision go against them 🤔🤔

they could've fixed VAR immediately by timing each VAR review at 30 seconds. If not obvious after 30 seconds then not a clear and obvious error therefore stick with on-field decision. That would suit everyone.

VAR is not the problem. Referees are.

Too many mistakes by VAR which is open to curruption plus it disrupts the game.with mathematical decisions.which take forever.

If VAR can’t provide 100 percent correct decisions, let’s keep the human errors

VAR is just the technology, the referees using it are the issue

Kaveh is good at expressing near full context , could say more but he's on form here

Clubs should pole their season ticket holders and vote accordingly. It won't happen but....

Keep VAR, throw Webb

Absolutely hate VAR!! for the fans who actually go, it ruins the spontaneity of the game, the ridiculous small margins used are against the spirit of the game. It has no way improved any game I have watched.. Anything that leads to the game being stopped & started to analyse off sides, goals, hand balls etc will not improve the flow & excitement of a match.. We don't need 100% perfection, the games got far too complicated for officials, VAR is all still about interpretation, so still week in week out all that we talk about is VAR.. Watching championship football this year has been a pleasure, some decisions went against my team, some went for them. Guess what, the fans got over it.. Slowly, season by season, I dislike the game I've loved all my life..

Honestly unless they improve the system it has to go. It feels more like match fixing with var. The newcastle goal against arsenal. Liverpool omg var messed up their advantage lead. Its match fixing.

Get rid of it. It’s destroying excitement and atmosphere in stadiums.

Come on - do a fan poll! I’d bet it would be a comfortable win for scrap it!

VAR is not the problem. Problem is the PGMOL and their incompetent refs. they are just trying to make VAR escape goat. PGMOL needs to be scraped.

Semi automated offside should be compulsory.

Just the speed, implementation & competence in the decision making process needs to improve...

Rid of VAR please. Would love to know how they arrive at their stats

PGMOL listen up 👇 Semi-automated offsides ✅ Goalframe immediately lights up RED or GREEN after a goal is scored to indicate if it was offside or not (using the same automated system) ✅ VAR: only the onfield referee makes a decision and is therefore immediately sent to the monitor if there's any doubt ✅ Monitor: Still images and slow-motion replays ❌ Goal line technology ✅ This way fans can celebrate the majority of goals immediately like the good old days, and any bad mistakes by refs can be rightfully overturned. Simples 🤷‍♂️

I would love to see it scrapped. It's ruined the whole experience of seeing your team score a goal which is the best part of the game. It has muted celebrations and wastes so much time waiting for things to get forensically checked. If VAR was able to provide 100% correct decisions, delivered in a matter of seconds, then it would be OK. But waiting 5 minutes to check if the strikers big toe was in a more advanced position that the defenders shoulder, to the nearest micro millimeter, is just killing the game for me. I can excuse errors by linesmen and referees made in real-time. Yes it's annoying, but not more annoying that VAR holding up the game for ages, only to go and shaft you with a dodgy decision anyway!

I think the FA should watch Anthony Gordons interview ... "Get rid of it, or get better". Pick one.

The problem is not the system but the personnel. Refs are either incompetent or corrupt

The refree is nolonger the final person, he should go to the screen and see incidents and make a final decision.

The only time var should be used.....if the referee asks for it...not sure if was a pen the ref asks for a replay....the linesmans not sure if offside they ask for a replay, var should not be able to stop the game, var should not be able to overturn anything! Just there to assist the referee if they ask for it!

Semi-auto offside technology Goal-line technology And while we're at it mic up the refs like rugby. Bang, done, simple. SCRAP VAR.

Why not just tone it down rather than scrap it. Instead of video referees deciding, how about each team gets 2 or 3 challenges per game where they can make a referee go to the screen to review the decision? As for offsides, if it's not obvious from a replay then the on-field decision should stand. Forget drawing lines to make someone 1cm offside

Very interesting development and an important one i feel that there are to many flaws in VAR at present BUT i think it should be partly used drawing the line for offside is pretty good but even that needs a firm guideline it is a sucess in tennis and i think given 100% sound guidelines that would be an improvement.

The big thing that I have noticed with VAR, I remember watching football a goal goes in a quick couple of angles on a replay then its back to the centre circle for a kick off. I can not remember for the life of me seeing a kick off in recent years that was not the start of the first half and start of the second. There is VAR nonsense going on replay and after replay then a conversation. When we cut back to the match the ball is down a wing somewhere with a team on the attack. Perhaps I'm over analysing that but it is something I've noticed. VAR in general slows the game down and spoils the atmosphere, I watched a game recently with my 7 year old and our team scored and he threw his hands it the air and screamed and I instantly said "wait" and I remember thinking to myself afterwards how disgusted I felt for dampening that enthusiasm that I knew I grew up with as a kid. The blame for that falls solely at the feet of a badly run and organised Video referee system. Apologies for the life story just wanted to share

I think the biggest issue with VAR is the 'clear and obvious'. Just get the correct decision. Something could be a right or wrong decision. But then you're leaving it up to the VAR ref' whether that is obvious or not, which is a subjective decision.

Why not run VAR like the NFL reviews replays? There are almost never any issues, the ref always makes the final say on any major decision while reviewing the play on the field. Plus, those reviewing the games are always the same, that way the consistency is there week in and week out. This is really not a difficult thing to do.

If VAR stays, it should be for CLEAR errors and off the ball incidents only. Like if someone is a bit offside then let it be. If someone makes a bad tackle and the ref gives a yellow, let it be. If someone punches a player off the ball and its missed, look at it.

*I'm 50/50 on this. As a Villa fan this isn't good for us in the sense that our back line is so disciplined at catching opponents offside and we benefit from VAR for that. BUT I am sick of not being able to celebrate properly when any goal goes in.*

Worrying as an Aston Villa fan with our high line and offside trap, how many goals would have been incorrectly given against us this season without VAR. I'd like to keep it for that reason alone.

Most major sports employ a form of video replays. You don't hear any major scandals. Why is it that football has a problem with it?

hmm i dunno. I think itl get better in time. Offside issues for me and hand ball claims are usually well dealt with and correct. But there have been some clangers. Im still a little on the fence.

How about the VAR room isn't full of refs that know each other?? It's almost like other sports have this review room completely separate from the refs and is it's own entity so no need to feel bad about overruling your mate. What a crazy idea.

This was inevitable, VAR's performance has been appauling this season - something has to be done before the new season

Have people forgotten all the awful calls before VAR? Just continue to iterate …

The decisions need to be made quicker. I think the automation and use of computer resource will aid this. I also think we will look back at this (and previous seasons) with VAR as a necessary stepping stone at improving the game in the long run

you can't have a system that needs continued improvement...it's not fit for purpose..and take michael oliver,anthony taylor and paul tierney with it...

VAR should stay but change the officials...those officials behind VAR are completely biased...they should atleast use officials from abroad

About time. Corrupt FA. Corrupt var

Var needs to stay you cant take technology out of football this will cause huge issues in the Premier league if it goes

Scrap it. Mistakes are going to happen either way. Bring back the flow and excitement of the game, and being able to celebrate goals. I hate the delays.

The general idea of VAR is great, for offsides etc it works, the biggest issue in my opinion is every goal build up being scrutinised back to the start of the phase of play.

Every fan worth their salt thinks it should be banned. Its a nightmare and destroys the flow of the game. Its especially bad for fans watching in person. Anyone who has played the game doesnt think a pinky toe offside is actually offside. Slow mo replays do not give context to apparent fouls and handballs. Its a stupid system and a terrible idea overall.

Change the offside law so that the sole focus is only the feet/foot of the attacking player,all other parts of the body are exempt from the new rule, this rules simplifies the offside rule making the law easier to implement and enforce.

Keep VAR, Keep the game clean, and reduce the mistakes in the match.

In my opinion, the VAR system just needs better camera angles, it's also those who operate it and Officals take too long to make decisions and when they do, they make the wrong calls.

The ref was always a part of game......not so now it will end up a computer.

VAR should be outsourced!! This season had shown the ineptitude of the UK officials!!😂

The use was sold to us to stop diving and offside ,,,,but every goal is getting forensically analysised to disallow the goal ,,,,to many mistakes every wk a different scenario,,,get rid of it

Watched old firm game last weekend, they have var but the whole thing was so much better managed But .. the instant impulsive reactions that elevated the game above all others is being destroyed I watch so many games and have lost that celebration mode Watch the old games shown from the old Big Match on I think itv4 ? Much better flow

They should limit it to goals and offside. The inconsistencies is too much. A ref looking at the ball, makes a decision then he is called over, looks at a reply then changes his mind. 100% of the time once the ref is called over he aligns with the VAR opinion.

Haven’t watched prem football since the first season of VAR. just go to lower league football now.

Please get rid it killing our game

My view is that after a VAR decision is made, the ref (who should be miked up) should explain the his decision and that of the VAR panel to the crowd, a bit like they do in American Eggball. Having to publicly explain their decisions might make them more careful about ballsing things up as much as they do

VAR should be used regardless of red or yellow. change rule so that REF ALWAYS also onside TO SCREEN TO MAKE DECSION make it more consistent.

My take is a bit different. I think Var should stay but the ref on the pitch should be empowered to have the final say no matter what.

The technology is not the problem, anyone with eyes can see the real problem

If not scrapped it needs some major changes. One obvious one for me is that if the game has been paused for a VAR review, the ref IMMEDIATELY goes to the screen to see everything and be in on the discussion. An example of this is the non penalty at Anfield against City. From what we heard, VAR did not describe the potential foul properly to the Ref. If the ref had SEEN that challenge, I believe he would have given a penalty, because it was something he could not see on field. The VAR should NOT be giving opinions to him. It should be presenting facts and images to back that up so that the ref can decide if he needs to adjust his decision. Even if he does not, at least then you know it is him who has made the decision.

As a Chelsea fan, I can clearly tell you that VAR has never been for us, Maguire on Azpi Maguire on Batshuayi Kovacic against Xhaka Lukaku scores, clearly onside against Liverpool, ruled out Grealish against Chelsea -clear handball Today, Lamptey elbows Mudryk There is no way on earth Chelsea are supporting this one.. every Chelsea's manager has been crying of this system since inception bruh... I want it gone, I don't even trust those VAR officials themselves, leave alone the lines they keep drawing, they might as well edit the videos to appear otherwise To hell

IF PEOPLE STILL WANT VAR, GIVE MANAGERS 3 VAR REVIEWS That review has to take place within 30 seconds of the said incident. It then has to be reviewed by three independent judges not linked to the referee team in anyway, who must meet a 2-1 or 3-0 decision. A report explaining their decision must then be published within 30 minutes of the game finishing and one of the judges has to give a tv interview after every game explaining their decisions. As for the referee's, they also have to make themselves more visible in regards to explaining their calls and they also can't be immune from criticism, but also not demonised providing they explain themselves. Of course if they are consistently and constantly bad, they need to be demoted or removed for a period of time. It can be done if the manager has genuine concern if a foul went uncalled or the referee made the wrong decision. They get one more if a game goes to extra time. This way the manager is in charge of his own decisions and we get more transparency with the decision making across the board. Plus we also get more speed, excitement and drama back without always trying to turn the game into an exact science.

Some of the reasons against VAR seems to be the same reasons why to have VAR and to continue to perfect it's application, the rest seems like your standard reaction to change, creates discomfort and unfamiliarity hence resistance

VAR should be separate from PGMOL or there should be a governing body that reviews there performances and makes suggestions to the premier league accordingly, at the end of the day before anything terrible referees are the issue

Before VAR was in use the calls for it's implementation were always after really obvious things like Henry's handball for France v Ireland. We need to keep VAR for clear and obvious errors, but the definition of clear and obvious needs to be exactly that. If the VAR cannot overturn a decision having watched 1 or 2 replays in 30 seconds then just stick with the onfield decision. VAR should be useful 2 or 3 times a season not 2 or 3 times a game.

Hope so

My opinion is stop VAR and the extension of extra time.3 to 4 mins is considerable good and chances for small team to win.

Nottingham Forest lit the fuse, good to see Wolves following on from our statement.

it should be there only for offside offense

They need to increase the quality of the referees. I personally don’t like the VAR but that is not the main issue of the Premier League. I certainly don’t consider myself a reference, but I switched to the Bundesliga, where the refereeing is much more consistent, with the VAR - true that financial fair-play is also much more advanced in Germany. The ambiance in the stadiums is great, with almost no tourists (except myself) and no phones. Have been traveling to London regularly during 25 years, from the continent. Bundesliga is much less expensive and is catching up with PL in my view. One of the reasons is the quality of the referees.

just have VAR review all the possible error on the field and override it if needed, how hard can that be? Is it that difficult to do?

I think each team should get 1 VAR challenge per game kind of like they do in tennis.

Scrap this var thing out man simple , how Dias goal against Spurs be disallowed?, how Dokus high boot on Mcalester not be a faul hence a penalty? Its ridiculous thinking how stupid this thing has costed teams a chances of winning the game.

VAR is like any tool-it's meant to be used correctly by those who understand it. When someone doesn't know how to use a tool properly, it's not the tool's fault. Other European leagues might not be as vocal about VAR because they might have found a better balance in its application or have different views on its effectiveness. The key is ensuring VAR is used appropriately by knowledgeable officials

Use technology on offsides and the lines only, to determine whether it's goal, foul in box, ball in or out of play.

Worst decision? That Coventry winner which (I assume ) WAS 2 centimetres offside as NO HUMAN EYE could look at players 50 and 70 metres,respectively and see that so,either way,the Refs decision HAD to be Final and he gave a goal.

I really hope the Premier league gets rid of VAR

They should try to get premium refs from other leagues

The mistakes by VAR is worse now than before VAR. It is one thing for a one human to make a quick on the spot decision based on what he saw or thought he saw. He had no state of the art technology, no way to stop the match and perform a lengthy review of the events. Rewinding and slowing the action from every angle. As such a decision is made, good or bad and the game naturally carry’s on. The officials were given the benefit of the doubt and fans would debate it for years to come over a pint.

The english game is based on Ryan Shawcross ending Eduardo's career and getting no punishment for it. VAR really puts that in danger. You could see Liam Miller fiercely and passionately defend Lundstram's potential career ending tackle in the Rangers vs Celtic game. In Scotland he was immediately criticized. In England it would be another matter. The Premier League is based on very athletic extremely powerful low technique players, VAR is a hindrance.

How VAR is applied is the problem. There's no need to micro-analyse every second of a match. Give the teams a a few reviews per match. Cricket doesn't analyse the entire game, and if a captain fails to review an umpire error then that's their fault. This desire for every football match to be refereed to perfection will always fail.