Sounds good, let's see how it goes.

Good to hear from the refs, wish they would do post match interview like they used to do! Would defo make fans build a relationship with them!

mike oliver's voice doesn't match his apperance

Was great at the Euro's, just shows it's our implementation of VAR that is the issue rather than VAR itself. Biggest issue for me is that the game is slowed down so much because 'fouls' are now given for any kind of contact when reviewed by VAR, need to let the game flow more and only use VAR if there is a serious mistake being made.

What about referees going to the pitch side monitors? They should definitely use it more so that the referee on the pitch will make the final decision.

This is the kind of transparency that we want around referees

Would be interesting to hear their takes on applying context of a situation when giving a red card. Like the Soucek against Fulham that was rightly overturned because Soucek was lifting his arm up to put it over Mitrovic but caught him in the face. Red given because refs are told that hand to face contact is immediate red, without thinking of context of the incident. Similarly how would they defend the Luiz red against Wolves? Luiz got the red because he didn’t make attempt to the play the ball, but he also didn’t not make an attempt, he was just running back chasing the attacker, the forward drew his leg back to take a shot and clipped Luiz’s knee. Never understand how that wasn’t overturned. The only way to prevent that very rare situation from happening is to ban defenders from getting a certain distance from an attacking player, which obviously can’t be done.

I personally like the lines being shown to the viewer keeps them informed

Very refreshing to actually hear from referees and officials. Would like them to use the monitor more personally as well

I'll believe it when I see it, because almost every shoulder to shoulder challenge I saw last season ended up as a free kick, unless it's in the 18yrd box

The one ref I need to hear from is David Coote, the guy makes so many questionable decisions and has even been taken off some games before

At least with fans back this season we won't hear Martin Tyler's deep breathing and grunting. look on the bright side.

That’s only half the problem. What’s gonna be done about the referees flat-out _refusing_ to look at the monitor and see the foul, clear as Crystal, for themselves? What about the players crowding around the referee whenever he _does_ go to the monitor(a bookable offence) and not getting booked? I can just tell VAR will still cause a lot of problems this season, don’t be surprised when it does.

I personally think they should show the replays to the ref at full speed because it always looks worse when it's slowed down ⚽️

Finally. Referees need to just make decisions based on what they see and not the players reaction. Happy that they agree physical contact and a free flowing game is what PL is about. A player should try to stay up to protect the ball, not just fall over when they feel some contact.

The not giving credit to players trying to stay up was my biggest problem. Glad they're finally looking at it. Rewarding fair play is good progress

All sounds reasonable and sensible, if implemented properly and that is a big if, it should make the games better to watch.

Michael Oliver's accent took me by surprise. no idea why i just didn't expect him to be northern

Still need post match interviews with the ref.

In rugby we get to hear the conversation between the referee and the TMO - it's really helpful to hear what they are saying and it helps us understand decisions. Why don't we get this in football with VAR?

Something unnatural about hearing a referee talk.

It was noticeable how much less var intervention there was during the euro’s. The standard of refereeing seemed much higher.

VAR isn’t the problem. It’s just the consistency. For eg, Aubameyang got sent off for that challenge on Meyer. Sterling made the picture same challenge on Dele Alli

Nice to see referees being interviewed, sounds like some positive changes. Let's see how it goes

We need to hear them on live TV on big decisions

Good to hear from the referees themselves. It’s important that these changes are clearly explained before coming into action.

do it like it was at the euros, sack stockley park

Who ever said “their toe is offside how did he miss that”?! Anyone with sense always knew you give advantage to the attacker Much needed changes though, should of been this way from the start. Now start booking people for diving/simulation!

They should introduce a 3 var challenges per game for each team system to use VAR like how tennis use the hawk eye That way, the team is guaranteed that opportunity to appeal the incident.

That Son vs McTominay was ridiculous last year, hopefully they fix things like that.

great video we need more. they have so much refereeing knowledge

ultimately in a game of football one side is always dissatisfied with the refereeing

Timo Werner about to be a god

It's great of the refs sitting down, talking things through and explain how they think. The refs have a hard job, expecially given the rapid changes in rules and the introduction of VAR. It's interesting to hear their thoughts and how they reflect on certain situations last season. Also great that the FA has changed things, apparently with what seems to be a better take on things like offside, VAR, and handball-situations. Seems good, let's see how it goes

Nothing mentioned about playacting that effect durations of the game, something that needs serious stomping out

Sounds descent, but let’s see how it is put into practice.

We need to seen more of refs like this. To humanise them, and accept that they need support too. It’s not them against us. They make mistakes that could cause goals, but so do your centre backs

Werner would had scored a lot more goals if this rule was there last season, especially that goal when he scored vs Liverpool and got disallowed for being a armpit offside. The man with the glasses said attacking players will have most of there goals next season basing on the fact the lines will be bigger and that should help massively.

Would love to hear their communication on important call likw NBA/NFL thingy

I enjoyed the discussion on the contact. Hopefully we see less dramatic falls

Loved watching that. Fingers crossed it works better this year.

You have to do more interviews with refs. So important for the relations between officials and fans. So much anger would be diffused if interviews (delayed) were done with the refs. Though the FA probably won't allow it other than this time.

Useful discussion Gentlemen, thanks.

Offside just needs to go to a defined margin of error on a linesman’s decision similar to Umpire’s call in cricket.

Hopefully this’ll make this season better than last, love the fact they are analysing their system, willing to change + focusing on making the football the best it can be for the fans

Good video, good to hear referees and their view on new rules. This should happen more often. Looking forward to the new season

Regarding offside. Why draw the lines at all? Just watch it back at normal speed from a few different angles (to make sure perspective isn't an issue). If you can't spot it with the naked eye, then it's NOT "Clear and Obvious" error on the part of the official.

I like how JC was called out for drawing lines on Monday Night Football before VAR 😅😂

Fair play to jamie and sky for publishing this type of video- credit where its due

It’s all good Michael Oliver saying to players, if there’s contact no need to exaggerate we’ll see it. But many occasions last season you didn’t see it so what are you going to do different to not miss any potential foul/penalty.

i did not expect anthony taylor and michael oliver to sound like that

How about they use the pitch side monitors? I think it starts there.

Anthony Taylor is 100% right, before var everyone after a match would go ballistic because an offside was given on etc. But now when it’s actually right people complain. Offside is offside whether it’s a toenail or not

Anthony Taylor... I don't think ppl were angry when players were offside by a toenail... we wanted VAR to disallow goals that are clearly offside

What year was offside first introduced ? . I don’t know or can’t remember . Should it be scrappped wholesale ???

5:15 That's just not true. Nothing happens when you stay on your feet. I totally understand why players go down easily.

The main problem is the inconsistency of the ref even after using VAR

I heard that they won’t show replays anymore. I hope that’s not true

This is the first time I've heard most of these dudes voices. Watch them go back to radio silence when the season starts

lol the refrees have voices shocking

Impressed with Carraghers teleportation skills

0:58 half of which were Timo Werner's

After first attending 59 years ago in 1962 I can say, based on this fabulous weekend of Football, that it "looks" like we have got our game back! :) The matches were free-flowing. The decisions MUCH quicker. FAR LESS intervention by VAR to allow the game to develop momentum and the players encouraged to get back up immediately a la The Euros as they know that any "slight" touch will NO LONGER automatically mean a foul or even a Penalty. WHAT A DIFFERENCE on this first weekend. FULL Houses.Flags everywhere.Flowing Games and plenty of Goals. :)

What is the distance of the broadcast line?

One of the changes is The Sledgehammer lol

The FA should make the fans hear ref and people in VAR

😂I swear I didn't expect that decibel nor pitch from Taylor's voice.

Football a few year ago: the greatest game, enjoyed by most of the world Fifa/FA etc: "we need to fix football"

“You don’t need to go down to get a penalty” Instantly gives example of a player getting fouled, not going down, and wrongfully not getting the penalty.

all of this will go out the window once the crowd gets on their back. the referees will panic as usual and blow their whistle every time the crowd makes a noise. mark these words.

So we’re still waiting for a decision on every goal? Remember players scared to celebrate that needs to sorted ASAP.

Where Mike Dean lol

All good if the linesman actually calls it but I reckon if they get a decision wrong like give a offside when they ain’t book them then if they do it again send them off I think it’s brilliant and it’s up to you if they have a back up or no linesman

"Somebody's toe's offside, how's the assistant referee missed that?!" said nobody, ever. All this talk of slightly thicker lines, why don't they just use a much thicker line to benefit to the attacker. Yes, there will be still be fine margins but it will make fans and players less irritated because the offside player will already have been given some leeway. Hopefully, it will be better this season, but we'll see.

Biggest issue is the time it takes for VAR decisions - especially with deciding whether goals stand or not. They need to stick to "clear & obvious errors" being all VAR is used to correct - whether offside, penalties, handballs or whatever. Give a time limit for decisions to be reviewed & if you can't see it's wrong within that limit, or if you need to be drawing lines on the pitch to help you decide the original decision of the officials needs to stand. 2-3 different angles shown to the VAR reviewer once each & 1 frozen picture for offsides and that's it - should take less than a minute per review & the game doesn't even need to stop half the time. Keeping the game moving and catching the obvious errors only should be the priority - if it's a 50/50 call don't second guess the referee because you've seen it 20 times zoomed in at half speed, let the ref call the game and jyst cover for any clangers.

Brilliant to hear the refs opinions 👏🏻 we need more like this throughout the season and after games, to hear them say they've looked back and realised they should have given a different decision makes them more human and likeable

Only change should be, being accurate and given the same energy towards each and every team...true or correct?

Many love VAR when it goes on their side, but absolutely despise it when it goes against them.

We shall see

Player responsibility and honesty.

Thank god The referring at the euros has set the mark. Looking forward to this realistic approach.

Time will tell

This is excellent. Not sure I’ve ever really heard them speak before and makes such a change. I think a lot of the hate comes from the fact that they seem untouchable. All the changes sound positive too. Time will tell.

I think they needed to talk about the VVD incident that was my biggest concern for sure .

It's only pre season but this is quite refreshing getting to hear the refs explain their thoughts on decisions. Maybe it's time to get them mic'd up like in Rugby so we can hear them at the time when they explain it to the players

The real problem is the incompetence of English referees

Offsides: ball is in play until COMPLETELY over the line, apply the same concept to players and offsides. Offensive player should be “onside” when in the attacking end unless completely past a penultimate defender when the ball is released. Gap or no gap, that simple.

We should base offside solely on where player's feet are, judging an armpit to be offside is a bit mad, and in tight calls the rule should state there must be a clear GAP between the defender and attacker's feet. So if the attacker's heel is still behind the defender's toe it should be onside.

Bruno Fernandes is gonna have to actually put in effort this season

We should be able to hear the conversation between the ref and the VAR like in the Rugby, that way we'd know the logic behind the decision.

I think what the ref meant was 'Football used to be a contact sport'.....It hasn't been one for years!!!

Werner gna be so happy now

I’ve always been of the opinion that refs should have body cams and microphones so that we could hear and see their point of view, much like in rugby. Still nice to see them come out and tell us about the rules. Hopefully it all works out well for everyone involved. Will give attacking sides like Brentford a lot more opportunities which is good to see.

Sounds positive hope it stands by what we all heard

We should hear an audio from the var team on live tv when making a decision

there will still be issues and controversy this year but it's a step in right direction

Great video. Not just for the updates on VAR, but for humanising these referees. Absolutely thankless job, and people treat them awfully.

So glad he mentioned the Phil foden incident as it was a stone wall penalty and they shouldn't have to go down to get a decision!

5:15 - tell that to Bamford

The prem has been a good example of how not to use VAR, it only changes a decision if its clear and obvious and shouldnt slow down the momentum of the game so this is good to hear. hope scotland finally gets on board with VAR