i just talked with my brother about VAR and he said "the problem is not VAR its the donkey who uses it"

Spot on with this. I really miss football from 3-4 years ago

The worst VAR call I’ve ever seen was that penalty in the Liverpool V Brighton game, Andy Robertson accidentally hit someone’s foot while trying to win the ball back. A light tap to the foot resulted in a penalty.

If you told people in the late 1900’s that we would rule people offside for being offside because of someone’s nose they would call you crazy, well...

The truth is: VAR is just bad when it interfers in the game of our team.

In my opinion VAR should only be used in penalties and in occasions where the ref wants to

I liked the good old days WHEN FIRMINOS ARM PIT WASN'T OFFSIDE

Yeah, I also think that offside rule is getting too strict, even beyond human perception!

Offside should only count when the full body is offside imo

I have decided to stop watching football after 22 years. Not until VAR is gone from football, I won't be watching it again.

Refs are prone to bad calls due to subjective decisions, VAR is not an exception to this rule.

VAR is necessary to prevent players benefitting from diving. The blame should be placed squarely at the feet of perpetual divers, though FIFA have allowed them to go unpunished for years. The diving in the 2018 World Cup was an utter farce in some games, yet not even ONE player was booked for it in the whole tournament. The offside situation with VAR is absolutely ridiculous though, but FIFA could fix that tomorrow though if they wanted to. Just change the offside rule to say that there needs to be daylight between the two players.

Most of the VAR problems is the offside, and penalties given for absolutely nothing. Fix those two things and VAR is good. For instance Connor Coady diving yesterday, and then VAR correcting the decision was a great example of VAR working. ANOTHER solution is like American Football.. I know I know... BUT listen. NFL challenge rules allow for two challenges for each team during a game. A third challenge can be awarded to a team only if they are successful in both of their previous challenges. If one or both of those challenges is denied, then the team does not get a third challenge. What can be challenged is also limited. THIS will also shut up managers complaining a little bit....maybe. haha. This would limit the number of stoppages.. if the refs missed it. The manager can ask to challenge it, then... and only then VAR should come into play. Some other things, like off the ball violent conduct... should be automatic stoppage and review.

When I clicked play I had to wait for 5 minutes because VAR had to look if the video was offside or not.

They should keep goal line technology but take away VAR

Var should have 10 seconds to relook at the issue, if it goes past, the refs decision is final.....simples

What I’d like to see is after the game reviews of plays to see if a player dives or embellishes. It doesn’t interfere with the games and only the obvious and most egregious get suspensions. Hopefully it will either cut down on dives or make them better actor.

I think we should improve VAR and those guys behind it

They should do it like the nfl where is a car but you only (almost only) use it when a team throws the red flag and challenges the ref’s decision

Sterling's dive just enforced this

The problem, as many are suggesting, is not with the rules, but with VAR itself. The rules of football have long been in place and never has there been as much talk of a drastic overhall of some rules as there is now. In my opinion, there are two ways of fixing VAR. Firstly, do away with the lines used to decide whether a player is offside and let the officials call it based soley from looking at it. If there is no clear and obvious offside that can be seen simply by looking at the best camera angle, a goal should stand. Rugby has an offside rule and I have never seen lines being used by the TMO to decide whether a player was offside or not. This allows the benefit of the doubt to be given to the attacking team, as was always in place before VAR was used. Secondly, the referees and officials should be mic'd up so that everyone can hear why a decision was given. This will allow them to explain their interpretation of the rules and minimize the hysteria that seems to surround every big call. People may still disagree at times, but at least we would know why a decision was made, instead of having to guess for ourselves without any explanation.

It's the offside rule that ruins football.

Today’s Milan vs Lazio game (23/12/20) demonstrated the flaws of VAR perfectly. A very, very light skim on the back of the attackers boots while his eyes were up, and a penalty was given. Actually couldn’t believe my eyes

I think VAR should only be used for checking the possibility of a disallowed goal (like lampard goal vs Germany) or the foul happened in the box to decide a penalty kick. Anything outside that should depend on the referee's decision only

When you give a pilot autopilot he's eventually gonna forget how to fly.

I need this video after seeing a great goal from the Arab Cup disallowed because the scorer's leg hair was offside.

In many instances the incompetence of the ref has been passed to the incompetence of the VAR official. Appalling implementation

Keep goal like technology and get rid of the rest of the garbage

The offside rule is rubbish. Why does it matter if 1/4 inch of your elbow(which you don't use) is offside?

In the MLS VAR ruled a goal onside for higuain but if he were in the prem it would be offside. Sometimes MLS just gets it correct😂

for me, the most inconsistent thing is the offside line. it should get thicker, otherwise no one will be able get away from the defender. besides, many times, whether the players are offside or not, DOESNT MAKE A FUCKING DIFFERENCE AT THE PLAY

Couldn't agree more...!!!

😂would say I’m glad to be in the championship,but I really ain’t😭😂

The problem is when the person behind VAR is a fan of one team and... Money

It's like a police officer who gives you a speeding ticket for going 71 mph in a 70 mph speed limit

Plot twist: VAR was made to allow for more commercial breaks.

Same is true for technology in cricket. It was meant to overcome the howler by an umpire. But it’s overused, takes away the character of the umpire in the game, is abused by the players and I also question whether it’s accurate as well.

VAR is not the problem. The problem is the idiotic referees behind the system. It's supposed to be clear & obvious. When you to draw lines surely just give it to the attacker if the linesman didn't flag it.

The problem is not VAR! The problem is the bad designed offside rule. If the decision based on a rule depends on a few cm this rule needs to be changed. One could prevent hanging attackers waiting at the goal differently. Before VAR goals had been denied because the attacker was 2 cm offside as well. The difference being that some goals had been denied even though the attacker was 5 cm inside. And some goals were given even though the attacker was 8 cm offside. Is that any better?!

VAR itself isn’t a bad thing it’s how long it takes. Sports like basketball and cricket have it. But the difference between them and football id they take upwards of 10-30seconds to make a decision. When I’ve seen football decisions go to 9 minuets at one time.

In cricket both team have 1 review they can only use once in one half and use the other in the second half. 2 reviews per match.

Eric Peter's handball for Burnley against Arsenal not given, or Patrick Bamford offside decision with his outstretched arm. Not sure which one is the biggest VAR joke.

You a so right

Get var out and scrap it. That's what the fans want and football is their for the fans. Now take your computers go!

But var was needed in Chelsea vs barca match

its only down slope from the day VAR introduced... from that point fans decrease, and even when they gonna try fix ir and not use VAR, irs gonna be too late

If you remove VAR, you must also remove all cameras around the field, otherwise we will after the matches see how there was no goal or a red card , although everyone sees that it should have been so. VAR has come to stay!

I don’t think VAR is a problem, it is how the rules are, if someone’s toes is offside, they are offside but no one enjoys that, and when the player is marginally offside, there is no difference if he is marginally onside as well, so for those tight calls, just give it as onside and continue with the game

Dude how do u only have 13k?!?

Neymar is the poster-boy for playacting.

Couldn't agree more.

Don't quite know where he was going with the hand of god point but overall I agree 😂

Man , deception is part of the game. If you can trick reff into calling a penalty for you , great. Human error does happen, but that's part of the game. Don't take it away!!

good video.

VAR has come to end the unfair traits of Big Name teams winning by illegitimate goals, that happens a lot in World Cup matches. I enjoy watching "underdogs" beating the "Big Names" in Football. The Problem is the Weird Laws like being offside by an Elbow.

It’s not just football either var has spoiled every sport

I agree with this whole video

var should only count if their feet are over the defender line

Var is getting better in 2021

Offside tech is coming soon. Next, Var needs to improve on penalty check. When they check penalty after 5 mins of non stop play it feels disjointed. Imagine opponent scores a goal and penalty check disallows it. Maybe stop the play for penalty check. Or VAR refs grow some balls and say whether its penalty or not quickly instead of referring it to Ground ref. And show the players what the VAR is checking instead of having them stand around in confusion.

VAR is definitely ruining football. It not only slow down the game, but also make football boring to watch because of those prolonged stoppage. Also referees made far more errors with VAR. Not to mention that I'm a hardcore traditionalist and hate any kind of changes and technologies being used in football and any other sports.

People who are saying VAR is bad don't remember matches like Barca Vs Chelsea 2009, Barcelona Vs arsenal 2011, Henry Vs Ireland and so on. There is a clear offside rule and if a player is offside there is nothing you can do about it.

Im not againt using VAR. But the way it used is definitely ridiculous. It need a huge rework on operating to make it usefull instead of the harmful shit that we see every week.

Manè’s elbow is better than the best of the best

They must improve the use of VAR but form me now in an essetial tool.

Blame Skysports for this. Analysis to paralysis every week in search of controversy.

And with regards to time wasting that's an easy problem to solve just give the referees a phone or some kind of portable screen to put in their pocket so they can just pull it out instead of having to run over to that stupid monitor

🤝🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯agreed

VAR should be only used once per game for each team when they decide to use it

VAR was introduced because many fans thought that they were hard done by decisions , it is sth we have to live with although some decisions are ridiculous , I don't see how it is scrapped off considering the amount of capital that has been put into it . I also hate VAR

This video helped me pass my English language speech

i miss the old days... WHEN SALAH'S PINKIE TOE WASNT OFFSIDE

Nose is offside lol 🤣🤣🤣

Watch England vs Germany world Cup match where lampard scores and not allowed. How did you see that

Couldn’t we just use VAR for dives, but only for when penalties are called. Not for reviewing something that didn’t get a call.

Remember Chelsea - barca 2009?

The off side rule should be slightly changed it should be measured by the feet, not any part of the body!

AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN LAST SECOND AGO🤬🤬🤬

It needs to evolve for the fast pase momentum. We cannot just dish it ...its done some good especially for the underdogs which referees dont favour throu cognitive bias .

The human element which is an important ingredient in football is slowly being removed; this element makes fans pay and enjoy the game but hard lucky this is on its way out of football. It MUST be checked! The assistant referees who are specialists in judging offside are slowly becoming obsolete and unnecessary. There will be no soup left in the game of football to deserve its rightful position in the world of entertainment. In my view, football betting may have a hand in this!

Football isn’t supposed to be fair and the charm is that a team could win on a mistake from the ref. I miss the older days of football when controversial situations from the refs and players would have to be seen at the moment and if the ref didn’t see what happened the game would go on, just like life goes on. I started to boycott football many years ago and I was crazy for football, but this tech have destroyed the game I once loved.

I think there’s a world where VAR would benefit and make everything more accurate and smooth, but it’s like we’ve gotten all the worse aspects of it. In its initiation the game became a whole lot more stale. I also do believe that’s the competency of refs are as much as part of the game as everything else, I actually think refs are using it as a cushion and their overall performance has become way worse. There’s VAR every single goal seemingly in knocks the air out. In the past you a pen had to be more severe than a foul, and that was a common courtesy and etiquette rather than rule. That’s completely gone now, sometimes it’s even a really weak foul. Tennis is an example on how to use technology right. This was what I feared! And it had gotten slightly better since the Euro, so now it’s at least tolerable to look at, but that’s far, far under par to standards let alone improvements.

VAR is easier to fix a match's result.

DID YOU SEE VAN DIJK INJURY THE GOALIE SHOULD HAVE GOT RED CARD BUT IT WAS OFFSIDE

After VAR was introduced Arsenal finished 8th twice in a row...Arsenal players are the ones to get highest numbers of red cards in the premier league because of lame decisions of Video Assistant Refrees. Whereas Manchester United progressed because they are the ones who largely benefited from VAR. Brundo Farnandez made his name in the premier league bacause of VAR.

Yes VAR is ruining football. VAR is ruining football because it takes the spirit, atmosphere and emotion out of football. Referees rely more and more on VAR and don‘t have to stick up to their decisions anymore. For god‘s sake, in the Atletico vs. Leverkusen game the ref ended the game AND gave a penalty afterwards, WTF! Football lives with these types of decisions where one team might‘ve been luckier than the other. If the refs feel like they‘re not capable of making these decisions, then what are they doing in top tier football? I‘d rather have two linesmen each side and two assistants constantly surveilling the penalty box and give an immediate signal if there was a foul. Not this 5 minute, monitorwatching cr@p. If a player is offside by an micro-distance, they go and watch TV for 5 minutes. The ref should just make his decision, onside or offside and then stick with it. In the end, behind the VAR is also just a human that makes faulty decisions, so why even bother having it? VAR should only be used in situations where there should‘ve been a clear red card, or, where a red card was given that should not have been given. This is my opinion.

so it's not technology's fault. It's still the people who analyzes it. They just need to be consistent

Fast forward to today where they allowed a goal at first from Mexico vs USA, going to VAR, they found the Mexico player obviously offside, and not just by an armpit or toenail. USA go on to win 3-2.

Rip football 😔 var..no fans, all the money..

It's a good idea, but not the way it's being used now.

Yeah but i never want to see the 'hand of god' happen again in a world cup so to me thats more important than the headaches of the wait time.

Finally someone talking sense!!!

Norway have no VAR

It takes a minute at most.

Not just var it's how soft the game has become anyone for.netball ladies ??

Limit the request of VAR usage per team. When there was no VAR, most are whining about it, now those who are not happy with VAR just shut the %@^& off!

I don’t think VAR is annoying waiting 5 minutes is normal and knowing the right decision is made is definitely good.

I lost my 600 $ bet because of 1cm offside, you own me money VAR !

Go back 3 seasons and show every blatant incorrect decision every single week .. if possible try and tally up which official/referees have made the decisions. Massive public pressure needs to be put on this corruption

What is the biggest league in the world without VAR?!