I was a bit alarmed when i heard Clattenburg talking about this on the radio this morning

because he suggested that it can be both.

He started off by saying that the referee can go to the VAR to check a decision provided the next phase of play has not started but then he said that the VAR can also interject unprompted if they see something that the referee has missed.

I think they need to be a bit careful here because could be chaos if you get certain VAR's constantly chipping in and spotting things nobody in the ground has seen or from 2 or 3 phases of play back. Whilst the video ref thing has generally worked well in rugby more recently its annoyed me that in some games (particularly southrn hemisphere ones) they've gone back and picked up on things several phases of play prior to the decision actually being considered which has resulted in tries being disallowed or long delays for them to be confirmed. The VARs need to be kept under control and given a tight remit in my view.

Posted By: Jim on January 8th 2018 at 11:39:13

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video assistant referee question (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 8, 10:58:26
- Hockey (not the ice version) has successfully used VAR for years now (Other Football) - caley canary, Jan 8, 13:29:10
- Robots and arrrificial intelligence will eventually replace human referees (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 8, 12:13:06
  - *artificial (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 8, 12:13:16
    - *arrrtificial, bor (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 12:42:49
      - Robots can be and are fitted with censors, they would know better than anyone how to get (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 8, 13:40:29
- I was a bit alarmed when i heard Clattenburg talking about this on the radio this morning (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 8, 11:39:13
  - That's also something that the NFL has started to do. One GREAT thing they've added is (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 11:47:01
  - Watching a lot of Serie A, where they now have it, there is a potential for chaos (Other Football) - mr carra, Jan 8, 11:45:27
    - What a surprise. Germans being efficient and Italians being chaotic :D (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 11:49:03
- Video review. We need to do it more, but not like American Football does it this year... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 11:34:01
  - ref challenges in football (Other Football) - CWC, Jan 8, 12:03:14
    - Wrong. Do as the ruggers do. Mike up the refs so we can all hear. (n/m) (Other Football) - Chris Peacock, Jan 8, 12:31:19
      - I’m totally wth that but that’s as well not rather than (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 20:36:32
- The fans (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:06:46
  - Neat, will it be like tennis where failure is allowed? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 8, 11:26:08
    - Bradley Johnson's shots should have all been "lets" (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 11:36:06
      - Except for that fucking ace he smacked down the scum's neck (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 8, 11:36:25
    - Poi (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 8, 11:32:29
  - Wisdom of crowds. You never know, that might actually work. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 8, 11:08:55

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