aye, fully agree

I will bang on about rugby, but football needs to copy the model where you hear what the ref is asking the video ref, you hear what the video ref is saying, and ideally you see the same screens that they are looking at.

SA game was perfect example - "I'm going to show you the two passes. Here's the first pass. Anything clear and obvious? Nothing clear and obvious. Here's the second pass. Nothing clear and obvious".

(i'm paraphrasing but it went something like that)

Two way conversation and on-field referee fully involved in final decision.

30 seconds and done. As someone posted yesterday, if you're taking 2-3 minutes to make a decision then how can you be picking up a "clear and obvious" mistake?

VAR is a great idea being poorly implemented, and it wouldnt take much to improve it.

Posted By: CWC on November 3rd 2019 at 11:22:32

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In a shit morning of personal loss, this signifies what a mess we are in (Other Football) - jackamo, Nov 3, 08:51:07
- What would you change the offside rule to say instead? (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 08:55:53
  - wouldnt change the rule, just bin off VAR (Other Football) - matt in london, Nov 3, 10:27:57
    - Overall, VAR has proven to be as subjective as just having the ref. Rid of it I say. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Nov 3, 12:20:22
  - Should just be the feet - same principle as parking a car on yellow lines (n/m) (Other Football) - helvegtheowl, Nov 3, 09:46:53
  - Factor in a margin for error (Other Football) - norway, Nov 3, 09:45:15
    - but people were (apparently) losing their shit over wrong offside calls (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 10:45:02
      - I suppose it has to be a process of education. (Other Football) - norway, Nov 3, 11:12:34
        
        aye, fully agree (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 11:22:32
        
        Yep - and, I don't want to be smug here... but (Other Football) - norway, Nov 3, 11:39:44
  - The simple solution (Other Football) - Highlander, Nov 3, 09:38:59
    - I like it (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Nov 3, 10:23:03
      - That's the way. (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Nov 3, 10:44:29
        
        ah huh ah huh (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Nov 3, 11:12:54
        
        agree but must be a reason why football has decided it shouldn't just be the feet? (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 10:48:12
        
        And I think this is a red herring anyway. (Other Football) - norway, Nov 3, 11:14:34
  - Umpires Call (n/m) (Other Football) - NorthByNorthWalsham, Nov 3, 09:13:24
    - that's interpretation though - the rule remains the same so you could get the same outcome (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 09:30:53
  - Surely it has to be part of the body that you can score a goal with? If he scores with (Other Football) - jackamo, Nov 3, 08:58:10
    - but if a part of his body is ahead which would give an advantage? (Other Football) - CWC, Nov 3, 09:32:30

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