Like Suarez when at Liverpool, he's an asshole but he was OUR asshole. Do I get points for cheering his departure?
Oh man, this would open up the game SO much. I would LOVE to see this rule change implemented. Bias the game towards opening up play, not restricting it. Offside as it currently sits is such a negative rule.
A bit less negative than the original. And it was intended to give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker--yet is not interpreted that way (it was at first).
Recently they said that benefit of the doubt should go to the attacking player - then they go and do VAR, which completely nullifies the whole "benefit of the doubt" aspect of the rule change.
Well, the problem is, that rule wasn't put in place with VAR in mind. When you have the chance to freeze-frame it, and look at the exact moment from the perfect angle, there is a whole hell of a lot less doubt to be had. Which is fine; I want to get calls right. But it's OK to admit that an unwanted consequence followed, and then tweak things a little bit to get a more desirable standard.
Certain teams were benefitting more. This was a problem across all leagues but Spain may have been the worst in the early part of the decade.
How do you know he was offside if the ball isn't in the picture? There's no question by the time the ball arrived in the box Giroud was behind Maguire. What's in question is where he was when the ball was struck by his teammate. Not only that but there are probably a couple of frames that might go either way. If the broadcast is 24 frames per second, the ball may be in contact with the passer's foot or may be off the foot. So which frame you select for comparison may determine the call.
Didn't England lose the tying goal against the USA in the semifinal of the WWC this past summer on a 1/4 inch offside review?
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My guys got VAR'ed today. Goal called back--for a defensive handball 80 yards down the field. I dont think VAR was intended for this. Or you'd be calling back plays every 2 or 3 minutes.
There was a bad VAR decision in the Chelsea/Spurs game too, an obvious red that ultimately wasn’t called and it was then admittedly wrong by the league during the game. Quite honestly, it shouldn’t be this hard.
I'm absolutely flabbergasted that they found a way to look at that on replay and come to any other conclusion than an obvious red card. I'm at a complete loss to understand how a professional official could see some reason to let that stand.
I was equally as surprised that the announcers said the officials admitted to the mistake before the game was even over, that they should have called the ref over to look at the monitor. That is more surprising than the original mistake.
For real. If I had to chose between being burned alive or going through these last nine years with Rangers I would have chosen the human torch route.