Why VAR is Ruining Football!
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Remember the good old days when we could celebrate a goal without having to wait 5 minutes to see if the striker’s nose was offside? Ah, we sure miss those simpler times.
VAR was supposed to make football better. So far, it’s only made things worse.
From inconsistent decisions to lengthy delays, here are 5 reasons why VAR is ruining football.
i just talked with my brother about VAR and he said
"the problem is not VAR its the donkey who uses it"
It's a donkey's tool mate
Not really, it's in the name itself, video assistant referee, so stupid var man
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If he said that in Arabic that would be jokes
@@mayditg2122 yeah he said it in arabic
Arabic is my language
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.
@Oscar Skuza Ice hockey isn’t safe either, the Calgary Flames were robbed of their second Stanley Cup by a bad call.
Yeah , when Danny Wellbeck gets accidentally touched then stays on his feet with his eyes on the ref long enough so that he gets seen falling over, Andy Robertson had no intention of comitting the contact as his eyes were clearly on the ball but Wellbeck nicked it away at the last split second.. there is absolutely no context in descision makeng when things like this happen, it was 100% unintentional.. the worst thing now is players who hand ball when turning their backs, half will say it was handball because they had not been looking and half will say not handball because they couldnt see the ball..
@@magicsteve5523 and in columbus carolina game that offside goal that columbus got a 2 min penalty for delay of the game even when they were right
Spot on with this. I really miss football from 3-4 years ago
Bet ur ten
Ya
You’re welcome with VAR, (I’m Dutch)
@@19555 bet your ten, but ten year olds don’t use punctuation in their comments. So I’m sold that he’s not.
@@check6404 your grammar
;)
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...
if a ref actually shows a flag due to a event like that the player would have knocked him out in 1900
He’s exaggerating slightly in the video. A nose won’t be ruled out
What's better? Rule people offside for being 5cm offside (VAR) or rule people offside even though they were 10cm inside (no VAR).
The problem is the offside rule, not VAR
yes
Im sorry but thats the f***ing offside rule thats what the rule is and if the VAR enforce sthe rule (even half a foot length, thats fucking offside) then thats good imo
The truth is: VAR is just bad when it interfers in the game of our team.
Which is always
Let's reverse this: VAR is just good when it helps our team.
In my opinion VAR should only be used in penalties and in occasions where the ref wants to
Var as a whole is good. But decision making is slow and offside law is simply crap. It need a change thats for sure.
I doubt refs will willingly want to use the VAR, it would make their judgment seem less credible
I think coaches should get 2 VAR refutes a game. Otherwise, it shouldn't be in the sport, besides as you say; when a ref requests it explicitly.
@@GrinViz
Arsene wenger's proposal of On side is a better one. In this, even a attacking player's backside also can be considered to be on side when it on the line of defender rather than a attacker needs to be "in" by his full body.
By this proposal, backside of a attacking players include Head, Torso and Thigh only need to be on side.
But I think we need to avoid Arms, Stud and Shank ( lower part of legs [ upper part of legs is Thigh ] ) to being considered for on side. Otherwise, it is difficult to a defender to catch up a attacker if we consider like, stud of boot to be onside ( Eg Mbappe 😂 )
@@emmettg7490 That's how it is with American football.
Each team is allowed a set amount of challenges during a game. If the video challenge is lost, the team loses a timeout.
The refs actually review every score, but there's a time limit that makes the process run smoothly.
It's not perfect but much better than the old way.
I liked the good old days
WHEN FIRMINOS ARM PIT WASN'T OFFSIDE
Lol
WHEN SUAREZS TEETH WERNT 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
Create your own sport. Football has always been the way it is.
@@TheRealPingu ... Just no... like literally just no.
the ball should only be over the line if its at least a clear foot over the line , lmfao
I hate VAR but sorry what you just said made 0 sense. The only body part that doesn't count as offside is your arm to your hands. Any other body part, its offside.
@@ultima513. Go and learn the offside rule mate
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.
it is more accurate though
@@m4rkscott Depends of what you mean by more accurate. Personally, I am not a fan of great goals being ruled out because the player's toenails were offside. It feels like the game is being refereed by robots who don't know a thing about how the sport is played.
@@GermanicusCaesar117 Yes but there has got to be a line that you accept and when that is established you may disagree with a toe nail over that line
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.
Agree with this, along with slight rule modifications to offside rule, similar to what's going on in Holland, where attacker gets extra 10mm. The real problem is the reffing quality is continually dropping
For real, ditching the way VAR is being used right now and changing it to a challenge system in which a manager can challenge certain refereeing decisions would be much better for the flow of the game.
@@alpz2490
Arsene wenger's proposal of On side is a better one. In this, even a attacking player's backside also can be considered to be on side when it on the line of defender rather than a attacker needs to be "in" by his full body.
By this proposal, backside of a attacking players include Head, Torso and Thigh only need to be on side.
But I think we need to avoid Arms, Stud and Shank ( lower part of legs [ upper part of legs is Thigh ] ) to being considered for on side. Otherwise, it is difficult to a defender to catch up a attacker if we consider like, stud of boot to be onside ( Eg Mbappe 😂 )
Var should have 10 seconds to relook at the issue, if it goes past, the refs decision is final.....simples
Like cricket you can take DRS( decision reviewing system)in under 14 seconds.
So the make false decisions because of time pressure . Noice
@@Alexandroid187 see how quick they make decisions at the euros, pay attention!
Or they can do an American football style challenge system in which the coaches have a set amount of "challenge" they can use (3 seems reasonable). Also, the coaches only have 20 seconds after that play to make the challenge. Afterwards the ref's decision is final. If the challenge is successful, the team will gain an additional challenge that they can use.
They should keep goal line technology but take away VAR
Nema ni to smisla baš, ako lopta dodiruje zemlju unutar gola onda je gol i ne gleda se bočni dio lopte
Kakva je to logika?
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.
I suggest just removing the offside-rule alltogether but give the keeper leisure to beat up people within the 16-meter. Problem solved.
@pit lord The sport is called SOCCER... and no, diving is cheating and is a disgrace. Cheating is never acceptable.
"VAR is necessary to prevent players benefitting from diving"
"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."
You kinda contradicted yourself here. Last time I check, that World Cup had VAR. You can even argue that it played a big part throughout the whole tournament since that World Cup had the most amount of penalties given by quite a bit.
@@GermanicusCaesar117 VAR would be fine if diving players could be booked as a result of the VAR review.
@@Philsta007
Arsene wenger's proposal of On side is a better one. In this, even a attacking player's backside also can be considered to be on side when it on the line of defender rather than a attacker needs to be "in" by his full body.
By this proposal, backside of a attacking players include Head, Torso and Thigh only need to be on side.
But I think we need to avoid Arms, Stud and Shank ( lower part of legs [ upper part of legs is Thigh ] ) to being considered for on side. Otherwise, it is difficult to a defender to catch up a attacker if we consider like, stud of boot to be onside ( Eg Mbappe 😂 )
I think we should improve VAR and those guys behind it
It's the offside rule that ruins football.
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
When I clicked play I had to wait for 5 minutes because VAR had to look if the video was offside or not.
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.
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.
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
Sterling's dive just enforced this
It was clearly a penalty the danish defender almost broke his leg
@@hehno1 Yet he was already ready falling before any contact
@@Big_PJ no he wasn't
That was never a dive
@@ToczicA2i9 Yeah he was bro
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
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😂
whatever margin is allowed then there will always be something a fraction over that margin, thats what happens with accuracy , if you allowed 10 cm then someone will be off at 11cm and people will say he should have been on because it was marginal
The problem is when the person behind VAR is a fan of one team and... Money
Nope youre absolutely wrong
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
Keep goal like technology and get rid of the rest of the garbage
100% the offside thing has ruined the sport for me. Cant even celebrate anymore
Plot twist: VAR was made to allow for more commercial breaks.
In many instances the incompetence of the ref has been passed to the incompetence of the VAR official. Appalling implementation
It's like a police officer who gives you a speeding ticket for going 71 mph in a 70 mph speed limit
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.
When you give a pilot autopilot he's eventually gonna forget how to fly.
😂would say I’m glad to be in the championship,but I really ain’t😭😂
Get var out and scrap it. That's what the fans want and football is their for the fans. Now take your computers go!
I need this video after seeing a great goal from the Arab Cup disallowed because the scorer's leg hair was offside.
But var was needed in Chelsea vs barca match
Wouldn't of helped barcelona wasn't supposed to loose
The 2 matches lol, barca got robbed too
Think he meant the 2009 semi final
The offside rule is rubbish. Why does it matter if 1/4 inch of your elbow(which you don't use) is offside?
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.
Accurate. Very occassionally have I seen decisions taking more than a minute in cricket. Very rare indeed. And they use very sophisticated technology such as audio meters, xray hotstpot, etc. VAR will evolve over time. It won't happen in a day.
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
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!
thats the ref’s responsibility
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?!
Blame Skysports for this. Analysis to paralysis every week in search of controversy.
Today's world: WE MUST HAVE PERFECTION, WE MUST HAVE PERFECTION, WE MUST HAVE PERFECTION, IMPERFECTION IS ILLEGAL
@@namesurname2958 definitely, and as result, the world has moved further away from perfect than ever before
Couldn't agree more...!!!
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.
Neymar is the poster-boy for playacting.
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
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.
It’s not just football either var has spoiled every sport
Don't quite know where he was going with the hand of god point but overall I agree 😂
I think he's saying that part of Maradona's legend is that he's managed to score a goal with his hand in the World Cup and get away with it. Part of the fun in soccer/football is the ref's decisions and the controversies. Think of the 1966 England goal by Hurst: did it cross the line or did it not? Think of Thierry Henry's handball against Ireland. You get the point. Like it or not, part of the fun is the drama. While I am glad that teams can no longer can screwed over because of these things anymore (at least theoretically), a part of me misses this kind of drama and controversy.
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!!
@Imperialist Caesar the only thing I like is: Neymars diving, trash talk and banter and idk remember what I was going to say
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.
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.
good video.
Dude how do u only have 13k?!?
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.
Couldn't agree more.
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.
You a so right
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.
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 getting better in 2021
Manè’s elbow is better than the best of the best
VAR is easier to fix a match's result.
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.
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.
no one wants to talk about this. Man U fans think its a conspiracy
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!
var should only count if their feet are over the defender line
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.
VAR should be only used once per game for each team when they decide to use it
i like this
i miss the old days...
WHEN SALAH'S PINKIE TOE WASNT OFFSIDE
You should see the FIFA Arab Cup game between UAE and Mauritania where an Emirati player managed to score a great bicycle kick goal but it was disallowed by VAR because his knees were offside.
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!
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
It can with people power. Loss of fans will cause it to change.
🤝🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯agreed
They must improve the use of VAR but form me now in an essetial tool.
Not just var it's how soft the game has become anyone for.netball ladies ??
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.
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
I agree with this whole video
This video helped me pass my English language speech
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.
Finally someone talking sense!!!
Remember Chelsea - barca 2009?
Aaaaaaaaa shut up
Ball over the line, back and white. Offside black and white, like it or not the accuracy of offside calls have never been more accurate than they are now admittedly there are a lot of marginals but off is off just like ball over the line is ball over the line
Exactly, I don’t get why people complain about VAR for offside decisions, except when it’s too close to call and they still disallow a goal. People don’t realise that the problem is the current offside rules, not VAR. in my opinion offside should be judged by the player’s feet and nothing else.
It's not black and white when the VAR official decides which frame to draw the lines on. How do you decide when the ball 'leaves' the players foot? How do you decide at which point on their arm they're offside from? On all of the marginal offside decisions you can move to a previous or later frame for a different decision. Goal line technology is great because there's only two variables, everything else is disastrous.
VAR doesn't work on subjective decisions that involve the movement of players.
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.
so it's not technology's fault. It's still the people who analyzes it. They just need to be consistent
Nose is offside lol 🤣🤣🤣
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🤬🤬🤬
I don’t think VAR is annoying waiting 5 minutes is normal and knowing the right decision is made is definitely good.
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 .
VAR, BLM, TAKING THE KNEE, Taking the piss, were does it all end, football supporters around the world have taken a lot of crap and were fed up with it, no political stances and no taking the knee, it's a football game played by a load of fairies, making millions of pounds a year, us the supporters are being pushed out and the rich teams will be sponcert by big corporations. It's time all fans around the world should turn there backs on football just like basketball etc. Enough said about that.
DID YOU SEE VAN DIJK INJURY THE GOALIE SHOULD HAVE GOT RED CARD BUT IT WAS OFFSIDE
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?!
The real question is how to get VAR out of this sport
Watch England vs Germany world Cup match where lampard scores and not allowed. How did you see that
I my own heart I wish that football will be a better game without VAR and I want FIFA to forbidden VAR FOEVER
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.