Quote from: HokeyPokey on April 22, 2024, 07:21:14 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on April 22, 2024, 12:07:59 AMQuote from: Gael85 on April 21, 2024, 11:33:41 PMhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41379304.html
Ah the aul hindsight and replays, multiple angles and so on, people hate VAR in the PL but call for it here!
Galvin needs to throw stuff out there otherwise he'll be not getting a wee earner
The PL have made a hames of VAR though. The standard of reffing in the PL is just generally abysmal considering the standard of the players. The same refs are in charge of VAR so it's a reflection of that. They could easily automate things like the ball going out of play and semi automated offsides. They have made some absolutely terrible mistakes. There's continually changes to the way they ref, some of which is announced, sometimes it's not. So something can be deemed a penalty, one week and then not be a penalty the following week.
It generally works grand for rugby and also for international soccer tournaments as far as I can see.
That's because they have tried to implement a system which is looking at something which is ultimately opinion and interpretation based. It is not black and white and 3 different people in the VAR room watching the same footage could make three different calls on it, so it was never going to be the silver bullet for refs.
If anything I think it is had made their life more difficult instead of less.