by Sanguine »
23 Oct 2019 08:43
Hoop Blah Sanguine URZZZZ Sorry, talking about the Sokratis penalty incident. Egan (I think him) had his hands all over his shirt. Surely that’s a foul?
Oh yeah, that one. Agreed it was a foul.
If I heard correctly, I think Alan Shearer said on MoTD on Saturday that VAR has not been used to
give a penalty yet.
Something like that yes, 90-odd games and not one decision given where the ref might've missed something.
The problem comes back to the totally subjective view of has the ref missed something that's clear and obvious. If it was just for factual issues then it would a lot more sense, but otherwise it's just replacing on set of issues with another.
The problem there is an unwillingness to overrule the on-field referee*, not with the system itself, which could and should work.
* on that topic, maybe its just time referees, or the union, took the massive stick out of their arse and considered officiating a game to be about getting decisions right, and not about their egos. Difference in the sports notwithstanding, one of the reasons technology works in rugby and cricket is because the on and off-field officials work as a team. There is no 'shame' in Nigel Owens getting a decision wrong in the heat of the moment - TMO just suggests that (for example) a tackle
was too high and dangerous, and he reverses his decision.