VAR

[The Cincinnati Kid]

Well, if its goal has been to get things right and eliminate the whining points from a game, its utterly failed imo.
Check todays Watford penalty....what a joke.

[Mr Dee]

Maybe we need to send VAR to spend a few weeks shadowing NFL officials to see how to use it properly ? I dunno

[Selsey Bill]

Football could learn a lot from Rugby (and Cricket for that matter). IMHO, its not VAR that is the problem but the people 'running' it.

[rumourmonger]

Football could learn a lot from Rugby (and Cricket for that matter). IMHO, its not VAR that is the problem but the people 'running' it.

Exactly what I have been saying for ages. Referee is miked up , incidents are replayed on the big screen and the crowd can hear the conversation between the ref and the off pitch team . Immediately everyone knows whats being investigated and can see the same footage as the officials . Football at the moment has the ref standing still with his finger in his ear and a screen saying Decision Pending or something like that. No-one knows if it's a foul , handball , offside or whatever. They have to take the element of confusion out of it. And why the refs are so reluctant to use the pitchside monitors I do not know. I watch quite a bit of MLS and the refs over there have no problem using the monitors at all.