Keep this rugby/NRL replay bullshark out of football!
Sydney acting like a bunch of pricks, and to a man all running to the referee, even when we went up the other end.
This is what I feared will happen. You cannot ask for a replay/review but if there is an incident and then a subsequent reaction/protest with the referee and it comes to nothing, this VAR can suddenly jump into action. It's not asking for a review as such, but if you're basically screaming bloody murder to the referee, the guy in the VAR position is surely going to perk up and have a cheeky look for the fudge of it.
Think VAR is a possible idea- Thierry Henry handball etc etc, but A league refs doing it isn't going to help us much at all. Remember the Nathan Lyon hot spot?
"That could have come from anything.."
The technology doesn't ensure a fair result unless the guys using it are competent and fair. Reffing is a tad subjective anyway. I don't think that VAR is always going to help fairness in decisions.
A-League refs are incompetent as it is. Their reluctance to actually make a half decent call and be in good positions to make said calls is just baffling. Sure, if you looked at those replays tonight, of course Rossi handled it. So that's what the guy in the hot seat looks for - Did he take into account the nudge in the back from the smurf beforehand?
I don't know how others might feel about this over reaching technology being injected into our game, but I would rather have the drama, the banter, the opinions, and discussions with mates, colleagues and the like; that to me is what football is about - It's drama, it's passion, it's contention and debate.
To me, the VAR will take that away. Sure, you can rule on goals, whether the ball has crossed the line in tight calls that come down to millimetres - that's what I'd call a positive piece of technology. But when you've got a subjective referee as it is (let's assume they're subjective...) then surely is that not enough? Why even have a referee in the first place?
Too much dallying on decisions and multiple stoppages to review incidents that a referee should be confident enough to make in the first place is exactly why I don't really watch Super Rugby or the NRL. Just get on with the game that we love. Football has lasted long enough as it is, why change it now?
