VAR’s crucial role in tight league and cup race

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The Premier League in England will today vote on a Wolves proposal to ditch Video Assisted Referees.  Wolves endured several poor VAR decisions in the season just ended which has raised their dander.  Celtic suffered from terrible VAR decisions, especially when it was new in 2022.  Those early experiences anchored some of our thinking.

Without VAR, Newco would have taken the lead against Celtic at Ibrox in September, when the referee missed foul on Lagerbielke.  Without VAR, on our next visit to Ibrox in April, Newco would have scored twice in 10 minutes to level the game, when the referee overlooked a foul on Iwata.  Without VAR, Newco would have taken a 74th minute lead in the Scottish Cup Final, when the referee missed a foul on Joe Hart.

You can rightly contest the VAR decision against Iwata at Tynecastle, but in a tight league race and a tight cup final, VAR played a crucial role on reaching the correct outcome.

There can be no going back to instant and unaccountable decisions.  VAR must be maintained, with improved technology deployed as soon as possible.

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  1. TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 7TH JUNE 2024 9:46 AM

     

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    He is a total charlatan.

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