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Post by Lobster on Feb 6, 2020 8:05:22 GMT
There's something particularly crap about it when it's affecting teams like Shrewsbury. Their fans aren't the armchair, TV audience calling for VAR. They were denied a memorable goal at Anfield (albeit against a team of kids), all because ultra-slow motion replays showed somebody's nostril hair was offside or something. It's just not the football we got hooked by.
The most important thing about officiating a football match isn't to get every decision 100% technically correct, it's to keep the game flowing and under control. It's often said that the best referees are the ones you don't notice, but that's now impossible because of this micro-analysis of major decisions that previously people would have just let go.
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Post by oldsealandroadender on Feb 6, 2020 23:27:59 GMT
Instead of calling players offside for half a centimetre why not pull up players for taking throw ins 10 yards or more forward of where the ball went out. Sometimes the referee instructs the thrower he's at the right point then they still take a further run up before releasing the ball. It's not difficult. It is particularly bad in our league, or maybe seems so because I see it every week. If the throw is not taken from somewhere near where it went out make it a foul throw and award it to the other team. If teams keep losing throws then they may decide to cut it out.
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Post by rcb on Feb 7, 2020 9:21:15 GMT
Instead of calling players offside for half a centimetre why not pull up players for taking throw ins 10 yards or more forward of where the ball went out. Sometimes the referee instructs the thrower he's at the right point then they still take a further run up before releasing the ball. It's not difficult. It is particularly bad in our league, or maybe seems so because I see it every week. If the throw is not taken from somewhere near where it went out make it a foul throw and award it to the other team. If teams keep losing throws then they may decide to cut it out. Totally agree. Particularly noticeable when the ball hits the corner flag on its way out. Why can’t the referee see it? Reading the current Law 15, my interpretation is that, if taken other than where the ball went out, the throw should go to the other team anyway. www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/laws-of-the-game/2019-20/law-15---the-throw-in.ashx |
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Post by Lobster on Feb 7, 2020 9:58:51 GMT
Instead of calling players offside for half a centimetre why not pull up players for taking throw ins 10 yards or more forward of where the ball went out. Sometimes the referee instructs the thrower he's at the right point then they still take a further run up before releasing the ball. It's not difficult. It is particularly bad in our league, or maybe seems so because I see it every week. If the throw is not taken from somewhere near where it went out make it a foul throw and award it to the other team. If teams keep losing throws then they may decide to cut it out. Totally agree. Particularly noticeable when the ball hits the corner flag on its way out. Why can’t the referee see it? Reading the current Law 15, my interpretation is that, if taken other than where the ball went out, the throw should go to the other team anyway. www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/laws-of-the-game/2019-20/law-15---the-throw-in.ashxProblem is there's a fine line between enforcing this and being overly officious. The main problem VAR is that it's slowing the game down and causing confusion over decisions that are, technically, correct.
On the same lines, the number of foul throws you see these days is insane - players clearly not releasing the ball from behind their head. There's an argument that the rules for throw-ins could be relaxed a bit - for example, is it really a big deal if a player throws it from his chest to a player right next to him? I don't think it is.
A few weeks ago, I can't remember who it was but someone scored a goal from a quickly taken free kick, and the pundits were saying VAR should've disallowed it because the ball was still moving when the free kick was taken. Does it matter? I don't want to see an inventive, quick-thinking goal ruled out because the ball wasn't quite stationery. The advantage should be with the team that's been fouled and as long as they're not completely taking the piss, we don't need play to be repeatedly stopped and brought back because of technicalities.
Football's a simple game, and that's why it's much more popular around the world than the likes of American football and netball, where games stop and start every two secondss.
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Post by BarntonBen on Feb 7, 2020 21:33:10 GMT
They need to use it like in cricket.
Each captain gets 2 reviews per half, once you have used them thats it.
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Post by Wortleyblue on Feb 7, 2020 22:15:29 GMT
They need to use it like in cricket. Each captain gets 2 reviews per half, once you have used them thats it. Said exactly the same on an earlier thread on var it's the only way to use it |
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Post by prodigal on Feb 7, 2020 22:29:23 GMT
Instead of calling players offside for half a centimetre why not pull up players for taking throw ins 10 yards or more forward of where the ball went out. Sometimes the referee instructs the thrower he's at the right point then they still take a further run up before releasing the ball. It's not difficult. It is particularly bad in our league, or maybe seems so because I see it every week. If the throw is not taken from somewhere near where it went out make it a foul throw and award it to the other team. If teams keep losing throws then they may decide to cut it out. Totally agree. Particularly noticeable when the ball hits the corner flag on its way out. Why can’t the referee see it? Reading the current Law 15, my interpretation is that, if taken other than where the ball went out, the throw should go to the other team anyway. www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/laws-of-the-game/2019-20/law-15---the-throw-in.ashxMatty Waters is one of the best I've seen for defending against yard stealing throw-ins, he anticipates the movement and retreats staying close to the line, so the thrower can't make the throw from the new position |
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Feb 7, 2020 22:35:52 GMT
Matty Waters is one of the best I've seen for defending against yard stealing throw-ins, he anticipates the movement and retreats staying close to the line, so the thrower can't make the throw from the new position Waters is a clever footballer for his age and relative inexperience. |
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