VAR is not the problem
The issue is those who are using video assistance and making decisions without any common sense. This is a referee problem.
The incompetence at this level of the game is bad for European Football. The referees always get away with it with no repercussions. The players, the managers & the clubs will pay for their mistakes while these referees just move on to the next match.
Until the referees are held accountable for their decisions this sport is not enjoyable to watch anymore. If they find the job difficult then find someone who is capable of doing the job.
The state of refereeing now is so so bad that I t might not even be wild to speculate that this seems to be a planned execution by the referees association to discredit the use of video assistance, so the game will go back to being played the old way where their decision is the final and they don’t have to refer to a third party.
How difficult can it be to make a decision with the help of VAR ? It has to be such a useful a tool. It makes no sense as to why it’s being implemented so poorly.
I honestly would be in full support of AI to replace these humans who seem completely incapable of using their common sense.
It’s hard to justify talking time to watch this sport when someone’s lack of common sense can completely ruin the competition & fun in football.
Fun fact: rugby’s review system was shit too when it started out.
They got there through years of criticism and introducing transparency.
The same needs to happen here. Streamline the process, mic everyone up properly, have steps that are followed, make sure every ground is at the same, highest standard, make sure we see and hear it.
Even then it’s still only as good as the people.
On the rugby point, it’s not as much of an excuse for football. Because when rugby did it, we didn’t have loads of examples in other sports of how you should do this kind of thing. It was pretty new across all sport.
The PL is being hindered massively not just by poor standard of officiating, but by a reluctance and pig headedness about adapting and accepting their mistakes, whilst looking to improve. The PGMOL and refs were against it from the outset.
Almost like they aren’t interested in transparency because they need to hide their incompetence
Rugby also has far less subjective rules than football!