The VAR Review 2025/2026

[texanwellfan]

The VAR review shite is pointless and achieves nothing 

[SteelmaninOZ]

1 minute ago, texanwellfan said:

The VAR review shite is pointless and achieves nothing 

Yes the VAR is pointless and achieves nothing 

[Spiderpig]

10 hours ago, texanwellfan said:

The VAR review shite is pointless and achieves nothing 

It does achieve something, it confirms the view that fans have had for years, ie the SFA in its current form is not fit for purpose, using shit technology to justify shit refereeing decisions, with no comeback or censure, while pandering to the ugly sisters at the expense of every other club in the country.

[SteelmaninOZ]

 

[joewarkfanclub]

9 hours ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

 

No stills?

Funny that!

When you see the Gassama one before it, it really brings into question how "honest" some of these mistakes are.

Never bought into conspiracies before as both uglies benefit from decisions but Fadingers is a pen all day long in the modern game.

[Kmcalpin]

From the litle I heard from the clips, there seems to be a lot of inconsistencies in the comments between incidents i.e. was there contact yes or no/there was contact but very slight.  Also a lot of shouting from the VAR team. On that evidence, I'm far from convinced that its a logical and consistent process and thats before we get to the technology.   

 

[joewarkfanclub]

10 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

From the litle I heard from the clips, there seems to be a lot of inconsistencies in the comments between incidents i.e. was there contact yes or no/there was contact but very slight.  Also a lot of shouting from the VAR team. On that evidence, I'm far from convinced that its a logical and consistent process and thats before we get to the technology.   

 

The technology is definitely letting us (and the officials) down. But I guess thats what happens when you pay for "VAR LITE".

But I agree with you. The inconsistency in decision making is the really frustrating thing.

Not just from game to game with different officials. But also different games referred by the same official.

(Yes Mr Dickinson we are looking at you!)

[wellfan]

Once subjectivity is allowed to creep into a supposedly objective process, the game’s a bogey.

[Kmcalpin]

Just read a post from Al B on P & B. He rightly points out that the VAR team was examining arm contact. The issue wasn't that at all it was a trip. 

[weeyin]

1 hour ago, wellfan said:

Once subjectivity is allowed to creep into a supposedly objective process, the game’s a bogey.

I'd say the opposite. Too many poor decisions due to "letter of the law" rather than "spirit of the game". 

The handball rules are a great example of this where attempting to remove subjectivity has made them a complete joke. 

I agree we need more consistency and better referees. I'd prefer it, however, if we just let them do their job and ditch VAR. 

[wellfan]

33 minutes ago, weeyin said:

I'd prefer it, however, if we just let them do their job and ditch VAR. 

Most of us can probably agree on this. Scrap VAR and have referee observers review games afterwards, call out mistakes and inconsistencies, and actually hold officials accountable. Let the game flow and deal with the bad officiating afterwards.

[joewarkfanclub]

7 minutes ago, wellfan said:

Most of us can probably agree on this. Scrap VAR and have referee observers review games afterwards, call out mistakes and inconsistencies, and actually hold officials accountable. Let the game flow and deal with the bad officiating afterwards.

Same thing will happen.

No action.

But at least we would be doing without the unecessary delays and spoiling of goal celebrations!