mothman Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 On 1/23/2025 at 6:40 AM, SteelmaninOZ said: Wild inconsistencies in VAR decision-making has been highlighted once again after this months review of Marley Watkins winner against Dundee Utd (in comparison to our disallowed goal v the rangers). From BBC - Collum believes the decision to award Kilmarnock a controversial winning goal against Dundee United was the correct one. Marley Watkins challenged with United goalkeeper Jack Walton in the air to head home and the goal was given following a VAR review. The Tannadice club contacted the SFA after the game to say they feel VAR continues to lead to "inconsistent interpretations" of the laws of the game. "We support the decision," Collum said. "There's not enough here for a foul on the goalkeeper. "The Kilmarnock player makes inevitable contact with the Dundee Utd goalkeeper and it's not enough to be illegal contact. We believe the goal was right to stand." VAR has been an absolutely terrible addition since introduced, at all levels, for me. As a fan you can no longer really celebrate a goal like before because you're now always anticipating some kind of intervention, and it hasn't really reduced the amount of debate or subjectivity around big decisions. Shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weeyin Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 On 1/23/2025 at 7:53 AM, weeyin said: Norway (hopefully) leading the way with VAR Norway is on the verge of abolishing VAR from its domestic league after clubs in the country’s top two divisions recommended formally that it should be discontinued. The decision by clubs in Norsk Topfotball, which represents the 32 sides in Norway’s Eliteserien and first division, marks the most significant step yet in a fierce debate over VAR’s future in the country. Now Norway is one step from joining Sweden, which has resisted introducing the deeply controversial technology so far, in staging games without its intervention. Norsk Topfotball’s clubs passed a motion that “requests that the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) board recommend, and that the federal assembly adopts, the discontinuation of video-assisted refereeing as soon as possible”. Their verdict will now be handed to the NFF ahead of a meeting in the first week of March at which every club in Norway, including those at much lower levels, will take a final vote on the future of VAR. Cato Haug, the chairman of Norsk Topfotball, said clubs had agreed that VAR, of which the implementation has caused a strong backlash among fans, is unworkable in its current form. “We see the technology has potential,” he said. “But through today’s discussion and subsequent voting, we see the majority of our clubs believe the current version of VAR does not work well enough.” Turns out Norway's football association is as bad as ours. The clubs lose the vote to ditch VAR thanks to the large number of lower league and amateur clubs who voted to keep it - despite the fact none of them have VAR. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 33 minutes ago, weeyin said: Turns out Norway's football association is as bad as ours. The clubs lose the vote to ditch VAR thanks to the large number of lower league and amateur clubs who voted to keep it - despite the fact none of them have VAR. You couldnt make that up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 19 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: You couldnt make that up! Easily sorted. Just tell all those lower league Clubs that they now have to adapt their grounds for VAR and bear all the costs associated with it's installation and usage. I suspect a good few might change their minds. Pretty damn quick. Reeks of when Brechin City used to run Scottish football. Maybe they still do. No doubt one Blazer has been swapped for another Blazer. On first class expenses of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 27 minutes ago, dennyc said: Easily sorted. Just tell all those lower league Clubs that they now have to adapt their grounds for VAR and bear all the costs associated with it's installation and usage. I suspect a good few might change their minds. Pretty damn quick. Reeks of when Brechin City used to run Scottish football. Maybe they still do. No doubt one Blazer has been swapped for another Blazer. On first class expenses of course. I quite liked when Brechin ruled Scottish Football. They made sure the dead club got their just desserts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 9 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: I quite liked when Brechin ruled Scottish Football. They made sure the dead club got their just desserts! Not quite. The rules said they should have been kicked out the league, but they were allowed to remain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 21 minutes ago, weeyin said: Not quite. The rules said they should have been kicked out the league, but they were allowed to remain. The powers that be wanted them parachuted back into the SPL. The wee clubs made sure they came back in at the bottom tier. So although they still got more than they were due, justice of sorts still prevailed..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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