Nah, VAR is the problem. It has created the situation where referees decisions are not final. It’s allowed doubt to influence them when they review the decisions they made. Football is worse with VAR than it was without.
They just need to take inspiration from the TMO system in rugby. That works perfectly and is only used when the referees are not 100% on a decision, or when the TMO officials flag something up to the referee that they may have missed.
Obviously with rugby, there are a ton more rules and things aren’t as clear cut as in football, but even though that should theoretically make things more difficult, it’s the opposite at the moment.
Nah, VAR is the problem. It has created the situation where referees decisions are not final. It’s allowed doubt to influence them when they review the decisions they made. Football is worse with VAR than it was without.
They just need to take inspiration from the TMO system in rugby. That works perfectly and is only used when the referees are not 100% on a decision, or when the TMO officials flag something up to the referee that they may have missed.
Obviously with rugby, there are a ton more rules and things aren’t as clear cut as in football, but even though that should theoretically make things more difficult, it’s the opposite at the moment.