I think they should adopt a cricket-like approach. If the VAR shows that they are only just offside, like the "big toe" scenario, then it should go with the officials' original decision. Only if it is clearly offside (above a certain margin - maybe 20cm?) should they use VAR to overrule the decision. And maybe allow less leeway on things incorrectly ruled offside by the assistant referee, to give the attacking side more chance.
Nigel (the Dublin, and now Irish(!) one) On 3 Jul 2019 at 10:26, [email protected] wrote: > Watching the womens semi final last night it made me even more > convinced that if they are going to use VAR for offside decisions they > need to tweak the offside rule Both v Cameroon when it went for > England and last night when it went against them the decision to > overrule a goal due to the striker being offside by an inch (in the Cameroon > game she was facing the 'wrong way') I thought that this was bad for the game > in general Quite often when a player is out wide and is offside the 'expert' > summariser will say that it is bad football since that player can look right > down the line and judge his run.That is fine when he gets ahead of the > defence but it is impossible for a player who is 'level' to judge if any > relevant part of his body is ahead of the defender Most recent rule changes > have had the intention (albeit sometimes the opposite result) of speeding the > game up and making it more likely for teams to have chances and thus more > exciting and entertainingThis offside by an inch via VAR will have the > opposite effect , with really good , well worked goals being chalked off. > Last night, for example was a lovely flick through, a well timed run and good > finish and yet ruled out because her big toe was in front of the defenders > big toe Surely if they are going to use VAR for this the rule should be (as > linesmen were told the other year) to only be offside if there is 'clear > daylight' between the attacker and the defender - this will give both players > the ability tom judge when to make a run / when to hold a line etc. It will > still penalise a player for gaining an advantage by being ahead of the > defenders but not penalise someone who is to all intents and purposes 'level' > Problem solved > Still do not like VAR in its present format - they should really stick > to the 'clear and obvious mistake' - one that a single quick review , > done in seconds will sort out Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
