Offsides
Since the introduction of VAR were often told you can’t argue with the offside decisions because ‘it’s a factual decision’
The huge issue is the VAR official manually draws the lines on the body parts of the attacker and defender.
‘The positioning of the crosshair is manual’
Each VAR official might interpret where to place these lines slightly differently, especially when determining where the arm starts and finishes.
If two referees place the lines in even slightly different places, it cannot be 100% accurate and factual.
This raises the question of should there be a margin for error.
Maybe a system where we use VAR to overturn clear and obvious errors, would be better for the game and more appreciated by the fans?
We can’t have a repeat of the Bamford offside decision, I can’t be convinced he gained an unfair advantage.
We should always give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team – we want goals!
How to give attackers the advantage?
Right, bear with me…
If a player punches the ball into their own net – its a goal.
So why can a defender’s arm not play an attacker onside?
This could be a way to slightly put the advantage back in favour of the attacker.
Bamford would most probably be onside if this was the ruling.
The simple way to improve the VAR system
One big improvement in the way that VAR can be delivered is for fans to be able to hear the discussion between the officials.
This works very well in Rugby and offers a clearer understanding of decisions.
I really can’t understand why this isn’t already implemented.
Fans would really appreciate being involved.