VAR - It's Football But Not As You Know It

[plague]

ok so the Matt McKay thing.

Im sure the touchy came in and told the ref he saw McKay kick out.
Therefore its a straight red yeah?

But somehow ref gives McKay the free kick for the initial challenge, but only a yellow for the reaction, which was then upgraded via VAR.

Problem is, the only way he gets a yellow is for retaliation. so the ref (or touchy) either saw the kick out or they didnt. theres nothing else he could have been carded for.

yet then it gets (correctly) upgraded.

so what did the ref give the initial yellow for?

did he give a yellow so it then became eligible for the VAR to look at?

man this is confusing.

[belchardo]

did he give a yellow so it then became eligible for the VAR to look at?

i didn't thnk the ref needed to give a yellow to bring in the VAR. in that situation, the VAR could have just said "potential red card" to the ref.

[monz6]

ok so the Matt McKay thing.

Im sure the touchy came in and told the ref he saw McKay kick out.
Therefore its a straight red yeah?

But somehow ref gives McKay the free kick for the initial challenge, but only a yellow for the reaction, which was then upgraded via VAR.

Problem is, the only way he gets a yellow is for retaliation. so the ref (or touchy) either saw the kick out or they didnt. theres nothing else he could have been carded for.

yet then it gets (correctly) upgraded.

so what did the ref give the initial yellow for?

did he give a yellow so it then became eligible for the VAR to look at?

man this is confusing.

I thought it looked like they were checking it, then he gave the card, then he got told to upgrade. So as you said, what did he give the initial yellow for? Unfortunately that question most likely won’t be answered because heaven forbid a referee is questioned

[monz6]

Again on refereeeing, Kal Fallah either was just fouled or he dived. No foul was given so why didn’t he get a second yellow for diving

[Jetmaster]

Please explain....the VAR can upgrade a yellow but the MRP can't?

[halo se7en]

Please explain....the VAR can upgrade a yellow but the MRP can't?

I don’t think the VAR ‘upgrades’. I think it just flatly overrules the ref. As others have said, why the yellow was given to McKay in the first place is confusing.

[WolfMan]

Hate the VAR, but the decision was correct in the end.

Bozza could hardly hide his erection under the Fox Sports desk at halftime

[plague]

Hate the VAR, but the decision was correct in the end.

oh i agree the decision ended up being right.

im just confused as to how we got there, because it made the ref look really bad.

[Jetmaster]

I noted at our game last week that questionable incidents are still blacked out on the big screen.
However the VAR gets no such treatment.
As already said....its confusing.

[380]

I noted at our game last week that questionable incidents are still blacked out on the big screen.
However the VAR gets no such treatment.
As already said....its confusing.

Our CEO was asked about this a few weeks ago re the non replaying of decisions on the big screen and said something along the lines of it would be rectified. it was for a couple of games but for some reason if my memory serves me correctly once again at the most recent game replays were not being shown. About as consistent as the VAR itself.

[Jetmaster]

The funny thing is the reason those blackouts happen in the first place.

To prevent inciting the crowd - VAR sure has stopped that.

[halo se7en]

The funny thing is the reason those blackouts happen in the first place.

To prevent inciting the crowd - VAR sure has stopped that.

Or it’s to stop players/managers going off at the ref telling them to look up at the screen.

[380]

I should add Lawrie did say when quizzed about this originally that the replays would be in place the next home game and true to his word they were. I have seen weekends where replays of calls are not replayed on ours but you can clearly see them being televised at other grounds when watching on fox.

[Jetmaster]

Or it’s to stop players/managers going off at the ref telling them to look up at the screen.

Heard Aloisi yell a few weeks ago in Brisbane "go upstairs" at a ref.

[hawk]

I have seen weekends where replays of calls are not replayed on ours but you can clearly see them being televised at other grounds when watching on fox.

Wtf is going on there. newy treated like trash by the FFAtards

[MFKS]

Another reason VAR is a joke

Blind **** linesman flags Gameiro tonight when he onside and one on one with keeper and play gets pulled up incorrectly

WSW go up other end and score whilst Roar could have been celebrating taking a 1-0 lead

#Farce

[Retro Jet]

I just saw the replay.
I know there's no love lost with SantaScab but FMD, Maccarone's elbow not going unpunished?
If that was Nabbout on the end of that we'd be spitin' chips...and maybe Nabbout spittin' teeth!

So, no card issued. MRP territory anyone? 2 games - minimum

[hawk]

I just saw the replay.
I know there's no love lost with SantaScab but FMD, Maccarone's elbow not going unpunished?
If that was Nabbout on the end of that we'd be spitin' chips...and maybe Nabbout spittin' teeth!

So, no card issued. MRP territory anyone? 2 games - minimum

no. Scab deserves everything he gets plus some. play-on

[WolfMan]

Another reason VAR is a joke

Blind **** linesman flags Gameiro tonight when he onside and one on one with keeper and play gets pulled up incorrectly

WSW go up other end and score whilst Roar could have been celebrating taking a 1-0 lead

#Farce

VAR can't do anything about a decision like that. What are they gonna do? Give them the ball back in a 1-on-1 with the 'keeper?

[plague]

I just saw the replay.
I know there's no love lost with SantaScab but FMD, Maccarone's elbow not going unpunished?
If that was Nabbout on the end of that we'd be spitin' chips...and maybe Nabbout spittin' teeth!

So, no card issued. MRP territory anyone? 2 games - minimum

what about old mate from Perth who broke the Roar dudes face?

Way worse than the Micah v Sydney one. But not a mention of a foul by the commentators let alone a booking from the ref or VAR.

No consistency with the tech, let’s go back to the anarchy without it.