@mattypenny Just read the transcript. What a superb read!
Roberto Rosetti has it about right, I think: 'Too often, said Rosetti, it’s being used to “investigate every single detail” of matches. Using VAR in this way is “dangerous”, he continued, because good refereeing means accounting for the “spirit of the game”, which technology cannot do. Once, when Rosetti experimented with using VAR to review every incident in a single match, he found seven penalties and three red cards, according to a strict reading of the laws of the game. “But this is not football,” he said.'
@davidmarsden yeah, it was really interesting stuff. Amazon or someone should make a fly-on-the-wall documentary like they've done with a couple of football clubs
Specifically on VAR - sitting in a room in silence scrutinizing a TV screen in minute detail needs such a different skillset to refereeing IRL it seems mad that you've got the likes of Andre Mariner doing it.
I don't know if I'd scrap VAR, but it needs a bit of a re-think
@mattypenny Agree about VAR. It doesn't make sense to me to train referees to sit in VAR studios. Get some kids in (haha), or at least some experts in video and sports technology? The TV companies are usually very quick and good at telling viewers what the decision should be.
I'm a United fan, but that semi-final win over Coventry was a VAR disgrace, imo.