Big club bias

The problem is that they are trying to make something subjective with alternative interpretations into something absolute. It seems to me that the biggest mistake the lawmakers made was to remove the phrase "if, in the opinion of the referee" from the Laws of the Game. This was an acknowledgement that a lot of decisions are not clear cut and will have a subjective element to them which cannot be pre-determined. If the laws of the game delegate the subjectivity to referees who can use their knowledge and experience to make a decision, the players just have to accept it. I always remember a conversation I had with the late Derek Nippard, who was quite an imposing figure. He said that when someone like Billy Bremner used to aggressively query a decision he had made by saying something like "that wasn't a ***** foul in my opinion ref" Derek used to reply "It's my opinion that counts son, not yours, now get on with the game"
 
with the technology available surely the screens the var team watch can't they be almost computer generated images where it's not clear which team is which?
 
I wonder if once AI tech gets to grip with offside they might look at VAR again - as to whether we need it. Goal line tech has worked really well, so just those two going forward might be enough?
 
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LewSwimmin said:
The problem is that they are trying to make something subjective with alternative interpretations into something absolute. It seems to me that the biggest mistake the lawmakers made was to remove the phrase "if, in the opinion of the referee" from the Laws of the Game. This was an acknowledgement that a lot of decisions are not clear cut and will have a subjective element to them which cannot be pre-determined. If the laws of the game delegate the subjectivity to referees who can use their knowledge and experience to make a decision, the players just have to accept it. I always remember a conversation I had with the late Derek Nippard, who was quite an imposing figure. He said that when someone like Billy Bremner used to aggressively query a decision he had made by saying something like "that wasn't a ***** foul in my opinion ref" Derek used to reply "It's my opinion that counts son, not yours, now get on with the game"
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Billy Bremner? Bloody snowflake.

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LewSwimmin said:
The problem is that they are trying to make something subjective with alternative interpretations into something absolute.
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Yep in a nutshell this is the issue which is why goal line tech is good (when switched on)

The odd thing about bureaucrats and football is they always forget that there’s a reason it’s played all over the world joyously. It’s because it’s a simple game where five year olds get the premise. No need for understanding complex instructions, having to pass a ball backwards, working out who wins when it rains, long breaks to reset, just four coats and a ball and away you go.

For years it endured as the world’s most popular sport due to this simplicity. At the centre of it all a referee who like the players had good and bad days and like the players they were mainly good.

It didn’t need intervention.
 
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