[Dale Johnson] VAR Review: Bruno Fernandes red card should have been reviewed and given a yellow. Fernandes did not lead with, or make any contact with his studs, and there was low force. It was a glancing blow with the outside of his boot. VAR stuck with onfield despite clear evidence of a mistake.
by ChiefLeef22
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I don’t know how they’ve got themselves into such a mess since introducing VAR when there’s sports which have been running it successfully for years. It’s almost like they don’t want to upset each other. It’s not fit for purpose.
VAR exists to fluff the officials in real time, not correct obvious mistakes.
Complete and utter fucking bollocks
I’m fine with red or yellow, but they needed to review. Otherwise, the fuck is VAR for?
VAR has basically been told to fuck off by the PGMOL this season, no wonder refereeing is even worse than last season.
And how do they punish the ones making the mistake? Fire them? Deduct a season pay?
If the league doesn’t punish, the club should take legal action either against the referee in the var room or the league it’s self.
Stop defending shit decisions.
It cost millions for clubs if one mistake like that is given.
Further evidence that VAR’s primary purpose is to cover for the referees.
The least they could do is overturn the suspension for his next game. Like, part of an apology is doing something to make up for it.
Needs to be consistency
VARS job is to correct this sort of thing, why change the rules on its use to essentially rarely correct mistakes
He slipped and then went after the leg in the height of the knee and with no intent of playing the ball. It’s a clear red in that aspect. Soft red yes, but red. Ruined the game? Probably not, United were trash even with 11 men and I doubt they would’ve won or even taken a point from that game anyway.
But I also do think that if it would be checked the decision needed to be overturned. Question is, did the VAR-room tell him to check this decision? Did Kavanagh refused to check it? Or did VAR never told him to check it? It’s all a mess and PGMOL and VAR works against each other it seems
The issues are always consistency and application; in real time it looks like a red but in my opinion it also looks like it should be reviewed; however, once reviewed (in my opinion) it looks *soft* but it’s not a clear and obvious error to overturn. Serious foul play or violent conduct doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to make full contact with the opponent, it’s the scenario that’s dangerous. He’s studs out at knee height and that sort of action has been a sending off regardless of the amount of actual contact there’s been, for literal years now. The way Var is used sucks and is making things worse; simultaneously the result of this scenario and referee decision isn’t a clear and obvious error
Fucking VAR going to win the Oscar for best drama series
Studs were up. Foot was high. It doesn’t matter if he slipped.
If he stays on the pitch United lose by 5.
Regardless of this being a red or not we have no style of play, no idea what positions players are taking, no pressing, no energy. It’s just flat out shit coaching – I don’t think I’ve ever seen a manager so far out of his depth.
Bruno needs this break anyway, sick of his hollywood passing and losing possession all game.
Although I am happy it was for Bruno this shit’s infuriating. It takes 10 seconds to see it wasn’t a red.
Tin foil hat time…they are sabotaging var on purpose. It takes too long, it’s boring, it’s imprecise and seems to fail every time it’s called upon. No other sport with video refs has this level of chaos and confusion…
Genuinely what is the point of VAR if it’s basically just the same referees marking their own homework?
Fucking VAR man, implement auto offsides and fuck the whole system off
And round and round we go
Get better refs smh
Var can suck my ass
Fuck me, how many times have we heard similar now? And will continue to hear?
Now what should I do to the people who down voted me after I said “Yellow would be the right call”
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Scrap the entire regime and start again
What clear and obvious means isn’t clear or obvious
Ref’s in England are so bad at managing games, it’s like they just have a desired outcome they want to reach as opposed to wanting to arrive at the correct decision.
Get over it