VAR is not the problem
The issue is those who are using video assistance and making decisions without any common sense. This is a referee problem.
The incompetence at this level of the game is bad for European Football. The referees always get away with it with no repercussions. The players, the managers & the clubs will pay for their mistakes while these referees just move on to the next match.
Until the referees are held accountable for their decisions this sport is not enjoyable to watch anymore. If they find the job difficult then find someone who is capable of doing the job.
The state of refereeing now is so so bad that I t might not even be wild to speculate that this seems to be a planned execution by the referees association to discredit the use of video assistance, so the game will go back to being played the old way where their decision is the final and they don’t have to refer to a third party.
How difficult can it be to make a decision with the help of VAR ? It has to be such a useful a tool. It makes no sense as to why it’s being implemented so poorly.
I honestly would be in full support of AI to replace these humans who seem completely incapable of using their common sense.
It’s hard to justify talking time to watch this sport when someone’s lack of common sense can completely ruin the competition & fun in football.
The big issue with VAR compared to pre-VAR is when a referee makes a mistake, it’s annoying but they’re only human. You understand it. However, the whole point of VAR is to reduce how many decisions are gotten wrong by having a second look…
As a Wolves fan, we’ve had plenty of “independent panels” decide after a 3rd look, the ref got it wrong. Which is fine! He’s human! But why didn’t the VAR official tell him that he got it wrong? If the referee refuses to go to the monitor despite being instructed, that’s then his fault, but if he’s not called over? He saw what he saw where he saw it from. VAR can see it more than once, from a range of angles. I will admit that officials are a touchy subject for Wolves fans. Obviously we started the season with the Onana wrestling move. But we’ve had penalties denied, but then the exact same type of foul given as a penalty the following week, this time for the opposition. Which means we are missing out on a couple of points here and there, which can be the difference of a few million when prem reward money comes out.