Howard Webb joins Match Officials: Mic'd Up to explain why PGMOL believe that VAR got the Hwang Hee-Chan penalty decision wrong and gives further detail to what a 'clear and obvious error' is.
Trouble is they’ve made all the laws so subjective that any and every call can be given in either way short of a player catching the ball and running with it Webb Ellis style.
They’d solve 95% of issues with getting rid of the “interfering with play” part of offside. If you’re off when the pass or shot comes in, chalked off. Yeah you’ll get one or two where someone is lazy retreating from taking a corner and gets a goal crossed off, but most of the issues will be gone. Also, handball - change it to if the ball hits you from tip of finger to shoulder in any capacity its handball. 2cm away? Tough shit, you put yourself there defender - it’s a hazard of the role.
Get rid of the subjective aspect and it will make VAR usage a lot better.
They’d solve 95% of issues with getting rid of the “interfering with play” part of offside.
Would they? Or would it make the game unplayable?
Team A striker is in an offside position. Team A left back passes it to the midfielder in their own half. Offside because the striker up the pitch is in an offside position. After all, he doesn’t need to be interfering with play. So of any player on the pitch is in an offside position then their team cannot pass the ball at all.
Trouble is they’ve made all the laws so subjective that any and every call can be given in either way short of a player catching the ball and running with it Webb Ellis style. They’d solve 95% of issues with getting rid of the “interfering with play” part of offside. If you’re off when the pass or shot comes in, chalked off. Yeah you’ll get one or two where someone is lazy retreating from taking a corner and gets a goal crossed off, but most of the issues will be gone. Also, handball - change it to if the ball hits you from tip of finger to shoulder in any capacity its handball. 2cm away? Tough shit, you put yourself there defender - it’s a hazard of the role. Get rid of the subjective aspect and it will make VAR usage a lot better.
Would they? Or would it make the game unplayable?
Team A striker is in an offside position. Team A left back passes it to the midfielder in their own half. Offside because the striker up the pitch is in an offside position. After all, he doesn’t need to be interfering with play. So of any player on the pitch is in an offside position then their team cannot pass the ball at all.