QPR v WBA 6Feb24 2 - 2 FT 19th/39pts

Marti quoted on the BBC website about the missed handball/ref's performance:

"I've been told that West Brom played with two keepers for a while.
I'm not here to complain. I'm here to make sure my team is better, so if we need to play against two keepers then we need to practice playing against two keepers."

What a guy!

went to the game yesterday gents, and I've a lot of sympathies for the referee regarding the Kipré handball. Not a single person in the crowd in the Upper Loft saw it. There were no cries of handball at all from any body.

Sorry but no! No!!

I'd genuinely rather us miss out on that Kipre decision than have VAR. VAR makes as many ridiculous decisions as the refs.

And there must be nothing worse than celebrating a goal, thinking you've won a game and then 2 minutes later its disallowed for something that was absolutely not a 'clear and obvious' error.

VAR would probably have disallowed Sam Fields equaliser for a push by Jimmy Dunne in the build up or something else ridiculous!

I'm sure it will come in within the next 5 years. Maybe a streamlined version (which should probably be better) rather than analysing every detail.

Would you prefer VAR? It certainly splits opinion.

There's nothing wrong with VAR as a system.
It works well in rugby, the NFL, etc, etc.
In fact, in rugby they are so confident in its use they broadcast the conversation between the review booth and on-pitch official.

The issue is the quality/knowledge of the people working it in football.

And as for the idea of, without VAR, getting as many dodgy refereeing calls in our favour as against, I'm not convinced.
Remember the ludicrously disallowed Charlie Austin goal versus Sunderland denying us a glorious and lucraative quarter final place in the League Cup a couple of seasons back?
And for any old timers, the weirdly disallowed Gary Micklewhite rocket that robbed us of what would have been an FA Cup Final win in 1982?
I know, I need to let it go...

Which is the point of VAR - dealing with exactly these mistakes due to no eyes, no brain, no understanding.

But yes, micro-analysis is not the point of any VAR system, clear/obvious error is.
Both the Kipre handball and Austin disallowed goal would be dealt with in seconds as clear errors.