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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    Because I was right. This is just blatently untrue. Video technology was peddled as the panacea by the tv people and moaning managers who had just had a decision go against them. A large majority of fans jumped on board too. Trouble is - none of them had actually thought through how it would...
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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    There was a huge clamouring for VAR by TV pundits, 'wronged' managers, 'wronged' fans - none of whom actually thought it through. So we've got what 'we' asked for. Hope everyone's happy.
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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    To what though? Wherever you decide to draw the line, be it six inches / one yard ahead VAR will give you a binary decision. You either make it a human decision or a binary VAR decision. If you want VAR this is what you get - there's no discretion - it can't work like that, its the reason for...
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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    The Twitter image is misleading. The defender was sprinting back and the attacker was running back from an offside position to try and get onside. In the quarter second between the ball being played and us first seeing the attacker, the relative positions have changed significantly.
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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    Yes - because thems the rules. The attacker was ahead of the last defender. Unless we all agree to change the rule to add a clause "unless it prevents one of the greatest comebacks in FA cup history, in which case it shall be deemed onside", then it should be offside.
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    [Football] FA Cup semi finals

    This old debate again. Don't understand the arguments at all. If you wanted VAR, here it is. It has correctly identified that the player was offside. Just because we all wanted the Coventry goal to stand doesn't change the FACT that it was marginally offside.

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