Munkunku
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Modern society fella, phone it in at work then blame someone else when you get found out!
VAR in 2019/20
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yorkleyblue
Plastic Professor of Knowitall at the Sky Universi
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Munkunku
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Backbiter
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ESPN have a log of all VAR decisions this season. After recent games, ManU are currently topping their table with a +8 score of VAR overturned decisions.
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/story/3929823/how-var-decisions-have-affected-every-premier-league-club
They also log what they label 'subjective calls', as distinct from supposed decisions of fact, which must mean offside. Surprise surprise Man U have had 6 of those go in their favour, while NONE have gone against.
Our current score on overturned decisions is minus 4 (so 12 below Man U's). Our tally of subjective decisions is 2 in favour and 4 against (making our net score of minus 2 seven below Man U's).
But but but..... ESPN's stats do not include decisions where VAR has NOT taken action, as in the two scandalous red cards not given to Maguire and Lo Celso, or the absurd decision not to give a penalty for handball against TAA, which meant Liverpool's opening goal against Man City was not cancelled out as it should have been.
So the reality is that VAR is stitching up some teams more than current stats suggest, while benefiting other teams even more.
But I think we all knew that anyway.
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/story/3929823/how-var-decisions-have-affected-every-premier-league-club
They also log what they label 'subjective calls', as distinct from supposed decisions of fact, which must mean offside. Surprise surprise Man U have had 6 of those go in their favour, while NONE have gone against.
Our current score on overturned decisions is minus 4 (so 12 below Man U's). Our tally of subjective decisions is 2 in favour and 4 against (making our net score of minus 2 seven below Man U's).
But but but..... ESPN's stats do not include decisions where VAR has NOT taken action, as in the two scandalous red cards not given to Maguire and Lo Celso, or the absurd decision not to give a penalty for handball against TAA, which meant Liverpool's opening goal against Man City was not cancelled out as it should have been.
So the reality is that VAR is stitching up some teams more than current stats suggest, while benefiting other teams even more.
But I think we all knew that anyway.
Barry Bridges
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dkw
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Incredibly they've managed to make it worse with these ridiculous handballs, it's an absolute farce and will almost certainly catch us out at some point. It's getting where attackers will now aim at defenders arms purposefully knowing they will almost definitely get a penalty.