New Posts For Thread: Wimbledon:- the last nail in the coffin for VAR?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-varWimbledon has done away with line judges, putting full trust in its electronic monitoring, and the game flows so much better. No more moronic handclapping while the crowd wait for the electronic judge to determine whether a fallible line judge has maIf you are designing a critical system part of the spec should be a monitor and alarm system to loudly tell you when the system is defective or has failed, been turned off.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564836669#564836669If you are designing a critical system part of the spec should be a monitor and alarm system to loudly tell you when the system is defective or has failed, been turned off.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:40:20 -0500Failed at Wimbledon after failing to call a ball that was clearly out after operator inadvertedly turned the machine off.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564836631#564836631Failed at Wimbledon after failing to call a ball that was clearly out after operator inadvertedly turned the machine off.Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:27:41 -0500Was used at previous tournament.Game certainly flows betterPlayers lost a point... wanted a time out... made a challenge.... Not coming backStill chance to feign injury of course, and toilet time outs but not during games..https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819953#564819953Was used at previous tournament.Game certainly flows betterPlayers lost a point... wanted a time out... made a challenge.... Not coming backStill chance to feign injury of course, and toilet time outs but not during games..Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:23:36 -0500Maybe wait more than a bit of a day to see if it's better. And players had only 3 challenges each per set (more if their challenges were correct) and often didn't use them all. Hardly makes that much of a difference. Maybe for 5 points a set. To sayhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819925#564819925Maybe wait more than a bit of a day to see if it's better. And players had only 3 challenges each per set (more if their challenges were correct) and often didn't use them all. Hardly makes that much of a difference. Maybe for 5 points a set. To sayMon, 30 Jun 2025 16:16:01 -0500That happened ten times a game last season.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819121#564819121That happened ten times a game last season.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:56:29 -0500Not only that but human nature takes over and the linesman lets play continue even when he knows it is wrong.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819109#564819109Not only that but human nature takes over and the linesman lets play continue even when he knows it is wrong.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:54:57 -0500What you suggest would deffo be good with offsides, the funny thing about asking a linesman to decide on an offside is that he has to do something that a human being is incapable of doing, namely literally looking at two things at the same time.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819071#564819071What you suggest would deffo be good with offsides, the funny thing about asking a linesman to decide on an offside is that he has to do something that a human being is incapable of doing, namely literally looking at two things at the same time.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:41:38 -0500I reckon only if it had clear parameters, how would it be able to interpret a handball or not unless it was instructed that every contact with the arm or hand is indeed an offence, same with fouls, we often see contact but a foul isn't given, how wouhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564819055#564819055I reckon only if it had clear parameters, how would it be able to interpret a handball or not unless it was instructed that every contact with the arm or hand is indeed an offence, same with fouls, we often see contact but a foul isn't given, how wouMon, 30 Jun 2025 11:38:55 -0500I take your point and do recognise that piling all the responsibility on referees could lead to big problems including corruption. But, to break it down, could not everything a linesman does not be done better by electronic eye? and, could not a dronhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564818981#564818981I take your point and do recognise that piling all the responsibility on referees could lead to big problems including corruption. But, to break it down, could not everything a linesman does not be done better by electronic eye? and, could not a dronMon, 30 Jun 2025 11:15:28 -0500I'd get rid of VAR tomorrow by the way....well, today if possible.We'd all just have to promise not to get on refs backs anymore when errors occur, probably easier to be more philosophical about mistakes after suffering the purgatory of VAR for thesehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31878041/wimbledon--the-last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-var?post_id=564818971#564818971I'd get rid of VAR tomorrow by the way....well, today if possible.We'd all just have to promise not to get on refs backs anymore when errors occur, probably easier to be more philosophical about mistakes after suffering the purgatory of VAR for theseMon, 30 Jun 2025 11:11:27 -0500