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mesmerised
20 Sep 26 09:53
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Found it more enjoyable watching and betting on football before VAR. I would only keep it for short format comps such as World Cup's, Euro's, any domestic knockout tournament etc, but that's it. 38 game season with VAR in every single match is too much.

The genie's out of the bottle now so it will never be put back in, but if we had a vote I'd vote for it to VAR off.

Kind Regards.
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Report SirNorbertClarke September 20, 2026 11:29 AM BST
VAR is good at catching cheats.

It's the Refs who are inconstant in enforcing the laws.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- September 20, 2026 11:48 AM BST
I would vote to get rid.

But then you go back to more errors.

A well run var would get my vote

Pgmol/ pro ref clearly needs upgrading
more than var, and I'd vote for a new unbiased, and clean refereeing system
with refs miked up to tv,.... Not happening
with the current bunch.
Report FATTIEWHITEYSLOVEADRINK September 20, 2026 12:05 PM BST
Its like what football should be
With out var in championship
If decision goes the wrong way you don’t like it
Get on with it
Ref have do what there paid to do ref a game
You could ask every hammer fan he say the same thing
VAR CAN do one
Only have look yesterday game like
Throwback yester year
Bit of war
Report penzance September 20, 2026 12:24 PM BST
Never liked it & never will.
To me it's still someone's opinion in a box.
That Everton 2ND goal yesterday should've stood in my eyes.
Report lurka September 20, 2026 1:01 PM BST
I'd like it for clear and obvious errors only, which is what we were told it would be. Clear and obvious to a person sitting on their couch at home. No forensics or searching for reasons to disallow goals and it being used on very rare occasions.
Report SirNorbertClarke September 20, 2026 1:40 PM BST
VAR is invaluable at corners where there is still so much wrestling going on.

The Ref only has one pair of eyes.
Report Poppydog. September 20, 2026 1:40 PM BST
In a minority, I quite like the concept of VAR
Correct decisions are rarely praised or remembered.

The only problem I would vote for is to get rid of pro Refs in the VAR box
and intensive training for an independent group, who are technically efficient.

Officials may be okay on the grass, but put them in a new technical environment,
time and time again has shown they are clearly not capable.
Report Emitdeb September 20, 2026 2:22 PM BST
VAR makes it harder for the officials to cheat. imo.

No surprise the OP wants rid..
Report SlippyBlue September 20, 2026 3:25 PM BST
I'd vote to keep it personally.

What I'd really want to happen far more than it is currently, is that VAR get involved and tough on players diving and feigning injury.

An instant yellow followed by a red for a repeat offence.
Now "that" would be progress.
Report ALIEN SEX FIEND September 20, 2026 3:26 PM BST
Yes. To much contention since it came in, the only good thing it shows how difficult it is for referees. Even with VAR I have heard judges have different opinions if a goal should stand or not. I support a lower league team, VAR would have saved us and gone against us, however it would kill the flow we have in lower league football.
Report brassneck September 20, 2026 7:21 PM BST
AI will be making all VAR decisions within a year.IMVHO.Sad
Report SirNorbertClarke September 20, 2026 8:12 PM BST
I'd be amazed if the offsides weren't AI within a couple of seasons
Report thelatarps September 20, 2026 11:03 PM BST
I would say yes. Get rid.
Simply put the offsides were handled competently enough by the Line-Os anyway.
Red cards and pens are a matter of opinion.
Might as well stick with the onfield decision most of the time.

And the main point is this. No brand of football suffers at the hand of the VAR official as does English football.
The reason for the popularity of the EPL is its end to end nature. Refs give a lot less free kicks here as compared with the continental football.
So if you get some plonker sitting in a booth looking at the build up to a goal, chances are he is more likely to find a foul than in mainland europe.

Having said that, there is no way the EPL will ever go back.
Report duffy September 21, 2026 2:59 AM BST
It's clearly shown itself to have failed because since it's come in there is at least as many wrong or at the very least subjective decisions being made and the game is a poorer spectacle as a result, so what's the point?
Report SirNorbertClarke September 21, 2026 8:17 AM BST
Fans expect perfection and no unfavourable decisions.
Report 1st time poster September 21, 2026 9:33 AM BST
theres no point in getting rid of VAR as the tech i there and even if EPL arnt using it SKY,MOTD,social media.X will still be showing all the wrong calls,like they do in the chamionpship,just with no recourse to putting over 90% of wrong calls  right
Report kincsem September 21, 2026 10:28 AM BST
No. It catches a lot of divers.
The problem imo is they take too long.
Report MillridgeTanic September 21, 2026 12:23 PM BST
Yup, in a heartbeat
Report stu September 21, 2026 6:06 PM BST
Get rid of it: No

Adapt it and make it better: absolutely Yes.

It needs amending for what exactly it looks at, and how it looks at decisions. Apart from that catching errors or cheats is fine thing to do.
Report mesmerised September 21, 2026 6:11 PM BST
It's a joy killer Stu, the wait for VAR no matter how long it is, has killed the spontaneity of the game, any cheats can be retrospectively dealt with as they should have been years ago, 3 match ban for diving etc, will stamp that out.

Now nobody celebrate a goal properly anymore, have to wait for some plum sitting in a booth in Stockley Park to check his Overs Acca before we get a decision.

Kind Regards.
Report stu September 21, 2026 6:38 PM BST
I agree about the joy killing in the game yes.
Report brassneck September 21, 2026 7:03 PM BST
The sad part is that children do not like  to watch a game of football anymore because they do not understand the new rulesSad
When you think about it most adults do not understand the new rules neither,Laugh
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