The game is absolutely fucked when the most influential player on the pitch in most games is now the referee. If IFAB had any balls they’d introduce some bold changes.
- Remove any subjectivity from handball. If it hits your hand, it’s handball. However:
- Handballs in the box are indirect free kicks unless the ball is going on target (for which we’ll use Hawkeye because it’s fucking 2023 for fuck’s sake). No team should be given an almost certain goal just because the ball bounces off a defender’s fucking arm accidentally.
- Remove any subjectivity from offside. If a player is offside when the ball is played, stop play and restart with an indirect free kick. These arseholes cannot be trusted to apply ‘subjective’ offsides in a consistent way, so just delete the concept. Being in an offside position is now an offence.
- Bin VAR. Just bin it. If you remove all of the variables of split-second on-pitch perception from a subjective decision then all you’re left with is subjectivity. VAR introduces more scope for bias, not less. Keep semi-automated offside checks and goal-line technology but remove the fucking brain trust who sit in a room with access to 10,000 frames any of which can confirm the decision they want to make anyway.
What team do you root for? Just wondering what your incentive is for this nonsensical rant.
Referees aren’t the most influential “player” on the pitch, except in super extreme cases (and whatever you’re upset about isn’t one of them). VAR hasn’t been applied perfectly, but it’s clearly a better solution to have instant replay than to just let mistakes happen on the field with no recourse. You’re somehow arguing that offsides and handballs should be applied as the referee initially sees it, so completely subjectively with no review, and then also saying you want more objectivity. I mean, which do you want? Referees making mistakes in the fast paced play or referees being able to check themselves after to make sure they got it right? Without even a sense of irony, you’re arguing that referees should be given more power and less power… presumably because your team had an offside or handball call in the most recent not go your way.
I mean… maybe everyone could just play without referees and everyone has to call fouls on the honor. That actually sounds like what you want. Which are the rankings of a ten year old.
even though i don’t agree everything with him i believe handball shouldn’t be subjective inside the box n should be given regardless if its intended or not