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VAR in England 2018-19
Topic Started: Thursday, 21. June 2018, 20:04 (577 Views)
RefLiverpool
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At half time in a World Cup match that has yet to capture my interest, I thought it maybe time to take stock on what we have seen of the video assistant referee system so far in England and at the World Cup going forward and reflect upon what we would like to see of it going forward. Some possible areas of discussion:

1. Are the paramters of VAR in existing English testing/the WC aderquate or do they need to be extended/narrowed?

2. Is there any aspects of the system that could be improved? The two main ones for me would be the communication- I do think it could be made clearer domestically when a VAR check is in progress and when it is complete etc. In the WC, brosdcasters seem to be much more aware what VAR is checking for.

3. What should be the logistics of VAR going forward? What will be the role of Neil Swarbrick and Mike Jones going forward? Should one of them take up ahead of VAR operations post similar to Howard Webb when he joined PRO in America and be responsible for training and development of officials on VAR? OR should they themselves become specialist VARs to be appointed to games where it is used?- To my knowledge there hasnt been confirmation on their role yet, so would be interesting to know.


4. In a similar question to 3, who should be appointed as a VAR- only SG officials? Should SG2 be considered for VAR appointments? Or should they bring back recently retired officials for this role?- This is prudent in the scenario where VAR would be rolled out across PL matches.

5. Any other lessons from VAR so far which should inform progress going forward in England

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On the communication aspect, there have been a number of times where VAR has been used without the need for any forced stoppage where the advice has been passed to the official whilst play has been continuing or during a natural period of inactivity through injury/restart/substitution.
When there is a period where the game is halted/paused for the sole purpose of VAR, yes the crowd should be informed, at all other times not necessarily so.
The crowd will be informed soon enough if the original decision is changed and play is brought back to a previous phase however there should be a consistent sign, something like the 'box' signal to indicate that the revised or decision is following VAR consultation.

The only problem that I can foresee with that is when the VAR has been consulted or been provided without an obvious indication, the decision is unchanged and the players and crowd are still 'asking' for the VAR to be consulted.
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