Should Manchester United be 2-0 up at half time against Huddersfield Town? No one is quite sure but what everyone can agree on is that VAR is there for us all to laugh at.
I've always thought that video officiating was a good thing. Sure it will never get decisions 100% right but it's got to get more right than the officials on the pitch.
On Saturday evening Manchester United and Huddersfield were the latest teams to test out having a couple of extra refs officiating from an office in London to help the ref on the pitch.
The Red Devils found themselves 1-0 up through Romelu Lukaku and just before half-time thought they'd doubled their lead when Juan Mata scored. It looked like it might have been offside but the linesman, in line with play, didn't raise his flag.
After sometime VAR eventually ruled it out and when pictures came through everyone was laughing at the wobbly lines:
"That was a shambles"
- Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 17, 2018
"There is no way you can say that is offside"@mrjakehumphrey, @RobbieSavage8 and Paul Scholes have been left baffled by VAR pic.twitter.com/yafIwCwZU1
What a VAR-ce. pic.twitter.com/OHVaCOkiRR
- Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 17, 2018
Oh dear :joy::joy::joy: https://t.co/Wsa4TFrO8b
- Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) February 17, 2018
:flushed:
- David de Gea (@D_DeGea) February 17, 2018
The VAR is alright, it's just the referees applying it. And their wonky rulers...
- John Cross (@johncrossmirror) February 17, 2018
To whoever drew those lines on the VAR.. pic.twitter.com/FSJzjE5Ovn
- talkingbaws.com (@talkingbaws) February 17, 2018
VAR, ladies and gentlemen. absolutely ludicrous. pic.twitter.com/Sg8lB0IKKk
- Bruce Millington (@brucemillington) February 17, 2018
That fucking blue line from VAR. Might as well been in the middle of the fucking away end. For the love of shite.
- Joe Baiamonte (@JoeBaia) February 17, 2018
Not sure it's a good idea to get a 9 year old to draw the straight lines on the VAR
- Andy Goldstein MBE (@andygoldstein05) February 17, 2018
Straight lines on the VAR for Mata's goal... pic.twitter.com/10cWzH6g5o
- The Peoples Person (@PeoplesPerson_) February 17, 2018
I'm glad the VAR was used to eliminate that howler.
- Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) February 17, 2018
Lol at VAR pic.twitter.com/ic9Rv8xDax
- Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) February 17, 2018
Blaming VAR when the problem is poor use of VAR is the new blaming zonal marking when the problem is bad zonal marking.
- Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) February 17, 2018
Blaming VAR when the problem is poor use of VAR is the new blaming zonal marking when the problem is bad zonal marking.
- Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) February 17, 2018
Who drew those off-side lines for the VAR?
- John Bennett (@JohnBennettBBC) February 17, 2018
My 3 year-old daughter???#htafc #mufc
VAR will break hearts at the World Cup
- D.A.B (@SmartDaviduf) February 17, 2018
This VAR really is a shambles. Can't even use straight lines and the guy doing it is 200 miles away probably at home pissed and just drawing crooked lines. It's actually ridiculous. That was clearly a goal as much I didn't want it to be. Needs fucking off this for good. Shocking
- Tom Danson (@tdanson88) February 17, 2018
Remember it's supposed to be used for clear and obvious mistakes and none of us can still be sure if it was onside or offside...
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