VAR & Rule Tweaks - 21/22 Season [2024/25 Update]

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There have been a number of tweaks to the rules and how VAR is going to be used in the coming season.
  • Offsides - Marginal offside decisions will now be given in favour of the attacker. When VAR add their 'tv lines' (thicker lines to make things clearer for viewers) to offside decisions, if the two lines overlap then the forward will be given onside. So even if the onfield decision is offside and VAR shows the forward is fractionally offside, the decision will be overturned and the goal awarded. According to Dale Johnson this will give forwards around a 5cm advantage. Another change with offside decisions & var is that we won't see the VAR process with the lines being drawn anymore - we'll just see the final image.
  • Accidental attacking handballs - Previously any accidental handball in the immediate build-up to a goal was an offence however now a goal will only be ruled out if the actual goalscorer handles the ball, regardless of intent.
  • General handballs - This has been watered down from what we saw at the start of last season (where everything was given as handball) and handballs should only be awarded if a players arms are clearly away from their body, making themselves a bigger target.
  • Soft Fouls - If what Mike Riley is saying is true then soft fouls are no longer a thing. Refs are being encouraged not to award marginal contact 'fouls' and VAR will only overturn the decision if they decide that the contact had a consequence and whether the attacker wasn't just looking to win a foul. I don't believe it'll happen but VAR is meant to be more willing to award pens when players are fouled but don't go down this coming season too.
No doubt we're going to see huge inconsistencies with these changes and people will be complaining as much as ever. The 'soft foul' change in particular is going to be a minefield. The best change of the lot is the fact we won't get to see the var process for offsides - I'm convinced that watching the process has caused most of the isses people have with VAR.
 
I agree re the margin of error causing an issue. Can you imagine a big game being decided on a goal that the lino flagged as offside and var shows was offside but the goal is awarded because it was only 4cm off :D Knowing our luck with VAR it will happen to us :(

And I don't believe for one moment that officials (or var) will award a foul when a player stays on his feet. This issue has been going on for as long as I can remember and imo has contributed to the diving issue. It's just human nature, nobody wants to make a controversial decision unless they're forced to and a player staying on his feet is reason enough for an official to not make a decision they don't want to make.
 
mysticsniper said:
So Ben Chillwell's goal would have counted against us in the FA Cup final? What a complete joke.

You are either offside or onside.
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I don't think Chillwell's was close enough to have been given but you will get goals given that VAR shows to be marginally off.
 
I've mentioned this a few times over the last 6 months but a new, semi automated VAR for offsides is being trialed at the Club World Cup with a view for it to be in place in time for the Qatar WC:


Long story short, limb tracking technology will be used to (almost) instantly inform VAR if a player is offside and mean that all they have to determine is whether a player is active or not. The end result should be that almost all offside decisions will be resolved in a matter of seconds.
 
GIBURROWS said:
What's the actual ruling on this as the guy by the corner flag keeps everyone onside (technically)
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There's no technically about it, they're onside. The VAR ****ed up by not spotting the guy by the corner flag.

Thankfully there's already a new technology being rolled out which will remove human errors like this. FIFA and UEFA have a semi automated limb tracking system which will be used in the WC and is currently being trialed in the group stages of the PL. It's already being reported that the PL are happy with it and will take it on next season and it's being reported after this **** up that Serie A may adopt it as early as next month.
 
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