Gary Neville refereeing Man Utd Liverpool with Carragher and Micah Richards as his assistants. A stupendous idea.
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Sure this process will not be biased at all just like those so called independent panels we keep hearing about.
Good luck finding footballers suited to this job
Go for a broad selection of ex players of different positions and managers, ideally those who have not played/worked together, who also have no current professional affiliations with clubs. Along with ideally past evidence of having the ability to be objective when assessing a situation. Its rare but you will see players acknowledging controversial calls that go against them as correct, i feel this is a pretty valid proof of some form of integrity towards the game and would be able to add to the conversation about rules.
Right now we have many pundits [normally ex-players] with varying opinions on the rules, but there are some rules that they do all agree on as being bad for the game. These are new rules that haven't always existed in football that were created by people who don't have the same experience of the game as players who have played at the top level. I think getting them in to help with var is not the best decision right now as they have different opinions of the current rules. Maybe it would be smarter to have them as consultants for when Howard Webb and co want to set the rules for the new season. Once the rules are set you cant argue bias as everyone is playing off the same rules. Maybe after doing this have the players also consulting with var as a separate entity, to help create a interesting dynamic for the "separation of power" as mentioned in a comment below, something else i think could help with avoiding errors
Roy Keane on VAR. Nothing is a foul, everybody just needs to get up and shake it off.
Next up: Howard Webb suggests using a Twitter Poll to make VAR decisions
I actually think that having a former pro on the VAR team is a worthwhile idea, but it does present its own issues.
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Bias may be harder to account for.
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What ex-pro is going to want that job? It would have to be an ex-player who played low down in the league system and even then, I doubt many would like the job.
I still want a third party company in control of VAR to stop this mafia like protection shit from going on. A third party company can be criticized and if they are poor another one can be brought in.
I also want people with no professional footballing background involved as well to give an outside perspective.
But at the minute I want this “clear and obvious” bullshit gone. Have two people in var (let’s call them var 1&2) and for every incident looked at Var 1 & 2 decide separately on the incident. If they both agree then their decision is used. If Var 1&2 disagree, then you send the referee to the monitor for the tie breaking vote.