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How would YOU feel if VAR came into the Championship? 👀

That penalty call on Tomas Soucek was a joke! 😡

reubengane54w ago

Don't want Var just a better standard of match officials, the current crop are hardly worth a run out on Hackney Marshes.

grizzlyrayadams4w ago

no I don't VAR can not get right sometimes and also maybe that's why the refs are so bad now. Look at the game against QPR the ref gave them a penalty but miss three other tackles which the players got the ball first than the player.

razorwestham4w ago

Now cryong for var to come ffs only because we got a bad deal against qpr ffs . We didnt deserve a point let alone 3 . Were get many that goes both ways without feeding the arm leg or stupid decisions var give out giving var refs a wage.

bilichammer1234w ago

SYTLAAKK Var is the enemy in all the Premier why would anyone want that ffs. The decision on a few things can be kept with it but a arm or leg giving offside or something missed ten plays back stopping a goal scored is becoming really stupid in the game. Waiting for var decisions spoiling the whole idea of a great sport is not nessary . Just keep to basics

markmarston4w ago

Needs to come into the game…. There’s £200m at stake for promotion

parrysite4w ago

Whilst I hate VAR with a passion, sometimes, as the panel seem to be the only people that can't see the real truth, I could not believe how wrong Ruebyn Ricardo got it. Even if it was disputable whether Souchek fouled Smyth - and I don't think there's much doubt, he didn't - to not see that the incident happened outside the penalty area was unacceptable.

jacqueline.beresford4w ago

No

nickdomjan4w ago

Too much of a culture shock, right now we have to get used to lesser protection from the officials and get tougher.....the matches would be stopping every few seconds

caleb.sage4w ago

Football league fans are a bit more old-school compared to Premier League supporters. They’re going to hate it lol.

harveyleonard994w ago

That decision last night was surely bad enough to turn even the most anti var fans somewhat pro

saillash_manek14w ago

I feel that it would be a good thing as a lots of mistakes by referees. Look at game last night. It cost us a win. 3 points.

ericmartinhowell4w ago

There should be a half way step towards full VAR in Premier League. Any penalty/big issue call by the ref, should automatically be viewed on the big screen, only on the REF CALL, he has three other pair of eyes to rely on for other calls, and he should do so. Mistakes like this one, is not fair, at the end of the season, for any team.

krip24544w ago

Despite the poor decision, we must keep VAR out of the EFL. It's killing the game.

dantowen819514w ago

You’re completely right. It’s ridiculous to have thousands of fans sitting there in a stadium for 5 minutes with no idea what the ref is looking at

jonathan.gorrie4w ago

No thank you! Although given how much money rides on promotion, it's not hard to see the clubs who come down from the PL pushing for it with more decisions like the QPR peno!

kyle.dimond1mo ago

I don’t mind it only being in the prem but I think with how much is at stake for some clubs, it’s only a matter of time. Not a big fan but I understand it

dbwhu581mo ago

No thanks

james.brooke1mo ago

I think it should be all or nothing to be honest, so if they’re keeping it in the Prem, it should be across the board in the Football League as well

lrandall12101mo ago

I feel like it would cause too much controversy, they miss decisions even with it

whitefordstw1mo ago

var makes mistakes

dantowen819514w ago

Yep, Man United fans will tell you that after the derby debacle last month 😂

kyle.archer1mo ago

Given the money at stake in the promotion fight, Championship clubs should be desperate for VAR (as long as the EFL can hire competent refereers to run it).

laurajr19581mo ago

Would hate it. Even VAR doesn't get it right. Just need a higher standard from referees.

reubengane51mo ago

Referee 1/10 the 1 is for turning up! In fairness we were poor while the QPR players each gave 100% and only finished the game with only 8 fit players, it's time for a change of the Manager someone who could glue our talented players up.

dantowen819514w ago

I think if Staveley had gotten that takeover done we’d have made a move for Howe by now

george.patten1mo ago

No. I refuse to believe the majority want VAR in the Champ. I’d choose bad referee decisions over bad VAR deicisons anyday

charlesjones1mo ago

VAR should be out of the game entirely. I wouldn’t necessarily be more or less bothered if it came into the championship it’s a matter of time really.

josh.barker1mo ago

Pick your poison. Championship refs are horrific but as we’ve seen in the PL the people in control of VAR are just as inept when using the technoly

jameslloyd14.jl1mo ago

one of the best things about the championship is the fact that there’s no VAR. keep it that way

ray.baxterct19511mo ago

No VAR! But what about good referees? Where do they find these inept referees? surely a high profile game deserves more than Sunday league quality officials.Souceks' tackle was top draw stuff. Moore style, not a penalty, other decisions too were unacceptable. I felt the game took a different course after that awful blunder by the buffoons in black.

chillout1mo ago

Yes - that is exactly my point. No VAR - better officials. The ref last night was really poor - but, again, he wasn’t to blame for us dropping points - we did that all on our own.

cumberworth571mo ago

No thanks! Shocking decision but no VAR is a breath of fresh air

chillout1mo ago

Exactly. If we had VAR, we would still be playing now - I’ve better things to do than hang around waiting to see if a striker’s spit meant he was offside!

freddie1mo ago

If it stops decisions like that being made then bring it! Awful, awful decision

chillout1mo ago

Taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut is rarely a good decision.

jordan.harris1mo ago

One of the worst decisions I have ever seen but keep VAR out of the Championship. That feeling of waiting for a goal to be chalked off for a reason no one in the stadium can understand is the worst in football now

chillout1mo ago

West Ham dropped points last night because they were uninspiring and back to their insipid worst. Sure the penalty was awful, but teams rarely lose out just because of VAR. As we see in the Prem, VAR relies on humans and mistakes aren’t eradicated there anyway. VAR ruins the flow of the game and kills all momentum. Scrap it everywhere. Get better officials.