I Don’t See How VAR Has Benefitted The Game – Ange Postecoglou

Tottenham manager, Ange Postecoglou has come out to blast VAR after the defeat vs Chelsea. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he does not understand why VAR keeps intervening when it is not a clear and obvious error, and he wonders what the point of a physical referee is if everyone has to wait a long time for a decision nowadays.

Postecoglou added that he has never liked the technology, and he does not see how it has benefitted the game.

His words, “But see that’s the problem, whether I think it’s a foul or not, what does it matter? What matters is, VAR was called in for clear and obvious errors.

I’ve said this a few times already. We all sat on our couches last night and watched an incident where I reckon if I did a straw poll and asked: ‘After the first replay what did you think?’ How long did it take tonight? Six minutes. For a clear and obvious error.

Who cares if it was a foul or not? There were so many incidents out there. What does it matter? What’s the point of having a referee then? Clear and obvious means you go to the screen, standing around for six minutes. Not me, because I’m very vocal about it, we all accept it. It’s going to be refereed by AI soon. Like I said, we might as well dispense with the players at some point when some genius comes up with a game with no participants at some point. Referees aren’t refereeing.

If anyone believes when VAR was brought in we would be sitting around for six minutes with a microscope. It’s irrelevant if it’s a foul. It’s totally irrelevant. Then they will say they came there with a decision. But that’s irrelevant. Jarrod Gillet was on VAR tonight but maybe if he had been on VAR last night maybe he would have come to a different outcome. I don’t like it, mate, I’ve never liked it, I don’t see how it’s benefitted our game.”

WOW.