VAR: Postecoglou says managers ‘not the arbiters’ of selections to ‘reward’ targets
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou wish to banish the video assistant referee system “in its present type”.
Spurs benefited from VAR officers failing to overturn a wrongly flagged offside determination when Luis Diaz scored for Liverpool with their match at 0-0.
Postecoglou’s facet received final Saturday’s sport 2-1 after an injury-time personal aim.
Asked whether or not he would do away with VAR, the Spurs supervisor mentioned: “I might, in its present type. I simply do not suppose that expertise’s prepared for our sport.”
Referees’ physique PGMOL launched the audio of discussions between the match officers round Diaz’s disallowed aim.
Video assistant referee Darren England mentioned the examine was “excellent”, earlier than swearing when he realised a mistake had been made.
From this weekend, PGMOL mentioned VARs will verify the result of any selections with their assistant VARs earlier than notifying the on-field officers to forestall a repeat mistake.
“I’ve bought completely zero towards goalline expertise, that is a no brainer as a result of that is fairly important, nevertheless it works for our sport,” added Postecoglou.
“I simply suppose our sport is exclusive and I do know individuals say, ‘nicely, let’s get referees explaining their selections’. Oh my God. Seriously? Could you think about sitting there listening to a referee clarify each determination on the sport.”
Postecoglou drew a comparability between refereeing in soccer and the way NFL officers talk, and the way lengthy that may take.
“I’m going to the gridiron on Sunday, I like it, I really like American soccer,” he mentioned. “It’s three and a half hours mate. Do you need to sit via three and a half hours of listening?
“I simply suppose with VAR in the mean time, we expect it’ll get rid of [errors] and the extra we use it, I feel the more severe it’ll get.
“It was there for the clear and apparent error. It looks like all the things now. Yellow playing cards, fouls, corners, all the things’s getting scrutinised. It’s not our sport.
“We’re not rugby, we do not have these stoppages. What I all the time cherished about England was the frenetic tempo of soccer.
“Why are we making an attempt to take that out? Now, I feel a part of the consequence of final week was that none of us appreciated it after they had been taking so lengthy to decide and it appeared like final week they had been speeding into a choice.
“That suggests to me that I do not suppose the expertise in its present type is appropriate to our sport, however I do know I will probably be in a minority with that and my function inside that’s to simply accept that no matter my emotions are on it, in the end, there’s nonetheless going to be an arbitrator of selections.”
What does Postecoglou consider a replay towards Liverpool?
BBC Sport understands there isn’t any prospect of the Premier League contemplating a replay.
“I feel Jurgen’s mentioned that and perhaps that was taken somewhat bit out of context,” mentioned Postecoglou.
“My view is while you’re speaking a couple of replay, there’s bought to be some form of threshold and I do not suppose a mistake is a threshold for that.
“It was a singular mistake, individuals have used an unprecedented mistake and I agree with that, nevertheless it was nonetheless a mistake.
“So, in case your threshold for replays is errors by people, that is 365 video games a yr, I reckon.”
