Author: Dermot Gallagher
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Ask The Ref : VAR – The Decisions That Caused Debate
From the outset it was always known that decisions judged by the VAR wouldn’t bring universal agreement – it was never there to bring utopia but as a tool to supplement referee’s onfield decisions that would right a clear and obvious error involving a match changing decision. Since August I’ve seen numerous cases of the […]
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Ask The Ref : VAR – How Has It Evolved?
Has the system evolved since it was launched in the Premier League at Anfield last August for the season’s opener v Norwich. In my view without a doubt – the operatives are more experienced and see incidents and dovetail with the match officials quicker. There will always be more complex decisions which will entail […]
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Ask The Ref – VAR – What is it? Who operates it and what does it entail?
With most sports being cancelled for the next few weeks due to the Covid 19 outbreak and therefore with no games to concentrate on, we have decided to take a closer look behind the scenes of VAR, to fully understand it. VAR – the Video Assistant Referee A system to aid refereeing decisions the Premier […]
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Ask The Ref – Dermot Gallagher Gives His Views Of The Weekend VAR Decisions
Grosvenor Sport have teamed up with ex Premier league referee and Sky Sports commentator Dermot Gallagher to give weekly insights into VAR decisions from the previous weekend of fixtures. Weekend Games 7th and 8th March 2020. Liverpool v Bournemouth Final Score 2-1 At 9 minutes into the game at Anfield Liverpool, Bournemouth player Callum Wilson […]