{"id":1655,"date":"2019-11-04T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2019-11-04T12:08:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:08:02","slug":"lucky-liverpool-dont-make-me-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/lucky-liverpool-dont-make-me-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Liverpool? Don’t Make Me Laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you write about football, even when it’s a small blog like this one, you need to find things that people are interested in reading about. Match reviews don’t tend to bring in as many readers as are ideal, so you have to think a little more outside the box. I did briefly consider writing about the Video Assistant Referee this morning, given the manner in which it’s been the most talked about thing of the weekend. I don’t agree with the straw man argument that some have created that fans have stopped celebrating goals, for example, given that you can see the explosion of joy every time the ball hits the back of the net up and down the country. I wrote about the VAR<\/a> the other week, however, so I don’t want to go over the same territory. In short, I’m convinced that the PGMOL are trying to make it fail so that they can get rid of it, which is a massive shame as it has the ability to change football for the better.<\/p>\n

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There are teething problems with VAR elsewhere, but that\u2019s what they are – teething.<\/p>\n

In the Premier League though, those problems are amplified ten-fold because:<\/p>\n

A) Referees are just awful
\nB) The interpretation of rules and non-usage of the pitchside screen is hurting VAR<\/p>\n

\u2014 Reginaldo Rosario 🇵🇹 (@Regi1700) November 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n