Quote from: Wendigo on July 18, 2018, 08:45:42 AM

Quote from: tomahawk9 on July 17, 2018, 01:30:36 PM

Quote from: Globb0 on July 17, 2018, 07:50:30 AM

Maybe VAR refs should just tell the ref what to do and skip the bit where he runs off for 10 minutes to watch a tiny screen.

I don't think the problem with VAR is time, players didn't complain about time wasting because of the VAR. And we usually get those 10min in added time.

Quote from: Lucius on July 17, 2018, 12:27:01 PM

President of FIFA Infantino gave a very strange statement before final match which is a pretty angered some Croatian players and citizens. He say that Croatia is in final, but who could expect it?

LOL How is that a "strange" statement?? Let's be honest, before the WC even started, who expected to see Croatia in the WC final? no one, whoever says otherwise is a liar. What Infantino said was pretty much what the entire world was thinking before the match.

Man Croatia fans saw their team get lucky on multiple occasions and thought they would go on to win the World Cup lol. Talk about delusions of grandeur Grin

I even had some Croatia fan in my World Cup thread telling me that my predictions were shit and they were going to bet on Croatia in the final. Well I am not the one who lost money betting on the inferior team Roll Eyes

Yes there are better teams than Croatia that deserved to be in the final that's a fact. Sometimes people need to look objectively and not be so cocky...

Which teams?

If you look at statements from all the teams, Croatia was the only one that wasn't cocky.
English media etc. were all like 'What can this small country do, they only have 4 million people. Hum can't fit 2 teams in it' etc.
Croatia was always like, they're a good team, etc. about their opponents.

Croatia deserved to be there, and France was the one that was lucky.
If you look at the first half-time
61% of ball possession and 6-1 shots for Croatia
And that 1 French shot was from a penalty

Quote from: Globb0 on July 18, 2018, 10:40:28 AM

Quote from: emberbekas on July 18, 2018, 09:12:36 AM

Quote from: Globb0 on July 17, 2018, 07:50:30 AM

Maybe VAR refs should just tell the ref what to do and skip the bit where he runs off for 10 minutes to watch a tiny screen.

Such technology become part of the games and whether we like it or not, it is already applied. The one thing that make me feels unhappy with such new rules is due to the fact that a team can lose the momentum and make the games aren't so interesting anymore.

My issue was it still comes down to the refs decision. On a tiny screen.

In the VAR headquarters they had several expert ref's a debate. Huge screens multiple camera angles. Slow fast, stop start. etc.

Why not just let them say = no goal = Penalty = yellow card x player

Let the ref get on with the live job in hand.

This I agree with ^
The people in the VAR room need to decide what those plays are and just report back to the referee on the field
It's the 21st century, we invented earphones for fuks sake

Quote from: tomahawk9 on July 19, 2018, 11:56:33 AM

Quote from: Lucius on July 19, 2018, 10:10:49 AM

Quote from: Wendigo on July 18, 2018, 08:45:42 AM

Man Croatia fans saw their team get lucky on multiple occasions and thought they would go on to win the World Cup lol. Talk about delusions of grandeur Grin

I even had some Croatia fan in my World Cup thread telling me that my predictions were shit and they were going to bet on Croatia in the final. Well I am not the one who lost money betting on the inferior team Roll Eyes

Yes there are better teams than Croatia that deserved to be in the final that's a fact. Sometimes people need to look objectively and not be so cocky...

Which are the better teams you are talking about, Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, maybe England or Russia ? Croatia is fully deserved to play in final, and if FIFA have better referee for this final maybe France would not win. Your problem is to think Croatia is inferior team, so best player of World Cup Luka Modric is also inferior player, together with some of the currently best players from Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Juventus, Liverpool.

Really objective thinking, from the perspective of a French fan maybe...

You know what the good thing is? people will remember how Croatia gave the big surprise in this World Cup by reaching the finals since everyone saw them as the underdogs. No one's going to remember how, according to you, the ref helped France in the final, as only a minority of people (really, a handful of people) actually believe that France won the WC thanks to Pitana. Croatia will be remembered as the best underdog in the history of this competition.

2 goals for Pitan
2 for Croatia
2 for France