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Several football figures, including Ange Postecoglou, Brendan Rodgers, Jamie O'Hara, and Ray Parlour, have expressed frustration with the impact of VAR on football matches. They believe that VAR is undermining the authority of referees, reducing football to a stop/start game, and lowering the respect shown towards referees. The discussions were prompted by controversial VAR decisions in matches involving Tottenham, Celtic, and Manchester United, leading to widespread criticism of VAR's influence on the game.
“Ange is right.. I was scared of the ref!” 👀 “They were the main one on the pitch you had to really respect. It’s gone out of the window.” Ray Parlour argues why VAR is lowering the respect shown towards refs in football. 📺 https://t.co/7eGC5IAKQN
🎙️⚽️ The Game The team discuss this week’s football news, and VAR is top of the agenda. Martin Samuel 🗣️ “There’s got to be more common sense… they’ve turned football into a stop/start game and it never was” Listen here: https://t.co/JIZ067zUbx https://t.co/H8nf0a38Ho
‘Football is never meant to be like this’: Ten Hag angered by VAR decisions https://t.co/XycGkaPHty
❌ “I don’t think it’s a red card.” 🚫 “There’s no malice. He doesn’t mean to go over the ball to hurt him.” 📺 “The game is gone. VAR is ruining football.” Jamie O’Hara was baffled by Marcus Rashford’s red card in #FCKMUN 🤯 https://t.co/2CCnC2emzi
🗣️ "The referee was correct in his decision on the field but he gets influenced." Brendan Rodgers argued that VAR is reducing football to "a computer game" after Daizen Maeda’s red card in Celtic's 6-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid https://t.co/HRgMHKPieF
"You can't tell me referees are in control of games now, they're not" 😳 Ange Postecoglou shares his feelings about VAR after Tottenham's 4-1 defeat to Chelsea 👇 https://t.co/ZHBQxF2mWE
🗣️ "You can’t tell me they’re in control." 🔽 Ange Postecoglou said that VAR is undermining the authority of referees after nine-man Tottenham Hotspur were thrashed by Chelsea in another match dominated by lengthy reviews https://t.co/uaoQHOrNsA
😡 “These refs need to fix up.” 👀 “Tottenham got robbed, 100%.” This Spurs fan believes VAR is to blame for their loss to Chelsea ⚪️ https://t.co/kBENzPN4vG