I hope we never reach Prem

This is a very sensible option in my opinion.

 

GPS isn't nearly accurate enough for this.

https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/

 

You would set the stadium up with its own system, not the ones in space.

Local Positioning System. LPS

 

I don't think it's actually called what I'm thinking of but there is something that already exists which is extremely accurate, I think it's more that they create a virtual playing field on a computer and then players wear sensors that can tell them where on that field they are. There has been talk of using a similar system in formula one to know instantly if a car strays just one millimetre off the track and automatically slow that car down which is a safe way of applying an instant penalty for exceeding track limits.

The benefits of using this system are that they know pretty much instantly whether the sensor a player wears was forward of the defender or not. The only human interference needed is stopping the simulation at the moment the ball is kicked which is the easy part.

It can actually be taken further with a sensor in the ball too to tell you instantly if a goal has been scored (so replaces Hawkeye which doesn't work if the ball is for example under the keepers body). Alert the linesman instantly if the ball goes out for a throw-in or corner allowing the officials to concentrate more on watching the players instead of focusing on whether the ball rolls an inch over the line or not and tell everyone in the stadium exactly where it went out to make sure teams don't steal 10 yards at throw-ins. Tell the ref if the ball isn't inside the arc for corners and even make sure all players are 10 yards from a free kick

On the one hand I can see the drawbacks in it sending more sterile but on the other I see the benefits in that it's pretty much instant so removes the stupid var problems we have now and that it takes a lot of pressure off the refs and especially linesmen by allowing them to watch the players for fouls etc rather than having to try to watch two things at once.

 

Give the VAR panel a timer. If they cant reach a decision in 25 seconds the original decision stands! VAR is not the problem it is the idiocy of retrospectively interpreting marginal (offside by inches) decisions. What happened to the 'clear air' rule?

 

I really don’t think you should be termed as offside if your hand/arm/elbow is in front of the last defender. You can’t touch the ball with your arm so it’s irrelevant if it’s ahead of a defender’s toe.
Also, whatever happened to the ‘daylight rule’?
That was designed to both open the game up and make offside decisions more clear cut but it just seemed to get swept under the carpet.

 

The daylight rule wouldn't make it any clearer though because they'd just use the exact same process looking for one pixel of daylight. The problem with offside is it is a yes or no binary decision which has to be applied as such whether it upsets people or not. As soon as you start saying "not much of him is offside" then you will get another team saying "this isn't much offside either it should stand"

They need to decide on a fixed point on the body and say that this is the part that needs to be inside. The options for me are either the waist which is the core of the body or any point of the body which is in contact with the floor

 

I completely agree.
Common sense is needed.
A goal should not be disallowed because an attackers thumb was marginally in front of a defender’s heel.

 

Ive been saying that for years but everybody seems to think Harry kane and co. will stand leaning on the goalpost for 90 mins.What a load of crap. Over the years iv asked loads of people why it was brought in in the first place but nobody seems to have the reason. I personally think it would open up the game more and produce more goals. And as for var,all we heard was it was going to stop these massive unjust decisions that were costing peoples livelyhoods eg.relegation etc.Tell Norwich and Palace that yesterday and the loads more clangers since its been in.But the overwhelming point its ruining the elation,emotion and total ecstacy of the main thing for the paying fans which is scoring a goal.