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News24 - There's no excuse for poor VAR knowledge - even from Sky Sports pundits
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There should be no excuses about a lack of knowledge from players, managers and pundits on VAR. Every Premier League manager was invited into the VAR headquarters in Stockley Park this week and turned up for their briefing in two separate meetings of ten. Sky have also drummed it into their pundits to make sure they know all the VAR guidelines as it will be inexcusable and unforgivable not to be well prepared. Referees and officials have also done their pre-season visits to the clubs but perhaps the funniest thing came as captains were invited in to Stockley Park for their own briefing over the past few months. Towards the end of last season, Fulham’s Tom Cairney was one of the participants, a clip of a penalty incident involving him was shown and then everyone was asked what they thought the VAR outcome should be. With admirable honesty, Cairney confessed it was a dive and then Watford captain Troy Deeney playfully started giving him stick from the back of the room. It has been laughed off by the officials as players will seek to gain any advantage - but they might not get away with it under VAR. Anfield and Old Trafford are the only grounds without big screens to show VAR is being reviewed. The Premier League considered using electronic advertising hoardings as well while Manchester United are considering introducing a special VAR app for fans. Tottenham begin 'Y-word' consultation Tottenham have begun a public consultation with their fans over the use of the “Y word.” Club officials did discuss whether to change their stance as they moved into the new White Hart Lane stadium and effectively start with a new broom. But now they are asking fans for their views on a very complex issue. Tottenham have a very large Jewish supporter base but anti-semitic chanting and abuse is becoming an increasing problem, particularly in London football. While racism campaigns have generally received widespread coverage, anti-semitism gets ignored. The letter even says that fans adopted the “Y word” in the 1970s as a “defence mechanism.” The letter says: "The use of the Y-word has several key considerations – firstly whether or not its use now plays a role in deflecting or, indeed, attracting unjustifiable abuse; whether or not it contributes to a lack of clarity on what constitutes anti-Semitic behaviour by fans; and whether, even if unintentional, the offence it causes to some means it is no longer acceptable to use. “We recognise that there is a broad spectrum of debate across both Jewish and non-Jewish communities on what is a finely nuanced subject.” The Action Against Discrimination group has called for stronger action: “AAD is encouraged by Spurs raising the issue, but strongly believes that the Club is obviating its responsibility by not banning the use of the ‘Y-word’, ‘Yiddo’, ‘Yid army’ and ‘Being a Yid’ – all of which are chanted Spurs fans. Anti-semitism is racism.” Loads at stake for Lacazette There is a lot at stake for Alexan
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