{"id":300121,"date":"2023-12-15T21:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300121"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:46:22","slug":"fans-left-in-amazement-at-genius-fergie-predicting-var-back-in-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/fans-left-in-amazement-at-genius-fergie-predicting-var-back-in-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans left in amazement at &apos;genius&apos; Fergie predicting VAR back in 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Football fans are left in amazement at &#8216;genius&#8217; Sir Alex Ferguson for predicting (and FIXING) VAR back in 2005<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A video of Sir Alex Ferguson talkingat Old Trafford in 2005 has resurfaced\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fans have been left amazed at his foresight for how to fix VAR way back then<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CHRIS SUTTON: I feel sorry for Rasmus Hojlund, Man U wingers are out for themselves &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 2005 interview from Sir Alex Ferguson has gone viral, with football fans hailing him for &#8216;opinions ageing like a fine wine&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary former Manchester United manager was speaking in the tunnel at Old Trafford about how technology could influence decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, speaking after a 0-0 draw against Tottenham, was asked about the contentious decision to rule out a late winner for Spurs when Roy Carroll infamously spilled a shot from Pedro Mendes over his own goal-line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having surfaced again on social media, Ferguson appears to accurately predict how video assistant referees would slow the game down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My contention about  in the past has been that it would take too long,&#8217; Ferguson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78966963-12864843-image-m-63_1702571146067.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78966965-12864843-image-a-64_1702571151794.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>A 2005 interview with Sir Alex Ferguson has gone viral for its predictions about VAR<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a winter game. People in the terraces are sitting and waiting for something to happen, and waiting for the referee to go way across the touch line, make a decision, look at it. It could take a couple of minutes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;The Bologna coach [Carlo Mazzone] made a good point. If you can&#8217;t make a decision in 30 seconds, the game carries on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were in awe of Ferguson&#8217;s foresight almost 20 years ago, hailing him across social media platform X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote: &#8216;Almost 20 years ago! Spot on!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78967081-12864843-image-a-65_1702571193001.jpg\" height=\"366\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>VAR is in use in the Premier League and is constantly in the spotlight for decisions it takes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78967007-12864843-image-a-66_1702571213590.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78967005-12864843-image-a-67_1702571216333.jpg\" height=\"107\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78967001-12864843-image-a-68_1702571224817.jpg\" height=\"114\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/16\/78967009-12864843-image-a-69_1702571228965.jpg\" height=\"108\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans were left in amazement at Ferguson&#8217;s foresight in the interview going back to 2005<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;Wow he really was ahead of the time.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Genius. His opinions age like a fine wine,&#8217; a third said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Always ahead of the game what a genius,&#8217; a fourth fan wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>VAR has inevitably slowed matches down and so Ferguson has been proven correct all these years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ball is in play less than before and VAR decisions are continually proving contentious with every passing week in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12864843\/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-predicting-fixing-VAR-2005-Man-United.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football fans are left in amazement at &#8216;genius&#8217; Sir Alex Ferguson for predicting (and FIXING) VAR back in 2005 A video of Sir Alex Ferguson talkingat Old Trafford in 2005 has resurfaced\u00a0 Fans have been left amazed at his foresight for how to fix VAR way back then CHRIS SUTTON: I feel sorry for Rasmus&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fans left in amazement at &amp;apos;genius&amp;apos; 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