VAR

[wassy04]

I will take the wrong decisions because they even out over the season.

VAR was introduced mainly because of moaning managers who found it easy to blame the referee rather than their teams inadequate performance. Now they have simply shifted that blame to VAR itself. Alter the way it’s implemented and they will find something else they don’t like about it, anything to deflect blame from themselves.

I maintain football is unique as a spectator event and is nothing like rugby tennis or cricket which all have more frequent point scoring and natural breaks in play. When you destroy goal celebrations you destroy the game.

Ignoring how terribly it has been run by PGMOL, the original debate still stands, would you prefer matches, cup games, titles etc decided based on shocking decisions, eg Maradona handball, Lampard goal, Henry handball etc. I remember for me the one that pushed me into wanting VAR was that handball goal Leeds got against us years ago, if you can remember that.

So it's really do you prefer the risk of that or being able to celebrate safely, without a surprise or random intervention. I go back and forth, I was definitely pro VAR before, obviously less keen now. I watched that Newcastle v Villa FA Cup tie where they had no VAR and there were two dreadful decisions (luckily Newcastle won anyway). That was a hard watch though. Tough call.