Indeed.
It was so clearly NOT just going to be used to correct the "clear and obvious" errors. I, and many others, said that once it was introduced it would be the thin edge of a stonking great wedge, and so it has proved. Its micro-managing so, so many calls. The onfield refs are now totally...
Yup.
All we've done is swap the on-field controversy over iffy decisions, to a load of off-field studio driven iffy (or downright WRONG) decisions, with the caveat that there really is no excuse for the decisions coming out of Shockly Park, when they have the opportunity to review from...
You do not speak for me.
Never wanted it. My worst fears have been realised, in fact its become even worse than I ever envisaged, the way it has been implemented is an absolute clusterf*ck (and thats not just based on this latest debacle). I'd bin it tomorrow.
I find watching games that do NOT...
So the VAR actually made the right call to allow the goal, as Diaz was clearly onside. But then crucially all he communicated to the ref was "check over", having not realised that the lino had (wrongly) flagged for offside. So the ref just went along with "check over" as reinforcing the onfield...