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And here is the problem If the rules state that shirt pulling = foul, then clearly the rules are not being followed by the book. If refs started giving fouls for every shirt pull or tug the game would be a farce. So fans would rather only 'serious' shirt pulls were penalised. But then there's...

Here's one (presumably not the one, as this is more shirt lifting that pulling- actually probably is as it's the last 'action' shot on Reuters) Dan Burn is going to be getting this kind of thing all season.

And therefore the resulting total inability of the ref to make (basic) decisions confidently and correctly, i.e first Ashes test.

Might be sensible for the FA to release VAR reports after each game listing every decision that was considered for review, reviewed, and the thinking behind each decision based on the rules. Was it even reviewed? Needs to be more transparency for everyone to get behind it.