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When VAR came in it was like ‘Ooh look, a shiny new toy. Now we can check everything and no-one can say we have made a mistake.” Clear and obvious keeps getting mentioned but it really isn’t the bar set is it. I posted before about Pervis’ goal against Palace and couldn’t remember the lino...

I really can’t understand why all goals are examined by VAR automatically. Why? It is only needed if a goal is disallowed for offside. If the goal is not called off-side, like Pervis’s, why does it have to be examined? What is the point? Football is already the lowest scoring sport in the world...

Why this persistent search for a reason to disallow a goal? When Pervis scored everyone thought it was a wonderful goal. The lino never signalled and we all celebrated. What was served by wasting several minutes scrutinising the footage and then drawing a line in the wrong place? If it emerges...

Did the linesman signal offside? I honestly can’t remember. If he didn’t raise his flag however late in the day why do they have to search for a reason to write off goals?