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And you can guarantee that if a manager still has a challenge in hand and they concede a last minute goal, then he'll use it to try and get it chalked off for something. Anything.

See I think its the thin end of the wedge. In principal I like the idea that its only supposed to be used for 4 things (goals, red cards, penalties and cases of mistaken identity). So in theory its only being brought in to help with the BIG decisions, and not the multitude of little fouls and...

I'm not 100% sure tbh. Regardless of whether its off the back of a goal review, I'd assume that the ref can be alerted to a potential red card offence that he's missed, and go and have a look on the monitor to make a decision on it. Or if he's blown up for a foul, but isn't sure whether its a...

My understanding of it is that in the event of a goal, red card or penalty, the VAR can draw the on-field ref's attention to something he missed. This happened the other week in the Coppa Italia game between Juventus and Torino. Juve scored a goal and celebrated accordingly. But then the ref...

Players cannot demand reviews. If they "forcibly" demand it then they can be booked. And if a manager leaves his technical area to look at the pitchside review monitor while the referee is reviewing a decision, he can be sent to the stands.

With VAR, you're just swapping one controversy for another. Its all well and good saying it'll help clear up glaring errors, and in some instances it will. But you're also opening the door on a whole RAFT of other borderline calls, where VAR will be of little or no help whatsoever. You're still...