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Well hang on, lets get this right - the actual delay you refer to didn't happen until a full 1min 50 seconds had elapsed after we'd "scored". Nothing up on the screens. No finger in the ear. Ryan had made a 100 yard charge to join in the celebrations, and was now back on his goal-line. The...

Well sorry if I keep going on about it, but that IS the reason why Trossards "goal" was binned off. It just further highlights the ridiculous forensic levels VAR is going to in order to find a reason to disallow a goal. They are constantly striving to make black-and-white micro-decisions in...

Did you know what was going on 1min 50 seconds after our "goal" v West Ham was being looked at again - just as the teams were about to kick off ? Because I didn't have a scooby. It had not even occurred to me that Burns left knee was offside when the initial free kick had been taken. Still, it...

Perceived as not enough of a "clear and obvious error" for the VAR to overturn the refs initial decision. All we've actually done is swap one subjective decision for another one, but at the same time shoe-horned in a whole new raft of rules, regulations and delays in order to accommodate it...

Indeed. And don't even get me started on that nonsense where they wait till the player runs 50 yards chasing after the ball, touches it, and THEN gets flagged for offside. I know I'm getting grumpier as I get old, but FFS. So much about football really pisses me off now. Are they doing it...

They're being told to keep the flag down if they're UNSURE - implying that they should always flag the clear and obvious ones, but not the marginal ones which they are unsure about. Its just a mess though really, isn't it.

Well, thats where we are now. In the general chaos at the time, I assumed it had been binned off for a foul on their keeper, being as you only have to give them a dirty look for it to be a free kick. Given that they don't have to flag for offside now, they never signal for a penalty to be...

Lino's are now being instructed to keep their flag down if they're not sure on an offside call - keep it down, let play go on, let VAR sort it out. So this will only become more and more commonplace, because its given them a handy safety net. The same has happened with umpires in cricket judging...

Actually, I retract that. VAR did not "save us" on that Murray handball claim, because the on-field ref didn't give the pen. VAR checked it, and stayed with the on-field refs decision. Another VAR would easily have given that IMO, but we got lucky. I guess because as far as is possible, they are...

Well, depends on your opinion of seamless. We all had to hold our breath on the Murray handball, a goal celebration was put on hold while the Big Screen checked if it was ok or not, and the game was further held up for a red card review that nobody around me knew what for. Ultimately the...

It was used 3 times at Watford. Once on a penalty ruling after the ball struck Murrays hand from a free kick (we just about got away with that one - the only time VAR has saved us), there was a delay while they checked to see if our 3rd goal was offside, then another pause when Deeney and (I...