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I guess the writers of the laws of association football should have added “with the human eye”, but guess they couldn’t see into the future.

Not often I disagree with you, a fellow man of Kent, but on this occasion I think you are wide of the mark. Whatever the ins and outs of VAR it is undeniable it has taken away the spontaneous outpourings at a goal. I've always taken a cursory glance at the linesman and checked the ref before...

God I'm old, I remember that!!!!

Sorry OP quotes head, feet and body, no mention of arms as you can't score with those...

The exact opposite could be said of the centre back. I have played that position up to county level and know, even at that level, the skill required to push up on a striker to get them offside. With the way VAR is looking at things that skill is being diminished and centre backs have more doubt...

So if the linesman doesn't flag it gets looked at to see if he's wrong, if he does flag it gets looked at to see if he's wrong! Isn't that exactly what is happening with VAR except the linesman isn't flagging and letting VAR make the decision instead.

I know you’re being facetious but armpits aren’t included, nor are arms, only parts of the body you can score with.

Sorry, do you really think in the modern professional game someone would goal hang? Might have happened in the era of Dennis Law and Jimmy Greaves, but so much more is expected of a modern forward then standing in the 6 yard box and toe poking in a goal mouth scramble.

Not so simples, in the second part of your example you appear to be asking for the flag to go up when someone is onside, or you’ve badly worded it, or I’ve misread what you’re saying.... so no, not simples!

I’m all for that. Like a lot of the laws of the game they were brought in for that time. Laws have been changed over the years, like the back pass to the keeper, keeper 4 steps and ball in the quadrant for corners, admittedly those changes were all made to appease cheats, so why not do away with...

Or go back to the referees assistant, unless a “clear and obvious error” is made... not analyse every goal to see if it can be disallowed!