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I think the decision not to have a pitch-side monitor was reached with the best intentions - to minimise the interruption from VAR. I'm all for that as the time it's taking in some leagues and European football is ridiculous. But we just haven't got enough good refs for it to work, it seems.

Totally with Keith Hackett on this one. Lindelof went right through the player to get the ball. A modern day, text book red card. On Twitter he's been making the point that because we're not giving the ref a pitch-side monitor here, you've got far less experienced officials over-ruling some of...

I think they have been doing that in the Champions League and it doesn't cause too many problems. But it gets the fans howling every time about the 'late flag'.

With VAR, why does the Assistant even need to bother with offside? When it’s in place, they can’t flag anyway until the ball is pretty much in the net, just in case they’re wrong. As all offsides can be checked within seconds and far more accurately, perhaps play should just continue and the...