Quote Originally Posted by outwoodclaret View Post
I agree. The problem is not referees but VAR itself. I’ve made this point on other forums and the comeback is “it’s not the fault of VAR but just the VAR operators”. Somehow the delusion remains that if they can only fix the people using VAR all will be well. I don’t think so. If VAR worked it would surely have indicated Jota dived. But it didn’t.
The problem is referees, the clue is in the name, Video Assistant REFEREE. One ref is on the field, the other in a studio looking at on screen replays, the whole set up is run by Howard Webb, an ex referee. Nothing wrong with VAR itself, it works well enough in other sports, it's the clowns operating the system in football that are the problem, and they are referees.