Would not commit yourself too early chaddy what about if the below came about. I think VAR could work if you had 10 Cameras feeding 10 review screens and be set up like this REVIEW COACH** MONITOR MONITOR MONITOR MONITOR * MONITOR * MONITIOR MONITOR*** MONITOR MONITOR MONITOR *these two monitors for show as they are not real monitors for these positions ** Review coach sounds more foreign and sexy than review manager, of course he would report to the Director of Reviews *** This monitor could play a number 10 roll and be pushed up a bit more If we had to replace any of the monitors I would like to see us bring in Eizo (if money was no object) Asus, HP, Ben Q , Acer, Dell etc (got a list of other monitor signings I would like to sign , pm me if interested). Been watching monitors for 40 + years so quite an expert

I agree with all that you've said and much preferred the game as it was played in England 10 or 15 years ago. The authorities need to get to grips with the laws of the game first and foremost. What's a foul? What's handball? For me for the former it's not just about 'contact' and the latter it's deliberately trying to gain an advantage. Many offences penalised these days don't fall into either category in my view.

I was a supporter of VAR but having seen the way that it has been used in Serie A and it's implementation in the cup competitions in it's current state it is not fit for purpose. The parameters of it's use are way to broad and in football a lot of decisions are "judgment calls" which technology cannot help with. Someone said to me well cricket things like LBW's are judgement calls, yes they are but in cricket the ball tracking technology can be used to determine whether the umpires judgement was correct or not but in football the decisions for fouls/penalties there isn't the technology to help with those decision other than TV pictures of the incident from different angels but ultimately it is still the VAR ref using his judgement rather than with cricket were ball tracking technology gives a definitive answer. VAR has a future but it needs to be re-assessed and the parameters of what it can be used for need to be tightened up. The technology also needs to improve, for example it was farcical that there was so much confusion about the offside decision which was essentially a line call which the technology should have been able to clear up quickly but instead it caused more confusion. They also need to ensure that there is transparency so we should all be able to hear the conversations between the officials and VAR.

Only offsides where goals are scored are reviewed by VAR but I have spoken to a close friend in the refereeing world and asked him about the following scenario. A forward is marginally offside but the Assistant Referee doesn't flag and the forward is then denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity by the goalkeeper who fouls him outside the penalty area. My friend said it could not be reviewed by VAR and the goalkeeper would be sent off. I said surely that can't be fair as a team would be down to ten men erroneously and that should be viewed as an critical error and as such reviewed. He said at the moment that is how it is and there are, as yet no plans to look at anything else. At the moment there are lots of potential situations which haven't been covered and are full of ambiguity.

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I was watching a stream in English but some foreign channel so fortunately not exposed to MOTD pundit opinion. My view was no Rochdale challenge made and if any contact caused by Ali. I have to say his body flick was good as he fell as if he'd had a leg chopped off. It is baffling to me why 'cause' is ignored when any faint contact with a (superstar) player is made in the pen area. The 'caused' Spuds pen v Liverpool anorher example. A completely different set of rules now applies for in and outside of the pen area. Anyway justice was served and Spuds have a replay they didn't want and Rochdale will get a nice payoff so I'm very happy for Dale. VAR is going to be used more and more and they will get the tech right so that those inside the stadium know what's going on. I can see VAR being extended to other facets of the game too. The problem for spectators is matches much longer than 90 minutes, but great for the TV companies who now 'own' English football. BTW and for the record I personally do not favour VAR and it will change the game and not in a good way, but then again I favour sliding tackles winning the ball and committed play and stuff like that.

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