onthebrink
Well-Known Member
Is it absurd that people are criticising VAR because of its misuse in the PL when it's now well-known that the PL have instructed referees to all but ignore the requirements as stated and avoid using the tool as intended? You bet!
I'm not sure if you mean the criticism is absurd or the criticism of VAR as a process is absurd.
The fact it isn't currently working in the PL doesn't mean that VAR itself is terrible or that it should be scrapped.
But it's certainly worth criticising the way it has been implemented in the PL because it has been a long way short of expectations - they are making mistakes pretty much every week with it and showing no signs of improvement. If an on-field referee misses a clear penalty or a clear red card next weekend you can be pretty sure VAR isn't going to intervene!
I'm actually wondering if we could go the whole season without VAR changing any penalty/red card decisions, or at least it only being in single figures.