Sorry RR can't agree, there has to be a time that we need to stop defending the indefensible. Top officials are looking incompetent on and off the pitch, too wrapped up in invisible guidelines and protocols even they don't know what is "clear and obvious" anymore. As system that was introduced to help irradicate obvious errors and inconsistency has resulted in far more inconsistency and controversy than ever. on and off the pitch We go into games every week not having a clue what will happen if and when VAR get involved -: Identical fouls not given - one reviewed as clear and obvious, one not. Likewise hand ball decisions etc
Referees on the pitch need to be brave regardless of which teams are playing and where, likewise VAR. The VAR has to have the confidence and backing to tell the likes of Anthony Taylor or Michael Oliver they got a decision blatantly wrong otherwise it will never work. Any element of hero worship by a junior VAR official towards a senior referee on the pitch or not wanting to be seen to throw your colleague under a bus and the system fails. There's no easy fix, maybe an independent body with dedicated VAR officials who don't know the onfield officials for example, but VAR in the Premier League particularly has always been and remains a complete mess of their own making!