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You might not be interested but it's clearly going to affect the length of the process. If it's taking the technicians a long time to find the best angle and provide that to the VAR then the official can't make the decision any quicker. It seems something people should be interested in because...

Of course we also don't know exactly how quickly the technical operation works and how quickly they see the replays. I think it's fair to assume there must have been some reason for the delay. Craig Pawson wasn't just sitting there twiddling his thumbs for an extra 30 seconds or whatever for the...

I think we have to be careful about criticising VAR for taking 'too' long. I'm not sure we can sit here one week and say 'Why didn't they look at that?' and then sit here a week later saying 'Why did they look at that for so long?' There were a few different aspects in terms of did it hit the...

Why did it say VAR was checking for a possible red card for the Rudiger challenge? Surely it would have been a penalty first and foremost. I think it said 'Checking penalty' rather than 'Checking red card' for Chelsea's second goal.

How is VAR factored into this? I would presume those officials saw the incident even if the on-field officials didn't. Would this prevent retrospective action being taken?

I also thought Coote was a bit hasty with the first yellow cards. I think a large number of SG1 referees would have had a word at that point and you perhaps saw Coote's inexperience in going straight for a yellow. No debate about the second YC of course.

Yes, but the ball even more clearly went in with the Lampard goal in 2010 World Cup or Pedro Mendes at Old Trafford and they weren't replayed. If the goal hadn't been given because, for instance, they thought you couldn't score direct from a direct free kick you could say that was an error in...

That was an error in interpreting the laws though, rather than just missing something. The LOTG make clear games shouldn't be replayed in a situation such as this. " In principle, a match is not invalidated because of: malfunction(s) of the VAR technology (as for goal line technology (GLT))...

I think you are being a bit harsh. Whilst I do think the officials should have been more proactive in investigating, I think it was a balanced post to say that if you've spent 7 years officiating with GLT and have believed it to have been correct in over 9000 games then your instinct is going...

If you're giving a foul it's DOGSO with no attempt to play the ball in my view. I think it was a foul so red card for me.

I get what you're saying but I think some human sensibility has to be applied. I think it would be more acceptable if it was last season pre-VAR and they couldn't monitor replays. At the very least, I think the officials should have been more proactive in following it up. I think Tierney...

They should be in serious trouble anyway! It seems they've missed a goal even though they're allowed to look at replays.

I don't think it would have made any difference here because it seems neither the referee or any of the players had an idea that it was a penalty. The VAR was the most likely person to spot it but obviously any system relies on someone spotting it, either live or on a replay. There's no way of...

The use of VAR to penalise this at the WWC wasn't well received. I've no idea in theory with the PL saying they'll leave it to the on-field officials to penalise. The problem is that no on-field officials have penalised it! (and I bet they haven't been penalised for missing it.) It should be...

I was expecting the goal to be disallowed when I first saw it. I'm not sure De Gea would have saved it anyway and the technicalities of the law can be debated either way but I think when a player is clearly offside in the six yard box, between the posts and right in front of the goalkeeper then...

Considering the things goalkeepers are often allowed to get away with, I don't especially have any wish to see goals like this disallowed and I don't think most people would expect it to do so.

A red card for DOGSO would not stand but a red card for VC/SFP would.

Plenty of confusion around this! As long as the whistle doesn't go, I believe VAR can intervene. We saw with the Sheffield United V Newcastle situation earlier in the season where an offside was incorrectly given, play continued and the goal was allowed. There was also the Spurs V Chelsea...

I wonder if Anthony Taylor has been the referee who's had to change subjective decisions the most with VAR? (I won't count offsides because that's not related to the referee.) I can think of at least 6 decisions he's changed through VAR. I appreciate he's probably had more games than many but a...

Probably! Aguero being suspended once vaguely springs to mind? I do think there's an argument that with the introduction of VAR red cards should be able to be given retrospectively where relevant. Maguire will now avoid suspension even though most think it was a clear red. The re-refereeing the...