Drama at West Ham.

[Manselton Jack]

Ok, again my question still stands though. How many actual instances?

I thought of a couple more. Bolton had a goal that went over the line in 1998 but it wasn't given and Everton stayed up as a result. Henry handball to put Ireland out of World Cup. After that I am struggling though.

So in 36 years watching football I can only think of two, maybe three clangers that cost teams something big. Was it really worth catching those for the VAR shambles we've got now? No way. Not for me.

Joe facking Jordan

 

[Cooperman]

Ok, again my question still stands though. How many actual instances?

I thought of a couple more. Bolton had a goal that went over the line in 1998 but it wasn't given and Everton stayed up as a result. Henry handball to put Ireland out of World Cup. After that I am struggling though.

So in 36 years watching football I can only think of two, maybe three clangers that cost teams something big. Was it really worth catching those for the VAR shambles we've got now? No way. Not for me.

I don’t know, I don’t keep count and I certainly don’t have the mental capacity to remember such things. Also, our respective definitions of ‘big game’ will differ as it’s subjective; I would argue that playing for a spot one place higher up the Premier League table is big as it’s worth a large sum of prize money. Some might not.

What we are agreed on is that aspects of VAR are a shambles. Perhaps where we are disagreeing is whether to bin it off completely, or to persevere under better guidelines and common sense rules.