I think when VAR didn’t exist accepting that decisions may be made that weren’t on review the right ones were part and parcel of the game and it was fine because let’s face it in the split second they have to make a decision it is easy to do.
the problem is now we almost want all the decisions to be correct which is next to impossible because
(a) some rules are judgment calls
(b) you cannot cover everything (the Fulham goal for example was an overreach)
for offsides and goal line stuff it is great where (for the most part I know that the Newcastle goal was contentious and quite how the Liverpool goal was disallowed) it is a yes or no answer it is fine. But for others….
and it does overall change the game - how many goals so far have been scored in injury time which isn’t injury time but VAR time! Pre VAR I don’t remember injury time over 5 minutes now we complain when it doesn’t. And frankly unless there is an injury or VAR decision it shouldn’t be
all VAR is is another person able to see an incident from a number of angles it is still a human and it is still going to lack consistency.
and all fans do is focus on what doesn’t go there way and it actually evens itself out - from memory on a previous thread very little actually changed in terms of positions with it
having VAR is only going to reduce errors not eradicate
also let’s be honest no referee is going to be biased when they know every decision they make it poured over and dissected over because @MrsMitford3 I agree with you apart from the fact that fans do speak out about decisions
look given the fact that Spurs v Liverpool wasn’t replayed means that nothing can ever be and we just need to accept that. Because no matter who you support miscommunication there meant a goal was given and no error can ever trump that