Agree completely we should have kept the game simple,just as you say. But once TV got its hands on the game it was never going to be simple again. I have said this elsewhere but VAR has only happened because TV was already doing off field introspection of decisions. Now it does off field inspection of VAR decisions.
The bottom line is some rules now are so vague they can only be thought contentious when ruled on ,no matter the system. Someone back in the thread says it needs ex players. I wouldn’t agree simply because the players want it all ways as long as it goes their way. Most changes we see have happened because of player,manager whinging .
Take Wilf, he can’t move unless someone grabs , pushes, kicks ,trips him, and all he gets is he goes down to easy , he buys it ,and so on. This is what the players want until it smacks them in the face.

The implementation is shocking. We were certainly fortunate on Saturday, but I've seen far worse VAR decisions which didn't hit the headlines.

Said it before and I will again... Scrap it for normal play and give each captain 1 review per game to be used on penalty/goal/red card incidents. Captain will keep the review if they correctly overturn the decision. 20 second limit to review from two angles - shouldn't need more time than that to spot a 'clear and obvious' error.

VAR was introduced to prevent phantom goal situations and clear errors which might realistically happen 5 times a season. Not interfering with every goal incident. Can't celebrate goals anymore. Hate it.

Retrospective bands for diving should also be reintroduced. Good idea, but never implemented properly.

Absolutely agree with everything there.

Tennis the most obvious comparison for me but not 3 'challenges' I'd say 1 'challenge' per half or even game.

If you get it right, keep it. If wrong, you lose it. Teams would then be far more selective about which decisions they'd want reviewed and ultimately be responsible for their own fate. Would draw attention away from referees for criticism too or expose them for how useless they are.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Amazing that the only league in the world that VAR does not work in is the Premier league!

Which is why I prefer the 'buffer' for offside It's one less complicated decision for them to make; any doubt, then it's the onfield decision.

Edited by CrazyBadger (05 Sep 2022 2.02pm)

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

The trouble with a 'buffer' is where does the buffer end? The offside rule in theory is very black and white - as is the line call in a tennis match. We just need to keep it simple - using the end of the foot is the obvious solution. It becomes a total nonsense when we start using shoulders/arms etc.

As per my previous comment, only refer to the offside VAR if the linesman's decision was challenged.