StiltonRef
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Surely this a perfect example of a tiring flustered referee who had basically lost the plot being entrusted with the final say in correctly referred VARse decisions. Who’s to say that all refs don’t really need this level of unfair pressure and these calls can be easily made upstairs without his/ her involvement. Works effortlessly in all other sports??
It doesn’t undermine a referee, it strengthens them surely as the players can’t influence VAR with histrionics!
It works in other sports either in discussion with the onfield ref (rugby) or in matters of fact (cricket). With subjective decisions, such as the penalty incident, or interfering with play you will have two standards to uphold.
Next season in the EPL the referee on the pitch will no longer be in control of the game because they may see an incident and decide it is trivial, so plays on, but the VAR official has a different tolerance level and decides that it should be called. Because there aren't going to be monitors the VAR official's decision is final. With a pitchside monitor the referee makes the final decision, so all subjective decisions are made by the same person.