Glenda's Legs
Paul Walsh
Or why VAR didn’t, European qualification could come down to GD. I’m pretty sure they just felt sorry for Brighton, game virtually over and they were never getting back in to it, didn’t want to rub salt in the wound. Could cost us CL qualification though!
I think the VAR should be obliged to give an official explanation for a decision. I can understand why we don’t ask that of the on pitch ref but VAR is set up to be the official review and therefore if the VAR makes a definitive call (rather than sending the ref to the screen) then that call should be explainable and transparent. VAR here is still in its infancy and needs buy in from the fan base and the way to get that is through transparency. There are lots of things that VAR gets right that we don’t hear much about (because no controversy) but the powers that be need to be able to stand behind the more seemingly controversial decisions and that comes through communication.