Are you ready for the full gamut of opinions on VAR over the next few weeks? Because you’re going to get it whether you like it or not.
Premier League clubs will already be discussing the use of technology between themselves ahead of prompting debate about whether video technology should be retained, adapted or dumped – which is also a fun alternative to snog, marry, avoid to play with friends.
Harry Maguire: Make VAR for offsides only
Newcastle United’s Anthony Gordon said on Wednesday night that the Premier League should ‘either get rid of it or get better’ after
boss Erik ten Hag meanwhile said he doesn’t think it’s possible to go back to life without VAR, instead calling on the Premier League and PGMOL to implement improvements to the problems that have irritated everyone over the past five years.
And now his own centre-back, Harry Maguire, has suggested a different kind of middle ground, telling “I think it is going to divide opinion and a lot of people will want to keep it.
MORE ON VOTE TO SCRAP VAR
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“Equally, It probably does need to be done better.
“The and that will improve it. It will make things quicker.
“Personally, I would keep VAR but for offsides only. I would scrap it for everything that is opinion based. Offsides are factual and not subjective.
“It is so difficult to lose a game on an offside goal when a player is two or three yards offside. Everyone makes mistakes, linesmen make mistakes, so that is why I would keep VAR for that.
