It’s been pretty obvious for some time that the VAR refs must be independent from the officials on the pitch. The VAR refs are more concerned with protecting their mate and match official, than actually getting the correct decision.
They need to remove the screen from the pitch and give the VAR official the power to tell the match ref they are wrong. Why does the match referee need to have the final say? No football fans cares about that, we just want the right decisions made.
Yesterday was a prime example where Jon Moss and VAR have made a clear mistake and rather than admit it, the Premier League look at the rules and argue interpretation. Like Dean Smith said in his interview anyone that watches football knows that’s offside. It’s just common sense that the attacker has gained an advantage, therefore offside.
Where was the new phrase of play when the referee played on against Burnley? Cavani got fouled but the referee went back to the Shaw decision? A good 8 seconds had passed between each play. The Premier League can’t have it both ways.