The Football.....

[AndyRM]

Worth noting as well that Collina basically said "Don't f*ck about and take years using VAR, referee the game properly."

Love that guy. His book, Rules of the Game, is a favourite of mine and well worth a read if you want to properly understand how to referee a game of football (and not b*llocks about trying to apply rugby standards).

And he's the only ref to feature on the cover of a football game, which is some achievement!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

VAR was plainly absent for the Engkand game as Ghana should have a penalty that only the ref appeared to have missed. Maybe VAR was watching a game in Boston rather than that at the 'Boston' Stadium 22 miles away.

Are you talking about the one when there was an offside in the build-up?

VAR is now being used in a much more sophisticated way. Gone are the rules of not intervening unless it's a clear an obvious error (which has always been undefined). The refs are now using VAR as they would a lino - an extra pair of eyes they can check with. I like it. They get the tools to do the job as best they can, they're in control and you don't get a load of "well why wasn't that an error?" stuff.