Ian Sample

But there's definitely some psychology here because if VAR implies that you've made a wrong call, that's going to be hard to ignore.

Now, obviously, VAR is not remotely universally popular.

And among the critics that are out there is Alan Shearer, who thinks that refereeing has gone downhill because of VAR, because he thinks that referees are becoming too reliant on VAR and too reliant on the decisions they make.

You can either double down and risk making the wrong decision twice, right?

Or there will be a natural temptation to just shift some of that responsibility to VAR.

And I think there is that temptation.

Now, obviously, VAR is not remotely universally popular.

And among the critics that are out there is Alan Shearer, who thinks that refereeing has gone downhill because of VAR, because he thinks that referees are becoming too reliant on VAR and too reliant on the decisions they make.

Obviously VAR puts a dampener on, you know, if your team scores in the final minute

that goal really has to count, but you don't know if it counts.

So what do you do?

Do you celebrate twice?

Do you sort of celebrate when the goal goes in because you can't help it?

Sort of one celebration out of joy and then a second celebration out of relief when VR actually says, yeah, the goal stands.

Obviously VAR puts a dampener on, you know, if your team scores in the final minute

Or you have this situation where you celebrate because the goal's gone in and then you have this sort of

pretty swift crushing blow of the decision being overturned.

that goal really has to count, but you don't know if it counts.

So what do you do?

Do you celebrate twice?