Fed-up players ramping up pressure to get former pros to help make VAR decisions
dailystar.co.ukincluding last month's £180 million promotion shoot-out between Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield, players and managers have had enough.Now Premier League stars are ramping up the pressure and demanding that ex-professionals who understand the dark arts join VAR officials in their Stockley Park bunker to help them get it right.
Pundits including former England captain Alan Shearer and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher have consistently warned that VAR technology is not the problem.READ MORE: Cristiano Ronaldo's dancing debut has fans in hysterics as Man Utd icon shows off movesThey reckon it's the referees in charge of the toys who are spoiling the game.
Players and bosses unions, the Professional Footballers Association and League Managers Association, are pressing for more input in key decisions from ex-pros.From red cards to penalties, from disallowed goals to officials drawing lines across screens with their geometry sets to prove a striker's armpit is offside, fans hate VAR.
And players only tolerate it when it's applied correctly, consistently and fairly. There was huge disquiet after last month's Championship play-off final between Forest and Huddersfield, where VAR was used for the first time in club football's richest game – ostensibly to protect the fixture's integrity – only for the Terriers to feel cheated by the system.Huddersfield demanded an explanation from the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) after referee Jon Moss, in his final game before retirement, booked Harry Toffolo for diving when he was clipped in the box by Jack Colback.
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