Profoundly 'Meh' about this Super League malarkey.

[Burney]

Quite. Even though I agree with much of what Burney posted, associating Wenger with the club we once were is pretty rich.

I seem to recall him being slated for bringing too many foreigners into our club, hammered for fielding an entirely foreign 11 and then absolutely murdered for moving us from Highbury.

And he wanted VAR too

He was the last remaining link to Highbury, the marble halls, the Hill-Woods and the rest of it. Those are just facts. Whether you like him or not doesn't change those associations.

And VAR per se has never been a bad idea. The way it's been implemented, however, is a complete shambles. It should never have been put in the hands of the officials, who are naturally going to use it to cover their arses. It should have been an appeals-based system in the hands of the team captains as in cricket with a limited number of appeals available. Unless an appeal is made, the on-field decision stays.

[PSRB]

He was the last remaining link to Highbury, the marble halls, the Hill-Woods and the rest of it. Those are just facts. Whether you like him or not doesn't change those associations.

And VAR per se has never been a bad idea. The way it's been implemented, however, is a complete shambles. It should never have been put in the hands of the officials, who are naturally going to use it to cover their arses. It should have been an appeals-based system in the hands of the team captains as in cricket with a limited number of appeals available. Unless an appeal is made, the on-field decision stays.

same as the red flag challenge in NFL, the manager gets 1 challenge per half

[Burney]

same as the red flag challenge in NFL, the manager gets 1 challenge per half

This has been blindingly obvious for ages, but UEFA being what it is, they committeed it until all the stakeholders were equally unhappy with it and it was total shít.

[WES]

He was the last remaining link to Highbury, the marble halls, the Hill-Woods and the rest of it. Those are just facts. Whether you like him or not doesn't change those associations.

And VAR per se has never been a bad idea. The way it's been implemented, however, is a complete shambles. It should never have been put in the hands of the officials, who are naturally going to use it to cover their arses. It should have been an appeals-based system in the hands of the team captains as in cricket with a limited number of appeals available. Unless an appeal is made, the on-field decision stays.

You'll struggle to convince an awful lot of Arsenal supporters that Wenger was the last remaining link to something he moved us out of.

And while I agree that VAR should be used on an appeals basis, that doesn't fundamentally fix the problem with overly officious VAR with their stupid lines and technology ruining the game. Even if it was based on appeals you are still ruining the celebration of a goal as I described. You'd still have to wait for to see if the oppo appealed and then for the stupid lines to be dragged out etc etc

Football is not cricket, or the NFL for that matter, VAR simply doesn't suit it beyond the 'did the ball cross the line' bit, which does make sense.