VAR has failed the Premier League – it’s time to cut our losses to save our game

VAR has failed to deliver – enough is enough (Picture: Getty)

I was a believer. Bored by daily debates around obviously wrong offside calls and refereeing mistakes Row Z could see, when the Premier League started looking into VAR in 2018 I’ll admit to being a fan.

Before its debut in 2019-20, I was invited to spend an afternoon with other broadcasters trying out the system. We overturned on-field decisions using the video evidence they’d use in an eerily quiet Stockley Park. The referees working with us were earnest, the task was hard, it was all quite fun – and seemingly a logical step.

All of which meant when the Video Assistant Referee played his first Premier League game on Friday, August 9, 2019 I was on board.

No longer. I’m not qu...