One statement gets me on all of this;
'Should only be reviewed if there is a clear and obvious error by the referee'.
Where did this actually come from?
It doesn't ever have appeared to have happened and to actually check if there's been a 'clear and obvious' error, they have to review it.
And from what we've seen so far, they just take the decision away from the ref anyway.
Asking him to look at something again (or as City v Schalke, just tell him to award a penalty), surely lop-sides his opinion prior to him seeing it again on the VAR screen, especially when someone is advising him through an earpiece that, 'if I was you, I'd have awarded a penalty for that'.
Which then opens up a further discussion on the secrecy of the 'conversation or advise' being administered by the VAR ref, never mind the obvious questions the ref should always ask;
'Have you shown me every available clip?'
or,
'Are there any further clips or angles which may affect my decision?'
So, it would be fair to say that as in other sports, these conversations should be broadcast, so all fans know how the final decision has come about.
Crikey, apologies for all that, the post was only about clear and obvious error and now I want to talk about adding the correct time on!
