Feb 8, 2026 -- 11:27PM, brians wrote:
Whatever decision you give here it will be wrong in someone's opinion.crazy situation but in the end you apply the laws of the game. The ref seemed to play advantage and ok but he had a chance to stick with that at the tv review and he didnt. Playing advantage is not a right. It is in the referee's gift. The final decision is his, not Var's. If the ref's lack the courage to stick with their decisions, it is not Var's fault.
I actually think if the ref had gone on to the mic and said two wrongs don't make a right, it's a goal and let's all carry on the whole country would have cheered and raised a toast to Captain Tom and the ghost of Paddington.
But then he'd have been demoted next week.
VAR remains crap and removes human common sense from things. But as the rules stand, they got this one right.