There are a lot of conflicting opinions surrounding video assistant referees (VAR) in the game of soccer, many of them resoundingly negative. But Burnley’s Kyle Walker captured the true essence of how fans, players and managers really view this hotly divisive technology: “I like it when it helps us out, and I don’t like it when it doesn’t help us out.”
Back in the sepia-tinged days of a world where Stockley Park was just another business estate on the outskirts of Heathrow Airport, the theory went that bad refereeing decisions eventually even themselves out over the course of a season.
