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Although the numbers do seem to show Dean has made big errors in several of our games over the years since he 'celebrated' Dembele's goal, I can't help but think it's also the poor standard of our referees now. Few tournaments ago one of ours reffed a major international final, last summer we had none. You could probably go through every game this season and pick out more errors than correct calls. I honestly cannot think of one referee that I'd be happy to officiate our matches.
I know a lot of people don't like it, and I feel it needs a lot of work, but VAR is needed to assist the ineptitude of our referees. The time it takes to make a decision will get lesser and lesser with experience. It'll eventually become second nature. They should get a pre season with it, training etc.
The simple fact is that Sky/BT now have multiple cameras at every significant match. In the past we weren't treated to replays of contentious decisions from all sorts of angles and we had to accept Ref's decisions because we couldn't often see any more than them. Now, everything is analysed under the microscope and although we have the technology to help Refs make the right call, it's not yet used until it can be made more workable. I wouldn't mind a system like they use in cricket where each team gets a couple of chances to review a decision, or at least I think it would be worth giving it a trial. On the subject of Mike Dean though, it must be hard for him to see anything much with his head so far up his own arse.