VAR

The Premier League haven’t made a decision on the introduction of semi-automated offsides next season, but they are pushing to trial temporary concussion subs.

The Premier League looks set to push ahead with plans to adopt semi-automated offsides for next season, following its introduction in the Champions League.

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited will co-operate with a Premier League review of their usage of VAR, following controversial decisions over the weekend.

Matthew is joined by Helen and Paul to look back at the heart-breaking defeat against Manchester City and take stock in a bumper pod with a half hour on refs alone.

Aaron Ramsdale was as furious with the refereeing as Arsenal fans after Stuart Atwell and his Stockley Park cohorts conspired to rob the Gunners of points from their game on New Year’s Day.

The Mail on Sunday thinks Burnley’s penalty against Arsenal should have stood because the referee didn’t make a ‘clear and obvious’ error.

You aren’t imagining it if you think Arsenal are getting the worst of VAR, with ESPN totalling decisions to find Arsenal clear at the bottom of the table.

VAR decisions against Arsenal have been a common theme with the one against Burnley just the latest in a long line of bad decisions this season.

Arsenal fans know this hasn’t been a great season for VAR decisions overturned in their favour, but it’s probably worse than they thought.

In this week’s podcast, we talk about the draw against Manchester United, the controversial defeat against Wolves, and what we should take from both matches.

Arsenal have failed in their bid to get Eddie Nketiah’s red card overturned meaning he must now serve a three-game suspension.

We all know that VAR has not been Arsenal’s friend this season but did you know that it also seems to be giving former Arsenal man, Sven Mislintat, a major headache in Germany, too?

Premier League referees will finally use pitchside monitors properly from next season to rule on offside calls as well as red cards.

The Premier League will review how they use VAR for next season and the offside rule will be changed to give the advantage to the striker – something it was already supposed to be doing.

The Daily Mail today reported that PGMOL are not responsible for the fact that referees do not use pitchside monitors because that was the decision of Premier League clubs in at least four meetings.

Arsenal claimed what could well be a huge win over Everton despite having to battle both the Toffees and the officials, once again.

Arsene Wenger’s plans to overhaul the offside rule, and VAR along with it, will not be in place for the Euros this summer according to the chief of the International Football Association Board (IFAB).

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo has backed Arsene Wenger’s calls to change VAR and the way the offside rule is applied.

Arsene Wenger is proposing that football authorities stop being idiots with VAR and eliminate the marginal offside calls that are so far from clear and obvious they may as well be a lump of coal in a black coat out for a late-night stroll along an unlit country road.

VAR will be used in the Europa League knock-out stages which start this week with Arsenal welcoming Olympiacos to the Emirates.