Brighton fans react to shocking Premier League VAR survey

A survey from the Football Supporters’ Association has found that three-quarters of Premier League fans are against the use of VAR.
The research used around 8,000 supporters, with over half attending more than 15 home games per season.
Participants responded to a poll to determine their thoughts on the technology.
The results were pretty negative. More than 97 per cent of answers opposed to a statement that VAR makes watching football enjoyable.
90 per cent did not agree that it improves a matchday. 75.71 per cent of participants don’t support the technology in football.
The Video Assisted Refereeing technology was introduced to English top-flight football in 2019.
Back in 2018, it was used in its first major tournament, the World Cup in Russia.
So, with this damning consensus over VAR, did Brighton football fans agree? We put a call-to-action post on social media to find out.
Tony Bingham wrote: “VAR is the absolute ruination of the once beautiful game!
‘A minimum of three operatives monitoring the screens, more for certain games and tournaments.
‘Four officials on and by the pitch. Yet there is still human error on many occasions, when VAR has been incorrectly interpreted by the operators and the pitch-side referee.
“Play is stopped for minutes on end… the flow and passion of the game is totally diluted… SCRAP VAR.”
Danny Boxall added: ‘We should have it, but not how it is being implemented now.
‘Video assistant… (the) clue is in the title. It isn’t assisting, it’s refereeing the game.
‘Offside should go back to on field officials, they didn’t get that many wrong anyway, if there is a clear and obvious mistake (if you have to draw lines, it isn’t clear and obvious) and can be seen without the use of lines, then VAR should intervene.”
Julie Marriott expressed her dismay, commenting: ‘(It) takes the joy of watching football away. I delay celebrating a goal just in case.”
Ash Braders commented: ‘It won’t go away simple as that, but just common sense needs to be taken into consideration.
Stephen Jarvis vented his frustration at Albion related incidents. He commented: ‘Danny Welbeck had a goal disallowed because his shirt cuff was off side…
‘Lewis Dunk has had a goal chalked off for his lace being offside…
‘That isn’t the aim of VAR it’s to check blatant misdemeanours that the ref has missed.”
In Premier League fixtures between March 11th and 16th, the KMI Panel concluded that three penalties should have been awarded, but the VAR was correct not to step in.
A recent report from the BBC stated that VAR mistakes have risen across most categories in this Premier League season.
Compared to last season, the numbers are up across the board. VAR missed 15 interventions, officials made 25 on-field errors, and 11 second yellow cards were issued incorrectly