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From the latest transfer news, quizzes, videos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the game, plus lots more.Signup +Once a week...And its LIVE!Sign up to our FREE live football newsletter, tracking all of the biggest games available to watch on the device of your choice. Never miss a kick-off!Signup +Join the clubGet full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in.Subscribe to our newsletterPremier League refereeing is the dominant subject of debate after almost every match. That's as true now as it was before the introduction of VAR, but the process that affects decisions in the top flight is slow and imperfect, adding to growing frustration.Questionable decisions are more difficult to stomach when they take many minutes to be made and re-refereeing is becoming a threat to the enjoyment of some Premier League supporters for whom a technically correct decision isn't worth the delay.Waiting for the VAR outcome can be a tedious experience in its own right but the time taken to get there also invites officials to pick over the details of an incident with absurd granularity. You may like Alan Shearer is RIGHT about VAR - but Newcastle's injustices aren't an 'advert' for technology Six new VAR rules fans will love and hate as IFAB propose time-limits and more reviews 'Ive heard people saying that Vinicius Junior winds people up. But so what if he winds people up? We're in football, we want to see entertainment!' Clinton Morrison's Top Top Column Burnley co-owner wants a VAR time limitOne of the teams to have fallen foul of an elongated VAR check in recent days was Burnley, whose epic home game against Brentford culminated in a disallowed Ashley Barnes goal that would have made it 4-4 at Turf Moor.It was the second disallowed Clarets goal of the afternoon and left the relegation-threatened side with nothing to show for a gutsy performance. Manager Scott Parker was evidently frustrated and Burnley co-owner JJ Watt has put forward a fix for VAR's perceived ills.A post shared by Burnley Football Club (@burnleyofficial)A photo posted by on Watt has been a minority owner of Burnley since 2023. A former defensive end with the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, Watt knows plenty about playing in a sport littered with video reviews.Speaking to Men in Blazers, Watt railed against the length of VAR reviews in the Premier League and suggested the introduction of a time limit.Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over."The whole point of this entire thing at the very beginning was for them to be able to clear up clear and obvious errors," said Watt."It was not for us to be finding toenails that are offside by 3cm, it was not for us to be trying to decide with a microscope, Is this off his hand or is this off his hip? It was for clear and obvious."In my personal opinion, if you turn on that tape and its not clear in 60 seconds, leave the on-field decision as it stands."Ongoing frustrations with VAR throughout the game create a vacuum into which proffered improvements can be drawn. Watt's time limit reflects a popular desire to at least tighten up the detrimental effects on the rhythm of the game.Other proposals seek to address similar issues by instituting a system of coach's challenges similar to those in place in the NFL and National Hockey League, or by better establishing the primacy of the original on-field decision by the match referee.The use of VAR to adjudicate subjective decisions unlike most of those experienced by Watt in his NFL days inevitably causes confusion and uproar. Tweaks will be made to its future implementation but that grey area can never truly be resolved.TOPICSPremier LeagueChris NeeChris is a Warwickshire-based freelance writer, Editor-in-Chief of AVillaFan.com, author of the High Protein Beef Paste football newsletter and owner of Aston Villa Review. He supports Northern Premier League Midlands Division club Coventry Sphinx.
