VAR is under the microscope now more than ever and frequently causing havoc when used to interpret rules in black and white when there are many shades of footballing grey.
While the addition of the pitch-side monitor has boosted the decision making from referees, the new handball rule in particular has been badly exposed and needs urgent surgery. Even the referees are angry about it but feel powerless to change it due to instructions from their boss Mike Riley.
Marginal offside calls and goalkeepers penalised for creeping ever so slightly off the line for penalties all fly in the face of common sense.