The Great VAR Circus Unveiled…
Attention, football aficionados, and lovers of the epic VAR soap opera! The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents panel has released their list of VAR mishaps for the 2024-25 season. It’s like a never-ending series of football’s very own ‘unfortunate events,’ featuring 18 calamities of technological wizardry that even a blindfolded octopus couldn’t have bungled worse! Among these VARvillains, Wolverhampton Wolves ironically wanted to toss the tech deck out the window—and rightly so, say the critics, as referees call for a magic wand to better manage this football conundrum!
Man United seems to have hit the jackpot on VAR roulette, with no fewer than a gazillion wrong turns in this tech-infested carnival. It’s as if Man United and VAR had a New Year’s resolution to guest star in every blooper reel. Enter Fernandes, who got a red card for tap-dancing too close to the opponent’s ankles, though even the referee had popcorn butter on his glasses, because that call screamed, “Whoops, wrong footage!” Meanwhile, epic referee summit meetings resemble council discussions of fish debating nets.
As the season roared along, Newcastle played a fascinating game of VARTastic Bingo, grabbing 13 decisions like seagulls at a seaside picnic, while Bournemouth found themselves drowning in VAR-induced misery. Among the recipients of the season’s VAR slapstick were the likes of Brentford, who felt like accidental actors in a bad football sitcom. So, will the wicked VAR sorcery repeat itself, or is a spell of sensible calls on the horizon? Either way, one thing’s for sure: it’s not curtains for this circus yet!
