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CRAIG HOPE: Match Officials Mic'd Up response shows VAR has become another battleground for hate and division... the show featuring Howard Webb and Michael Owen is insightful and highlights pressure which officials work through

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One of the strongest arguments for scrapping VAR is not the technology or the people who operate it or the impact on celebrating a goal, but the vitriol that exists around it.

Football is the most tribal sport on the planet, weaponising decent folk who feel it perfectly acceptable to take aim for anyone or anything serving slight on their team. For not-so-decent folk, it is reason to spew insult after insult on social media.

Some of those platforms are fast resembling a sewer. And remember, most comments are only motivated by anger and perceived injustice. Most comments do not necessarily reflect a majority view.