In a recent match where Newcastle had a goal disallowed while playing against Crystal Palace, has probably been the cause why Lee Mason who is the video referee, has not been chosen to handle VAR in the near future.

Michael Salisbury, who was the on field referee had given the goal to the team initially. However, the decision was reversed after Mason persisted with Salisbury to take a look at the VAR monitor. The reason why it was disallowed was because one of Newcastle’s players had committed a foul against Palace’s goalkeeper. 

Next, the co-owner of Newcastle, Amanda Staveley said ‘I hated the VAR decision. Obviously, that’s something we’re dealing with, and it seems to be a consistent theme of the last few games.

‘We are dealing with that, and we’re talking to officials, and trying to get something that we think will work going forward.’

Joe Willock, the Newcastle striker collided with Vicene Guaita, Palace’s goalkeeper, the on field referee called a foul on the striker. But according to reports, the goal should have remained after reviewing the replays as another player shoved Joe which then resulted in the foul. 

Now that Lee Mason is dropped, the next match between Liverpool and Wolves will be refereed by Andrew Madley. He refuted Cornet’s judgement for West Ham in a previous match. Leicester and Aston Villa will also have a match against each other and Jarred Gillet will be the referee. 

Gilet was the VAR in the West Ham game that Madley was refuting. PGMOL and the Premier League have started an investigation against the VAR issues that are currently ongoing. They have agreed upon the Premier League’s request to further investigate the incidents and complaints. 

Currently, frustrations are being expressed by the English Football League regarding the technological breakdown that happened during a recent game between Huddersfield and Blackpool. 

“The EFL is incredibly frustrated that a technology failure at HuddersfieldTown and Blackpool has overshadowed a fantastic weekend of action on the pitch,” 

“We have now received an initial assessment from Hawk-Eye, the providers of the Goal Line Technology service in the Championship, that during a second-half incident with Huddersfield attacking, the match officials did not receive a signal to their watch or earpiece as, due to multiple factors, the ball was no longer being tracked following it entering the Blackpool goal area.”

Whether it may be a technological error for the VAR or not, netizens on Twitter further added to the fire with multiple statements against Mason stating that he has a lack of experience in dealing with the VAR system and that it is not a technical error. 

Others were saying that it shouldn’t take veteran professionals to take a look at the system but just a simple rewatch of the tapes would suffice. They added that VARs need to take accountability for their misjudgments and face the consequences of their mistakes instead of blaming their errors on technology.