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Mike Dean admits avoiding VAR call to spare referee more grief [The Guardian]
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And this is why having VAR refs be PGMOL refs is a bad idea. He straight up admitted what fans have been criticizing about VAR ever since it was implemented in the PL: the VAR refs care more about making their friends look/feel good than about getting the call on the field correct.
This moron doesn't understand a very basic concept: helping your friends in need doesn't always require making them look good. If the mindset was you have your friends watching your back so your mistakes get covered, then VAR would work a whole lot better. Instead, they care how they look not how they perform.