I KNOW you’ve all read dozens of column inches on VAR over the last few days but indulge me a little if you will.

I have to be honest, I think I’ve only just calmed down after the travesty of Chris Wood having his equaliser disallowed at Leicester City on Saturday.

I think there are a couple of things that stand out about that incident.

Firstly, the referee – or the VAR assistant – has to determine whether there is contact between Wood and Johnny Evans.

I don’t think any of us doubt that – there was some contact.

Secondly, the officials have to determine whether that contact stopped Evans from getting to the ball and preventing the goal.

That is where things are less clear.

The ball is spinning towards an open goal having initially hit Evans on its way.

Wood doesn’t change his line and isn’t even looking at where Evans is when the Foxes defender comes across his path.

Ultimately – and you can accuse me of wearing Claret-tinted spectacles if you want – I don’t think there’s enough in it in the grand scheme of things to disallow the goal.

It certainly isn’t a ‘clear and obvious’ error by the referee for VAR to have a second look at it.

Although I appreciate that because it’s a goal, it gets looked at.

My biggest criticism at the minute of VAR is that the referees on the ground, in the stadium, are not going to look at the incidents.

It’s all well and good for someone sitting in a cupboard miles away to look at different angles on a TV screen but the referee in charge of the match should be looking at it and being part of a discussion.

The misery was compounded on Sunday when Marcus Rashford’s opener against Liverpool was deemed able to stand despite a clear foul in the build-up.

There seems to be as much inconsistency when it comes to decision-making as there was when we didn’t use VAR.

I am a believer that most of these things even themselves out over the course of the season and I hope that is the case, perhaps starting at home to Chelsea on Saturday.

It’ll be a tough test against Frank Lampard’s young and improving side, winners against Ajax in midweek. 

But with the evening kick-off, and the TV cameras in town, it should be an absolute cracker at Turf Moor whether we have VAR controversy or not.