WHAT a VARce. We knew it was going to take some time to get used to. We knew there would be teething problems.

And didn’t we just know that at some point during the course of the season, it would unjustly rule against us to the point of depriving us of points we legitimately earned?

Disclaimer - you know my initial phrasing was unsuitable for a family newspaper.

I must have watched Chris Wood’s equaliser against Leicester a dozen times and remain baffled.

It’s a goal. A legitimate goal for pity’s sake! I just cannot see what justification the VAR official used to disallow what could have been a well-earned point. And to make it worse, there are two decisions they got wrong.

Was it a foul? No. Contact like that - the Sean Dyche 'coming together' – does not mean it is a foul.

Was Jonny Evans going to get to that ball to clear it off the line? No, he wasn’t. I also have an issue with Evans’ fall to the floor; the step forward he takes before he goes down so dramatically, and quite unnaturally I might add, is the defender’s equivalent of the 'clever play' to win their side a penalty.

Are we creating an opportunity for defenders to manipulate a scenario to get that goal disallowed? I tell you something, when Sky Sports are telling you that you got unfairly treated, you know you have been!

As another weekend of VAR controversy passes, the new buzz is why referees aren’t using the pitch-side screen to review their own decisions.

I read an interesting quote on this. Referees have been instructed to use the monitors sparingly, as it will take at least 90 seconds per review and they are ‘keen to balance not impacting on the speed and flow of the game’.

I’m sorry, what? If entertainment trumps fairness, then why on earth do we have VAR in the first place?

Nonetheless, on to the next one, and this weekend we face 'Frank Lampard’s Chelsea'.

I am feeling quietly confident about this one. Their manager has found his feet now, but the side is still in its rebuilding stage and isn’t quite the dominant force of recent years. There is nothing our boys should be scared of, and we can score two or three goals in this game.

As the autumn nights draw in, we can look forward to one of those magical nights under the Turf Moor floodlights.