The Premier League table would already look very different if VAR wasn’t being used this season
A look at how the Premier League table would look if VAR wasn’t being used this season
Life was simpler and more enjoyable without VAR in the Premier League – the divisive technology has split fans and won’t win everyone over soon.
Even after refining, VAR still causes controversy – incidents this season left fans, players, and managers confused.
Examining the Premier League table without VAR reveals winners and losers – highlighting the impact of the technology’s absence.
Remember when the Premier League didn’t have VAR? Life was so much easier, less stressful and quite frankly, much more enjoyable. One of the most divisive introductions to football, the technology has split the football fan-base far and wide, and it doesn’t look like winning everyone over anytime soon.
Even after a few years of working on it, and refining some of the edges, the use of VAR still happens to cause much controversy, and even with the Premier League only being four games in, there have already been a number of incidents that have left fans, players and managers alike scratching their heads and wondering what on earth is going on.
As with anything, there are always a handful of winners and losers, and we’re now taking a look at just how different the Premier League table would be, if VAR simply didn’t exist this season.
Sadly for Burnley, whether VAR was here or not, Vincent Kompany’s side would still be rock bottom of the Premier League table. The Clarets have endured a miserable return to the top-flight thus far, shipping in at least three goals in every game they’ve played, including letting in five against Tottenham just this past weekend. With 11 goals conceded, Burnley have the worst defensive record in the Premier League, and quite frankly, would have been absolutely desperate for VAR to somehow get involved and rule some of them
Just like Burnley, newly-promoted Luton also find themselves stuck where they are irrespective of VAR, with the Hatters’ win-less start to the season seeing them just one place above the drop zone right now. The two goals they have scored in their first three top-flight games means that unsurprisingly they are bottom of the goals scored list, and have their work cut out to ensure their return to the Premier League isn’t a short-lived one come the end of it.
over the course of the season. It certainly feels like the bigger teams in the Premier League get the rub of the green, so United will need to be keeping their fingers crossed they don’t fall afoul of any howlers that might cost them their place in the top-flight.
