Yes, but if you'll forgive the facetious nature of my post that you quoted, tbf, that's because we all see the game subjectively. I accept that many refereeing decisions are by nature subjective, but consistency is the key. But if you're saying things can not work because of subjective differences, then even every park referee is ****ed, never mind VAR.
Look, what it all boils down to in this one instance is this - the lino made a call from an angle where he had no way of judging the goalie's line of sight. Oliver agreed it was right because Robbo was 'close' to him, though he made no effort to judge the keeper's view, nor whether Robbo was actually impeding the goalie's dive (he wasn't). He just took the easy option and rubber-stamped the on-field subjective call because the player was 'close' to the goalie. Well, if that's the standard (endorsed, of course, by Howard Webb now and the PGMOL [as they always do in Oliver calls]) then there is absolutely no purpose of VAR at all except in 'objective' calls, but, given the call against Brentford for a pen by Virgil, and Bobby's 'Armpit' goal some seasons ago, even those are subjective in that it relies upon the VAR operator judging when the cross - in this instance from Robbo - is actually played, and when the contact by Virgil close to the line specifically happened, not when the attacker's foot still carried onto after the initial touch.
