I'm not sure that I am disagreeing with you at all, tho in hindsight I probably should have put the heading to the post as "done by
referee and VAR" meaning "the system" to clarify my point.
As I said, if the incident had happened at the other end, the ref doesn't give it and as such VAR don't need to get involved, again! Ref vindicated. Again!
What then ensues is a load of rhetoric on well the ref probably has got it right coz VAR haven't done anything to the contrary blah blah blah...
The referees are bloody well paid and therefore should take full responsibility for their actions and giving them a second opportunity to have another look has to be the best way IMO.
I know TLG you have been known to shoot down in flames the first sign of something resembling a conspiracy theory but....
drawing from my vast experience of watching and playing (
) football over many years, the better teams generally get the decisions.
The better players have more influence.
There doesn't have to be blatant cheating by an official or some huge conspiracy going on. The decision can be sub-concious, but the little people generally get the shit end of the stick.
A bit like life in general really eh?