Football is a game of emotion. Otherwise it's just 22 people kicking a bag of air around. The current application of VAR in England is changing 100+ years of how that emotion ebbs, flows and occurs, and that's why so many long-time fans and players are concerned by it.

You score a goal, you often don't know whether to celebrate. You feel relief at defending a close offside, but in the knowledge you might find out it was a millimetre onside. Fans, players and managers are in a regular state of emotional uncertainty.

This is why a number of people don't like it. The rules haven't changed all that much really, and they've always evolved. But applying VAR is now changing how we watch, experience and play the game.

A lot of things are not absolute in football. They never will be. That's why laws and not rules govern the game. VAR is a good idea for obvious mistakes - nobody wants to see blatantly unfair decisions.

Perhaps a new generation of fan (and, in the end, player) wants to see every decision accurate. I'm hoping that's not the case as it's too clinical and lacks, yes, emotion. But that's impossible anyway with the current technology so it shouldn't even be a factor.

Most people are willing to accept an officiating mistake in the heat of the match - players make mistakes regularly - but not when subjective calls are being made by technology that is supposed to be used to prove the exact opposite.

Other sports have introduced technology to varying degrees of success. Some have further integrated it, some have lessened its impact. They used trial and error - it's okay to revert if things aren't going to plan.

But it all goes back to the initial point. Once you change how people watch the game, and the emotions with it, it becomes a different type of sport. Whether it's better or worse is your opinion. But it's different - and completely changes how we all experience football.

(It's okay, I've finished now )