Jamie Reuben releases VAR suggestion after Newcastle’s 2-1 win at Brentford - Great idea?

After some questionable VAR decisions in our victory over Brentford, Jamie Reuben took to Twitter to suggest some much needed changes to the system to prevent the long and frustrating waits. 

The 35-year-old put forward the idea that officials on VAR should only be allowed to see two replays of an incident with a maximum of one minute to make a decision. 

If the VAR refs cannot come up with a decision almost immediately, then it cannot possibly be deemed a clear and obvious error and the on-field referee’s decision should be upheld. 

This comes after Newcastle suffered twice in Saturday’s fixture with Alexander Isak conceding a dubious penalty and Callum Wilson being denied his 11th goal of the season due to a handball. 

If nothing else, this adaptation to the current system would at least speed up the whole process and avoid the excruciatingly long waits that teams have had to endure all season.

Here's what our co-owner had to say on Twitter:

'Not specific about today - but it’s clear VAR whilst a positive addition takes too much time and varies to inconsistently from game to game.

'Perhaps we should allow VAR officials to review the play only twice for maximum one minute. If they can’t derive an opinion from that then it’s unlikely to be a clear and obvious mistake and the on pitch decision should then be allowed to proceed.'