# Blue Monday - How is VAR making everything worse?

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Podcast: [The Blue Room - Everton FC Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-room-everton-fc-podcast-1024543)
Published: 2026-04-28T20:02:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4171375845.mp3?updated=1777408443
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## Resource

Another great weekend for VAR – Salah's dodgy penalty, Calvert-Lewin escaping red for a hair pull, and two incidents in Everton’s game at West Ham – Jordan Pickford should have been given a red card on review, and Everton should have had a penalty.We were sold a vision of minimal mistakes and no more post-match chats about how our team was robbed by a refereeing mistake. Yet we're still having those same conversations, and we can't put it down to the officials being unsighted.So, how is VAR making everything worse?The penalty decision had no bearing on Everton's defeat. That was squarely on the players and the manager. We look back at West Ham and dip in form at a bad time for the Toffees, before looking ahead to another Monday night match against title-chasing Man City.Blue Monday is brought to you in conjunction with Invisible Wind Factory. We’ll be back for the penultimate What’s the Score? at the Windy ahead of the City game, where you’ll be able to enjoy pre-match drinks and food from Pierogi and Pickles. Pop in if you're about before kick off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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