While it's already done some stellar work in overturning injustice, it's also led to some bizarre decision making too, and there's clearly many issues that still need to be addressed before the system is considered to be a roaring success. The Times have worked out how this season's table would in the absence of VAR decisions, and here's how Brighton & Hove Albion would have fared so far...
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Ian Snodin in action against The Rams at Elland Road.
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Goals from Keith Edwards and John Sheridan won the game for the Whites. Derby won the title that season.
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Ian Baird celebrates scoring under the Elland Road floodlights.
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The Seagulls goalie is left rooted to the spot as John Sheridan's strike hits the back of the net. Brighton finished bottom of the table that season.