Nottingham Forest were left frustrated this weekend when their Sky Bet Championship game with Reading fell foul to the deluge of rain around the East Midlands.
The Reds will rearrange the contest after Saturday’s waterlogged pitch and boss Sabri Lamouchi now sees his side hold a one-game advantage on their rivals.
It gave some Forest players the chance of an extended rest after a tired showing against Hull City on Wednesday night. Lamouchi’s team going down 2-1 against a hard-working Tigers outfit.
Joe Lolley is one player who won’t have relished the extra time without a game. He came in for some criticism after the midweek defeat and spoke to the press about bouncing back prior to the game against the Royals.
He will be desperate to prove his harsh critics wrong and his mood wasn’t helped over the weekend by watching VAR turn into a farce once again in the Premier League.
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The 27-year-old winger took to Twitter following Arsenal’s game with Crystal Palace to brutally sum up what he thinks of VAR in its current format.
His scathing attack on the latest introduction into modern football came after Calum Chambers was wrongly denied a late winner for the Gunners, with replays showing that it was actually the Arsenal defender who was fouled:
It’s quite interesting that Lolley feels VAR is poor, as Forest could have definitely done with it during the last two games.
At Wigan, Yuri Ribeiro was denied a blatant penalty when he was clearly fouled by Joe Williams, with the referee waving away his protests.
In the game against Hull, Forest were once again on the end of a poor decision. This time, Eric Lichaj bundling Sammy Ameobi to the floor with the referee once again giving nothing.
VAR in its current climate does seem to be doing more harm than good to the game of football and this latest tweet offers an indication that players are perhaps not convinced it is helping matters either.
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