How Nottingham Forest voted in VAR meeting after controversial 2023/24 campaign

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Premier League clubs have now voted on whether to keep VAR or scrap it after a controversial 2023/24 campaign for many clubs – including Nottingham Forest.

At one stage, Evangelos Marinakis was so enraged by the officiating that he gave permission for that now iconic post after the 2-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park in April to be published, you know the one.

The 56-year-old even told the Daily Mail that he counted a total of 16 incorrect decisions going against Nottingham Forest last season, seven of which were acknowledged by the Key Match Incidents panel.

So, how did Nottingham Forest vote on VAR after a difficult experience with the technology last season? Let’s take a look…

Nottingham Forest vote to keep VAR

Clearly, those at the City Ground believe it is the people in charge of VAR who are the problem – rather than the technology itself – as Nottingham Forest vote to keep it in the Premier League.

Only Wolves voted to remove VAR out of all 20 Premier League clubs, according to John Percy of the Telegraph.

In our view, that is the correct move.

Officials are already having huge difficulty in making the correct decision even with VAR to provide a safety net, so we dread to think just how badly they would struggle nowadays without it.

That is – of course – still not good enough for the Premier League, and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) simply have to examine the personnel on their officiating team.

PGMOL still need a rethink

Some involved are not up to the required standard, as the entire footballing community heard loud and clear after Liverpool were wrongly disallowed a goal against Tottenham back in September.

The 2023/24 campaign was a total mess, with the PGMOL making a number of apologies on what felt like a weekly basis, as points were often squandered through no fault of the victimised club.

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In another season, Nottingham Forest could have been relegated due to the ineptitude of the PGMOL’s officials, so the organisation must do something – the fact a vote even took place in the first place would strongly suggest that every member of the Premier League is losing patience.