There's another thing that I think is big issue with VAR, which I didn't think about or notice until recent weeks.
The mandate the lino's have been given that if in doubt about the offside then don't put your flag up works as it should when the ball ends up in the back in the net (let's ignore the pros and cons of VAR for offside for now).
But what about when it doesn't end up in a goal? The second Newcastle goal yesterday, the attack that led to the corner, all the Bournemouth defenders appealed for an offside - I haven't seen any replays as to whether this was on or off, but if it was just offside, the lino may have not given it in case Newcastle scored and then would have VAR to rule out if needed. But as it wasn't a goal Newcastle got a second chance and duly scored. (Like I said haven't seen the replay so this may be irrelevant for this goal, but have noticed it happen for a few corners, both for and against us in the past few games).
I'm not for one second saying we should VAR every single time this happens or remove VAR just because of this, it's just an issue I've noticed since the lino's have been told to do this.
Before the season started I was all for VAR, and I still think there is a place for it in some way - but certainly not the current format. Aubemayang's goal against Man Utd is the exact use for VAR, a massive blunder by the lino fixed by modern technology.