Thread by @DaleJohnsonESPN

Guess what? It's your regular Monday morning VAR thread!

A few things to discuss today: Offside, the disallowed Palace goal, the moving ball, the McBurnie "handball" and the narrative.

Let's start with the Raheem Sterling offside. We might not like these decisions, but they are what they are -- and it's not going to change until IFAB changes the laws.

Contrary what you may believe, the Premier League is actually far more transparent than any other league.

Many other leagues do not show the official, calibrated VAR offside lines. The broadcasters may add their own, but generally you are not shown the official evidence.

This is true of the Bundesliga, Champions League and many other leagues.

So taking the Bundesliga as an example, close calls may not be universally accepted, but by not showing the final evidence it is not reduced to an argument about an armpit or a toenail.

So, is the Premier League being too open? Should it just give the decision?

The discussion in Germany is not reduced to (incorrectly) shouting about wonky lines and manipulated frames.

Granted, the discussion would not be ended, but maybe it wouldn't be as mind-numbingly predictable.

The Sterling offside isn't great to see, but Premier League clubs accept the process is the same for all 380 games.

There is far more outrage on offside decisions from social media than from the clubs themselves. Probably because they know it's here to stay.

The linesman did screw up the protocol on the Sterling offside.

It was not a VAR overturn, it was disallowed on the pitch.

He should have raised his flag at the point the goal was scored, but he had to be instructed to by referee Martin Atkinson - BEFORE the VAR decision.

This is the second time protocol has been incorrectly applied in such a situation.

The other time was in August when Brighton had a goal disallowed for offside, and originally it was thought to be a VAR decision - but it was actually disallowed on the field of play.

We then have a situation in Bournemouth v Wolves where Simon Hooper - refereeing his third Prem game of the season - failed to allow an attacking move to finish after a flag was raised. Wolves scored almost directly, but the VAR is powerless to intervene. The whistle is king.

That's an example of where the officials will get better with experience. Knowing to hold the whistle and allow the play to develop.

Kevin Friend learned - he blew too early on a possible Villa goal, then allowed Arsenal to complete an attack and score after flag at Man United.

Which is probably a good conduit to reference the Southampton goal where there was a moving ball on the free kick.

A restart is not within VAR protocol (other than a penalty). There's an argument that it should be, but that's where we are.

The issue with the disallowed Palace goal for the push by Jordan Ayew is not particularly the VAR decision itself, it's more that fans don't think that kind of thing would be given to the attacking side in the box - as seen with many shirt pulls.

However, look at Ayew's reaction when the goal is scored. He knows what's coming, he knows he's pushed Lovren and doesn't really celebrate. I don't think the disallowed goal came as a surprise to him.

Also, the free kick came from a very similar push on Zaha.

The McBurnie handball - I really do not think there's the evidence to disallow the goal. We can come up with as many still images as we want, but did the VAR have categorical evidence?

I think we can all agree that if the VAR isn't sure, he has to give the goal.

And finally the narrative. And this is the real issue, and it's something that only broadcasters and pundits can help with.

This is not about saying VAR is great. It's not about ignoring issues. It's about making sure fans and viewers are informed.