EVERYTHING moves on, technology is always evolving, in all walks of life.

But it seems when it comes to the beautiful game the dinosaurs are still roaring.

As I write this, most of the talk this World Cup has not been on the actual football and the wonderful goals, it is all about the new technology - video assistance referee (VAR).

This all came to a head as Spain, Portugal and Iran battled to qualify for the next round on Monday, when all the focus was on VAR decisions.

The pundits almost revelled in the made up controversy. Alan Shearer slammed it as "farcical and shambolic", and others queued up to give their views saying it is causing chaos and destroying football.

But I just don't get it - if anything VAR has actually been a massive success.

Yes the number of penalties being given this tournament is breaking records but from what I have seen, apart from one, every penalty given after a VAR review has been the correct decision.

And goals previously ruled offside incorrectly are now being given.

This is what we wanted, a fairer game, correct decisions. If it is stopping cheating, what is the problem? Justice is being done.

The main issue people seem to be having is that decision-making takes too long. But people forget that when controversial decisions happened before VAR, the game used to be halted for ages when players moaned.

A lot of the other problems pundits are unhappy about is not the fault of the technology, it is refs still getting things wrong even after reviewing it. That is human error and opinion.

In reality many of these not-so-clever pundits are actually dinosaurs who were never open to change. Remember, while others sports moved with the times, it took years before football could have technology to make sure a ball crossing a line was rightly given as a goal.

I'm not saying new technology is always perfect. At this earlier stage for VAR I would have used a system similar to tennis or cricket, where you get three reviews. Coaches would make the call to appeal, and keep one if they got it right. The focus would instead have been on managers, and not the refs. But the system in its correct form is fine anyway.

And if England win the World Cup because of a VAR call in the final, no one will be complaining then.