I have never been a fan of VAR, and Tottenham’s defeat to Leeds provided another example of why I believe it is doing more harm than good to football.

Jayden Bogle’s first-half challenge on Mathys Tel looked like a red-card offence. It was a dangerous tackle that caught the Tottenham forward on the ankle, left him needing treatment and ultimately forced him out of the game.

Yet it took around four minutes for the officials to reach a decision, and Bogle was allowed to stay on the pitch.

The frustrating part is that the review did not even result in a yellow card. The referee had not cautioned Bogle at the time, and VAR cannot simply step in and award a yellow when it decides that a challenge does not meet the threshold for a red.

So, after four minutes of disruption, the Leeds defender escaped without any punishment.

That is the problem with the system. VAR is supposed to correct clear and obvious errors, but it can leave officials in a strange halfway house.

The review takes an age, the game loses its rhythm, and the final outcome can still feel completely unsatisfactory.

Football is an emotional, fast-moving sport. Momentum matters. Supporters react to what happens in front of them, players feed off the atmosphere and matches develop their own rhythm. A four-minute stoppage while everyone waits for a decision drains all of that away.

And what did we get for it? A decision that, in my view, was still wrong.

Bogle should have been sent off, or at least booked, particularly given the force and nature of the contact and the injury Tel suffered.

This is not about claiming VAR should make every decision perfectly. But the current system is slowing matches down, interrupting the spectacle and still failing to deliver the outcome supporters expect.

If a review takes four minutes and still leaves a player unpunished for a challenge that should have been a red, it is fair to ask what VAR is actually adding to the game. For me, the answer is increasingly clear: get rid of it.