PHIL Parkinson would like to see the controversial VAR system implemented at Championship level.
The Wanderers boss was left perplexed on Saturday, as referee Darren Bond over-ruled an offside flag from his assistant to award George Boyd’s 78th minute strike for Sheffield Wednesday.
Parkinson claimed Jordan Rhodes had obstructed Mark Beevers’ chances of blocking the shot, running into an offside position.
Aaron Wilbraham came to the rescue with an injury time leveller but asked whether he would like to see the introduction of a video assistant referee, the Whites boss was all in favour for such incidents.
“For goals I don’t see why not – it should only take 10 seconds, really,” he told The Bolton News.
“That hurt us on the bench, I’ll be honest. You can never be 100 per cent sure what has happened but if a striker is smack bang in the middle of goal, affecting the defender’s position, he has got to be offside.
“It was a blow but I am pleased we got a point and it isn’t as big a talking point as it would have been.”
VAR has been trialled in several major competitions and will be used in this summer’s World Cup finals to eliminate “obvious errors” from match officials.
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