O'Neil: Fulham decisions 'turned me against VAR'

Gary O'Neil says Wolves' controversial injury-time defeat to Fulham has made him change his stance on VAR.

The visiting boss was late to his post-match media duties after holding an extended conversation with match officials regarding key decisions in his side's 3-2 loss at Craven Cottage.

O'Neil felt both of Willian's penalties were awarded incorrectly and was also aggrieved Carlos Vinicius and Tim Ream managed to avoid red cards.

And the 40-year-old admits he is losing faith in the current decision-making process.

He said: "I think it is a really complex [issue]. I have always been for VAR but I think it is causing problems at the moment. 

"I think VAR has cost us there. The fact that one is deemed an obvious error and one is not is baffling. 

"Maybe with just a human referee one of the penalties may have gone against us, but the fact that we have conceded two, for me VAR is not helping with subjective decisions. 

"Maybe tonight has finally turned me against VAR."

Ex-Bournemouth manager O'Neil has received apologies from PMGOL chief Howard Webb on multiple occasions already this term.

While accepting such a run of bad decisions is unfortunate, his patience is clearly wearing thin on the subject.

He continued: "It's bad luck that it keeps going against us. But yeah, there are bad refereeing decisions in there. 

"I have had a good grown-up conversation with the referee. I am not angry with people, it's just like, ‘Come on guys, there's six or seven that have gone against us now'. 

"This is a big club. The impact that you are having on my reputation, and the club and people's livelihoods is massive. 

"Vinicius should have been off for headbutting Max [Kilman]. Tim Ream should have been sent off for a second bookable offence on the penalty. They are my opinions.

"Nelson [Semedo] plays the ball and doesn't touch Tom Cairney. The referee says he felt that was wrong and he should have been sent to the monitor. 

"That doesn't help me. So that one has been pretty much admitted that it was a mistake. The Harry Wilson one we disagree. I feel it was soft. 

"For all four decisions to go against us is tough to take."