slouchy

I think it's Scotland, on the A87 driving from the A82 toward the Skye bridge.

Edit: The photo is taken near Sgurr Fhuaran (the 'Fh' would be silent) and the hill is Sgurr an t-Searraich.

Absolutely. It looks like they're talking about selected dialogue so far, which only adds another layer of mistrust if there's a controversial incident and they don't release the audio.

But at least, it's a move in the right direction.

Yeah, Rugby's had a much better approach with TMO (it'a version of VAR) - basically if you're watching on TV the director can switch the audio (and often does) to the ref conversation with the TMO and rest of the ref team.

I remember watching NFL a couple of times and thing the ref explanations were fantastic.

In football, referees generally have some kind of rationale for their decisions. Sometimes they are simply wrong (see the bad offside call in Juventus - Salernitana), but generally, explaining it and getting consensus with the rest of the ref team will carry the fans along with the refs' logic. And if they're regularly wrong, the exposure will make them either up their game, or change rules to make their application more realistic.

Baby steps in the right direction. We need more openness in referee decisions and a more collaborative approach among the on-field ref team for VAR decisions.

This definitely needs to be done. It works great with the TMO in rugby where you hear the ref's thought process as they come to a decision.

The big difference then is that in Rugby the whole referee team is involved in TMO, whereas in football, the linesmen and assistant are excluded. It would be much better to bring them into the discussion so that they come to a consensus decision. They're much less likely to be spectacularly wrong like that (as the ref was in Juventus - Salernitana where Bonucci was called offside despite being over 1m onside).

They should also broadcast the conversation in the Stadiums (as they do in rugby international matches - on reusable earpieces you can buy for €10), and show the replays on the big screen so fans can see what the fuck is going on!