Aberdeen issued a measured statement on the shortcomings of Video Assistant Referees yesterday, after their game at Livingston on Saturday ended in farce. With the score at 0-0, Bojan Miovski scored in the 92nd minute. Neither the referee nor his assistant raised an objection, and when the VAR checked the goal, they discovered their system was unable to provide overlaid lines to determine if an Aberdeen player was offside.
Technical failure can happen in any walk of life, albeit it is a result of choices and ultimately costs. Scottish football has a cheap and less-able version of VAR. We should invest more and buy a better product.
Decision making is a different matter. Denied access to appropriate tools, the VARs decided to overturn the on-field officials’ decision, despite acknowledging they were unable to see where the last defender was. This has rightly upset Aberdeen.
On the back of Celtic’s issue on Sunday, when apparently the VAR did not display the video showing Alistair Johnston getting a touch on the ball before colliding with the man at the Newco penalty, we have a conglomeration of abysmal practices among the SFA’s VARs.
Clubs should be asked to invest more for next season, but anyone who thinks the current management of VAR is Scotland is fit for purpose is worth the watching.
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Good morning from the International Bar, sunny Polmadie. Another day of fun commences. 👍
I hear the Huns are changing their motto from “Aye Ready” and rebranding it as “to boldly go” .
Although I think Clement doesn’t know his Mars from his elbow.
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