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The referee made the decision after advice from his assistant. Therefore they were both conned...by Slattery.... into issuing a red card. VAR did not intervene. Wrongly, so I agree questions need to be asked on that score. Had Slattery been found out there and then a yellow would have been sufficient given the St Mirren player would not have been sent off. But because of the actual outcome on the night a red card for Slattery is correct and in line with previous examples......pre VAR mostly I think. Trial by Sportscene springs to mind. At the end of the day, no matter who we like to point fingers at, Slattery cheated. As for the time taken to issue his ban, MFC were told within days that Slattery had been cited and if found at fault would be punished. It's not true to say that only some four weeks later the Authorities decided to act. It should have been resolved much quicker though.

A ridiculous decision, which opens up a mega sized can of worms. Others have made good points. So many angles to this. * How far back will the SFA go to look at retrospective action? 1 month perhaps 2 months or even 3? What is the benchmark? * Had Slattery rightly been disciplined at the time it would have been a yellow card. Why not a yellow card now? Thwe fact that he wasn't yellow carded was down to the referee. * Is this now a benchmark? Will we see a spate of retrospective punishments or is a 4 match ban now the norm for simulation? * A related issue - what about players harassing the ref to have an opponent red carded? We see plenty of that. I just hope MFC holds them to account.

He didn't con the ref, he conned VAR. Now they've used VAR to ban him.

Going after a Motherwell player is an easy win for the SFA, compared to tackling the scumbag OF fans.

How many games are the VAR officials banned for?

No surprise. Slattery cheated and conned the referee into sending an opponent off. And if roles had been reversed we would having been screaming for justice. There are precedents of players being banned retrospectively for conning referees into issuing red cards or awarding penalties. One I can recall was at Tynecastle and another at Ross County. Of course that was before the introduction of VAR. As far as Slattery is concerned, the frustration is that if VAR had done its job he would have been booked there and then and nobody would have complained. As others have said though, let's see consistency going forward. Sadly we all know that the teams involved will be a deciding factor.

Seems a bit harsh but as others have said, I have zero issues as long as this is now the benchmark. It was really poor what he did so he does deserve punishment.

Also, great how they can make this decision but have said and done nothing about the rioting and nonsense by the Old Firm eejits after their game at Ibrox recently.

I don’t have a problem with this as long as it’s consistent…… but every man and their dug knows it won’t be consistent. glad the club seem to be pointing this out and we should be calling for heads if it’s not applied.

It’s the SFA doing what they want, when they want, with impunity. I can’t help thinking JBA has bruised their delicate wee egos recently and that this is their response. Pathetic, useless clowns.

If the ref had decided on the day that it was simulation - just like diving in the box - the result would have been a yellow. The 4-match suspension is punishment for making the ref and VAR officials look a bunch of twats, not for the offence itself.

There won’t be any consistency from the SFA; there never has been.

Two of them suspended, but does seem harsh even if he was being an eejit. Should stop him doing it again, at least

The authorities have opened a can of worms for themselves with this decision. It will be interesting to see how many others are treated in the same way. There needs to be consistency for everyone.

That’s the SFA re-re-refereeing the incident and making a rod for their own backs going forward. Absolute clowns. https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/03/26/callum-slattery-retrospective-action/

4 match suspension for his “dive” Wild

I think that's a bit harsh on Sparrow at RB - he's been pretty solid and makes some really good last ditch tackles. 2 mistakes v Hibs and Celtic have just put a little blot on his report card of late (And to add I know it's not just yourself that has said it)

You mean get a var team that overturn a good goal and don't punish a push on goalie...doesn't matter how well we play if officials are poor

We currently have two right backs and two left backs. SODs is a right back who is a more than adequate emergency centre half and JK who can do a reasonable job covering on the left. Longelo we know is excellent on his day, whereas Wilson may not be up to the task and is getting very little chance to develop at Raith. I'd try to move Wilson on find a better backup option for that position. Sparrow is a midfielder who can cover at right back, but he's not great there, and he's even worse at left back. McGhee is a midfielder that can do a job at centre half and I like him, so I hope he sticks around for a while.

But we all know Elijah is a kiwi international

The reality is we're not going to improve that area because of the 2 we have there plus Jordan McGhee who can also play there. They're also 2 different type of RB's Sparrow is more attacking gets himself into decent areas going forward where as SOD is a bit more defensive and has simplified his game which has made him look better. I think people are getting carried away with how good we've been this season our target each season as stated by the board is 10th. The majority of the time we qualify for Europe is because 1 or 2 out of Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen have a poor season. We've also surely got to be looking at the seasons under Graham Alexander and SK where we've had like 30 contracted players with about 10 of them not making more than 5 appearances. I think 2 per position with academy players making up the squad when we get injuries is the approach we should be taking hence the reason I don't see us signing another RB.

But, is that what we want? SOD is a good squad player now, but at his age, has lost a bit of energy. Tom Sparrow is a decent midfielder but is never a full back.

I think RB is fine tbh SOD and Sparrow are serviceable Premiership Rbs. LB I would like an alternative that isn't Wilson but he's a HG and a Club trained player for Europe so we'll probably just stick with him and hope he's developed a bit at Raith. We need another Striker to create competition, probably a Maswanhise type that can play across the front 3. I'd like to see us improve the physicality of the team. We're quite a small side and have we scored a header from a corner this season feels like a string we need to add to our bow. Hearts are top of the league from being the best at set-peices. Other than Just at Aberdeen I can't think of another corner we've scored from.

The source is Football Insider which lists Just as an Australian international. 🙈 I’m sure some clubs will be monitoring Elijah but this is an example of the worst lazy journalism to shoehorn old firm into article.