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Who remembers when fans would get popular songs and change the lyrics to suit a new club chant, TheToon fans to name one club have done this one…. What would our fans would come up with?

Not only do we need highlights to see the best bit of games we need someone to create highlights for pre match speeches. TLDL I don't like VAR blah blah, Livi are good, Lennon is awesome, we'll give it a right good go.

The gaffer

If it's a promotion from within, you're right, the wagons will circle. However, that would be a big mistake.

I agree - taking a stand for what believe is right is worth putting a few quid into . the real waste of money is shelling out for VAR .

Not quite. If you have a few hours to spare, feel free to check back my post match comments. I may criticise refs in most/many games but by no means every single time. That's an inaccuracy.

The irony of that tweet is not lost on me following the Casey/oor wee laddie Ross McCausland reaction.

Butland played the ball when the St Mirren guy was 6 yards away from him and the guy clattered into Butland. It should have been a foul to Rangers but Nic Walsh can't help himself. For someone who criticises refs every single time we play you seem to have a loose grasp on the laws. That St Mirren player just runs into people all the time. He's the perfect Robinson player.

It's the SFA we're talking about here a critical review and owning up to making a James Hunt of running Scottish football, operating VAR etc are not concepts they have any understanding of and never will, it will be another promotion from within to replace Crawford Allan who will do as they are told so they don't upset the existing clique.

Looks like another way is the way to go no? grizzly cue…..

Herein lies the general issue with the SFA and VAR, and we have the evidence to show this: The referee interprets the rules one way The VAR interprets the rules another way The SFA's compliance officer interprets the rules another way The SFA's VAR independent review panel interprets the rules another way Add to that the fact that the whole thing is shrouded in secrecy, so we're all fucked. The fact that all of these professionals employed by the SFA can consistently come up with a different interpretation of the rules and differing decisions on the same incident is deeply concerning. Subjectivity is human nature, but I thought VAR was supposed to introduce further objectivity into the process. The issue is the SFA, its employees, and its cult of secrecy. The stats of the review panels have shown that things are only getting worse. Therefore, a critical review and overhaul of the whole thing must be undertaken by whoever replaces Crawford Allan this summer, as this cannot and should not go on.

Because he plays for Rangers.

There are several issues at play here and its not all down to VAR. I do get the unnecessary delays and the micro analysing decisions i.e. an incident should be clear and obvious. However, what its poor performance to date does highlight is the level of inconsistency in decision making and the defensive/secretive attitude of the SFA. There is then the adoption of ridiculous rules and guidelines about handball and red card tackles. A final word on the Jack Vale red card - why was Butland only yellow carded in the St Mirren V Rangers game?

I didn't know that. It's a pretty damning indictment only made worse by the fact all the clubs are having to contribute valuable cash to the whole debacle.

I have newspaper cutting from motherwell times as it shows fans coming onto park. I am smack bang in middle, a young 10 Yr old

Ah , wish we could still change ends at half time .

While that is true, he has made something like 24 appearances this season, so it sounds like they are working on his development.

Max has been warming the bench most games and playing second fiddle to Jusuf Gazibegovic. He didn't get off the bench today. Let's hope he kicks on next season.

Congratulations Former Motherwell player Max Johnston and Mika Biereth on winning the Austrian Cup Do we get money because Max Johnston plays for them and was one of our youth players?

It was a 1982 loved the old badge when the team line up came up. also a young Tommy Coyne in that Clydebank team. I’m pretty positive his senior debut was against us earlier that season when we thumped them 7-0

I hear you, but I wouldn't be as kind to the officials. The outcome of the first three independent review panels has shown that the number of incorrect decisions via VAR intervention has increased with each review. Put simply, the longer VAR has been used, the worse its application has become in terms of the decision-making around key match incidents. Scotland’s Coefficient on Twitter provides a useful summary: https://x.com/scotlandscoeff1/status/1785636543811502502?s=46&t=wehikD-exiutCByWu64YEQ

📽️ Motherwell win the 1982 First Division

All VAR has done is move poor decision making on the pitch to poor decision making in the VAR booth. So instead of instant poor decisions, we have to wait a couple of minutes for them. The worst is having to wait for every goal to be confirmed. The most important aspect of football has had the spontaneity sucked out of it. I watch a lot of other leagues, including Scottish Championship, English Championship, Irish etc. and not once have I ever thought "that game would have been better with VAR" When there are tight (or even poor decisions) players and fans moan for 10 seconds then are right back at it. Which is how the game should be.

He'll soon be replacing Andy "was playing for Queens Park" Robertson as Max "was playing for Cove Rangers" Johnston in the commentators' phrase book.

I think they know the rules. Its how they are choosing, or being told to interpret them I have an issue with. For me Shinnies hand does come out away from his body and the handball stops us gaining an advantage. However, I dont think he did it deliberately and it was in my opinion entirely natural as he was running. Similar to Bairs at the other end. They either both are, or in a sane world where VAR doesnt exist, neither are. Still doesnt excuse the Ross County decision though. Plenty talk down south from pundits there about binning VAR. Never happening, but clearly not just a problem in our league.