SteelmaninOZ Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 7 hours ago, SteelmaninOZ said: It's boot on boot, a bit high, above the ankle, contact on the shin, reckless, but since he didn't break his leg, it's probably an orange card - though without the context (we know), every referee would give a red card. Thanks for clearing that up, Willy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 The March review shows mjust how big a problem refereeing/VAR actually is. Totally inconsistent. I don't get the comment about Callum Slattery. Are they looking at footage from the St Mirren game? If so, thats downright ridiculous. If we're going to review decisions from a month ago how far back do they go? If so, that should open the floodgates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Only got round to watching this last night as there was hee haw on the tv. Im acually raging about the tackle on Just by Oxlade - Chamberlain now. Never thought too much of it at the time and felt a yellow was probably about right, but when you see the pictures that were available to VAR and the intitial point of contact, I just cant fathom how they dont think thats a red card. Especially when Beaton tells them he has a mark on his shin! Least said about the Gordon red card the better. Totally pointless exercise now as they are just using the review to justify decisions and save face, rather than admit mistakes and actually improve the standard of officiating. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 40 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: Only got round to watching this last night as there was hee haw on the tv. Im acually raging about the tackle on Just by Oxlade - Chamberlain now. Never thought too much of it at the time and felt a yellow was probably about right, but when you see the pictures that were available to VAR and the intitial point of contact, I just cant fathom how they dont think thats a red card. Especially when Beaton tells them he has a mark on his shin! Least said about the Gordon red card the better. Totally pointless exercise now as they are just using the review to justify decisions and save face, rather than admit mistakes and actually improve the standard of officiating. While that arsehole collum is in charge nothing will change, lunatics running the asylum springs to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: Totally pointless exercise now as they are just using the review to justify decisions and save face, rather than admit mistakes and actually improve the standard of officiating. Spot on, Gollum actually says on the video re the Just tackle, "if the referee had shown a straight red card to the Celtic player Var would not have overturned it" ffs the whole set up is a corrupt, incompetent shambles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambo97 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2026 at 7:15 PM, Spiderpig said: Spot on, Gollum actually says on the video re the Just tackle, "if the referee had shown a straight red card to the Celtic player Var would not have overturned it" ffs the whole set up is a corrupt, incompetent shambles. Previously he's said if the leg bends (as it this case) it's a red. They also said he's in control of the ball, he's not even looking at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 No surprise that the VAR review quickly turned into the VAR Justification Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 It's simply not fit for purpose and that's been proved time after time since it's inception. You would think that things would improve through time but if anything the decision making is getting worse each season and that's worrying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, santheman said: It's simply not fit for purpose and that's been proved time after time since it's inception. You would think that things would improve through time but if anything the decision making is getting worse each season and that's worrying. It's got so bad that, as yesterday, I don't stand up spontaneously to celebrate a goal much any more: I often await the probable VAR review. So am I getting the wrong impression when I think that the OF aren't affected to the same extent by VAR decisions 🤔? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 18 minutes ago, Happy Dosser said: It's got so bad that, as yesterday, I don't stand up spontaneously to celebrate a goal much any more: I often await the probable VAR review. So am I getting the wrong impression when I think that the OF aren't affected to the same extent by VAR decisions 🤔? The OF are subjected to the same delays, but it's at least worth the wait for them. Of all the issues, I think removing the spontaneity of a goal celebration is VAR's biggest crime. It's literally what we pay our money to experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, Happy Dosser said: It's got so bad that, as yesterday, I don't stand up spontaneously to celebrate a goal much any more: I often await the probable VAR review. So am I getting the wrong impression when I think that the OF aren't affected to the same extent by VAR decisions 🤔? I really don't know as they seem to have as many problems with bad decisions for or against them. Maybe someones keeping a record somewhere? I've got friends who are OF fans and they moan about VAR as much as me but because of who they are they get more media coverage. VAR is just shit and why I love going to the odd local WOSL game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 15 minutes ago, santheman said: VAR is just shit and why I love going to the odd local WOSL game. Also why I enjoy watching the lower league Scottish and English games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 From The Guardian - no surprise here but the numbers are in: New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR Only 2% thought VAR ‘makes football more enjoyable’ 81% prefer watching games without video technology In a poll of more than 7,000 fans, the vast majority of whom attend matches, only 2% agreed with the statement that VAR “makes football more enjoyable”, and 3% said it made the experience of attending a match better, while 91% disagreed. Of those polled, 81% said they preferred watching matches without video technology. For fans cited in the survey, the biggest specific problem with VAR was the delay in reaching decisions: 96% of those polled disagreed with the statement that VAR decisions are “generally resolved in a reasonable amount of time”. Meanwhile, 92% agreed with the statement that “VAR has removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrations”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted 2 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I know you’re all waiting with baited breath for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Bullshit on the hearts explanation !! the hearts player’s head is about knee height so no way you should be using your head to play the ball at that height. the guy got kicked in the head. FFS that’s why it’s dangerous play against the hearts player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Did he also not go down very easily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Collum would swear the sky is green to cover mistakes and deflect. The same incidents get different decisions every week. All dressed up with whatever explanation suits at the time. No consistency. No accountability. Just clowns making it up as they go. The VAR review is pointless as well. It’s just a box ticking exercise so he can claim transparency and say they are listening. It’s the same script ever time and only pisses fans off even more. Nothing has improved. Our officials and their use of VAR has objectively ruined the spectacle and brought even more incompetence, cynicism and apathy into the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbybingo Posted 49 minutes ago Report Share Posted 49 minutes ago The Maswanhise penalty's class. It's like watching dugs trying to operate the Large Hadron Collider, followed by 'They forgot to look at their feet'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted 11 minutes ago Report Share Posted 11 minutes ago I just get disgusted by the sheer dishonesty and mental gymnastics used by Collum (and the authorities generally) to justify the unjustifiable. If I'd had to suffer another year of Kettlewell hoofball and the joy-sucking effect of VAR and its subsequent crap decisions, I would probably have given up going to 'Well games, something that I never thought I would say. In his post-Falkirk interview, I thought JBA bit his tongue a bit and didn't go large on the refereeing decisions in the three games we lost to Falkirk but from the first bad one when Said's wonder goal was chalked off for nothing, it seems we have been pretty hard done to when playing them. Wasn't at Falkirk yesterday but reports of Slattery-esque simulation, a player on a yellow handling without consquence and Bairns players allowed to commit multiple fouls without a caution, it seems it was same old, same old. I doubt Slattery will hang about with a further suspension hanging over him and a very good season behind him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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