More examples of ‘inconsistencies’ from VAR in Scottish football…
We all know how much maligned VAR has been since its introduction into the Scottish game last October. Some clubs seem to benefit from it while others seem to have it continually used against them.. Or maybe it’s just the sheer ‘inconsistency’ that annoys the football supporters across the Scottish Premiership, well for eleven sets of supporters.
It’s worth saying that It’s just not exclusive to Scotland as the technology is vilified around the globe. It’s quite frankly becoming a hindrance, when it was meant to help end moments of controversy. Much of that is being put down to ‘human error’ but is that really a viable explanation? Especially in this wee country.
This week has seen some more incidents of ‘inconsistencies’ and as usual it’s one club who have come out on the favourable side of it. Yes that would be the same club who haven’t conceded a penalty in 66 games of league football stretching nearly two years. That’s an amazing stat, especially under the scrutiny of VAR. Or is it?
Last week at Ibrox with the home side trailing late on, an incident in the penalty area led to a VAR review and lo and behold the home side were awarded a spot kick. Contrast that in midweek when Celtic were denied a spot kick after a brutal challenge on Kyogo that wasn’t even deemed worthy of a second look by VAR and incidentally when The Celtic Star asked Brendan about this and also the booking Kyogo picked up for being blocked in a separate incident, the Celtic manager didn’t want to know.
Then the next day in Dingwall there were a few incidents of the same nature that mirrored the one that got theRangers a get-out-of-jail penalty against Hearts last week, yet not one was highlighted by the VAR studio.
It’s becoming more evident that VAR is more than favourable towards one club and is just not interested when it comes to Celtic.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
Matt Corr’s new book Majic, Stan and the King of Japan is out now and Neil Lennon, the Celtic captain that season, has written the foreword for us.
You can get a signed copy of the hardback version direct from Celtic Star Books by clicking on the image below. It’s also available an an e-book via Amazon Kindle and please note that all colour photographs that appear in the beautifully presented printed hardback book are also available in the Kindle version of Majic, Stan and the King of Japan…
