Video assistant referee

teams it comes, sometimes it doesn't.

Yeah, but I think as much as there's frustrating times when VAR gets it wrong... or just doesn't fix the error, I still think it's doing a lot of good.

And I feel like there'll be a lot more, yeah.

So like, I think we can focus on the little, but it is still doing a lot of good.

So it's initially flagged straight away for offside.

They check it with VAR.

and they determine something to do with the ball clipping off a United player initially.

Then it's to do with Haaland apparently being onside when that moment happens, even though there's an argument to where the line is drawn.

So yeah, as I said, the pro-ref issued a statement saying, Admitting fault, they said it was established that Enzo Fernandes did not play the ball.

Therefore, that makes any offside events subjective.

However, on this occasion, the VAR did not recognise the likely impact of his position and should have recommended an on-field review.

Contact has been made with Manchester United this evening to acknowledge what we deem is an error of judgement.

Well, it's a pretty similar vibe over there in the UK.

When it comes to VAR, another big game where the post-match discussion is whether or not VAR and the implementation of technology has made football better.

Look, on a grand scale, the results in terms of decisions that are now correct as opposed to incorrect...

Far higher, thanks to VAR.

But it's big moments like this which make people question its very existence.

It was a call in which Erling Haaland looked to be offside initially but wasn't.

Result, goal.

Result after the game, Pro Ref, who run the referees over in England, apology, sorry, we got that one wrong.

G-Dog gets the golden egg.

He says VAR at it again.

Clearly, Oliver and co. wanted City to win that game, so they made a mistake for the whole world to see.

Oliver's big mistake, probably in his mind, Oliver's big mistake was, I've got to send off a City player.

I don't think he has to give it.

I don't think the ref has to give it.

I think he should buy himself a little bit of time, dish out some yellows, let VAR deal with it.

How rat-faced bloody Bruno Fernandes gets away with kicking him twice, that's why Foden's lashed out.

And what happens later on in the season, If there's a point margin in their favor, well, there's an asterisk there because they should have dropped two points.

And it goes to VAR.

And VAR, once again, back up their mate on the pitch.

Don't do their job.

I mean, Rakeem, you can hear, do your job.

And we all know, we're all familiar with Disgracia.

But he was backed up on match of the day.

And how VAR and the referees are able to do this without, I don't know, being... quarter look i i don't want to be a referee i don't actually want to give up about referees i don't want to talk about referees but if they're making things really bad really bad and it can cost you you're going to end up talking about them because that's what they're there to do again It's not an easy job.

The 10 and 6s is a high that we like to debate and talk about.

Let's talk VAR.

Well, before we do it, I didn't watch the whole programme this time.

I don't blame you.

But I have watched the wee snippet when they refer to the United Celtic game.

Everyone has probably seen, read, watched what I'm about to say, right? But I'll just mention it.

So the audio from the VAR check on Duran's goal at Tanadice has been released, right? There's two lines I'm going to mention before we get to about the refereeing's attitude, right? The assistant VAR asks the question...

Does it lead immediately to a goal? And the VAR in the room says, no, not for me.

And that was quite a pivotal moment in the game.

And still not enough to want to bring VAR back.

Yeah, well, this is it, isn't it? It's all right shouting, like, we're shouting for, like, should have been on board, possibly should have been, and VAR would have been, but obviously we've been not wanting VAR on the whole, so it's just, you've got to suck it up, haven't you? Suck it up, buttercup, because that's...

There ain't

going to be any less controversies, we've seen that last year, so...

You know, your enjoyment of the game's not really disrupted.

Yeah, we can chew the fat over it later.

But VAR didn't improve anything.

He's fed up listening to us.

But it was great to see Kelsey get on the score sheet, even though Again, every goal that Rangers seem to score these days is followed by a lengthy VAR check just to make sure that there's nothing wrong in the 17 passages of play beforehand and the offside checks.

But it was actually a really, really good finish.

Great ball in from Penrice and a fantastic finish at that back post just to put any...

And I guess it could have been more.

The much, much maligned set-piece routines, Mark, almost got a bit of a reprieve when Raskin, I thought it was actually Fernandes from the angle that we had, stuck the ball in the back of the net.

But sadly, I have to give the VAR team probably... grudging respect that they got that decision right, because he did look like he was slightly off when the ball was played.

So it was a bit gutting that we didn't get our first set-piece goal of the season.

Yeah, I know.

Well, the pro-ref said that the on-field decision was offside against Erling Haaland, that it was checked by VAR and then he was found to be on an onside position.

In the same attack, it was established that Enzo Fernandes did not play the ball and therefore that makes the offside offence subjective.

But then when they've looked back on it, they've reviewed it and said, actually, we've made the wrong