'Honest' mistakes 25/26

So VAR didn't see it as a dive, wow, but at the same time not at all surprised. VAR wasn't brought in to eradicate this type of thing, it was brought in to assist the huns when needed and turn a blind eye when should be used.

 

I get what your saying but the Dessers goal, which was a mile off side... wasn't given by the linesman. I am sure it had to go to VAR. Maybe they felt they couldn't rip it to that level.

 

What I don't like about that is that it is a well-thought-out piece of skill in using deceit. The reason it looks convincing at full speed is the sudden change in his momentum, which is difficult to fake in a dive. It's only in the replay you can see that he achieves this effect by grabbing the Dundee defender's shorts and using that as leverage to pull himself back.

For me, that's not a technique that just suddenly occurs to a player in real time. It's not some spur-of-the-moment bit of cheating by a mostly honest player with a split-second decision to make in the heat of the moment, like Henry's handball against Ireland; it's something that has been thought out previously and probably used before. It's a pre-meditated bit of cheating using a cheating technique that the player had in his toolbox.

Two things: firstly, how VAR can miss that, I don't know and secondly, that player is for the watching IMO.

 

The linesman had the best view in the stadium

No way he didn't see it

 

Expecting a plethora today.

 

Every goal we score will be micro analysed for a lengthy delay each time.

 

And any bit of contact in our box.

 

That hand ball that led to their only chance was laughable. Couldn't have beem any closer.

 

Also Shinnie 2 hands in the box when he was on the deck. Was it even checked, didn't see another replay if it was or no..

The dive by Devlin twice as well. Just laughable decisions..

Quite a few times we've went by them and been a wee pull also but close quarters..

 

Literally happened in front of Beaton's face.

 

What a horrible rancid fat orange * that Beaton is, a face only his mother/sister could love.