Michael Stewart is next up to cast doubt on the decision to rule out Daizen Maeda’s Celtic goal for offside against Rangers in the Scottish Cup win last weekend.
The Japanese winger thought he had put Celtic ahead when Maeda nodded home from close range after a Liam Scales flick on towards the back post.
However, VAR spotted a tight offside and the goal was ruled out, but that didn’t stop Michael Stewart from casting doubt on the decision, and Celtic fans will undoubtedly agree with him.
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Michael Stewart mocks VAR after Celtic row
The Premier Sports pundit was speaking about Maeda’s goal when his mocking tone summed up how Celtic fans are feeling about VAR in Scotland.
Stewart told Premier Sports, “Maybe we’ll get a wee etch-a-sketch up? I think I said it in the studio as well.
“When you’re looking at a monitor that’s 10-15, feet away, and it’s not like a phone that you’re able to zoom in on,
“It’s difficult you just look at it. It’s all about trust. You’ve got to trust the lines are in the right place. My gut is that I think Scales is offside.
“But Djiga, who is the deepest Rangers defender, the line’s not drawn off of him, his left shoulder, would appear to be the deepest part of a Rangers defender.
“I think it would probably still be offside. But those lines don’t look right, and again, this just strikes the undermining of trust in the system.
“So these decisions have been made with this technology, not using the technology to get the answer, it’s in spite of the technology that we’re getting these answers. So effectively, it’s a waste of money.”
Celtic fans will back Stewart’s VAR call all the way
Just minutes after the decision was made, Celtic fans had already cast doubt over the placing of the lines due to how close the call was.
While many agree that the decision was probably correct, the fact that a system that was set up to definitively clear up mistakes is still causing debate proves that VAR is not worth the money that is being shelled out.
Even former SFA referees slaughtered VAR and how it looks amateurish in the Scottish game after this call.
Will the video technology continue to be a part of Scottish football longer term? Not if it is still causing division and debate like it is now.
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