Ange Postecoglou believes the clamour to get Scottish referee’s mic’d up won’t be the magic bullet to bring sanity back to our game.
The Celtic boss dismissed a growing demand to trial the technology and insisted respect for match officials always falls on deaf ears even if they are allowed to communicate decisions on the pitch. After the fall-out from last weekend’s Old Firm clash saw whistler Kevin Clancy subject to death threats and a torrent of on-line abuse, Postecoglou is adamant he’s already written off VAR as a cure to controversy and it’s not always good to talk.
He said: “It is not going to change anything. You either respect officialdom or you don’t – it is quite simple. Everyone thought VAR was the answer and as we have seen quite clearly it is not. It doesn’t diminish or eliminate debate. When so many or our laws come down to opinion, as they do just now, then you are always going to get debate. But that should always be kept respectful and kept in context of everything else that happens in a game of football.”
