Josh Campbell has plenty of reasons to be wary of VAR - but the Hibernian midfielder is convinced it will prove a force for good in Scottish football.
Campbell is no fan of the ‘video assistant referee’ system when he is sitting at home watching games on TV. The 22-year-old also reckons players will have to change the way they play because they are aware ‘Big Brother’ is watching their every move.
And he accepts there could have been a different outcome had the system been in place when he clinched an opening-day victory for Hibs against St Johnstone on the opening day of the campaign. On that occasion, Saints were furious at whistler Euan Anderson’s decision to send off Murray Davidson but not red card Marijan Cabraja for a similar challenge. Then Campbell’s dramatic 90th-minute winner looked like it may have hit team-mate Rocky Bushiri’s hand on the way into the net.
