Maybe Morton were right all along. When 41 out of 42 clubs voted in favour of the introduction of VAR at an SPFL general meeting at April last meeting, it later emerged that the Greenock club were the solitary voice against the technology.
Fast forward 10 months and there might be a few who, given what they know now, might have joined them. Given they are in the Championship, the Cappielow side weren’t even going to be immediately impacted by VAR coming into the game. However, any scepticism they might have had was vindicated when they first encountered it in a Scottish Cup tie against Celtic last month.
Former Hoops defender Efe Ambrose suffered a nightmare on his Parkhead return but it wasn’t all his own doing as VAR played its part. The Nigerian was penalised for handball when the ball cannoned off his arm from close range after a Liel Abada shot had ricocheted off of Jack Baird. There was nothing Ambrose could have done to avoid the contact, and as his arm was down by his side.
