Interim Hearts boss Steven Naismith reckons VAR is failing to do its job - and the case for U-turning on the technology is being strengthened every week.
Hearts have been on the wrong end of two controversial red cards in recent weeks with Alex Cochrane sent off against Celtic for a trip on Daizen Maeda and Peter Haring given his marching orders against St Mirren. The Tynecastle club opted not to appeal Cochrane's but won their case against Haring's, as it was downgraded to a yellow after an SFA hearing.
Both decisions though have left Naismith bemused and Haring's in particular has the interim Gorgie gaffer scratching his head. He reckons VAR should have stepped in to prevent the onfield officials from making what he feels was the wrong decision - and wonders why it is there if not to prevent red cards from being shown unfairly.
He said: "It's disappointing that we're saying 'hopefully this week the decisions will be bang on.' The biggest disappointment for me is in the last two games, VAR has had an impact, and on both accounts, I feel they haven't been right.
"On Saturday, it steps in and makes a call and the decision is made, but there's a total lack of consistency. Not only that, I was right in front of it, I could see it was not a red card. The fourth official is right next to me, the referee is up with the play, there's an assistant official at the side of the pitch, all with great views of the incident. They all miss it.
"Then we've got the failsafe that hopefully get all the big decisions right, for that to fail as well is really disappointing. It makes people not believe in it and makes us want to take steps back.
"Before this came in, we knew there were going to be teething issues and pros and cons, but all season it's been like this. It's disappointing."
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