Still Game? VAR offside call on Jota leaves many unanswered questions

Like Ian Maxwell it of the SFA it seems that Celtic CEO Michael Nicholson is happy to put all VAR controversies down to teething problems.

There may be some issues relaying footage and dialogue between officials that can be put down to teething troubles but football fans deserve better than the third rate attempt at showing VAR lines in the SPFL Premiership.

In normal time Jota’s ‘goal ‘ for Celtic looked a marginal call, when Motherwell TV replayed it from a camera in line with the incident it looked like the Celtic winger had delayed his run onto a pass from Kyogo Furuhashi enough to stay onside.

What happened next was bizarre! At an evening match a still image from the most distant angle possible was used with almost all of the players on the pitch closer to the camera than Jota. Darkness reigned.

To say that it was inconclusive would be an act of diplomacy.

If that was the evidence used by the VAR official they’d be as well packing the technology away.

In England they can produce 3-D imagery with fine lines and a roving camera to pinpoint the exact detail of the decision.

The VAR officials are said to use every available camera to come to their decision, there were better camera angles in use at Motherwell tonight than the one used to disallow Jota’s ‘goal’.

CLICK HERE for Nicholson justifying teething problems.