Matt O’Riley spoke for many Celtic fans when he was interviewed by Celtic TV following the 2-1 victory at home to Ross County.
Once again a match was dominated by questionable decisions, this time straight from the referee with only marginal encouragement from VAR.
David Munro had already given a couple of questionable first half decisions but they paled into insignificance when he awarded the visitors a penalty five minutes into the second half.
With his opponent at most a yard away the ball was struck at O’Riley, struck his hip then against his arm. Penalty, Munro pointed to the spot with the VAR going along with that decision.
I don’t really know what I could’ve done, to be honest. My hands are by my side.
I’m not even sure what happened. I don’t know if the ball hit my arm first or my hip and then my arm, I’m literally like this so I don’t know where else I can put my arm.
It’s one of those ones. We’ve had some strange decisions go against us recently to say the least but they still can’t stop us, so it’s alright.
Should the Celtic board publicly call for a full explanation on VAR to date?
No, we have to trust that teething troubles will be resolved
Yes, with VAR comes accountability and transparency
A year ago O’Riley was playing away in League One for MK Dons where it is doubtful if the refereeing is of a lower standard.
Over five rounds of fixtures with VAR in operation Celtic have conceded five penalties, in 15 SPFL matches the league leaders have been awarded just one penalty.
Celtic’s next competitive match is on December 17 away to Aberdeen in front of the Sky Sports and VAR cameras.
Even our players are referring to officialdom as “THEY” ,the unaccountable source of bias. And silence on decisions.
It looked outside of the box to me!
In the EPL, the referees wave obvious non-deliberate hand-balls, like this one, away!