Since Rodgers made the incompetent claim about Beaton there has been seven Glasgow Derbies, on Sunday the man from the Crown Bar will be back on VAR duty- the fifth time in those seven fixtures that he has either been the match referee or VAR.
There seemed to be nothing brewing when Cameron Carter-Vickers cleared the ball out of play towards the Celtic dug-out. What happened next caught Walsh sleeping, he switched off, almost causing a goal that would have dominated the headlines.
The extent of the error at Easter Road is is one thing but hearing the audio is even more damning, he sounds like an opposition fan desperately trying to find something, anything to disallow the goal.
But, not only is the source of the upset not announced, the club is hiding behind ‘ the concerns communicated by our own supporters’ rather than being proactive with their own views.
Allegedly Collum had a senior refs meeting on Thursdays night an let them hear the VAR audio from the Maeda disallowed goal at Easter Road .
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However, looking towards the longer-term, the events of the past week have left Stewart with an even greater need to prove that he is more than just another corporate yes-man — some suit who changes with the direction of the breeze — further up the tree.
United have since had a meeting with referee chief Willie Collum and have seen and heard the audio. There is a general acceptance from all parties that there wasn’t enough evidence for VAR to intervene and disallow the goal for an offence that had been deemed to be a factual overturn.
They have also demanded to hear the audio of the decision being made – in full – and to be shown the camera angle which provided McDermid with such a steadfast belief than Dalby handled the ball.