Rory Smith
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Football Daily · MNC: Manchester derby VAR controversy & Rangers dominate Old Firm · 14 Sep 2026
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So you're going to have to say that.
Because they have complicated it.
So now if it's a Yankee motion, it's a straight red.
If it's just a sort of gentle caress, like an affectionate rub of the head, it's a yellow or it's nothing.
it still has the effect of massively confusing everything.
Absolutely, yeah.
And that's what I agree with Chappers.
I think with... Dale, you're quite right, and I would not claim to know the kind of history of it as well as you do, but they have taken rules that weren't necessarily quite complicated to strike that balance between consistency and common sense, and they have made them impossible to understand to the point where I actually think a lot of the time they're not entirely sure which bit they're meant
which is
aren't they?
wouldn't even speak about this tonight?
I think it goes back years though, Shay.
And it's worse in Italy and Spain where, I mean, Italy, they invented an entire machine so they could pick apart refereeing decisions.
And there's a lot of Spanish, whatever the Spanish equivalent to the Monday night club would be like 95% just about referees.
But I think it did create an environment in which we kind of,
what's the word, like chastise them for not being perfect, and now we've introduced a system that's... There's just much... I say this as someone who's not opposed to VAR as a concept, but it's just much worse.
It is much worse now.
the
El Club de Lunes Noche is what it would be.
Who's the grumpiest ex-Spanish player?
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