ALLY MCCOIST reckons having a former player involved in VAR decision making would help bring some common sense to the process.
The system has come under fire from all angles on both sides of the border in recent months and the introduction of technology has done nothing to dilute the controversy in Scottish football.
McCoist admitted he had 'flipped' his stance on VAR after initially being in favour of it but knows there is no chance of it being removed from our game.
McCoist said: "That’s not going to happen. But I genuinely think it would help if there was somebody who had played the game was there advising them.
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"Some might come back and say ‘he might be advising them, but he is advising them to go against the laws of the game’. I think sometimes the law is an ass, particularly with the handball, which they’ll have to change.
"But guys and girls who have played the game know, nine times out of 10, whether it is a penalty. I’m not saying people who haven’t played the game don’t know, I’m not saying that at all.
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"But I’m saying the guys and girls who have played it have a better conception of what actually constitutes offences."
McCoist has seen his fair share of controversies at home and abroad already this campaign thanks to his extensive work behind the microphone.
And the Ibrox legend is even frustrated with the part of the review system that has met with a more widespread approval from punters.
McCoist said: "We are not getting rid of it. There is an argument for it but there is no way we are getting rid of it.
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"The only thing I like and understand is goal line technology. If you ask the supporters, that is the big one, that is one that would really annoy you if the ball was over the line and you didn’t get a goal.
"The thing that annoys me is the time it takes. If you are a supporter, it is changing the way that people support football because you don’t know if you can celebrate a goal.
"You are celebrating and then you are looking along at the linesman. I would just have celebrated anyway! I would have celebrated more!"
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