Martin O'Neill is of the view VAR [video assistant referee] is "debilitating" for officials on the pitch as he branded the Scottish FA process for appealing against decisions "worthless". On Tuesday, Celtic lost their bid to have Auston Trusty's red card against Hibernian overturned. A club statement was critical of the ruling and called for an urgent review of VAR use, complaining that "VAR again decided to intervene to 're-referee' an initial decision". Trusty was dismissed after a review of his chop on the arm of Jamie McGrath, while the pair tussled at a corner kick, leaving veteran manager O'Neill perplexed. "And then you've got a very excited man on VAR saying 'delay, delay, delay' and they ask him and he says he's going to have a word with the players.

Source: BBC February 25, 2026 21:09 UTC