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Your wish is my command. "Let’s be clear, United lost this game because of how they defended, not because of decisions made by the officials. But VAR is really starting to infuriate me. United games have seen VAR intervene on penalty decisions in each of the last three games. Each decision has been argued over plenty. Kevin Holt indicates a pull on his shirt to referee Nick Walsh at the end of Saturday’s clash. Image: Craig Foy/SNS My main gripe with it is how the new technology affects the way defenders defend inside the area. I noticed this quite clearly in Saturday’s game. Incidents where a few years ago a defender would have no hesitation in sticking a foot in to win the ball now see defenders sit off. It does impact the way teams defend because players aren’t thinking so much about how to defend but more about not giving away a spot-kick. I dread to think if I was playing how I’d be treated these days! It doesn’t take much for a penalty to be given. And I do feel sorry for defenders, sometimes there really isn’t much they can do. That goes for the penalty United won on Saturday. It can be difficult to say in the moment but I’m not convinced Liam Gordon did enough to send Louis Moult to the ground. Moult is clever in these situations and has shown that in recent weeks. Then there’s the one Motherwell didn’t get from a Luca Stephenson challenge on the edge of the area. And United were adamant there was a handball by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos before Motherwell’s fourth goal. Add that to the decisions against Kilmarnock and St Mirren and it feels like Dundee United are becoming a magnet for debatable VAR calls." (source Courier) Clearly there is confusion about the handball rule even with in the game. Not sure I agree with him about Louis Moult and the penalty though.

Room for improvement then

Hello End of interview 🤣🤣

Is this the 5 minute edited version or the full 4 hour interview? (and he was only asked 3 questions..!!)

I think we'll take at least a point of Aberdeen. They were rightly lauded for their impressive start to the season, but I suspected their form would dip around Christmas. They have now gone L D D L D in their last 5, but more importantly, we match up pretty well against them. Of course, Motherwell being Motherwell and the Premiership being the Premiership, if we do pick up 12 points it will involve collecting a win and loss or two we weren't expecting.