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From The Guardian - no surprise here but the numbers are in: New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR Only 2% thought VAR ‘makes football more enjoyable’ 81% prefer watching games without video technology In a poll of more than 7,000 fans, the vast majority of whom attend matches, only 2% agreed with the statement that VAR “makes football more enjoyable”, and 3% said it made the experience of attending a match better, while 91% disagreed. Of those polled, 81% said they preferred watching matches without video technology. For fans cited in the survey, the biggest specific problem with VAR was the delay in reaching decisions: 96% of those polled disagreed with the statement that VAR decisions are “generally resolved in a reasonable amount of time”. Meanwhile, 92% agreed with the statement that “VAR has removed the spontaneous joy of goal celebrations”.

Maybe this will be the season where he is finally found out. Although, given the jobs for the boys approach still prevelant in the Scottish game it's just as likely he'll either get a new contract at County or be quickly employed elsewhere. The Motherwell, Killie and County fans certainly know the score: "As for Kettlewell, I wouldnt want him to be given the gig next season no matter what happens. I'm not convinced there is a manager there at all" Maybe potential future employers will finally catch on.

A few comments over at P&B that sum up the feelings of the County fans, but this one seems the most familiar: "Wherever this shit-show ends up it can't be Kettlewell next season. It really can't. The only plan for getting up the pitch is half-winning a 50-50 by nudging the ball forwards and then hoping to win the next 50-50. And repeat until we lose one of these contests. There are no passes, just nothing that looks like a County player spotting someone who is open to receive the ball. The worst possible outcome would be to somehow stay up and rewarding him with a new contract."

We're back to not being able to hold more than one opinion at a time here. Slattery was wrong. The Ref and Referee's assistant were both wrong to send off King. VAR was wrong to not review the red card (like they had already done for Gogic) The SFA was wrong for waiting 4 weeks and choosing to re-referee 3 different individuals' decisions. Do you think they'll go back now and give us our penalty at Ibrox or give Oxlade-Chamberlain a red? If a player dives to get a penalty, will they now be subject to a 4 week suspension? If not, why not? That has a direct impact games. What about feigning head injuries to waste time with stoppages?

I think the problem was he didn't fit Kettlewell's style. Although, tbf, there were people who kept trying to convince me Casey was a good defender.

If you don't think we have a plan B you haven't been listening to Jens or the players. He has been training the players to adapt to low blocks, high presses, being kicked, long high balls etc. It doesn't mean, however, it always works. There's a reason no team in the league wins every game. We need every player to be on it, and sometimes they are not.

Also why I enjoy watching the lower league Scottish and English games.

The OF are subjected to the same delays, but it's at least worth the wait for them. Of all the issues, I think removing the spontaneity of a goal celebration is VAR's biggest crime. It's literally what we pay our money to experience.

I agree with that. He needs a club where he has complete freedom to implement his ideas, allowed to bring in the players he wants, and patience from the fans. Neither of the OF sides would allow that.

No surprise that the VAR review quickly turned into the VAR Justification Show.

I think Priestman was just knackered. He was everywhere,

Another VARiation of points dropped. Take your pick...

Offside isn't ruled on clear and obvious. It's ruled by the hand drawn lines by officials who decide what angles and thickness to use. Which is even worse.

Must have brought their super-thin lines into the booth for that one. The Rangers issue lines would have been 2 yards on.

Let's wait 15 minutes for VAR to check

If Just has a good World Cup and raises his profile even more, we might receive an offer we can't refuse.

We're not exactly strangers to top of the table finishes.

Ref analyst on the US telly said it should have been a red because Tripper made no attempt to play the ball and the Barca player was very likely to have been able to reach it if he wasn't pulled.

Possibly. And he has had better players at his disposal. Hard to argue, however, that his predecessors massively underperformed. And I still believe we beat Denmark because the talented players ignored the tactics. 3 moments of individual brilliance instead of grinding out a 1 - 0.

Clarke took a dysfunctional team in a dysfunctional setup where nobody wanted to play for the national side. He turned it around into a squad that started qualifying for tournaments again. He did it using his own methods, and those same methods managed to get us to this year's World Cup. As the last 2 Euros showed, the same approach fails miserably in the finals, and for me he should have been punted after the last Euros. While he is in charge, though, there is zero reason to imagine he will change anything that got him to the finals and kept him in a job - and that includes remaining overly loyal to some mediocre players.

I don't have any complaints about his loyalty. He might well have been off before his injury, but gave us another year after his recovery.

We might pip Hearts into 3rd, though.

Ah, so was I.

This was the year we took up the option, I believe. He's out of contract in July.

It says we have opened talks, but I expect that happened with all the players once we knew we had secured top 6 and more idea of our budget. If he wants a move, this summer would make sense for him.