We’d be right berks to copy troubled Turks

SCOTTISH football does so much knee-jerking it could give Moulin Rouge can-can dancers a run for their money.

Especially when it comes to VAR. We’ve had the inevitable fallout from last weekend’s Old Firm game where armchair sleuths have examined every decision in forensic detail.

Then there was the Aberdeen stooshie. There’s no doubt the Bojan Miovski disallowed goal was a shocker.

If Hawkeye was on the blink there’s no way the officials should have just looked at a regular freeze frame and taken a punt.

The trouble is officials are so reliant on tech they couldn’t stick to their original decision either because they’d have let it run and waited for the electronic safety net. It just turned out it was full of holes and left everyone exposed.

This only highlighted the need for officials on the pitch to get back to having the guts to make a call in the moment, rather than wait for the guys in the VAR bunker to cover their backs.

That is not what VAR is for. It’s there as a back-up if they make a clear and obvious error. These days our lot are refusing to make clear and obvious decisions on the spot.

It’s maybe no wonder knees have been jerking with the Dons coming close to suggesting VAR gets binned and punters putting the boot in.

We’ve even got folk saying we need to follow Turkey’s lead and bring in VAR specialists from abroad. Hold the bus. Copy Turkey?

Has anyone seen what’s been going on over there this season?

Here’s a reminder. In December, Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca raced on to the pitch and punched a ref.

A match was abandoned after the guy in charge of Istanbulspor told his team to walk off after a penalty decision against Trabzonspor.

Fenerbahce sent out an under-19 team against

Galatasaray in the Super Cup in protest and then bailed out after conceding in the first minute.

They’re in a huff with everyone with claims of bias from officials and fans attacked by a mob from Trabzonspor, where players were also pelted with dog poo bags.

The top two – Fenerbahce and Galatasaray – are due to meet in May and we might need to send in the UN, Nato and Tom Cruise and the IMF to deal with it.

In the short term, they’re drafting in foreign officials to man the VAR. Aye, let’s copy this lot. Scottish football is bonkers but it’s play school in comparison.

Our knickers are in a twist over the state of the Dens Park pitch. Yet we need to be careful. We are wandering down a dangerous path at times.

There’s an alarming

Drafting in outsiders would be SFA turkeys voting for Christmas

rise in objects being lobbed on pitches from the stands.

Clubs rattle out anti-VAR statements every other week and fans are getting riled up by spreadsheets over fouls and penalties.

We’ve not gone full Turkey yet but it might not be far off.

Scottish football doesn’t need foreign officials. We just need our guys to make better decisions.

It’s clear VAR is causing a problem everywhere. And at some point it’s going to be rolled back as it becomes even more ridiculous.

It can’t continue in its current form as it’s dragging the game down.

But drafting in outsiders would be SFA turkeys voting for Christmas as there would be no way back.