Derek McInnes was left furious at the sending off of Kilmarnock ace Danny Armstrong during the defeat at Hibs.
The Hibees edged out the ten men of Killie by a goal to nil but the decision to send the winger packing for two bookable offences created controversy.
Armstrong was first booked for catching Nicky Cadden with a stray arm and minutes later he was walking for a slightly late challenge on goalscorer Nectar Triantis.
McInnes felt the second booking was incredibly harsh and branded the rule disallowing VAR from checking a yellow that reads to red ‘stupid’.
Pundits Cillian Sheridan and Mikey Devlin, a former Hibs defender, have now delivered their verdicts.
Verdict on Armstrong red card vs Hibs
Firstly, the BBC Sportscene panel are in full agreement with McInnes about that VAR ruling which perhaps should be looked at.
But Sheridan wasn’t so sure either of the yellows were harsh. The Brechin striker felt Armstrong could have even had a straight red card for the first incident, and thought the second warranted a yellow.
He said: “We’ve been over the rule about VAR not being able to overturn a yellow card that leads to a red card, everyone is in agreement with that.
“I think if VAR did get involved, I still think it’s going to be a yellow. Clear elbow, probably lucky to only be a yellow.”
On the second tackle, he added: “He does have to take the gamble of going for that. I think the fact that he does catch his foot sliding in, anywhere else on the pitch it’s probably going to be a card I think.”
Devlin felt it was “harsh” on the 27-year-old.
“I’m not sure,” he said. “I think we see that quite regularly where a full-back goes to clear the ball and a forward catches him. Nine times out of ten it results in a yellow card.
“I think for Danny unfortunately that came three or four minutes after his first yellow card and it’s probably fresh in the referee’s mind.
“I think it is a bit harsh but I can understand why it’s been given.”
What Derek McInnes said on Kilmarnock red
On Kilmarnock’s eighth red card of the season, McInnes said: “I know the fingers will get pointed again but for me, the second one isn’t a yellow card and I’m extremely disappointed that that’s where we’re at at the minute in Scottish football, that that is deemed as a red card offence.”
BBC reporter Brian McLaughlin pointed out VAR couldn’t have looked at itm to which McInnes replied: “Seriously, how stupid is that? I’m not the only manager it’s happened to.
“Referees have to take ownership of their decisions and he obviously thought that it was a second yellow card.
“I don’t think it is and I think if he gets the chance to have a look at it again, I don’t think he arrives at that decision.”