Stuart Kettlewell slammed referee Chris Graham after the whistler sent off Motherwell defender Dan Casey despite VAR asking him to review his original decision.
The Well boss reckons the standard of officiating in Scotland is not good enough after seeing 10 men pegged back in a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock. Kettlewell said: “We had the same referee up in Dingwall the other week and there was over 60 minutes of dead time. I felt there was probably the same amount tonight. The game needs to breathe a wee bit more.
“It becomes carnage. That’s the point we get to in the game of football. Questionable is an understatement. I’m sick and fed up of it. I’ve been told there’s been three key errors in our last five games. I try to move on and hope better times are ahead then it come to tonight and it’s by far the worst of them all. It’s quite incredible.
“Him being sent to the monitor suggests he’s got it wrong. I’ve been given the heads up from Kilmarnock’s bench that this is going to be overturned. And the ref watches it several times and thinks that he’s got it right. I’m concerned for the game in this country if we’re deeming that type of thing a red card. We want it to get better. Decisions like that are not moving it forward.”
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes said: “We were the better team throughout. Their goal was against the run of play. It’s such an untidy, scrappy goal and we had it all to do. But our response was good. Second-half we worked down the sides a lot more, played in their half more, had more vigour about us and we deservedly got our equaliser.”