Craig Levein vents Rangers penalty fury as 'sickened' St Johnstone boss wants refs wages cut in HALF

Baffled Craig Levein reckons its time to slash refs’ wages after claiming too many whistlers are waiting for VAR to do their job for them.

The St Johnstone boss had no complaints about the spot-kick call that saw Rangers move two-up in Perth following an Andy Considine lunge on Dujon Sterling. But he was bemused after seeing Luke Robinson concede a second penalty for a handball that neither his defender or ref Matt MacDermid knew nothing about.

“That’s VAR 8-0 up on us now,” said the Saints boss. “I haven’t seen them back. The lads are saying that the first one, they thought, was a penalty. The second one they didn’t, that was their view on it. It’s unbelievably unfair. When you spin your arm comes out. I don’t know how you are supposed to keep your arm in like that when you are spinning.

“The referee hasn’t seen it and it’s the people in the booth that call it. It’s these guys in the booth making calls that are baffling at times. We didn’t lose the game just because of VAR today, but it certainly made life much more comfortable for Rangers and took some of our energy away after they were awarded a couple of goals. I don’t know what the best rule is to have – but could we have one that applies to everybody? That would be nice.

“Supporters come along and pay their money. They have to sit for five minutes with a feeling of dread in their stomach but everybody knows what’s going to happen. The referee’s going to make whatever decisions has been made in the booth. The referees aren’t really refereeing the game anymore. Maybe they should just get half their money! I’ve seen a load of handballs recently. I really don’t know what’s going on just now. It’s quite depressing sitting here every week and talking about stuff that should