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What a genuine game of two halves! Early on we just couldn't cope with Hibernian's tactics and losing two breakaway goals in the first ten minutes really was a huge blow.  In saying that, the players did well to regain some composure eventually and got that all important first goal just before Half-Time. A lot of people in W1 and W2 were convinced the Hibernian second goal, eventually scored by Mykola Kukharevych, shouldn't have been allowed to stand because someone else was offside in the lead up to the goal.  I myself didn't see that so can't say one way or another but I've just finished watching Sportscene and it wasn't a topic of conversation, plus our players didn't react at all to it. Our goal being disallowed, I can understand why the Fourth Official thought a foul took place before hand but all this "phases of play" stuff is just a nonsense.  Former professional players admit to not knowing how "phases of play" works and that says it all really.  This modern way of waiting to see if a player scores a goal or at least has an effort on target before the assistant referee/linesman can put his flag up for offside or a foul that took place in the build up is yet another nonsense! Football is a fairly simple game.  The powers at be are trying to make it something it's not and it's just making a mockery of the whole sport.  It's a severely sanitised product we now have and not for the better.  VAR continues to divide opinions and when it's taking so long to make the final decision, it just becomes a shambles.  Why bother with a referee all?  Why bother with assistant referees/linesman?  Just have a video or audio link to the VAR room and they can run the show. Anyway, great Second-Half effort and performance from the players and we really became more confident when Mark O'Hara got on.  It's still been a good season overall, a third "Top Six" finish in a row and Europe, who knows?