After the 2-2 draw with Morecambe last Saturday we’re still waiting for it to happen at home for Carlisle United.

We got caught cold and made it hard for ourselves, although it’s good that we’ve now got the ability to come back from 2-0 down. 

I think the criticism of Adam Collin was unfair. The lad will probably accept that he should have done better.

If you analyse this season and last, Collin has gained us a lot more points than he’s cost us.

But goalkeepers aren’t usually remembered for things like that. 

I played with one of the best, Allan Ross, who gave a career to Carlisle United - 16 years.

He used to say to me he was only remembered for two things: his penalty save when we won at Newcastle in the FA Cup in 1968; and his mistake against Fulham that put us out of the quarter-final in 1975. 

At this stage of Carlisle’s season it’s about pride for players, and putting yourself in the shop window. There’s always someone watching the matches.

The better finish you can have to a season, the more choice you could have, whether you want to still be at Carlisle - if you’re out of contract or on loan - or you’re looking to go elsewhere. 

We’re at Cambridge tomorrow. They’re on a good run after changing their manager, but I’m confident we can get a result there. 

I hope this weekend in the Premier League the focus will be on football instead of VAR.
I’m not a lover of it - quite the opposite in fact.

I don’t think there’s been a weekend when the main headline hasn’t been a VAR incident. And it’s not even getting any better. 

Last weekend, Bournemouth equalised away at Burnley - but it was ruled out because play was pulled back to give the home side a very dubious penalty. The score incredibly went from 1-1 to 2-0. 

It reminded me of when Liverpool beat Manchester City at Anfield last November.
When it was 0-0 Man City had a penalty shout for handball. The ref didn’t give it. From the clearance, Liverpool scored.

VAR didn’t overturn the handball decision. But what would have happened in a game like that, in front of 50,000 home fans, if they’d cancelled Liverpool’s goal and taken it back to give City a penalty? 

And offsides: it’s so minute.

Even when they show an incident again and again, some people say he’s offside and some say he isn’t.

It’s not the ‘clear and obvious error’ that VAR was brought in to correct. Dozens of perfectly good goals have already been ruled out. 

It takes two or three minutes to decide. It’s sucking the atmosphere out of grounds.
Watching on TV, every time a goal is scored now my first thought is: “Is it going to VAR?”. People are losing interest in football as a result. 

I’d like to think they’ll get rid of it but I think we’re stuck with it.

It shows that on the whole referees have done an excellent job the last few years. It’s still one man’s decision.

But now it’s someone watching a screen who could be hundreds of miles away. 

I’m not against all technology. Goalline technology is magnificent, because there are no grey areas. The ball is either over the line or it isn’t.

Carlisle United's legendary winger George McVitie was speaking to Roger Lytollis.