Willie Collum eviscerates Rangers red card gaffe as Nick Walsh's Diomande 'slap' revelation emerges in VAR audio release

Willie Collum reckons that Nick Walsh did get the call to send Rangers star Mohamed Diomande off against Dundee United WRONG.

It comes after the SFA released full VAR audio from the flashpoint - with whistler Walsh sticking to his on-field decision after viewing the action from Diomande as a "slap" The midfielder would win his red card appeal during the clash after the club took their case to a fast track tribunal over wrongful dismissal after the Ivorian midfielder was sent packing by Walsh in the closing stages of a 3-1 Scottish Premiership win at Tannadice.

The man in the middle was sent by VAR to the monitor to review his decision by Don Robertson in Clydesdale House after the midfielder raised his hand to United’s Kevin Holt - although the contact was negligible if not non-existent. And speaking to the SFA's VAR Review, Head of Referee Operations Collum admitted that it was the Dundee United man who was walking a red card tightrope. The referee reckons that Holt - who was already on a booking - should have also been shown a yellow card alongside Diomande.

Asked for his take on the incident, Collum said: "We had lots of discussion about this incident. We've coached the match officials that we don't think it is a red card. We agree with the viewpoint that the VAR talks about when assessing the incident about excessive force, brutality, is there contact in the face? Is it negligible? These are key phrases that I have mentioned before in this show that need to be taken into account.

"For us here, we prefer a yellow card. The referee goes to the monitor. He is entitled to stick to his decision and for him, there is a slap. For us, we would prefer a yellow card for this action.

"What I want to be clear about is that