A SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS

Levein: Apologies are worthless to Saints when VAR is costing us precious points

- FRASER MACKIE

CRAIG LEVEIN says another "sorry" from the SFA would mean nothing after St Johnstone were on the wrong end of more ref controversy.

The Perth club earned an apology after a Graham Carey goal was wrongly ruled out by VAR against Aberdeen in January.

But Levein has been pointing to a string of poor calls that have gone again his Saints strugglers, including a trio of dubious penalties awarded to opponents.

And two more calls on Saturday, as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Dundee, left him feeling cursed.

Levein couldn't believe ref lain Snedden wasn't summoned to the monitor after Adama Sidibeh was sent flying by keeper Jon McCracken sticking out a leg.

And he was stunned Snedden stuck with disallowing a Ryan McGowan stoppage-time goal despite VAR advising a second look at McCracken taking one hand off the ball as the Aussie nodded in. The Saints boss said: "The most we'll get is another apology if we complain.