Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes said he was disappointed by Neil Doncaster's comments about the proposed use of VAR in Scottish football.

Earlier this week, the SPFL chief executive cited several barriers to implementing the video assistant referees, highlighting the cost of its introduction and questioning whether it would definitively eradicate controversy.

Doncaster used examples from the World Cup, including France's second goal in the final, to suggest that there are problems with the technology.

But McInnes believes that VAR would enhance the Scottish game and has called on league officials to show more ambition.

He said: "Costing is always going to be an issue, I get that, but it's almost like because there's a cost there we can't do it.

"But what he was also trying to raise was aspersions that it's not always right, which I found a poor reason for not trying to better the situation.

"You ask any referee and they'll all be in favour of it.

"A cost thing I get, maybe we could get a sponsor to help us along the way, but surely we should be on the front foot to try and find a way rather than dismissing it.

"Part of his comments were about the World Cup and he was happy to pick out the one example of the final, which we would all agree was up for debate.

"But the majority of the World Cup was fantastic, what an aid it was to the referees.

"That one example from Neil Doncaster was disappointing as there was a hundred or so that were right.

"I thought it worked great, it was slick and got to matter quickly and felt better all the way round.

"Let's enhance our league and be proactive to get grass pitches and VAR and promote the league rather than saying it costs too much and you can have a astro pitch in Premiership if you want.

"I would rather we were more elite and take more pride in our top league and VAR is something we should look at."