THE bitter fallout from A-League’s video assistant referee controversy continues, with referees’ boss Ben Wilson upset over Brisbane coach John Aloisi going public with a private conversation between the pair.

Irritated by FFA referees director Wilson having said it was “very clear” what would have been an equaliser from Massimo Maccarone in the Roar’s 2-1 weekend loss to Newcastle was not a goal because of the Roar striker being offside in the build-up, Aloisi returned serve in front of the media yesterday.

Aloisi accepted the VAR ruling after it was clarified by Wilson, but said the second of Newcastle striker Roy O’Donovan’s three goals in the Jets’ 5-1 first-round win over Central Coast Mariners should have been disallowed by the VAR for an offside offence in the build-up.

“I spoke to Ben Wilson … and he said they clearly got that one wrong in Round 1 but got ours right,” Aloisi said.

“That’s where the confusion is. The VAR, it’s good when they get it right, but they’ve also got it wrong.

“The media obviously didn’t know because they didn’t pick up on O’Donovan’s one in the first round, but Ben Wilson told me that they got that wrong.

“(He) admitted it to me in private, so I’m saying it in public, so that everyone understands that I wasn’t complaining for no reason. I was complaining because we weren’t clear.

“Now, I’m pretty sure that everyone will understand the rule, even the referees, and the VAR assistant. Let’s hope that they get these decisions right all the time.”

When contacted by The Courier-Mail on Wednesday, Wilson was angry Aloisi had made public their telephone chat.

“John wanted to have the last word on it, and he has,” Wilson said.

“I don’t want to talk about the conversation I had privately with John.”

Wilson would not confirm if he told Aloisi that the VAR had been wrong in not disallowing O’Donovan’s goal.

“I’ve got no comment to make on something from three weeks ago,” he said.

Aloisi said all he wanted was consistency and less of a delay when the VAR was making a ruling.

“It was between three and five minutes that it took to make the (weekend offside) decision. It’s too long,” the Brisbane coach said.

The last-placed Roar will search of their first points of the season on Saturday when they meet the Phoenix in Wellington.

Aloisi confirmed that left back Corey Brown had torn his hamstring and would be out indefinitely.

Key midfielder Thomas Kristensen’s own hamstring problem, which involves a neural issue, continues to keep him on the sidelines.

The Danish enforcer has not played since the Roar’s embarrassing 5-1 FFA Cup loss to Melbourne Victory on August 9.