I get that if VAR did not have clear evidence that the referee’s made a mistake, they have no scope to overturn an on-field decision, but I thought the ball had gone out of play before Alistair Johnston crossed for Daizen Maeda late in the game at Easter Road. I cannot get exercised over the apparently inappropriate intervention.
An away game after an away European game remains statistically the time a team are most likely to drop points. These circumstances significantly explain why Hibs took all three points against the champions on Saturday. Celtic were poor in the first half. They improved in the second period when Daizen replaced Adam Idah through the middle, but it was all too late.
Last night news broke that Philippe Clement was to be sacked across the city hours before the deed was officially confirmed. It is classless to allow a manager’s sacking to leak like this.
Information is currency and info that Clement was to be sacked is worth a lot of currency to a board member, trying to earn enough support from the media to leverage later. Last week more news leaked from Newco, about a potential new US investor. That leak did not land well with the investor, who had not made their key personnel aware of the prospective action. But the leaker earned currency with the recipient of the news.
This is chronically dysfunctional and consistent with everything we know about Newco, especially their relationship with the media. You can expect to read positive spins on the club’s plans as a consequence, with the interests of the leaker boosted in particular. It’s all cosplay, the real world is unaffected.
In his 16 months in charge, Clement won the League Cup Celtic had been eliminated from before he was appointed. Celtic won the three other trophies awarded during his time, enjoy a 13-point lead in the league and alongside Queen’s Park, are the only Glasgow clubs in the Scottish Cup. Despite this lack of success, interim-CEO John Bennett awarded Clement a new four year contract in August. A the time, this appeared rash. Looking back, it was clearly another example of inept management at Ibrox.
On Clement’s appointment in October 2023, Bennett said, “A team led by our [then]CEO James Bisgrove, members of the board, and former Rangers player and manager Graeme Souness, has spent the last 10 days interviewing several high calibre candidates, with those individuals undergoing a rigorous interview and vetting process.”
I would like to offer a sincere thanks to Graeme for his role in the fiasco over the last 16 months and hope he is back at the table in the weeks to come. The only cloud on our horizon is the reported prospect of Barry Ferguson being appointed interim manager across the city. This could easily lead to a permanent appointment, with Ferguson exerting pressure on Brendan Rodgers next season. Let’s hope Graeme can convince the board to look at a different candidate.
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Hello
Phillip phillopped
Your a caution Paul 😜
What signal does the sacking of Clements send to any Takeover group?
One might be that a slow fix that will turn a profit at lower cost will not be tolerated by the bigots in blue.
That they expect a quicker fix by going for CL money.
That raises the cost to investors and the risk Celtic can more than match whatever wages on offer under FSR, increasing the risk of failure, so why take heed of the bigots?
Walk away or take them on?
Bring back Clement!
Happy Monday all. Look set for a mild week here in the bluegrass state.
Not bothered about Celtic being cheated, that is a new one on me, I couldn’t care less about what happens at Ibrox or to their manky club however the leader of this blog site cares more about that than Celtic being cheated by a repeat offender. I would hazard a guess that that is also the thinking of Lawwell and Nicholson in case anyone expects them to stand up for the team and the support on this issue.
Maybe it’s the 5wa again that worries some folk.
Paul 67 ‘thinking’ the ball was out of play when Alastair Johnstone crossed it is not enough for VAR in Scotland or anywhere where it is used to change the onfield decision of awarding Celtic the equalising goal.
This is incompetence or corruption or both
I thought the ball was out of play myself.
I also thought Hibs should have had a penalty before Jota went on a great run and almost equalised..
Had celtic been denied that penalty I would have been furious
Had Hibs been awarded a goal in a similar situation to our disallowed one I would have been furious.
Not all refs and var officials are masonic cheats
To my eyes (albeit located in Oz with the rest of my body) the ball looked out.
But P67, I disagree that such a guess should enable a VAR monkey to re-referee the onfield decisions without conclusive photo/graphic proof.
VAR is supposed to help rule out the guesswork and supposition, not embolden its operators to make subjective calls, then hide behind the skirtage of VAR.
Anyways, who’d win the biffo between a leaker and a wetter ?
Paul67 – Inappropriate intervention- you mean cheating
No issues with any perception the ball was just out.
My instinctive first thought was it was a fraction out.
Respectfully though – it misses the point.
The VAR is not allowed to think, feel, perceive, reckon or suspect ANYTHING when considering whether his onfield colleagues have made a “clear and obvious error”.
That’s not one person’s desire.
That’s THEIR rules.
Rules which, in this case, were set aside by one of THEIR officials.
So the Daily Revord clakm yo have the proof that the ball was out. & by the word of God, it is proof to shut us all up… or is it?
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-gets-celtic-proof-34731419
WTAF is that?
Paul,
am I to take it from your opening paragraph that ,had you been on VAR , you would also have disallowed the goal?
I also thought in real time there was a fair chance the ball was out, but what I think , what you think and what Muir thought is all beside the point . Muir claimed to know for a fact , which of course is bullshit.
On the topic of bent officials, BBC reports that a Slovenian ref is being drafter in to ref a Turkish Super Lig tie.
Both clubs welcome the move.
A precedent to restore confidence in SPFL officiating ?
REFFINGHELL CSC
Good leader BTW Paul.
Especially your highlighting of their pathetic, parochial behaviour at Executive Leadership level.
Rams home the belief we’ve held for 15 years or more.
Nsmely, winning the back pages is a key objective for them.
Tells you a lot about their underlying structural fragility and tenuous relationship with reality.
Long may it continue.
AuroraBorealis79 @ 12:39 pm
WTAF is that?
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Clickbait ?
PS – I didn’t take it
🙂
There is a fair chance the ball was out but I don’t think I could be sure from the camera angle.
Brendan was 100% right to go with the person who had the best view in the stadium.
VAR had the same view as any of us had. It was not conclusive.
It is really simple. VAR should not have guessed and over ruled. There was no evidence for this.
Referee:John Beaton
AR1
Daniel McFarlane
AR2
Jonathan Bell
VAR
Greg Aitken
AVAR
David Dunne
Surely Collum will show us definitive proof the ball was out.
Or Muir guessed .
Go get him Celtic.
I see Alex Rae and a couple of others have gone also.
Clear the decks.
Back to Basics @ 8.58
I agree with all of that.
Celtic and Brendan Rodgers are both VAR ‘tech savvy’ and light years ahead old style ‘ honest mistakery ‘ Rodgers immediate after match interview was a masterclass in ‘what to say‘ when your club appear to have just been denied a good goal. John Kennedy and the sidelines team have many uses for their iPad, and BR saw exactly what the supporters saw, or more appropriately didn’t see with regard to evidence of a ‘ clear and obvious ‘ error.
VAR in Scotland is an entry level product, basic default camera set up, EPL English style is too expensive and it’s us that foot the bill it’s not an option. It’s flawed and so subjectivity and humans takes over, this spells trouble because then enter SFA officials, with already built in partiality.
Discussing contentious decisions in the Willie Collum review is progress for sure, but it won’t cure Scotland’s unique problem until VAR technology matches up, and eradicates human failure.
Celtic WERE CHEATED by MUIR on VAR….END OF !
HH.
Paul67
You made the same mistake as Alan Muir ‘ it looked out ‘ .
Even VAR didn’t show it was.
Desseybhoy.
The CSA have apparently raised their concerns over the VAR decision.
This opens door for Celtic to say the support want an enquiry.
It’s an age old trick myself, Joe O Rourke and PL used to put focus on SFA review panel.
It matters. not a jot if you, me or man down the street thought the ball was in or out, Alan Muir needed conclusive proof to overturn the on field decision.
He didn’t have it.
I don’t have conclusive proof to say the goal would have stood if we were a tribute act playing out of Ibrox, but my best GUESS is that he would not have got involved.
On another note, the currency of “the leaker” will be of as much use as Zimbabwean Dollars if the American private equity chaps decide to walk away.
Has ” QUARK” been sacked also by the Huns ?
If so, no doubt he will soon be on the Sportscene couch offering his ” EXPERT OPINIONS”…AHEM ?
QUARK on the Dole has a nice ring to it.
LOL.
HH.
THAT SLOVAK REFEREEE IN SEVILLE, HOPELESS
bournesouprecipe on 24th February 2025 12:53 pm
Paul67
You made the same mistake as Alan Muir ‘ it looked out ‘ .
Even VAR didn’t show it was.
…………..
ABSHOOLUTLEY Mate.
HH.
That awkward moment in mid Feb when you see that Hibs at home in the cup might be the toughest meaningful game you have for the rest of the season.
It really is the best of Celtic times right now.
As whoever is in charge at rangers prepares to go and get a sound thrashing by the Ayrshire Huns.
Show us the proof,it’s that simple
Big Jimmy
This looks out but it’s in
According to those that follow the rules CSC
So Alex Rae is gone as well…..he’ll get back into his old job as a model, for gloves.
Our European achievements gone and forgotten in less than a week in favour of going back (in every sense of the word) to the old firm. Sad, if predictable.
I had my eyesight checked as recently as last week. How many can say that ?
Part of the ball looked in to me (as an online photo showed / verified).
Go get ’em Celtic.
Specsaverscsc
Burnley78 on 24th February 2025 12:49 pm
I see Alex Rae and a couple of others have gone also.
Burnley, that’s a shame, was hoping he would continue in his very important role. Top man so he is.
Ave Ave
In order to get the best VAR can offer, like naming rights for stadiums and such, is to have a sponsor who would put the money in to update the equipment. Surely someone in marketing can see the benefit of their company never being off 100,000s home TVs in Scotland. Or is that too simplistic? Suggestions? I’ll start:
Spar VAR :)) , Optical Express, por cierto.
I cannot get exercised over the apparently inappropriate intervention.
OR
Whit urr the huns daen?
HH