Tonight Aberdeen play the second of a run of three consecutive away games. After overcoming St Johnstone 3-4 in Perth a week ago they are on the road to face Inverness. The Highlanders have not lost in a month, and haven’t lost at home since the visit of Celtic in November, so John Hughes men will provide a stern test for Aberdeen.
Aberdeen are back on the road to Firhill on Friday night. Their season has been free of fixture congestion. This is a rare week with two games, and an even rarer one with two away games. It could be a pivotal period in the campaign.
Celtic won comfortably in the end against Ross County but confidence seemed at a low ebb until Leigh Griffiths opened the scoring. Sentiment may have swung in our favour before we take to the field at home to Inverness on Saturday.
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WITS…..
i Told you Before….when you get all Arguementative….
Its@DiamondJackson.com..
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Bless…
HT
His foot was high, contact doesn’t have to be made for a foul to be committed, the intent was there, the ICT player lost his balance and fell over due to the intent, so it was a pen according to the rules.
HH
Green man it’s quite fascinating. If it’s Celtic then it’s the old we should be good enough to get over it and it’s all honest mistakes. Very different if it’s not.
It’s all very clear the racism.
But as you can see uber nats like BGX need to be able to find a reason to ignore it!
Angelgabriel
Yogi knows how to set a team out, pick a player too.
Didnt fo so well at Hibernian, with more resources.
I like how physical his team are, how fired up too.
Shinnie is a good wee player.
Title race my a***.
DUMBHOY on 15TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:35 PM
Excathedra44
Is dangerous play with no contact in the box not an indirect free kick?
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Perhaps, but in this incident we are discussing,he led with his studs at eye level,and did make slight contact.
bournesouprecipe
Seven game ban minimum:))
BGX
Sorry. Just because Gollum had a howler in a non ‘tic game is not proof or even a hint that the FRATERNITY (their word) is not corrupt morally and practically.
HH
TET
Nope, he dived, he didn’t ‘fall over’. If that had been given against us I’d have been furious.
As said, delighted it was given.
Jude2005 10.34….no only does the flag fly there……but it has been known for a biggish huddle to be performed at the roundabout
Delaney’s, sorry I never got back to you last night.
Any more updates on Marcus?
I hope the injury doesn’t mean Marcus will miss the rest of
Take your pick:
FIFA Laws of the Game 2015-16
Direct free kick
A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using excessive force:
kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
trips or attempts to trip an opponent
jumps at an opponent
charges an opponent
strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
pushes an opponent
tackles an opponent
A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any of the following three offences:
holds an opponent
spits at an opponent
handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his own penalty area)
A direct free kick is taken from the place where the offence occurred (see Law 13 – Position of free kick).
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is awarded if any of the above ten offences is committed by a player inside his own penalty area, irrespective of the position of the ball, provided it is in play.
Indirect free kick
An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, inside his own penalty area, commits any of the following four offences:
controls the ball with his hands for more than six seconds before releasing it from his possession
touches the ball again with his hands after he has released it from his possession and before it has touched another player
touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate
touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a team-mate
An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if, in the opinion of the referee, a player:
plays in a dangerous manner
impedes the progress of an opponent
prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands
commits any other offence, not previously mentioned in Law 12, for which play is stopped to caution or send off a player
Read more at http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-12—fouls-and-misconduct.aspx#awbFr0KYbvpSGXz5.99
Negannon..What You Saying…
You Yes Yet Bruv?
Last season I watched Collum ref the game between Barca and Ajax, I reckon he called everything right on the night, maybes when they are under the real spotlight, they arny that bad.
Neg
That is my exact paranoid thought about Collum tonight. Heard Richard Gordon and the ex ref Willie Miller start the Collum witch hunt on Radio Scotland after tonight’s match. Never heard any of the honest mistake refs we get, being ridiculed and laughed at like Collum was tonight. They even issued a warning to the Euro finals that this ref was going to France to award crazy decisions. :)
Magic, they are rattled! :)))
BGX you only have one dimension. Perhaps if you tried thinking it would help.
Collum is too often THE story…..
HT
Why are you ignoring the fact the sheepies players boot was at head height ?
HH
Evening Delaneys.
I noticed the msm cutting Collum adrift over the last year or so. Perhaps he has gone off message at the sfa.
And of course his religion won’t help.
NEGANON 2
Traditionally…we have always had to have the talent to overcome the honest mistakes.
When we dont have that strength….we cop loads of honest mistakes.
I noticed a few weeks ago on tv….Scottish ref spokesman complaining that refs get too much stick etc…how difficult it is etc.
Not a coincidence in my view.
Ulterior motives at play.
Refs can change games….they are well aware of that fact….and they use it.
Too much of the Brotherhood type stuff in refereeing.
HH
Incidentally Collum is an awful ref. But then they are all terrible. So why single him out?
SETTING FREE THE BEARS FOR RES. 12 & OSCAR KNOX on 15TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:16 PM
I responded to you simply because you referred to “Ronny haters” and I feel it reasonable to assume that I would have been included in that description.
From there we are on the same old argument and counter argument without resolution.
Frankly boring.Don`t you agree?
I don`t support Ronny because I support Celtic.
Now that`s it in a nutshell.
You disagree. No problem.
Dumbhoy..Cool.
so a game That could dramatically change the Championship Dont Count….I Get it..
Its Your baw and whits says goes….
TET
Then it should have been an indirect free kick.
Why are you ignoring that the ICT player dived?
Honestly mate let’s just be absolutely delighted with the result.
Pogmahun
for me it was:
An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if, in the opinion of the referee, a player:
plays in a dangerous manner
Gollum must have concluded he was reckless with excessive force
HH
HamiltonTim
I feel confident that we will win the League with points to spare but I welcome the challenge from The Dons. We need a challenge to improve our players. It should be welcomed but not feared given our resources.
My thoughts on the two games you mention are:
They were in two different tournaments. There would have been greater cause for worry if they had both been league matches.
We were very unlucky in the Cup semi v Ross County. We scored early. Efe then had a header cleared off the line. In that opening 10 minutes Leigh Griffiths first touch let him down on 2 occasions inside their box or he would have been left in 1-on-1 situations against their goalie. It looked as if we would annihilate them and then Efe got sent off. When you’re down to 10 men so early on in a game it’s going to be difficult. RC had their tails up and beat us. It happens in cup games. No complaints.
In the Aberdeen game, the Fond looked terrified for the first 20 minutes. Celtic totally controlled the game until Hayes scored a wonder goal against the run of play. We didn’t handle the match well after that and we’re lucky to only lose 2-1. For me, we were playing away from home, midweek against a good team who are our nearest challengers in front of a large hostile crowd. They have still to come to our place and face a large hostile crowd and a Celtic team who are reigning Champions. I remain confident.
Hearing Kennymac on radio shortbread considers cancelling crowdfunding “bronze Derek statue”
The Green Man
That was Collum himself, I believe.
Raised foot that’s why the penalty was given. I wonder what Dick Gordon’s would have been if it was for Aberdeen at the other end.and the big Aberdeen Centre Half was having a nightmare. but I think that rule raising your foot ,needs to be scrapped. after all Football is a contact sport.Celtic we will need to be on our toes on Saturday, big yogi has them well drilled.also I think Patrick Thistle will take a point from them on Friday, and I’m sure that was the Green Brigade in disguise in the Caley Thistle end ,
BOURNESOUPRECIPE on 15TH FEBRUARY 2016 10:36 PM
excathedra
Of course it was. Can you imagine if Efe had done that?
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Exactly,spot on.
You know I have read more criticism of Colum on here than I read about Thompson or the cheats McLean and Muir.
So his decisions were iffy,so what good on him,tough shit.
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NegAnon
Because he also a Fenian and incompetent Bast**d?
Mibbees CSC
Fond = Dons. Predictive text.
HT
Not according to the rules that Pog just posted, nor the rules that I studied, and I am delighted :-)
It was a pen.
HH
Last Saturday’s game v R C was an ideal rehearsal for the ICT game.
Both teams play a similar game of tidy passing combined with brute strength.
Aberdeen floundered in continuing with the long ball and after they lost Hayes, their game fell apart.
It may be that their title challenge lies in Ash(es Taylor).
We matched RC’ s commitment and stood up to their thuggery.
We will need to do the same v ICT.
Paul67 @10 23
I seem to remember a certain Martin42 doing a lot of standing up for the champions back then.
Negaannon.
Agreed 1000 my Brother..
They are all Terrible….No masonic Conspiracy, No Nicola Sturgeons unseen YES Supporting Hand..
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just incompetence…..Phew…..Me And Negannon Sitting in a Tree….
BIG-CUP WINNERS
Strange scenario, where we have members of secret brotherhoods in refereeing.
Warped.
But then again…it is Scoddland.
Best wee sectarian country in the world.
HH
BGX
Evidence over the last 40 years would suggest your cockup hypothesis doesn’t fit…
not ma ba… you called me out so I responded..
all about opinions… I’m impressed you find then trustworthy tbh…
HH