It’s safe to say that Willie Collum’s work to raise the standards of Scottish refereeing goes on. On Saturday, after Reo Hatate was barged to the ground inside the Ross County box, Alistair Johnston was penalised for a similar (but less significant) event, which resulted in County’s penalty and goal.
It was a mercy that Alistair was not red carded for the incident, although the apparent failure to follow the Rules of the Game indicates that the VAR and referee were aware they were on shaky ground with the penalty award.
Celtic’s late penalty, when Yang was tackled above the knee by County’s James Brown, who made no contact with the ball, was of the stone wall variety, yet was missed by the referee and took two minutes of video analysis before a consensus was reached. Again, a red card could have been shown, but by this stage the referee must have been wanting to drift away quietly.
The appointment of external consultants across the city to advise the board what they should be doing is quite a thing. The Newco board know what to do, just as you and I know: run the club on a sustainable basis. All other improvements (the manager, recruitment, etc.) are merely window dressing.
Why spend on external consultants to be told what you already know? Running on a sustainable basis when you habitually run at a loss will mean painful budget cuts. My guess is that the Newco board do not have the stomach to tell their fans what’s in store, and would prefer an independent report to lay it out, with a measure of what consequences lie in store if they don’t. It looks weak.
Can we also agree that it was probably a good thing that Newco beat St Johnstone yesterday? More points dropped would surely have seen Clement sacked, which would release some of the tension around the club. All that tension will do nothing to soften the message, when the consultants’ report drops.
As for a supporters’ association and ultras group campaigning to get their manager sacked, have you ever seen anything as stupid and destructive? Demanding a manager is sacked is now a normal part of the ‘Rangers supporting experience’. It certainly happens oftener than trophy wins.
There is a learning opportunity for us in this. We will inevitably lose trophies and maybe a league in the future. The team will go through peaks and troughs and we will have poor managers, but demanding blood like this is toxic. You become a basket case that no manager with any proper choices would touch. We had a dose of this the night Ross County knocked us out of the League Cup in 2020. Mob rule makes it almost impossible to attract talent.
Football fans need to be able to accept losing with dignity. If they cannot do this, they should find another pastime.
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Sean
I understand you are angry but you know fine that pirie and his imaginary refs are just hun canutes making up a story in the district bar wearing their tena men drawers and string vests.
Hope there is no more power cuts at Celtic park, felt sorry for all the fans with electric cars who were left stranded………me included.
“Losing with dignity” Now there’s a thing many a Celtic fan could learn. Well said Paul.
Hail Hail
Re this AJ “ it should’ve been a red card”nonsense that’s doing the rounds.
The reason being given is that it was close to goal and prevented a clear goal-scoring opportunity. So what about decisions given against defenders in a crowded penalty-box for shirt-pulling and pushing as the ball is delivered? We see penalties given but not once has a red-card been dished-out for this kind of offence.
The only “dark arts” are those exhibited by the media to gain headlines with the canvassing of ex-referees thrown in to add weight.
There is widespread consternation that this was a missed opportunity to get Celtic beaten by reducing them to ten men. It starts with Boyd and ends up as a ‘sour-grapes’ snowball.
It changes nothing! HH
AJ is fine.
Spare a thought for the two has beens.
Imagine being a monkey to the organ grinder that is the blue pound.
Chasing the cheapest, dumbest clicks on earth.
An absolutely pitiful way to make a living.
Will miss match tonight as it is my home group meeting.
So in advance
Cmon Celtic Let the people sing.
Any win will do.
My lucky mascot grand son is going to game tonight on the supporters bus from ML5.
quite agree Paul
TIMBHOY 163 10.19
Kano Foundation is a non profit organisation,I gave up giving to charities long ago after being told some of the people who work there are on good money,
TIM BHOY 163
There is no one at the kano foundation who is on a wage.What you have been told is simply wrong dregarding the kano foundation,do tell the person who told you.
Enjoy the game tonight
HH
An Tearmann ,I apologise for making a wrong statement regarding the Kano Foundation,it was very wrong of me ,The Celtic Foundation was the the one I should have written about on here,again I apologise to The Kano Foundation.
Mon the bhoys – tough game ahead, Dundee and their Manager are no mugs.
Never bite…………
Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor, McGregor, Bernardo, McCowan, Yang, Kyogo, Idah Subs: Sinisalo, Scales, Palma, Kuhn, Valle, Kenny, Engels, Hatate, Ralston
some bench we have in
Scales, Palma, Kuhn, Valle, Kenny, Engels, Hatate, Ralston
” I’m a Wiener ” – Feeleep Clemmon.
Batter them Celtic!
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Get it fixed Paul