Honestly, see these rugby types complaining about a referee, don’t they know these things even themselves out over the season? What’s that? You mean the maths suggest that random events don’t even themselves out with small sample sizes, such as cup ties (sample of 1) and games against rivals (same of 4)?
The ‘even themselves out’ brigade could do with some remedial maths, it’s statistical hokum.
Within 24 hours of a mistake World Rugby called it so. No ‘referees’ union’ stonewalling, no defending the indefensible, no conspiracy to hide a lie, no tolerance of unacceptable standards, no fans left wondering why their game was misaligned with the rules. Without delay, World Rugby set the record straight, there is literally nothing more to see here.
Compare and contrast with our own sport in Scotland. The ‘referees’ union’ is alive and well, indefensible decisions are excused by a myriad of excuses, unacceptable standards have been tolerated for decades, instead of an explanation, fans are left with a vacuum into which they attempt to construct reason (which is very unhelpful). And although a referee quickly declared his own lie, the culture of the SFA was such that it was not declared beyond the Association until after a whistle-blower made sure it was known. Fifa is not the only football organisation bedevilled by a culture of cronyism.
Scottish football is under no pressure from above to improve. Fifa and Uefa thrive in the culture which has recently been revealed – largely by US prosecutors and journalists, some of whom have been whistling in the wind for 30 years. This percolates down to national associations, who are filled with office holders, appointed by the same patronage culture which allowed Michel Platini pocket 2m Swiss francs from Sep Blatter’s Fifa.
Nor is there sufficient pressure on the SFA from member clubs, apart from Celtic and one or two others, who are viewed as pariahs by some at Hampden, for the persistent flow of DVD-enclosed performance complaints.
It’s not easy being a referee; good ones are invaluable. They will continue to make mistakes at all levels, in all sports, but it should be easy to have an open culture which recognises the interests of the paying spectators. Just as World Rugby does. Protecting referees with a wall of silence is, in fact, not protecting them at all.
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Red card for Livi can’t be far away tbh they are pretty rotten oops 1-0 Sevco
tonydonnelly67
I was about to post you a thanks for the Channel 426 tip then I heard a familiar voice. The Brown Brogued Gardener!!
Only a matter of time before he’s back on bbc
Thanks anyway
Also Neur blunder and Giroux handball at goal.
Still think Guardiola is to one dimensional as a coach.
His team have plenty of pointless possession and teams are happy giving them two thirds to preen about in.
He has two of the worlds most potent strikers but the service to them has been limited in Europe as teams just pack two lines in final third to deny space.
He needs a plan b.
Afternoon folks, hope you are all doing well in these Petrofac infested afternoons.
Here’s the Tony’s Huddle latest offering placing the Celtic FC Foundation’s refugee ambulance funding with a look at the reality in Lesbos and relative public indifference in the USA.
http://wp.me/p6DYht-mH
No One Walks Alone
NOWA
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Arsenal doing to Bayern what Celtic did to Barca..
Possesion..30%-70%
Summa
Commentator just said Bayern completed 600 passes without scoring in 87th minute.
Obsession with meaningless possession is killing the game.
BSR-Plus a tenner booking fee…..
Just watched the huns…thoughts onthe game……huns garbge….burchill p45…Livinstone..Relegated…Worse team ive had the misfortune to watch this century,or Any other Century…
As a club I think we should, for the benefit of Scotland, extend a shoulder of comfort to our rugby team – they could learn from our experiences and possibly PL could take up the role as life coach ….. I am sure the media would support this benevolent act…..
BGX
Aye look out Timmy Sevco are coming:)))
It had a fascinating kind of terribleness….
Apologies for watching Sevco v Livingston tonight on Alba. dreadful game , Livi are bad but sevco are not much better. Cannot believe the press saying how good this team are !!!!
Poor passing from both teams and if Sevco have ambitions to play with the big bhoys next season then great
No threat to Celtic
Starry plough…if i took as long to Come as Sevco…..I would have made a Lot of Woman A Whole lot Happier…..Just Saying like…..In Serious…
Huns won Coz They were Fitter….Livy Tired…
.I Think the huns will begin to Struggle As the Season Goes on…Just my Thoughts…
Just checked the ole ballon d’or nominations.
No sevco players or coaches included.
Surely some mistake.
Eurochamps67
WedemandtoknowwhomakesthesedecisionsCSC
BGX
Even Livy bad though they were exposed their slack defending, Griff would have a field day with those Haddies:))
His need to step up though and take their chances against them to have any chance of winning the league, the rest are just to inconsistent to pose any threat.
Finances will do for Sevcalona before Hibs in my opinion:))
Charlie Nicholas morphing into McCroskey fae Airplane….
QUONNO on 20TH OCTOBER 2015 3:16 PM
HAMILTONTIM on 20TH OCTOBER 2015 3:01 PM
Quonno
I’d prefer to see them held to account for their mistakes, handling of supporter issues and lack of vision in increasing revenue by other means.
If it continues seek their removal.
And that poses the biggest question of all.
Short of voting with our wallets, how do we hold them to account.
Keep turning up and it’s a case of we must be happy.
Raise issues at AGM.
A shrug of the shoulders and boot issues into long grass beside Res 12.
– See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/rugby-refereeing-leaving-football-in-wake/comment-page-2/#comment-2699776
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See instead of posting I’ll informed shite re Res12, why don’t you do what other shareholders have done and seek information that perhaps will inform your opinion and in the course perhaps might even open your mind to alternatives that could enlighten your thinking?
Contact auldheid046@gmail.com or are you afraid of having to change the stance of a lifetime?
I would have no problem with your view or any others on Res12 if it was based on information that all shareholders who have asked for it appear content to accept is the situation, but when you spout off an opinion that is based on nothing but your own closed thinking I think I’m entitled to highlight that fact.
What you get might not change your mind but at least it will be based on a reality that is presently beyond your appreciation.
TONTINE TIM on 20TH OCTOBER 2015 5:03 PM
‘GG on 20th October 2015 4:25 am
Big day in Canada today.
They had a general election. Haven’t seen any indications of outcome.
Or indeed what the issues were.
*the good guys won, this was not just about ousting the conservatives but getting rid of a right wing tea party Christian fundamentalist PM.
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Does that mean my Roman Catholic principles on abortion, euthanasia and the sanctity of life in general would be unwelcome above the 48th parallel?
Bada. lmfao!!!!
And I can sum it all up in just one word….courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, guts. Why, Arsene Wenger has got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine.
That sounds a bit like Charlie all right. :))
HH
Just wondering
Are the Chinese population of this Great Britian, funding the state visit of their President ?
Or is this privilege still the sole responsibility of the Roman Catholic population when the Pope visits ?
British bigotry in full view
Who do I as a tax payer complain too ? And not a change.org petition
BMCD48
Even if Sevco get promotion that will not make SPFL more competitive.
Indeed I think it could have reverse effect with most clubs, bar Celtic, sharing 6 of the 12 points v Sevco available, amongst each other.
TRFC are not going to come anywhere close to the financially doped entity that won week after week and so presurred Celtic, because they no longer have access to the dope.
Indeed if Celtic’s financial planning is based on the few extra bob they will get from TRFC playing in the top tier I’d want that Board hunted for both treating their fans as stupid and acting stupid themselves.
Oh well, just watched the news earlier on how the Chinese are shutting down our steel plants with flooding the market with steel… Inferior steel I may add, as it tends to fail the levels required.
Never mind the London high streets are awash with Chinese tourists spending five times the amount of other tourists.
Night from me.
As a football commentator, Ian ‘keep you in the’ Dark, is a great boxing commentator.
For nearly 2 minutes he rambled on about the game being over, even as Ozil celebrated his late goal, the score in the corner of the screen showing 2-0, and there still being a full minute of the 4 minutes of stoppage time to play.
Aided and abetted by Drone Hargreaves of course, waxing lyrical about Neuer’s miraculous save, forgetting to use the word ‘attempted’.
You just can’t get the staff these days.
It’s amazing how if repeated often enough a supposition or assumption becomes a fact.
The contention that our board are working in collaboration with a higher authority, (Opus Dei, The Illuminati, Martians?) to facilitate the resurrection of Rangers (IL) and undermine our own team is based on wild conjecture.
Posters on here are constantly berated for their support of the club, the manager and individual players.
How often does Auldheid have to defend the work being done on Res 12?
And the sniping continues.
The blog provides a platform for the board bashers.
The constant drip drip of criticism based on flimsy or no evidence at all, distracts the blog, sparks insults and ad hominem attacks and obstructs constructive positive discussion like a smelly blocked toilet bowl.
If you are ready to sling insults at the board, the author of this blog or others working tirelessly behind the scenes in collaboration with the club to shine a light into dark hidden holes, at least provide substantive evidence of your highly critical and at times insulting points..
Now where’s my flak jacket?
‘GG on 20th October 2015 10:03 pm
TONTINE TIM on 20TH OCTOBER 2015 5:03 PM
‘GG on 20th October 2015 4:25 am
Does that mean my Roman Catholic principles on abortion, euthanasia and the sanctity of life in general would be unwelcome above the 48th parallel?
* not at all, Canada is still a Christian country of which Catholics make up the largest group, however, the “practice of religion” is generally considered a private matter throughout society and the state. In other words nobody is trying to ram their beliefs down other’s throat.
For example, where I live the Salvation army requests assistance from the Knights of Columbus in their annual Christmas “kettle” drive.
Apologies for the break in transmission earlier but my phone ran out of juice.
The final score at The Tony Macaroni stadium was Celtic 1 Helsinki 1
Helsinki scored very late in to equalise a Nesbit strike in the 60th minute , very much against the run of play .
The Bhoys ran out very comfortable winners of 6-1 on aggregate.
Hail Hail
What has “pointless possession” ever done for us?
http://www.footandball.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Pep-Guardiola.png
‘GG,
I’ve presented plenty about this nefarious New Age Religion, and one of its Biggest threats, and it uses it all over, is Liberation Theology, come on, wakie wakie.
Both the Protestant mainline groups, of which there are a few…LOL and now we have Francis doing the same.
Hmmmmmm.
Off oot might be on Thursday night.
I always feel sorry for Petr Czech’s wee squashed ears.
CQN been down on android phone for about 5 days now………
#paranoidandroid
Arsenal got a bit lucky tonight, but weren’t so lucky with the other match in the group being won by Olimpiacos in Zagreb. Looks like they’ll need a point in Munchen,and all 3 in Greece to get through if Olimpiacos win the return against Dinamo.
Even then , they may need Bayern to do them a favour in the last match. Not a bad team to be relying on.
I prevs thought the huns were 100% certain to be in the top league next year, After tonight im down To 80%..Thought they were Really poor against a Pathetic and a cert to be Relegated Livingstone…
Logging out
Read one page and spent ages waiting for next page to load
Par for the course now
Too much of an effort on this site now
Will try again tomorrow – maybe not
Tontine Tim
I took umbrage at your use of Christian Fundamentalism.
True Christianity is fundamentalist in practise.
I didn’t mean to be insulting or awaken Petec.
Meltdown on Bayern Quick News tonight.
IMO Arsenal’s first goal was handball.
What’s the point of the stooges behind the goal?
Time to bring in Instant Replay as other sports have done.
Bada,
I’ve been fine on the ol android.
I only view it on opera browser though.
Something was guzzling my monthly data so I downloaded it and only use it for cqn as I was suspicious of the new site and the increase in usage.
HH
Gg,
It did hit G-roos hand but he didn’t know a lot about it.
The guy behind the goal probably seen it and thought same.
HH
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pzyfi-598b33#.ViWGABqttVg.twitter
Jim Craig and John Cole discussing Celtic’s early days.
Nice way to gently pass 20 minutes or so.
You want to be a gooooooner you be wan
HH