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@Claire1888CFC What’s the 3 you mention got in common . Yet you fail to mention the biggest shit stirrer in Scottish football. A certain Mr Sutton

@chris_sutton73 Yeah and you’re part of the problem

This is truly awful…

@patjohnburke Yes of course it could have cost them the league. Atrocious or not they were still in with a chance of winning the league. All wrong decisions have an effect but at least they had enough time to rectify it. There’s no time to rectify for either team in the final game

@JohnRobboRB So Celtic could have lost the league because of the Hibs handball goal a few weeks ago? Not because they’ve been utterly atrocious for most of the year? Got you 👍

Those who questioned the integrity of Sam Nicholson owe the boy an apology. The @MotherwellFC player swore on his kids life that the ball didn’t strike his hand. This new video clip is the clearest evidence of that. I’m looking at you @shebahn @chris_sutton73

@JohnWight1 Don’t care if you played for Barcelona that’s not a penalty on either counts you’ve mentioned.

I’m an ex-player. I played for Tynecastle Boys Club between 1977 and 1979. That was a penalty on two counts: hand and elbow.

@jhnmcgnly @Telegraph Gives him a full week to work on his script and to make up reasons why it was a penalty.

Reported by @Telegraph that the Scottish FA regard the decision to award Celtic's penalty at Fir Park as correct. Head of Referees Willie Collum will address the situation in the VAR Review Show next week.

@chris_sutton73 Your point of view is totally irrelevant as you can’t be objective. You’re totally biased, we get it.

The old “ref awards penalty because Celtic are a huge club” one… you’re better than that Tim…

@ghostofSanFran That angle makes it look like even more of a header.

This unique angle doesn’t make it any clearer or help their case in anyway 😂😂😂😂 If anything it looks more like a header

@citizentommy You’ve made yourself look a proper arse using those.😂😂😂😂

Try this angle Gary. There was a clear elbow into the neck of our player Trusty that could have constituted a penalty but the high hand is absolutely indisputable and the ball hits that high hand. Whether in the first minute or last minute that is a penalty. Hand is in an unnatural position 👌

@jonsmith_lufc @jhnmcgnly I thought AI was better than that

🤓 Reflections on last night's Celtic penalty. I'm not trying to convince anyone, really, more laying out an alternative viewpoint amongst what I consider to be pretty absurd hysteria. There are also some mistruths about the VAR process being portrayed as neutral objectivity that I think deserve to be challenged. Does the ball hit his arm? For me, the footage shows this. Is his arm in an unnatural position and making his body bigger? It's above shoulder height and in front of his head. The ball strikes his arm before his head. Personally, I don't feel his arm being there is justified by his body movement. Intent is irrelevant. Is it a clear and obvious error? There's a popular misconception there has to have been a 'clear and obvious error' for VAR to recommend a VAR review. Per the IFAB guidance, this is not true. A referee can also be called to the monitor if they communicate to the VAR that they haven't seen or made a decision on an incident VAR has flagged as a potential penalty. This is called a 'serious missed incident'. I think, until the audio is released, it's reasonable to assume John Beaton did not rule on whether it was a handball or not before the review, so 'clear and obvious error' would not apply. He didn't have to make a decision on allowing play to continue because the ball almost immediately went out of play and he was told to delay. It's fair to surmise that Dallas' only role was flagging to Beaton there was a potential handball, not suggesting he had made a grave error. IFAB guidance also makes clear that for subjective decisions, including handball considerations, a pitchside review is appropriate. Beaton approached the monitor and made a decision on the evidence available to him. Taking all of this into consideration, even if you feel it wasn't a penalty, I am struggling to comprehend the outrage as if this were either the most corrupt decision in the history of Scottish football or the 'worst VAR decision' in history. I feel there's been a lack of balance or relevant knowledge on broadcasts. I think mainstream pundits suggesting there is a pattern of assistance for Celtic in this title race is hysterical nonsense that is ordinarily mocked by most in less tense times. For the record, and I know this goes against many Celtic fans, I don't believe any club feels the benefit of biased refereeing. I think referees in this country are generally poor and lack consistency and I think the version of VAR that we have in Scottish football is fundamentally flawed because of cheap infrastructure. Going back to the penalty itself, the biggest point of contention would be on the concept of his body being 'unnaturally bigger'. In this case I feel the decision could really go either way depending on the viewpoint of the referee. I don't think it's massively egregious to say it is a penalty. It can be 'harsh', 'unlucky' and 'soft' and still be a reasonable conclusion for the referee to award a penalty. Or at least be reasonable enough not to suggest it is a 'worldwide' embarrassment and/or cheating. I'm not entirely ignorant of my own bias. I fully understand it's easier to go 'well, what's the big deal here?' when the decision goes in favour of the team you support and professionally cover. It's going to generate noise, I get that. Yet, there's something uneasy about the fervour with which this is being labelled as objectively a 'disgusting' crime against Hearts and their title bid. Celtic have earned 19 points with goals scored after the 80th minute this season. They're finding a way. It might be enough. Rage on!

@jhnmcgnly @kmckenna63 Don’t know how long it took you to write all that nonsense but you are trying to justify what was an outrageous decision. Ask yourself if that was given against Celtic in the same circumstances, would you accept it. No you wouldn’t Be honest

@pieandbov That really is a very poor take on events. You are now trying to justify something you instantly condemned last night. Everything you use in “evidence “ points to the actual fact that it was not a clear and obvious mistake.

The morning after the night before. Firstly, it’s 2026, let’s stop using still images to try and confirm anything that happens on a football pitch. Video brings context. Secondly, and related to point one, for fucks sake use some common sense. An image showing two balls and an English Premier League badge on the Motherwell shirt is actually being circulated by some people as “proof” of what happened 😂 Thirdly, unless you are genuinely blind, I think we can all agree on one point now. The ball absolutely DOES hit his hand, the evidence of that in slow motion and zoomed in, is absolutely clear. Fourth, the distance on the ball is because Nicholson does indeed head it, but he heads it with his hand between his head and the ball. Again that is absolutely clear when you watch it zoomed in and in slow mo, IMO. So, and this is only my opinion of course, the only debate to be had is about whether the hand is in an unnatural position or if his hand has ended up there because of contact from Trusty. For me, whilst his arm isn’t making his silhouette bigger, you can’t really say it being on his forehead is a natural position 🤷‍♂️ Whether a nudge by Trusty pushed his arm up there is I suppose up for some debate but that’s pretty subjective, again IMO, and could be argued either way. So, despite the initial furore, by me included, I genuinely can see why this has been given. In terms of “the worst VAR decision of all time”it’s not even close to being as bad as either of the penalties Hearts didn’t get just three days ago at the same ground. Most neutrals, me included, want Hearts to win the league, and that incident last night was massively disappointing, but I think we all need to calm down a bit. What it has shown though, is that we desperately need more and better camera angles if we are stuck with VAR, and we also need much clearer and consistent decisions on handball cos we are making an absolute arse of dealing with it up here. Some refs give what others don’t, and it’s incredibly frustrating (again see Fir Park on Sat night). That’s my 2p worth anyway, all I know for sure is it’s a very good time to be a football forum owner 🤪

@chris_sutton73 You are part of the problem

Now the dust has settled.. The reaction from many high profile people is way over the top. John Beaton was advised to go to the monitor and saw that the ball hit the arm in an unnatural position Bottom line is people would hate to see Celtic win the title again and that is all.

@DerRohlSouness That’s some distance for a ball to travel for a hand ball !!!

This was what Celtic got a match winning penalty for 😂 he should be banned for feigning injury.

@LewisVickers2 @Indycyclist Stood in 6 seats and got 13 MSPs !!! Mental

@Indycyclist It’s actually entirely meaningless when the Green freaks only stood in six seats.

The average number of votes per seat contested is interesting reading. SNP 12,015 Scottish Greens 8,755 Labour 6,037 Reform UK 4,953 Tories 3,722 Libdems 3,581 Sum Indy v Union

@afc1903mad @Richie19651965 @TalkinTynie I refer you to my previous post . To lose to a JUNIOR team Darvel is probably the most single worst embarrassment to happen to any team possibly in world football.

@JohnRobboRB @Richie19651965 @TalkinTynie Shit happens. Football teams have failures on and off the pitch Doesn’t detract from the successes achieved Also we’ve never had our team go into administration or go bust

In the first half - Celtic score a goal with a player interfering in an offside position and Johnston is not sent for a bad tackle on Moore. Multiply that with the decisions that went against Hearts last night. Everyone can see Scottish football is bent.

@afc1903mad @Richie19651965 @TalkinTynie Not sure you should be slagging any team in Scotland for anything given you lost to Junior team Darvel !!!!

@Richie19651965 @JohnRobboRB @TalkinTynie Come back if SevCo ever match our success both domestically AND in Europe Until then, get back in yer box 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️

@Richie19651965 @afc1903mad @TalkinTynie I fear you are wasting your time with this one Ricky…Aberdeen/Celtic supporter

@afc1903mad @JohnRobboRB @TalkinTynie You are making a complete arse of yourself bud. Like the Rangers one earlier in the season, clear obstruction on the keeper and like the Rangers one, it should have been ruled out. End of.

@alisonthewliss About the entire Sauchiehall Street

A request - I am looking for a Glasgow Central constituency office, which is ideally an accessible, affordable, shop front in an area served by public transport. If anyone spots something, please do get in touch!

@AustinRSheridan @JohnSwinney Why don’t we have a referendum. Nats win then independence. Lose and we abolish Holyrood.

It isn’t just perfectly reasonable - it’s what the people of Scotland has asked for and now it must be respected. 73 pro-independence MSPs V 56 Unionist MSPs. That is the reality and that is the policy First Minister @JohnSwinney will pursue. 🗳️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿