How about protect Scottish football from your corrupt, cheating bunch of bastards first? Beaton and his dodgy pals have been bending games for years and now you cry when fans snap? The whole system’s rotten, you’re all at it, and we’re fucking sick of pretending otherwise.
@Record_Sport Can we at least have intelligent people commenting on the football. Sky sports have the village idiots every week and talk sport get the sleekit bigot to stir it up.
@chris_sutton73 Chris
Genuine question
Isn't it about time Rangers and their fan base were shut down for good
After their continuous and extensive list of misdemeanor's
Think it's only right , they are condemned... permanently
@GorgieOpinion Dereck McInnes called it 'disgusting' and Ally McCoist on national radio suggested it brings the integrity of our game into question. All of this fuels people - and those two know it.
I'm not sure if people realise the scale and significance of tomorrow's Celtic v Hearts game. I've just been phoned by an ex-Celtic player of my acquaintance. His exact words were, "Hearts have to win tomorrow to restore the integrity of Scottish football." And that's 100% true.
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By the way they can debate the penalty all they want, but yet again its a case of playing on well after stoppage time ended.
Nearly 97mins when Beaton goes over to the monitor when only 5mins were to be added.
Just keep playing till they get a decision or a goal.
@MarkGordonMedia Still images are unreliable. Can basically disregard all of them. The video footage is inconclusive. It's possible it struck his hand, but there is no evidence to fully show that. And if there's no evidence to fully show that, what did Beaton make his decision on?
Initially I thought Nicholson headed the ball, after multiple views/images from different angles, I now see it hit his hand. None of our esteemed pundits, one of which can barely string a cogent sentence together, have said this. It’s ok to admit you were wrong sometimes lads!
@P1872__ Devlin, then a pen to the bead rattlers in the 10th min, they will then miss it gets ordered to get retaken which they also miss. 0-0 up to 90th min with 5 additional mins added on. Celtic then get a penalty in the 98th min which they score.
Celtic’s penalty was certainly a debatable decision. Impossible to be definitive either way, hence current widespread inquest, so they really should have stayed with original on-field. No pen. Understandable anger amongst Motherwell and Hearts coaches, players and supporters.
Hearts now travel to Celtic Park for a title decider. The Foundation of Hearts, which owns 75% of the club, has called “on those responsible for the officiating of Saturday’s match to ensure that the highest standards of decision-making are applied, so that the game is decided by the players on the pitch and the team is given the fair opportunity it has earned”. Strong words.
North and South of the Border the quality of officiating - and consistency – has been questioned this season. The problem is not the technology but those using it. There are some very competent officials about. But more are needed.
Whether the Fir Park hand-ball was the worst decision ever is a moot point. Here are a few that spring immediately to mind, clear-cut mistakes, bound to trigger some frustrated flashbacks, in no particular order…. Diogo Dalot on Jeremy Doku, somehow only a yellow. Michael Keane on Doku, somehow only a yellow. Jordan Pickford taking out Virgil van Dijk. Harry Kane foot up on Andy Robertson. Tomas Soucek stopping a shot from Conor Gallagher with his hand. Rodri hand-ball against Everton.
On it goes. Elliot Anderson on Ollie Watkins, cleared on review, mad. Kelechi Iheanacho denied a goal for Celtic against Braga when VAR ruled he’d handled when the ball came off his cheek. Gabriel not being dismissed for lowering his forehead into Erling Haaland. Luis Diaz punished for a non-existent offside when scoring for Liverpool against Tottenham.
Lee Mason left his VAR job “by mutual consent” and PGMO apologised after he failed to draw the lines and spot Christian Norgaard offside in the build-up to Ivan Toney scoring for Brentford, costing Arsenal two points. And many others.
The problem isn’t the technology; it’s the people using it, with the additional issue in Scotland of whether there is sufficient investment in the technology infrastructure. VAR is the safety net - but currently with too many holes.