Derek Nash

The VAR Title. 🏆 Unbelievable decisions that cost @JamTarts a historic championship and favored the Bhoys instead. Watch the calls that left Hearts empty-handed..

In England, there are repercussions. Southampton expelled from play-offs for spying on Middlesbrough, Oxford and Ipswich - BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

The groundswell of support for @JamTarts is growing rapidly. I was told in Glasgow and now in @UKHouseofLords many people outraged by events at Celtic Park on Saturday & increasingly on line including Gary Lineker & many other informed commentators. Some action must follow.

Moderately interesting.

When Marcelo Bielsa accidentally sat on his hot coffee in the dugout.

Scottish Rugby is immensely saddened to learn of the death earlier today of former Scotland and British & Irish Lions centre, Scott Hastings. He was 61.

Entirely fair question.

Culshaw is the best imo

First time in the history of Scottish football that a game has been concluded early at Celtic Park. We’ve gone from “injury time until Celtic score” to “injury time until Celtic invade the pitch”. SPFL playing a blinder again. 😂

“From next season…”. 🤔

Entirely fair statement.

And why is Hearts’ last game not as home as per normal for leader at the split?

This is very funny!

@IainMerc He sure is.

@derekanash He’s right, Derek 🙈

“What kind of a depraved monster slices off a woman’s breast while she is being gang raped, and throws it into the dust to be used as a plaything? What kind of a twisted pervert turns rape into necrophilia by shooting a woman in the head while he is still defiling her? What kind of ‘freedom fighters’ go into battle with a set of handy Arabic-to-Hebrew phrases, including ‘take off your pants’, ‘lie down’, and ‘spread your legs’? What self-respecting human being presses nails, scalpels, a hammer, an axe, screwdrivers and other household tools into a woman’s genitals? How hard do you have to rape someone, and with what, to shatter their pelvis? Who shoots a young girl in the face and then films her mutilated corpse on her brother’s mobile phone? The answer is: Hamas terrorists. This is the stark reality of what they did to men, women and children on October 7, 2023. And the world must never forget.” @WestminsterWAG

My take: the ball hitting a hand is not always a handball offence. You have to either 1.) deliberately touch the ball with your hand, or 2.) ball hits your hand/arm when it's made your body unnaturally bigger. This isn't deliberate, and if the ball hits his hand - which is on his forehead in the middle of a normal footballing challenge - he hasn't made his body unnaturally bigger. Because the ball would have hit his head anyway, so his hand on his head does not make his body unnaturally bigger. Furthermore, VAR can only recommend an on-field review for a clear and obvious error. There is only one camera angle available, which does not show that the referee has missed a clear and obvious error. We can't see clearly where the ball hits. This is categorically not what VAR was brought in for, and it all needs ripped up in the summer. This is a really poor look for Scottish football, as you can see from the international condemnation online since the game. You really have to feel for Hearts. Unless you're a Celtic fan of course, that must have been class. But if you're not a Celtic fan. Deary me. Could be a generation defining decision, never mind season defining!

🔵 James Tavernier arrived at Ibrox for a presentation from Rangers legend John Greig as he departs after 11 years at the club ⤵️

Austin Trusty. 😫