On days like these, champions show why they have that status.
Celtic’s ability to do this late late show reminds me of the centenary year in 1988.
Once more, the subjectivity pathogen within Scottish VAR considered that Alexandro Bernabei had committed a handball offence.
Post-match Ange Postecoglou didn’t miss them on their “new toy”.
He was correct to make his comments after a game when his team were victorious.
That makes it difficult for the Stenography Corps to dismiss his criticism as sour grapes.
He made a very valid point that the disruptive effect of VAR will undoubtedly hamper the high-tempo tactics of Celtic that Postecoglou has insisted upon.
Never stop…
Of course, this is the sort of thing that the club should be championing.
Unfirtuneyl, Buffering Bankier and the invisible CEO are off the radar and leave it to the manager.
Yet what happened to Celtic today with the SFA’s”new toy” is inextricably linked to the questions they dodged at the AGM yesterday.
Ange has definitely been backed in the transfer market, and he clearly has full control of all football matters.
That said, there will come a point when the straight-talking Australian with the immigrant backstory will get what is going on in Planet Fitba.
At that juncture, he might want some open backing from the board.
It is undeniable that Dundee United’s late equaliser provided some much-needed hope for the Ibrox klanbase.
Sadly, for the subculture that thinks that a famine is funny, Never Stop FC cranked up the pressure on United.
I think it is fair to say that the poor dears didn’t take it well.
For the avoidance of doubt, leagues are not won in November.
However, on days like these, champions have to show the title deeds.
Now it will be interesting to see what…err… subjectivity VAR throws up in Perth tomorrow.
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It won’t be cheap to pay up the contracts of the Rangers manager and his back room staff.
Plus whoever picks up the reins will be looking at a long term contract with a substantial salary.
VAR? Penalty against Bernabei? Arm in an unnatural position? Ah, yes if he was standing at a bus stop! Not jumping to head a ball. BBC Scotland’s Sportscene unanimously agree it was an unusual position? What total and utter tripe.
Interesting.
Ange seems like the type of manager who doesn’t look for excuses and doesn’t like to complain.
But, then again he also doesn’t come across as the type who will take any old BS either.
WIll Ange be the conduit between the support and the Board?
After one ‘strange’ VAR call too many will he insist – maybe publicly – that the Board has to step up and deal with the SFA and its continued, unacceptably poor match officiating standards?
Yesterday’s penalty call is what VAR was expected to do: highlight inconsistencies in refereeing decisions.
With ref Walsh in the VAR bunker, I’d expected the shenanigans we all saw yesterday v Dundee Utd. A song comes to mind.. Edwin Starr’s VAR what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. You could alternate this with ‘SFA what are they good for..’ or ‘Celtic board.’..to seal the message. In sectarian Scotland, VAR will be used to protect Sevco and persecute Celtic while too many dunderheads sit back and let it happen. Anyone defending the penalty call against Bernabei should be called out for ignoring blatant bias and rule bending by officials with proven links to Sevco. hh
The award of the penalty was bad enough, but the obscene justifications offered by Sevcoscene last night were beyond the pale. Has anyone done an audit on how many former Rangers (in liquidation) and Sevco employees are working for BBC Scotland? And the amount of time taken to make VAR decisions seems to have become another weapon used against Celtic. I’d be interested to find out how long the ball was actually in play in the first 30 mins of that game.
And still our board remain silent.
Theirs not even one official at the world cup that just shows every fan in the spfl how bad our refs are even the CL not any refs were there either Scottish football sfa.spfl are trying there best to help this new club at liebrox incase they go down again thats afact.scum masonic fuckers running Scottish football..
Why were sevconites constantly saying hold??
I think it’s a ‘Braveheart’ reference.
Ironic when you think that Wallace was fighting for independence.
But then again, they don’t understand irony.
Bad enough before playing against eleven men plus the ref. Now we can add VAR the 23th man.
Many of the decisions made today by the ref and his little helpers were diabolica and they all favoured the away team.
If what we are seeing is the cream of the crop of Scottish then woe behold us.
UEFA has to have a look st what’s going on in Scotland and make their findings public.
Just asking….how many Scottish officials are currently on the UEFA rota for their 3 competitions?
Zero to none
UEFA, working with Celtic on the formulation of the new Financial SUSTAINABILITY Regulations have done good work to bring SFA under scrutiny they have not been subject to before.
It is in the FSR announcemnt about the new regs and was confirmed by Celtic executive Chris McKay at AGM on Friday.
Auldheid hope you are well my friend. With today’s (Sunday) result I’d expect the manager is one game off the bullet, however, the rangers should not be in a panic buy mode in january if the FFP scrutiny is real. That is their normal MO. They can still bring in jillions I suppose if they flog Morleos and Kent. No sniggering at the back. HH