Referees' Strike - for those interested!

[Incognito]

OLD FIRM GTF!!!

Illiterate ramblings

Och you arse, you're an embarrassment to the nation. Get a dictionary and put the crayon down. I bet you're a sheep.

@ The Dhims,

Dhims, do you all honestly think if the San Giro had this 'smoking gun' they wouldn't have dropped it by now? Let's face it, you guys aren't in Europe, so the only team getting booted out would be us. So not only would you have that little treat, but you'd also get your 'so called' story out into the open.

It's a non story.

[shaunbhoy]

Time and again you here voices from ...............unadulterated unintelligible bitter gibberish, no doubt from some mutton-molesting teuchter, deleted................

hear










Good article from the Guardian on it all................

Scotland's referees have let a drama turn into a farce | Ewan Murray | Football | The Guardian

[jmo21]

Time and again you here voices from Both camps and supporters suggesting that Scottish football has been subsideised by both clubs yet since 1985/6, the Souness revolution, both clubs have spent over £370m.....yes over a third of a billion pounds on foreign transfer fees which drained the financial bloodline of scottish football dry.

So the Old Firm were supposed to just buy lots of players from the rest of the SPL, and I thought the other teams hated it when they did that.

This failed attempt to conquer europe only served to create apathy within the scottish game with the league becoming less competitive.
Advertisers and TV dropped out as other teams in the league saw masssive falls in attendance.

So....they shouldn't have bothered, is that what you're saying?

I've heard it all now.

[CoolerKing]

Och you arse, you're an embarrassment to the nation. Get a dictionary and put the crayon down. I bet you're a sheep.

@ The Dhims,

Dhims, do you all honestly think if the San Giro had this 'smoking gun' they wouldn't have dropped it by now? Let's face it, you guys aren't in Europe, so the only team getting booted out would be us. So not only would you have that little treat, but you'd also get your 'so called' story out into the open.

It's a non story.

Naw, am a cabbage.

Old Firm GTF!!

[CoolerKing]

So the Old Firm were supposed to just buy lots of players from the rest of the SPL, and I thought the other teams hated it when they did that.



So....they shouldn't have bothered, is that what you're saying?

I've heard it all now.

Naw.
Each division in the league were feeder clubs to higher divsions, the financial bloodline was incestuous.
When The Old Firm turned the touriquet on that bloodline they implicitly destroyed Grass roots football.

£370m since 1985?......think about it ya plum!

[CoolerKing]

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Good article from the Guardian on it all................

Scotland's referees have let a drama turn into a farce | Ewan Murray | Football | The Guardian

A pedantic Tim, now theres a Novelty......let me be embarrased for you.....plum

[shaunbhoy]

A pedantic Tim, now theres a Novelty......

And a semi-literate hick that thinks the role of the Old Firm is simply to underwrite his tuppeny-halfpenny club.
Maybe the attendances at your pathetic little provincial mob dropped when your yokel village got electricity, and you could get Take the High Road on the black and white TV in the Village Hall??
Save your embarrassment for yourself, you have much need for it.

[TestMangler]

And a semi-literate hick that thinks the role of the Old Firm is simply to underwrite his tuppeny-halfpenny club.
Maybe the attendances at your pathetic little provincial mob dropped when your yokel village got electricity, and you could get Take the High Road on the black and white TV in the Village Hall??
Save your embarrassment for yourself, you have much need for it.

Quality Rant !

[BdP]

BBC Sport - Celtic v refs controversy

As it happens, the Referee initially claimed that the linesman changed his mind for him. However, as any football fan will know, if a linesman wants to alert the ref of something, he holds his flag aloft to attract the ref's attention. Just watch the linesman here, he immediately goes behind the goal having presumably accepted the ref's initial call.
The referee then changed his mind and revoked his decision. Almost unprecedented eh? What is worse, the Ref seemed quite happy to peddle the myth that this change of heart was down to the linesman's intervention.
The Celtic manager requested clarification of the decision. It should not be forgotten that Dougie McDonald didn’t lie just to the Celtic manager– he lied to the official SFA refereeing observer, encouraged other officials to do the same, and in turn confirmed the lie to Lennon following an official request for clarification made through the official SPL delegate.
The linesman involved subsequently resigned. This action was initially reported as being down to intimidation and threats made by fans. He then went on record as saying that his decision was as a result solely of bullying and threats made within the Refereeing community, and NOT due to supporters' threats.
The Head of Referee development he labelled a "Bully", that man is Hugh Dallas. Dallas initially supported the Dougie McDonald story, but later went cool on the idea when the facts began to unravel. Dallas is himself currently being internally investigated for recently sending a sectarian mail from his work email account.
This has largely been portrayed as simply Celtic whipping up a campaign for their own ends. However it is anything but.
See below the comments from the Dundee United Manager from the same match.

The Courier - SFA


Celtic are highlighting no more than a call for reasoned accountability. Ref’s will make mistakes– of that there is no doubt — but it is where there is no accountability, no apology for the occasions when they are wrong, no transparency and no trust that is the issue.
This weekend a newspaper revealed that 80% of Scotland's top flight whistlers failed a competency test on the rules of the game.

Shock report reveals four out of five top refs failed 30-question SFA exam - The Daily Record

And just for balance, another example of Official Incompetence. This is a clip from this weekend's Rangers game.

BBC Sport - Miller's bizarre throw-in decision

These guys are not only making far more mistakes than it is reasonable to accept, they seem to feel they are impervious to any criticism. They have also been found to be guilty of lying, and stand accused by one of their own of allowing a culture of bullying. It is high time that they were called to account. Let them strike I say, they should be easy enough to replace.

Scottish "football". LOL!

Mind you, I always advised those visiting Jockshire to watch out for the evil, ugly, violent, blood-sucking parasites. The midges can be quite bad, too.

[shaunbhoy]

Scottish "football". LOL!

Mind you, I always advised those visiting Jockshire to watch out for the evil, ugly, violent, blood-sucking parasites. The midges can be quite bad, too.

1978 called. Can they have their jokes back?