PaleGreySky Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) What exactly is all this about? FACTS -It wasn't a foul -Noone thinks it was a foul -The end result was that no foul was given Who cares how the officials in a match come to a decision, so long as they get it right!? Celtic have apparently been saying they want people sacked over this. I hope the SFA dish out bans to Neil Lennon and warnings to their club for this. Edited October 31, 2010 by PaleGreySky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collins Out! Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 What exactly is all this about? FACTS -It wasn't a foul -Noone thinks it was a foul -The end result was that no foul was given Who cares how the officials in a match come to a decision, so long as they get it right!? Celtic have apparently been saying they want people sacked over this. I hope the SFA dish out bans to Neil Lennon and warnings to their club for this. Can't be bothered reading about it, I must admit. Something about a penalty? No interest whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 It's now moved on from that. The linesman who resigned is in the paper today saying he was asked to lie by the referee to the match observer, that Dallas was told about the lies and did nothing (other than repeat the lies on Radio Clyde) and also that Dallas has alledgedly been bullying refs and assistants. Regardless of the teams involved in the game it's rather worrying that officials are lying to cover up perceived mistakes (it turns out in this instance it wasn't a mistake and he was right to not give the penalty). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven H Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) It's now moved on from that. The linesman who resigned is in the paper today saying he was asked to lie by the referee to the match observer, that Dallas was told about the lies and did nothing (other than repeat the lies on Radio Clyde) and also that Dallas has alledgedly been bullying refs and assistants. Regardless of the teams involved in the game it's rather worrying that officials are lying to cover up perceived mistakes (it turns out in this instance it wasn't a mistake and he was right to not give the penalty). Yup,it's been discussed on phone ins for a few days. The ref (Dougie McDonald) gave the penalty then instantly changed his mind. He went to his linesman to buy some time then decided correctly that it wasn't a penalty. In the aftermath report McDonald told the observer his attention was drawn by the linesman say "Dougie, Dougie, you may have got that wrong"...this was a lie. Linesman made scapegoat, he resigns. McDonald, slap on the wrist and suddenly the Celtic fans are crowing that this proves their conspiracy theory. It had feck all to do wi them, it wasnt a penalty, they didnt get given a penalty and the referee got the decsion right. Ironic that McDonald (and his linesman?) conspired to get a decision right and get all this press, yet when the same ref and his linesman completely feck up a decision that resulted in a goal being scored off the hand of a cheating Argintinian Dundee Utd player hardly a peep is heard. Edited October 31, 2010 by Steven H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 It's now moved on from that. The linesman who resigned is in the paper today saying he was asked to lie by the referee to the match observer, that Dallas was told about the lies and did nothing (other than repeat the lies on Radio Clyde) and also that Dallas has alledgedly been bullying refs and assistants. Regardless of the teams involved in the game it's rather worrying that officials are lying to cover up perceived mistakes (it turns out in this instance it wasn't a mistake and he was right to not give the penalty). But it's been known for a long time, and widely accepted, that officials cheat according to their allegiances in any match involving the h*ns or tims. We've suffered from it on many occasions. Sad, but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beep0608 Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 What exactly is all this about? FACTS -It wasn't a foul -Noone thinks it was a foul -The end result was that no foul was given Who cares how the officials in a match come to a decision, so long as they get it right!? Celtic have apparently been saying they want people sacked over this. I hope the SFA dish out bans to Neil Lennon and warnings to their club for this. Noone thinks it was a foul, aside from a lot of Celtic fans you mean. With their green tinted specs. It fits the "they're all out to get us" paranoid agenda. Pathetic, and the likes of Radio Clyde Not-so-Superscoreboard won't let it drop. I see that Kirk Broadfoot is similarly dishonest. Perhaps he really believes that he was fouled, but let that be my final say. I wish they would shut the.... drop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 The linesman who resigned is in the paper today saying he was asked to lie by the referee to the match observer, that Dallas was told about the lies and did nothing (other than repeat the lies on Radio Clyde) and also that Dallas has alledgedly been bullying refs and assistants. Regardless of the teams involved in the game it's rather worrying that officials are lying to cover up perceived mistakes (it turns out in this instance it wasn't a mistake and he was right to not give the penalty). Spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Earl of Hathaway Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I'm sorry but Old Firm get/don't get penalty is easily the least interesting story ever printed on the Old Firm obsessed Sports pages of the Scottish media... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 this bullsh1t with this supposed penalty for celtic is even more boring than tommy sheridan's court case. on the front page of the daily retard its tommy sheridan court case day 756 and on the back page that ginger pr1ck moaning about decisions, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vom Itorium Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 The paranoia will be at an all time high just now in the Sellick camp but as many have said before me, who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin energy Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 It would be interesting to see all the bad decisions that have went against us with the old firm ? i also think there would be loads from the non old firm teams against the old firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Ironic that McDonald (and his linesman?) conspired to get a decision right and get all this press, yet when the same ref and his linesman completely feck up a decision that resulted in a goal being scored off the hand of a cheating Argintinian Dundee Utd player hardly a peep is heard. Spot on Steven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I remember a game at Firhill against Dundee where the ref gave us a penalty and then after the linesman flag he changed his mind.How much was said about that?Nothing,Refs should refuse to ref this lots games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Heron Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 When I saw the incident I rather admired that the officials had the courage to reverse the original decision. It was clearly the right thing to do. However, the aftermath is all somewhat unsavoury. It's not healthy to see the lying and collaboration that has gone to support this and this will damage the image of our match officials (not that it was great to start with!) Nevertheless, forget about Celtic's ridiculous levels of paranoia - what this does demonstrate is the considerable pressure that officials are put under particularly in games involving the Old Firm (and probably Celtic in particular given their record in this area). I think those involved in the rewriting of the truth need to be punished in some way, but I also think Celtic and other clubs need to be reminded that it's their frequently ridiculous hogging of the post-match headlines that's probably driven (albeit wrongly) the officials to act as they have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 What were the officials playing at ? In the end, they got the decision correct. The way I saw it... The ref gave the penalty. The arabs protested and persuaded him to talk to the linesman. The linesman said that the goalie played the ball. The ref reversed his decision. What on earth was wrong with that??!!??? Why concoct a half-baked tissue of lies??!!??? Just played into their hands. Suddenly they're not paranoid any more. It's just a disaster. We're going to be hearing about this for the next 60 years!!! Streuth....!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 There's a fifteen minute interview with Dougie McDonald on the BBC website. Fifteen minutes! It's like Frost vs Nixon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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