A Scottish Referee makes history, but for the wrong reason.
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:20 am
There were two Champions League last 16 matches last night, and UEFA through their totally incompetent referees managed to spoil it for one team Shakhtar Donetsk. Referee Willie Collum awarding a penalty and sending a player off within three minutes (a Champions League record); that led to them losing 7-0. The same could have happened to another team Paris Saint Germain; again a player wrongly red carded.
What a display by PSG playing for about 90 minutes with ten men against what a lot of commentators believe is the best team in the English Premier League; Chelsea. PSG only by their great desire and undoubted skill they managed to overcome the harsh penalty wrongly imposed upon them.
All Celtic supporters know about Willie Collum; he is head of the Muppet Department of referees appointed by the SFA/SPFL. We have had plenty of experience of this strutting incompetent who was groomed for infamy by his mentor Hugh Dallas; who I believe must still be looking after him.
I well remember the days when it was almost impossible to be sent off in a cup tie; cup ties were nearly always ferocious battles because of what was at stake. But referees acknowledged that and let the game flow unless something really serious took place. It would be interesting to look back on statistics from early European Cup Competitions and compare the crime count of red and yellow cards.
I wonder how many players Athletico Madrid would have finished the match against us in 1974; or the same with Racing Club in 1967; i suspect both games would have been abandoned before half-time.
I have to say something about Jose Mourinho’s comments after the match, although he did say PSG deserved to win. He also said they were simulating injury and wasting time as they tried to close the game out.
Jose needs to go and watch the DVD of his Porto team in Seville in the UEFA Cup Final of 2003; something that Jamie Carragher commented on last night on Sky Sports. Make no mistake Porto were a very good football team and didn’t need to play act their way to victory. If they had played to their capabilities and beaten us convincingly; i would have applauded them as the better team.
But the actions of goalkeeper Vitor Baia, Deco, Capucho, and worst of all Derlei were appalling; and blatant cheating. Good players don’t normally act in that manner; they have to taught and coached to play that way; and the blame for that lies firmly at the feet of Mourinho.
Referees need to be strong and above all honest to stand up to the cheaters in football. Football is an entertainment business, and supporters pay big money to attend. What would you think if you went to see your favourite band play and the stage manager sends the singer from the stage after singing one song?
The SFA/SPFL need to get a grip and stop hiding. Supporters are fed up with excuses and Honest Mistakes. At least they had the guts to replace Thomson and Chambers from our Scottish Cup replay; but replaced Thomson with Calum Murray; and worse still we have Bobby Madden on Sunday. I really do despair.
What a display by PSG playing for about 90 minutes with ten men against what a lot of commentators believe is the best team in the English Premier League; Chelsea. PSG only by their great desire and undoubted skill they managed to overcome the harsh penalty wrongly imposed upon them.
All Celtic supporters know about Willie Collum; he is head of the Muppet Department of referees appointed by the SFA/SPFL. We have had plenty of experience of this strutting incompetent who was groomed for infamy by his mentor Hugh Dallas; who I believe must still be looking after him.
I well remember the days when it was almost impossible to be sent off in a cup tie; cup ties were nearly always ferocious battles because of what was at stake. But referees acknowledged that and let the game flow unless something really serious took place. It would be interesting to look back on statistics from early European Cup Competitions and compare the crime count of red and yellow cards.
I wonder how many players Athletico Madrid would have finished the match against us in 1974; or the same with Racing Club in 1967; i suspect both games would have been abandoned before half-time.
I have to say something about Jose Mourinho’s comments after the match, although he did say PSG deserved to win. He also said they were simulating injury and wasting time as they tried to close the game out.
Jose needs to go and watch the DVD of his Porto team in Seville in the UEFA Cup Final of 2003; something that Jamie Carragher commented on last night on Sky Sports. Make no mistake Porto were a very good football team and didn’t need to play act their way to victory. If they had played to their capabilities and beaten us convincingly; i would have applauded them as the better team.
But the actions of goalkeeper Vitor Baia, Deco, Capucho, and worst of all Derlei were appalling; and blatant cheating. Good players don’t normally act in that manner; they have to taught and coached to play that way; and the blame for that lies firmly at the feet of Mourinho.
Referees need to be strong and above all honest to stand up to the cheaters in football. Football is an entertainment business, and supporters pay big money to attend. What would you think if you went to see your favourite band play and the stage manager sends the singer from the stage after singing one song?
The SFA/SPFL need to get a grip and stop hiding. Supporters are fed up with excuses and Honest Mistakes. At least they had the guts to replace Thomson and Chambers from our Scottish Cup replay; but replaced Thomson with Calum Murray; and worse still we have Bobby Madden on Sunday. I really do despair.