TRUST IN SFA IS CASUALTY TRUST between Scotland's top referees and their Scottish Football Association employers now seems to have broken down. And the blame for the referees appearing to lack any trust in promises made to them by the SFA, lies with how the governing body has behaved in the recent past. For their record of failing to protect the referees, and deal firmly with with Celtic attacks on the officials, is indeed lamentable. Therefore, it is hard not to blame the refs for believing they have heard it all before when SFA president George Peat talks tough. And there are many who believe new chief executive Stewart Regan is not only out of his depth, blundering from one faux pas statement about sectarianism to another, but that he is also somoeone who gives the distinct impression of being bent to Celtic's will. No wonder the referees, a highly intelligent bunch of guys, whatever you may think of their abilities to call decisions, are wary of the SFA and their promises. Peat was talking tough again this week, and it was certainly the old blunt talking president at his rampaging best when he left nobody in any doubt what he thought about the way Celtic have been behaving. Which led many in the press pack to believe the SFA were getting ready to get tough. Unfortunately too many media men - and women - have no sense of history. Even that history which stretches back no further than earlier this year. They forgot about an even more magnificent Peat blast at Celtic. That came in response to an anonymous leak from Parkhead about the referee in the run up to the February Old Firm game. Peat's use of the word cowardly was brilliant. However, those within Parkhead must surely have believed, despite what Peat said, they could get away with anything. For within two hours of Rangers winning the match the official Celtic web site carried a stinging and perhaps even defamatory attack on the ref, which said said no fair minded person could agree with his decision to send off Scott Brown for a head butt. Which led to a spate of newspaper articles saying such an unprecedented outburst would surely lead to Celtic facing a heavy punishment. The press pack then promptly forgot all about it, and refused to publish the findings of the General Purposes Committee, which the SFA tried to keep secret. Celtic's punishment was a mere warning not to do it again. That act of craven cowardice by the SFA has seemingly left Celtic holding the whip hand, while the referees, having seen the SFA fail to protect one of their number who has been called biased by the official Celtic website, means they no longer trust the game's governing body. And that's why they refused to call off their strike after promises by the SFA to finally get tough and protect their referees. It is also why Regan was left spending Thursday passing his begging bowl round UEFA outsposts in a bid to find strike breaking scabs. And never was there a more pathetic and historically chilling justification for being a scab than the one offered by Hubert Siejewicz, the 36 year-old referee from Poland. He said he was coming because it was the wish of his Federation. In other words, he was only obeying orders. The Nuremberg defence from a Pole was particulary chilling. In the end the Poles remembered Solidarity, withdrew, and the SFA tumbled deeper into the brown stuff And as for the Israeli referee? Well, it is to be hoped he does not sully his great, free and democratic country by saying he is only obeying orders. That would just be too much. Still on the subject of the Israeli referee. I always thought players from Israel needed a work permit to play in the UK. Am I wrong? Perhaps the SFA have been given special permission from the UK Government. Or perhaps Regan hasn't thought of that. And the backstairs blundering by Regan, in refusing to name the nations and the referees, has been indefensible. Credit to the newspapers for trumping Regan on this. There are secrets which the SFA should be keeping. But Regan seems unable or unwilling to protect them. Certainly these leaks regarding referees have coincided with the huffy resignation of assistant referee, Steven Craven, and the arrival of Regan. Celtic, also appear to flexed their considerable muscle and stretched their already extreme influence within the SFA, to also coincide with Regan taking over as chief executive. Trust is what is at stake here. Without it the very foundations of Scottish football will give way and the whole edifice collapse.
Na i think the guy talks a lot of of truth, Rangers needs guy's like that, shame he does not write for a paper anymore
Well In Davy, about time someone told these bastards a few home truths. please log in to view this image
"And as for the Israeli referee? Well, it is to be hoped he does not sully his great, free and democratic country by saying he is only obeying orders. That would just be too much."
The Tarriers don't like it Up'em please log in to view this image They can whinge and greet all they like, it still won't save TLB.... please log in to view this image **** YOU LENNY! please log in to view this image
Funny it unsettles a few tims every David Laggat thread I posted on 606 kept getting deleted the tims hate him on 606
David Leggat is as relevant as Chick Young but at least Chick is not interested in what Schools people attended. Leggat used to write for that quality newspaper The People (Because he was one of them I assume?) he got the bullet for being a drunken pederast with sash fixation. He is a the very defintion of "biased", that's why no newspaper would sully themselves printing his sheeite.
