I have to be honest, when I heard he'd been handed the OF game I feared for the worse, not because I believe he's bias in any team's favour. I just think he's a poor referee. But give him his due he had a very good game last night. He had no chance to see the Rangers 'goal' and neither did anyone else. He handled the game very well. He didn't start handing out cards for every tackle and took into consideration the weather conditions and the importance of the game. The only slight criticism I would give him was his failure on a couple of occasions to play the advantage rule but he got most of the decisions right.
There were two big calls to make on the night, Rangers goal and Hooper's offside. Both of them were wrong calls, but neither of them were the fault of the referee (more the assistants). So since he had no big calls to make I'd say he done ok not to make any big calls.
True, but the problem with Collum in the past is he turns small incidents into big calls with his poor decision making.
Yep, that hun **** Heelayy should have been hooked. God bless Stoksey for halfing that big lanky streak of pish Laugherty though. Well worth the yellow card.
Surprised that he's not been roundly condemned, but then I remembered that Celtic won, so no need to criticise the ref then. He was decent IMO, the goal should've stood, but these things happen that fast, it's hard to tell, and don't forget, these things even themselves out over a season.
Anyone else seeing a change in balance? Yous getting done with chanting and winning decisions, it seems like not that long ago that was us
Em well if our goal had stood, you would not have won? are you serious? i thought you were meant to be one of the tims with sense.
That was not a decision "we got" that was a decision Rangers "did not get" and most people know why. Despite numerous replays it is nigh on impossible to say with 100% certainty that the "Whole" ball crossed the line and it happened in a split second. What decisions did we actually get?
Any decision in an any football game that results in a disallowed goal (thats onside, crossed the line what ever) is a decision one team got and one team didn't. I don't think the linesmen or the referee could've called it, only a camera could have but it doesn't change the fact that if the goal had stood it was likely to end in a draw.
Do you actually know any of the "Laws" of the game? A referee or a linesman can not "Give" a decision they cannot see so they did not "Give" Celtic anything, they simply did not give Rangers the goal that no one in the Rangers side claimed for. There is a huge difference.
I'm getting tiresome so I'll agree to disagree with you because this really is going no where. Consider yourself ahead of me in the league table
I think you are spot on, Celtic would have won many more Old Firm games in the past if the refs didn't always make such woeful decisions against us.
