When I bring referees up after a loss I’m told I’m a sore loser. When I bring a referee up after a win, I’m told to move on because we’ve won. When am I allowed to talk about the referees performances in Scottish football if that’s the case?
Celtic won 6-0 against Dundee on Sunday in a thoroughly entertaining performance. The Hoops burst back onto the SPFL scene with an emphatic win and not before time.
However, the one negative yesterday was the performance of referee Euan Anderson.
There were two major flash points; tackles on Anthony Ralston and Ryan Christie. Both incidents warranted more action than the referee cared to deliver.
And a yellow for this, 2 mins later….. pic.twitter.com/0XG4zwvz8n
— Glasgowsmilesbetter (@theoldgovanarm1) August 8, 2021
The tackle on Ralston by Marshall was a potential season ender, he’s gone in recklessly and it’s a clear as day sending off. The referee gives a yellow out and moves on. What kind of signal does that send to other chancers who will try to use these kind of tactics to keep Celtic at bay. Someone is going to get seriously hurt.
Ryan Christie was also subject to a sore looking ankle knock shortly after where the referee did absolutely nothing – Dundee would get the would 3 seconds later. It’s just not good enough.
Over and above that, there’s just so much inconsistency in the way things are dealt with by Scottish referees. People talk about VAR but it’s going to be the same people controlling that! Scottish football need to bring in full time professional referees before introducing VAR to the table.
This will likely fall on deaf ears but on the off chance it raises debate, please share this article around.
HH.
