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My point entirely 👍👍👍

Hung off from posting last night as I was way too angry about what transpired at the end of the game. Regardless of our thoughts on the matter, it doesnt really change anything. Hibs last minute winner means we need to go to Easter Road and get something. Given we have won 1 and drawn 2 against them this season and now have an injustice to fire the belly, we should embrace that situation. Re last nights game. I really despair about any Motherwell fan who watched that last night and is anything other than proud of our performance. Many Motherwell teams in the past have utterly capitulated to Celtic. But we went toe to toe with them for 90 minutes and were the better team by every metric, other than the one that actually counts. It was a great performance and, but for a bit more quality/composure in the final third, we might have won that game. There is a real feel good factor about Fir Park right now. Three stands up singing and bouncing in a game against one of the ugly sisters is a rare thing indeed. Finally, to address the issue of our record against the top 6. It is true that we have only won 3 out of 19. But we have also drawn 8. So in 11/19 games the top 6 couldnt beat us either and of the games we did lose only Hearts beat us by more than 1 goal and our performances have been more than decent. We should embrace these times and use the injustice we all feel about the season as a whole to fuel us going forward. Everyone to Easter Road......

We played well. Our goalie had zero saves, so including the PK, Celtic had 3 shots on Target. I posted the stats earlier in this thread. what done us in, obviously, was VAR team inserting themselves into the proceedings when it was not necessary. I keep hearing VAR is for clear and obvious errors. When no players or fans are screaming for a penalty, where it’s not 100% clear if its handball or header, juat sit in your seat and STFU and let the game continue.

Additional time is allowed for a penalty kick to be taken at the end of each half of the match or extra time. In this case, the penalty kick is completed (and the half is ended) when the ball: ➡ stops moving ➡ goes out of play ➡ is played by any player other than the defending goalkeeper or ➡ the referee stops play for an offence by the kicker or the kicker’s team So if you are over the alloted 5 mins of ET, the match goes on till the Var check is resolved and if its a pen, when the ball hits the net etc its game over

Hear! Hear!

Absolutely this! 🧡❤️🧡

Alpha FC fans without the bus fare.

I agree JBA will be off. Unfortunately, I don't think the leagues elsewhere are much better. I remember reading a long article years ago about how Arsene Wenger was screwed over by Bernard Tapie's match fixing in the French League. And then there were all the corruption issues in the Italian leagues. In the EPL we had Fergie Time and all the late goals and late pens Man U won on a regular basis. Money talks, especially with the billions floating around these days, and it's the big clubs that always get the benefit of the decisions.

There was only 10 seconds of added time left when the incident occurred. So adding time for the VAR wouldnt have occurred. Barely enough time to allow the penalty to be taken.

Scotland v Denmark. Kenny McLean.

I dont think anyone would argue that Celtic fans arent the worst at Fir Park. They absolutely are. The problem by focusing on that is you ignore what goes on away from Fir Park. Anyone looking at the Glasgow Derby at Ibrox and suggesting that the Union Bears were justified in their behaviour because Celtic fans encroached onto the field to celebrate are absolutely deluded. Our fans seemd to contain themselves last night. And that wasnt an isolated incident. I submit the masked marauders in Santa hats running amok in Glasgow City centre earlier in the season. For the avoidance of doubt, what happened at the end last night was a disgrace (particularly as it effected those in the disabled section most acutely) and the club should absolutely be complaining in the strongest possible terms to the SPFL and SFA and sanctions would undoubtedly be appropriate. However, when you apply broad brush steokes to a situation to suit your own agenda, you tend to lose the room.

Exactly 👍

It was a bit of a shock to see the players starting the game with it last night, but i agree it a cracking looking strip, with no tacky sponsor logos to spoil it.

Its a certainty that if the incident is discussed on the Var review and i have my doubts,,there will be some mysterious technical issue to explain why its not available, hearing Dallas shouting "penalty, penalty, stonewaller, no need to check John" would not be a good look.

Watched the replay of the Hearts game I could hardly believe that the Hearts fans were actually singing Stand Up and sing for Motherwell. When we scored our goals. 😇

This decision isn't something that can wait for Collum's monthly excuses. They should be releasing the audio for it now

The police would have been celebrating with them.

Yes, cheating.

The crux of it is that VAR has called the ref and a subsequent pen has been givien on the basis of unclear footage/still image evidence, with the additional criteria required for it to be punishable being ignored (Deliberately making body bigger).

Being terrified of Celtic is not justification for cheating. If it appears an official is genuinely compromised, and there is ample evidence to suggest that is the case for many of them, then they should not be anywhere near Celtic games in the first place. The options cannot be either cheat or have your windows panned in. If that is the situation, they should be removed from officiating in the Premiership entirely until they can prove they are fit and competent to do the job. That would require competent leadership, accountability, and real change, which we clearly do not have at the SFA with chief clown Collum in charge.

Agreed.

Hibs are on a run now. At home, with the officials help we have no chance. After last night relying on Celtic to win a cup so we get Europe gives me the boak.

Ralstons foul throw being ignored then in the lead up? Is Trusty going to be Slattery'd for his antics at the incident? Should managers be having private conversations with Collum? Hows about full disclosure. Our game is a laughing stock this morning. Heads should roll, but we know nothing will change in anycase. Scunnered does not even cover it.