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Not sure why any of this needs to be a conspiracy at all. 1. Our officials are poor and often get decisions abysmally wrong. 2. Big teams always get more decisions in their favour. Especially at home. Its a tale as old as time. 3. There will undoubtedly be unconcious bias with all officials. As human beings, we all have that. As for the penalty. Thought it was a stonewaller in real time. Less so now Ive seen it from the side view. Fernandez hangs his leg out and there is definite contact, so I think its still a pen, but it is of the softer variety. If thats a goalkeeper going to ground and not getting the ball and the attacking player takes the contact and goes down, its being given all day long and he is praised for being "clever". Its 100% given at the opposite end, or at least reviewed by VAR.

Anyone watched Morocco? Asking for a friend! 😆😆😆

Delighted enough to let him play tomorrow night? 😆😆😆

Scott Burns tweeting that Welsh is being allowed to stay at Motherwell for rest of season and that they are delighted with his progress with us.

I've watched a few games now and been a wee bit disappointed in the standards on display. I normally look forward to this tournament but it's been poor so far.

The Swedish season has finished, so perhaps JBA might have an idea of a goalscorer from there who wouldn't cost anything.

I thought around now. Last update I found was end of October , recovery going well and he was back in training following the quad injury. The issue could be lack of game time, loading etc to get him match fit could be tricky.

Anyone know when Sule is scheduled to return from injury? I thought it was early January. I would like to see us strengthen but think we should be committing folk to further contracts. Then build again in the summer. Sign assets onto long term contracts. The ugly sisters and hearts are going to spend big money to outdo each other for the title. Think they said that with the LM money it was going to be a long term project.

Ward. Spilled a shot early on but outstanding from there on.

The unconscious bias towards the Old Firm has been here for years. As Well fans we remember Derek Johnstone in the 70s semi, Craigan's disallowed goal for off side when a defender and the goalie were on the line. Refs are aware that if they give a wrong or dodgy decision against the Old Firm they will be slaughtered in the press and will suffer personal abuse. Remember Dallas getting his windows panned in. Now with VAR they can take time not only to decide if the decision is correct they also have time to weigh up the consequences of their decision. Less and less subjective decisions will go against the Old Firm. Factual ones like offside will be harder for them to manipulate.

One thing for certain if that had happened up the other end,you can be sure between the referee and var a penalty would have been giving.

Reassuring to know that somebody is taking the level headed pragmatic approach. We may need your calming, unbiased voice of reason if Celtic get a dodgy last minute penalty on Tuesday night to win the game. 😉

We already have strikers who can't score.

Better on a plane back to Aus or another team i think 🤔

Or another interpretation is that I don’t buy into half baked conspiracy theories and aren’t seeing things through a cliched “Rangers get everything” set of tinted specs? 🤷‍♂️

If this is reality then there must be two sets of officials who cover only one side of the arse cheeks each or all the officials are in league with each other to ensure only the OF get anything. There might have been a degree of this in the past but I doubt that it’s like that today. How does that theory stand up beside the other crazy decisions - if you want examples I will give you examples but I’m sure you know plenty yourself - given against us when playing other teams? Unfortunately it’s just piss poor officials, some possibly with personal allegiances, who cover each others ineptitude. I’ve said before the only way to get proper VAR in Scotland is to have VAR HQ sited in another country overseen by foreign officials assisted by ex players with no affiliation with any Scottish team.

It’s reality, not theory, and it doesn’t seem like you’re seeing it past your blue-tinted specs.

I just watched Livi v Celtic highlights and Celtic PK award is ridiculous. The ball did hit the Livi player’s arm but he was clearly pushed by a Celtic player.

Because they’re still getting their story straight with Collum.

I am not 100% sure it was a PK yesterday. I was convinced it was but after watching a clip on you tube, as Fadinger goes by Fernandez, the defender might actually have grazed the ball. Based on what I’ve seen/heard from watching the EPL if the defender gets a touch on the ball first then it’s deemed as him playing the ball amd any contact is then incidental. It’s hard to tell if he did touch or not but it does throw some doubt on it based on what I mentioned using the EPL as an example. however, if that’s the case why was there not an immediate response from officials team that the defender played the ball amd that is why no PK was awarded?

Hibs are trying desperatley to land Dykes. Don't know much about young Wilson.

Really? This is what I was getting at when I mentioned the ‘Penalty to Rangers’ thing before. That a narrative is pushed by the media (mainstream and social) and it is then accepted as fact. And that I am being questioned/accused of being a Rangers fan or at least having a soft spot for them is quite telling. All I am doing is pointing out some glaring weaknesses in this theory. If match officials and the VAR team were as is appeared to be suggesting out to assist Rangers even to the detriment of their own professional and personal reputation, then why did they disallow them a goal at 0-0??? And let me be clear…it was clearly offside and therefore the correct decision to rule it out. But surely a set of match officials influenced by systematic bias that goes beyond unchecked or else blatant cheating officials would surely have no qualms about ‘inventing’ a reason why they thought it was onside and should stand even though all the evidence otherwise was available and would see them questioned, scrutinised and ridiculed? Or is that just me ‘showing my soft spot for Rangers’ by thinking along those lines too?

Probably bonkers but would it be worth trying to get Dykes on loan? Will be needing game time ahead of world cup though Probably not player to suit our style, or young Wilson at Hearts?

260k I think. I think Stama would be better in a front 2,

Your soft spot for Rangers here is showing.