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Fadinger?! Please tell me he’s not out tomorrow! 🙏🏻

Connelly O'Donnell Welsh Koutroumbis Longelo Watt Priestman Sparrow Slattery Just Maswanhise

And Tony Watt's shot goes out for a shy.

And for the record Scales should have went for that challenge on Slattery elbow jawline height coming in at speed another failure of VAR i dont even know if it was looked it.

Good post Denny. Firstly a necessary health warning. I condemn, as we all do, any threats, intimidation or harassment of match officials and their families. Its 100% out of order. That excludes of course booing or jeering at games; abuse though is unacceptable. Understandably, the police provided protection after the game. In an update, a 19 year old man has been arrested in connection with a data protection offence. As far as I'm aware, no threats or intimidation has actually occurred and I hope that continues to be the case. However that aside, the statement is an unadulterated attempt to shut down discussion and take the moral high ground. It is, as Denny says, an attempt at deflection, whataboutery whatever you want to call it. Presumably the media, fans, pundits club employees should not be permitted to discuss or criticise match offcials. A denial of free speech. Although no names are mentioned, I assume that they are pointing the finger of blame at Derek McInnes and JBA amongst others.

Dunfermline keeper sells the Thistle equaliser.

Great point - a bit of common sense here would have seen someone else referee the match. Preventable.

First up let's agree that it is unacceptable for Officials and their families to be targeted, Anyone threatening them should be prosecuted. Same goes for anyone inciting hate or repercussions online. I include the release of personal information. So I await with interest to see what prosecutions take place. If any. Regards the SFA Statement. It is general and non specific. John Beaton and his family were subject to threats and shocking intimidation following decisions he made in a Celtic v Rangers game. That is a matter of record and is reprehensible. (Was any Celtic fan prosecuted?). But nowhere does the Statement say he was threatened following Wednesday night. Given the nightmare he and his family went through previously I can understand the need for caution and therefore the need for immediate police involvement. A sensible move, particularly as his home address is in the public domain. But a precaution only unless there was/is a specific threat. In which case let us see those prosecutions. Let's call out this Statement for what it is. A deflection from the reality that many Officials are incompetent and unaccountable. A deflection from the possibility that an error may determine who wins the League. A deflection from the reality that there is no plan in place to improve standards despite an admission that errors occur. A deflection from the fact that numerous ex players (with no allegiance to Motherwell or Hearts) were agitated enough to highlight a decision made with no understanding of the game. A deflection in an attempt to turn those incompetent Officials into victims. No doubt many will buy that story as it is a clever narrative. Almost as effective as the concerted efforts of the Celtic media machine which we witness regularly This Statement takes the circling of the wagons to a new level. When you have no justification, go on the attack. Finally. Thanks to our fans who resisted the temptation to confront the Celtic supporters who invaded Fir Park and scared the daylights out of those Motherwell fans in the disabled section. The police and Celtic players certainly did little to help clear the pitch. No surprise there. Fortunately we did not see a rerun of Ibrox a few weeks ago. No doubt just 'exuberance' yet again. Any Statement from the SFA or Celtic? Thought not. And yes! I'm still hurting even though the Hibs result rendered the penalty meaningless in our drive for fourth place,

Would also be entertaining if Ox helps relegate St Mirren.

The politicians just parrot what their PR agents and spin doctors tell them to say.

To be honest I’m not sure our politicians are politically savvy never mind someone at the SFA.

If there are any potential conflicts we can just terminate his contract before the final. Dunfermline sign him as a free agent. Win - win.

Dunfermline wont keep out Celtic irrespective of who starts in goals, so there will be no pressure on him.

That is straight out of the Celtic/Peter Lawwell book of deflect and point the finger in the other direction. Funny that eh?

Will add to my above post. Someone politically savvy at the SFA has used the oldest trick in the book. Change the narrative from us being at fault to the other party being in the wrong.

I wouldnt trust this mob to commit to change. As ive said previously put rangers and celtic in a 2 team league let them hammer each other and let the rest of us get on with it. How many of us would happily never play them again.

Connolly has to start. Ox could be the difference in us qualifying for europe. Poor at Hibs puts us 5th and then he keeps out Celtic to win cup and put us out. Not fair to put that kind of pressure on the lad.

And no big Ox for Dunfermline, not sure if that’s been mentioned earlier

Always good to see Baraclough on the telly when it's playoff time.

Confirmed on the Beeb that Ward is injured.

Connelly to start then?

Or perhaps he should hang up his whistle.

Now official. Ox has been recalled. As Denny suggests I suspect Ward is carrying an injury. Will return to Dunfermline after tomorrow.

I'm not disappointed that nothing was released, it would only have come across as a reaction to the decision that night. What I'd rather they do is garner support from throughout the league and then have a group of clubs approach the governing body about the generally abysmal state of refereeing and get them to commit to change. A single statement will do nothing, there needs to be a coordinated campaign by the vast majority of clubs to apply sufficient pressure to force change for the better.