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Journalist must have forgot to ask, "So what did you think of Celtic's derisory offer to your current club? How did that make you feel?"

Cheating is as a big a problem in our game as incompetent refs so a short term fix to improve the standard of decision making is to come down hard on players that try to con the ref. It's the only way to help our already below standard refs. When it comes to diving the risks vs gains are at opposite ends of the scale. Yellow card for the chance to win a penalty and put the opposition down to ten men? Nay bother. It's such an easy fix as well. Dives and exaggeration can be tricky to judge so lets stick to a yellow card (just in case) and every case gets referred to the CCP (Cheating Cunts Panel) who if on reviewing the evidence agree it's a blatant dive it's a two game ban. Anything that's missed by the ref at the time also goes there. There we go - Sinclair and Brown shown up for what they are. The FA have tried it this season with their Successful Deception of a Match Official offence, however appear to be utterly inconsistent in applying it. It needs to be taken seriously.

Club issuing the statement last night probably has something to do with Cedric leaving the country to join up with the Ivory Coast team for their games. Great news about the red card being rescinded but that means Thomson was wrong and we had to play for more than half a game with 10 men because of his incompetence/bias. Where is the justice in that ?? If Celtic had scored in the second half we would have been robbed of a point with no means of a comeback. Something needs to done about the standard of refereeing in Scotland and that means all of them going by the displays I have seen in games involving Motherwell this season.

Commonsense may have prevailed but why has the compliance officer had a look at Brown for the tackle and the hands up? Tongue in cheek for the above... we all know Broony is above the law. Pleased for Kipre though.

Well Craigan left the likes of Hastie, Gordon, Scott who came on as sub and Agyemang on the bench the other day, I'd imagine we should be ok to get through this game tomorrow, if we win this one then Aberdeen awaits us in the semi final, boys could be in with a chance of potentially another final.

http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2018/03/22/cedric-kipre-wins-red-card-appeal/ Cédric Kipré wins red card appeal Thursday, March 22, 2018 Cédric Kipré has won his appeal against the red card shown to him against Celtic. A claim of wrongful dismissal was accepted by a judicial panel at Hampden Park on Thursday, overturning the decision and cancelling a resulting two-game suspension. A yellow card will instead be added to the player’s record for the incident. Kipré will now be available for selection for Motherwell’s next match at home to Rangers on March 31. The 21-year-old, who is currently on international duty with Ivory Coast, was initially ruled by referee Craig Thomson to have committed violent conduct in a clash with Scott Brown in Sunday’s 0-0 draw. The test for violent conduct, according to the laws of the game, is that a player “must either use or attempt to use excessive force or brutality against an opponent when not challenging for the ball.” The judicial panel ruled that Kipré’s actions did not use excessive force or brutality against his opponent. “We are pleased that the panel ruled in Cédric’s favour,” manager Stephen Robinson said of the decision. “It is a sensible outcome, something that all parties agree with. “Cédric is now available for our upcoming games, which are hugely important as we try and reach the top six. We can now draw a line under things and move on.”

That shirt though ....

I thought that too, particularly as he said he shouldnt have reacted.

Bit weird the night before the hearing the club putting up a video of Kipre talking about the card.

You've heard a lot.

Given “these things even out over a season” 9 man Celtic will be up against it even before our 2 penalties.