3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
Celtic are in the draw for Champions League today.
Appeal has worked despite a player playing for 4 minutes.
Rules are Rules!!
Appeal has worked despite a player playing for 4 minutes.
Rules are Rules!!
Celtic - lucky or not!
- Thread starter 3offTheTee
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pbrown7582
Money List Winner
Suppose it gives them another 2 games....
IanG
Tour Rookie
Wow, lucky indeed, but good luck to them in the next round. After the other results of last night Scotland's UEFA-coefficient needs all the help it can get !
wonder what happens to all the losing bets saying Celtic would go through
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
What?!! Legia Warsaw hoofed out? Unbelievable.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Second time in three years they've progressed in this manner.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
lucky doesn't come close!!
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Harsh penalty, but as golfers we more than most should appreciate the application of a penalty for a rules breach
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Maybe so, rules are rules though. It's not Celtics fault in either case, if clubs can't sort their admin then they deserve all they get.
My personal opinion is voiced on the other thread, Celtic got beaten and should be out.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Just to be clear, Legia didn't get booted out, they forfeited the tie 3-0 (which is a standard penalty) and Celtic went through on away goals
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Indeed. Just brought it up with relevance as to whether they were "lucky".
Birchy
Money List Winner
Pretty lucky yes but the other team cheated so its right that they are back in.
They still would have lost imo but too late now.
I hope they get through now, that would be ace :whoo:
They still would have lost imo but too late now.
I hope they get through now, that would be ace :whoo:
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
They brought on an ineligible player for the last two minutes of a tie they were winning 6-1. So I think "cheating" is a bit harsh. "Stupid", "incompetent" etc etc sums it up better.
brysoni23
Assistant Pro
Very very lucky. Other team = silly mistake.
Agreed.
There was precedence of a similar situation with another club, the ruling was as the player came on so late it wouldnt affect the outcome so they received a 50K fine instead. I thought thats what would have happened in this case as 6-1 with a few minutes to go is certainly not cheating, it's incompetent at worst.
Celtic drawn against Maribor. Thought they made sweets! Slovenian apparently. Should present a reasonable chance to get into the group stages. One part of me says lucky and the other says Legia were so stupid and deserve to go out
Birchy
Money List Winner
Maybe harsh but they broke the rules either way. Had this player scored the winner im sure people wouldn't say stupid or incompetent then.
They breached the rules and have been thrown out so doesn't really matter how we dress it up.
no they haven't
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
That would have been some last two minutes, Celtic score 6 goals and look to be going through but are robbed by a last gasp winner from the ineligible player the cheating poles put on!
Bottom line is that the game was over and Legia made a stupid mistake.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Correct, and punished for it and rightly so IMO.
