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Scottish Fitba'

See Rangers have formally written to the SFA complaining that one of the VAR officials from the LC final will be running the line at Celtic-St Johnstone this weekend. This follows on from last season when they demanded Willie Collum was not to be appointed to ref any of their games.

Maybe the SFA should just let Rangers pick all match officials in future.
 
rudebhoy said:
See Rangers have formally written to the SFA complaining that one of the VAR officials from the LC final will be running the line at Celtic-St Johnstone this weekend. This follows on from last season when they demanded Willie Collum was not to be appointed to ref any of their games.

Maybe the SFA should just let Rangers pick all match officials in future.
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Got a source to the “formally written to”?
 
KenL said:
Got a source to the “formally written to”?
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www.bbc.co.uk

Rangers 'express concern' after Hampden VAR officials are reinstated

Rangers contact the Scottish Football Association "to express serious concerns" after the League Cup final VAR officials are reinstated.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Rangers say they have "contacted the Scottish Football Association to express serious concerns and ask several questions" after the two Video Assistant Referees (VAR) at the League Cup final were reinstated for December fixtures.
SFA head of referee operations Willie Collum had said Frank Connor and Alan Muir made a ''really, really poor'' and "unacceptable" decision not to award Rangers a spot-kick against Celtic in the final on 15 December, with the Bhoys winning the match on penalties after a 3-3 draw.
The incident in question was a pull by Liam Scales on Vaclav Cerny, when a free-kick was awarded.
Neither Connor, nor Muir, featured in Friday, Saturday or Sunday's top-flight games.
However, Connor will be one of the assistant referees for Kilmarnock v Aberdeen on Thursday and Celtic v St Johnstone on Sunday, while Muir will be on VAR duty for St Mirren v Dundee on Sunday.
"We also note one of the officials has been appointed to an SPFL Premiership match involving the club that benefited from the error," Rangers said in a statement.
"The Scottish FA's actions raise questions about their commitment to improving officiating standards and fostering accountability.
"While Rangers FC fully respects the independence of officiating appointments and the need for referees to operate without interference, how the Scottish FA handles such high-profile failures directly affects its credibility and public confidence.
"The decision to reinstate the officials so quickly, and in particular for a fixture involving the club which benefited from the mistake in question, has drawn widespread media scrutiny on the officiating failure and officials concerned. This was both predictable and avoidable, and contradicts any stated duty of care from the Scottish FA towards their match officials."
 
Now THAT was a great day for Scottish football!!! 🤭🤭

Hearts pumped, St Johnstone pumped and Rangers pumped, who knew Santa worked for Carlsberg...

Merry Xmas everyone.
 
I read two separate articles yesterday telling me how Rangers were flying, how Celtic were struggling, and how the title race was back on.

Talk about wishful thinking 😁
 
I think Celtic have been if not struggling certainly stuttering a bit. They seem to have lost a bit of fluency lately.
I think it's down to a lot of chopping and changing the line up, mostly due to injuries.
Rangers have been playing well lately but I heard on the radio Raskin didn't start because he's one booking away from missing the Celtic game. As its worked out there's no use beating Celtic if they don't beat St Mirren . There early season form has left too much to do to challenge for the league this season.
 
chico said:
I think Celtic have been if not struggling certainly stuttering a bit. They seem to have lost a bit of fluency lately.
I think it's down to a lot of chopping and changing the line up, mostly due to injuries.
Rangers have been playing well lately but I heard on the radio Raskin didn't start because he's one booking away from missing the Celtic game. As its worked out there's no use beating Celtic if they don't beat St Mirren . There early season form has left too much to do to challenge for the league this season.
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A sensible comment from a Celtic fan, well done. 🤣

Losing Soutar and Balogun going off didn’t help yesterday but let’s not take anything away from St. Mirren who played well clearly.

Oh, Propper is proper rubbish, at least in Scottish football.
 
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ger147 said:
Now THAT was a great day for Scottish football!!! 🤭🤭

Hearts pumped, St Johnstone pumped and Rangers pumped, who knew Santa worked for Carlsberg...

Merry Xmas everyone.
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I take but only a little consolation from Rangers losing, and in added time to boot. What a mess Davidson and Levein have left.😔
 
chico said:
I think Celtic have been if not struggling certainly stuttering a bit. They seem to have lost a bit of fluency lately.
I think it's down to a lot of chopping and changing the line up, mostly due to injuries.
Rangers have been playing well lately but I heard on the radio Raskin didn't start because he's one booking away from missing the Celtic game. As its worked out there's no use beating Celtic if they don't beat St Mirren . There early season form has left too much to do to challenge for the league this season.
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Last Sunday was the first points dropped by Celtic since mid-October, a 0-0 draw at Tannadice in a gale force wind with a much changed side. Their league record is P 17 W 15 D 2 L 0 F 48 A 4. Rangers by contrast have dropped 16 points.

Celtic win at Ibrox next week, we could see a record gap by the end of the season.
 
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