Blue Moon

It could be quite a long walk for a little one.

We park on the street along Broomloan Road. It is free.

Celtic FC don't often need to put pressure on refs because their placemen on TV and radio, in the written media, any platform where football is discussed, do it for them. The proportion of Celtic minded people in the media is disgraceful conscious bias. A show like "Off the ball" should be good family fun but it is used as a big stick to wallop Rangers and us, the fans.

By your definition the latter.

Agree wholeheartedly with that.

I am not blaming VAR per se. I am still in favour of it.

I am left bemused and perplexed by the entire handball shenanigans. What on earth is a subjective handball? I thought VAR was supposed to bring more clarity and less subjectivity to the game. By my understanding of the rules, Johnstone's hand was not in a natural position and he moved his hand towards the ball and played it. These are two of the considerations that would bring about a penalty and a second yellow and red card. I saw the incident on TV last night again and watched Johnstone. His face tells a picture. He knew he had messed up and was waiting to be sent off. So, the ref missed it but VAR saw it. No problem we said, it is a clear handball but in 30 seconds Collum says no handball. I don't believe Collum is a cheat but he is a coward and incompetent. He did not use the opportunity to properly review the incident from various angles nor ask the ref to come to the monitor. The SFA have made matters worse by calling it a subjective handball when everyone knows that is nonsense. I would have preferred if someone with football knowledge and knowledge of the rules of the game had attended the meeting with the SFA. I have the feeling that they would run rings round Bisgrove and he isn't savvy enough to see through them. We are now in a place where the SFA have doubled down, the REFS are calling for a meeting and the 2 real culprits Clancy and Walsh have got away with it. Clancy's 2 minutes extra time at the end of the first have when there was a lengthy injury stoppage, substitution and a (albeit short) VAR call is a joke. Walsh's entire performance was strewn with errors entirely to our detriment and in their favour. He missed an opportunity to give Johnstone a second yellow when he had already yellow carded our player in an identical situation and another (can't remember his name) should also have been shown a second yellow. It was one of the worst performance I've ever seen and he does it all the time. These 2 are the real culprits and work to Celtic's advantage every time they are required. It is disappointing that the rest of Scottish football have yet again lost their tongues.

I went for Lundstram. Thought Ridvan and McAusland had good second halfs but were quite wasteful in the first. Cantwell had a good game.

None of this negates the fact that Collum thought the handball wasn't a penalty. It is astonishing and he should answer for it.

Happy New Year. I hope 2024 brings you all peace and good health.

You are absolutely right. This is worth fighting for. They are tying themselves in knots with their cheating, lying and attempts at covering up. We have them over a barrel and should go for the jugular.

My other half said at the time it was out too. He was screaming it. You can't all be wrong. Another (delberate) major cock up. We need to call it all out.

I think over the piece we we created more chances. We are in an awful situation with bad buys and injuries and it caught up with us today. Hopefully we can improve that in the window.

I thought we were going to nick one near the end there.

They hold off giving one to the likes of McGregor so he is not going to get a red card. At least 3 of them should not have finished that game today.

Yesssss

It just happens to be the truth.

Yellow card for nothing for Sterling

Now seeing that Sima was offside at the start of the move with the handball.

3d late challenge from McGregor. 2 minutes extra time, we've had a lengthy stop, a substitution and a VAR. We are being robbed here.

Stonewall penalty.

Zonal marking can get in the bin.

McCausland and Yilmaz are a major concern.

I am excited to see what this lad can bring to us.

My take from that is the Motherwell are a dirty team and the ref let them away with it for the entire first half. I can't for the life of me see why VAR and the linesman thought Dessers second "goal" was offside. We all thought it was on. There were a few very good performances today and I didn't feel we were troubled much at all despite their second half possession. Good solid performance with the game won in the first 15 minutes. As an aside, Kenny Miller needs to get another job.