Gonzo79

The referees have spoken... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67901742 "The Scottish referees' union "strongly condemn any commentary impugning" the integrity of officials. The Scottish Senior Football Referees' Association adds that "speculation surrounding the future appointment of referees" is "deeply unhelpful". The statement follows a meeting between the Scottish FA and Rangers, who had asked for the audio from an Old Firm derby VAR ruling, while the governing body rejected a suggestion that Willie Collum be kept from officiating on future games involving the Ibrox club. Collum was the video assistant referee at Celtic Park on 30 December. Rangers said the "overriding consensus" in their meeting with head of referee operations Crawford Allan was the decision of no handball against Celtic's Alistair Johnston was wrong. The SFA replied that they were "disappointed" with Rangers' comments and urged the club to show "greater responsibility". The governing body went on to say they "immediately rejected" requests relating to Collum detailed in a social media post from what they call a "recent official media partner" of Rangers.".

No change there then.

Aye, he's been quite poor but he is up against Dumfries, who is a very pacey wide man.

Doig's not been in it much, apart from playing some fairly standard passes. Inter 1-0 up and have never lost at home to Verona.

VAR should have got the wee yahoo left back to do a lie detector test, to find out if he meant it or not. I'm happy to wait a couple of hours, as long as the correct decision is made.

Internazionale v Hellas Verona on TNT1 just now, if anyone's interested in watching Doig in action.

I agree most of us are the same but none of the mainstream political parties are friends with Rangers or lower income people (SNP and Labour use them for political gains and the Conservatives couldn't care less). Being patronised is no better than being ignored. The SNP actively hate us though and the rise of Scottish nationalism correlates with the overriding hatred of Rangers FC all over Scotland. Vote however you want but people who resemble shinners just look out of place.

There's a Rangers fan at my work called Daniel who votes SNP. I can't take him seriously.

Beale: Clement:

Ultras don't film themselves during matches, so I think you may have encountered some hangers-on whenever that's happened.

The Lammers to Sunderland rumour has already been rubbished. Even Beale isn't that daft.

My hope is more people will go and watch lower division clubs, as a result.

This debate is worse than listening to John Hartson and Karen Carney. 🤣

His studs were up but he wasn't going at any pace and looked completely in control of where his legs/feet were. May as well watch women's football, the way things are going.

Well, I wasn't expecting that response! 😀

What a manager wants and what a manager gets, during the transfer window, are two very different things.

Managers unhappy about decisions isn't a new thing. Soon they'll* programme AI to run VAR checks, so we can all settle down. *the SFA have already started building the O'Terminator

I bloody well hope not!

VAR is just another thing to analyse or argue about. There's no less controversy about it in England than there is here. It's all very tedious.

That's what I really like about Yilmaz, his determination to get forward all the time.

They won't be charged more and shouldn't be. Judging by the atmosphere in the Copland, I think they're all catatonic, so probably won't notice when they're moved. On a more serious note, their new seats will provide a better view and they get an initial discount.

As soon as people say, 'let's make it more like rugby', I'm turned off. Rugby is a shite sport to watch.

New correspondence out today regarding moves in the Copland Road Stand, including new disabled and singing sections. Looks like a few are being moved out of their seats in CF and being offered moves to a new cantilevered section above, to accommodate the aforementioned new sections.

After last weekend, I'm surprised I can type at all, never mind write a remotely coherent sentence. Four day hangovers are quite something. ☹️

VAR is far more tolerable when you're watching football on television and even more so when you have no emotional attachment to either side playing. It's just another sign of everything being driven by viewing figures or the tail wagging the dog. It's fantastic fun for analysts, which is why Sky, TNT and Viaplay employ a commentator, two co-commentators and between two to five pundits to (completely over) analyse a bloody football match. One of a few reasons why I've been at less matches this season than any since we got back into the top flight.