Killie diddy having a go at Tav

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

From The Herald:

 

Kilmarnock attacker Kallum Higginbotham has branded Rangers’ James Tavernier as “attention-seeking” after the defender posted pictures of his injured knee on Twitter.

Higginbotham was sent-off for a high challenge on the right-back in the final stages of Saturday’s Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox, but feels that the decision was unfair, and he has criticised Tavernier for scuppering his chances of an appeal by posting images of cuts to his knee on social media.

He said: “I don’t have Twitter myself but a few of the lads showed me that when I came in on Monday. It’s disappointing because in my eyes it’s attention-seeking and he’s trying to prove that I’ve touched him.

“Maybe if he hadn’t posted that picture we could have tried to have appealed it, but the picture shows that there was contact so it would affect the perception of the challenge.

“I never tried to hurt the guy, I wouldn’t do that, it’s just the way I play the game. I want to win every ball that I go for, and if you can’t go in with a little bit of force then it’s not football anymore.

“It seems to always be stop-start in games now for the littlest thing, I think referees need to understand that it’s men playing football, and there’s obviously going to be contact.

“I think it was a harsh sending off, it split views right through Scotland with some people saying it was a straight red and others saying there’s no way it was red.

“I’m obviously going to say that it’s not a red, but I know that I didn’t have any intent to hurt him. “The ball was there to be won and I’ve won the ball, but the referee has obviously factored in the speed of the challenge and the fact my studs were showing, so he’s just doing his job, but I’m just disappointed he’s come to that decision.

“Maybe if it was away from Ibrox it might have been different or if it was early on in the game. But it’s happened now and I can’t let it get me down, I just need to move on.”

Former Scotland international Graham Alexander has meanwhile emerged as a potential contender for the vacant Kilmarnock manager’s position, and will be interviewed for the role within the next few days. He joins Lee Clark and former Swindon boss Mark Cooper in the running for the post.

For Higginbotham, either Clark or current interim-boss Lee McCulloch would represent a positive appointment at Rugby Park.

“Lee Clark is the one that bought me for Huddersfield,” he said.

“He obviously saw something in me when I was at Falkirk, but he got sacked about a week later when we were sat third in the league.

“That put me in limbo down there. The new manager came in and didn’t really know who I was, so that’s why my time there was a bit stop-start.

“If he comes in, hopefully he’ll remember what sort of player I am. We’ve not heard anything around the club though in terms of who’s coming in. It’s Jig at the moment and who knows? If he keeps picking up results then he might just get the job.

“We picked up a positive result at Ibrox on Saturday and I think that’s the first time this season that they’ve failed to score in a game, so that gives us confidence not conceding when you consider some of the results we’ve had previously this season.

“Training has been a lot more upbeat. You never want to see a manager lose his job, and it’s not the case that we were all happy to see Gary out the door because we were all a bit gutted, but sometimes it just takes that change of manager to lift the whole place and that’s what it seems to have done at the minute.

“The sessions have been different and we haven’t had any days off, although I’m not saying that’s the reason we’ve been so bad this season. But we’ve been working hard and I think that showed on Saturday. Hopefully it will show again this week against Motherwell.”

[Briton 394]

2 minutes ago, BF2 said:

 

“I never tried to hurt the guy, I wouldn’t do that, it’s just the way I play the game. I want to win every ball that I go for, and if you can’t go in with a little bit of force then it’s not football anymore.

“It seems to always be stop-start in games now for the littlest thing, I think referees need to understand that it’s men playing football, and there’s obviously going to be contact.

“I think it was a harsh sending off, it split views right through Scotland with some people saying it was a straight red and others saying there’s no way it was red.

 

It was out and out thuggery.  The idea that this tit could have won an appeal is laughable, as is the idea that proof was needed that there was contact.  He let his side down and should STFU.

Views were split?  I think he means his mum didn't think he deserved a red card.

[DeanMK 4,660]

9 minutes ago, BF2 said:

“It seems to always be stop-start in games now for the littlest thing, I think referees need to understand that it’s men playing football, and there’s obviously going to be contact.

There's making contact and then there's sticking your studs into someones knee. Straight red every day of the week.

[Rambo1872 4,065]

10 minutes ago, BF2 said:

“Maybe if he hadn’t posted that picture we could have tried to have appealed it, but the picture shows that there was contact so it would affect the perception of the challenge"

In other words, if he didnt have solid evidence in the form of a picture i would have tried to get off with it. Wankbag

[TheLawMan 6,240]

6 minutes ago, Briton said:

It was out and out thuggery.  The idea that this tit could have won an appeal is laughable, as is the idea that proof was needed that there was contact.  He let his side down and should STFU.

Views were split?  I think he means his mum didn't think he deserved a red card.

To be fair the views were split.  We all saw it was a clear Red Card and THEY all saw it as Tav raising his knee too high and should have been yellow carded for doing so with Kilmarnock winning the free kick.

[Alendrin 298]

2 minutes ago, BF2 said:

“Maybe if he hadn’t posted that picture we could have tried to have appealed it, but the picture shows that there was contact so it would affect the perception of the challenge.

 

“I’m obviously going to say that it’s not a red, but I know that I didn’t have any intent to hurt him. “The ball was there to be won and I’ve won the ball, but the referee has obviously factored in the speed of the challenge and the fact my studs were showing, so he’s just doing his job, but I’m just disappointed he’s come to that decision.

 

So basically the thick muppet is saying "i could have got away with murder but they found the body!"

Then the idiot goes on to insist it wasn't a red but in his own words explains why the ref sent him off....a career as a defence lawyer awaits after you hang up yer boots...twat!

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

3 minutes ago, M0NTY said:

In other words, if he didnt have solid evidence in the form of a picture i would have tried to get off with it. Wankbag

I had to laugh at that part.  Utterly pathetic.

[one55 1,510]

aw shut it Kallum.

[GTMLivo 149]

And he woukd have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling Rangers players and that darn broxi too.

[terry739 267]

Guy's making a complete idiot of himself. His boot was far too high, studs showing and all the intent in the world to do damage!

Wise up man, think yourself lucky the police aren't involved for assault!

 

Never Forgive Never Forget.

[RFCRobertson 11,773]

1 minute ago, GTMLivo said:

And he woukd have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling Rangers players and that darn broxi too.

Waggy, Waggy doo

Where are you?

We've got some goals to score now

[SeparateEntityMyArse 53,626]

Read it a few times.

Still can't see his apology there for a challenge which could have done Tav a serious injury.

 

[Prso's headband 35,348]

Haha.

Coming from a cunt that spells Callum wae a K.

It was a fucking ridiculous challenge, if that had connected he would've snapped his leg in half. 

[Captain Hilts 12,819]

1 minute ago, Sportingintegritymyarse said:

Read it a few times.

Still can't see his apology there for a challenge which could have done Tav a serious injury.

 

Why should he apologise?  Tav clearly drew they cuts on his leg with red crayons.  Attention-seeker that he is

[ThatNightInFlorence 696]

I am quite disappointed in Jig if he entertained the notion of an appeal for this challenge tbh. 

[jafrfc 614]

The Scooby Doo Villain Defence

[Ozblue 4,331]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that fuckwit and his comments. Basically he knows he made big contact with Tavernier. He knows and admits his studs were up and that his tackle was high, both which is an offence as the laws clearly state. He says that if Tavernier had not showed evidence on Twitter he was confident he would have got away with an illegal tackle, which basically means if the Appeal Tribunal asked him if he had made contact with Tav's knee he would have lied and said he didn't.

Whether he meant to harm Tavernier or otherwise has no bearing on his sending off; He got carded for carrying out a tackle that the Law states is dangerous and illegal.

 

[Smile 26,600]

The Herald running with this  shows they are equally as stupid as the player himself.

[ianferguson 2,619]

No doubt in my mind this little winger would have denied contact had Tav not produced the evidence . He deserved his Red and hopefully we make sure he's kicked his last ball in this year's cup. 

[bluedart1952 1,349]

Whoever takes over at Killie has a job on their hands, not only does he have to teach how to play football but the rules of the game as well.

Higginbotham's foot was nowhere near the ball when he clobbered Tav, he's just another clown trying to play the victim card because it was against big bad Rangers.

[allgers 735]

Slightly different circumstances but I remember Kevin Thomson getting a straight red for going into a tackle with studs showing and he missed player, ball and all. you can probably tell that still annoys the shit out of me all these years later.

[BridgeIsBlue 66,604]

 

Dindu nuffin.

[RFC Eagle 4,888]

1 hour ago, BF2 said:

From The Herald:

 

Kilmarnock attacker Kallum Higginbotham has branded Rangers’ James Tavernier as “attention-seeking” after the defender posted pictures of his injured knee on Twitter.

Higginbotham was sent-off for a high challenge on the right-back in the final stages of Saturday’s Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox, but feels that the decision was unfair, and he has criticised Tavernier for scuppering his chances of an appeal by posting images of cuts to his knee on social media.

He said: “I don’t have Twitter myself but a few of the lads showed me that when I came in on Monday. It’s disappointing because in my eyes it’s attention-seeking and he’s trying to prove that I’ve touched him.

“Maybe if he hadn’t posted that picture we could have tried to have appealed it, but the picture shows that there was contact so it would affect the perception of the challenge.

“I never tried to hurt the guy, I wouldn’t do that, it’s just the way I play the game. I want to win every ball that I go for, and if you can’t go in with a little bit of force then it’s not football anymore.

“It seems to always be stop-start in games now for the littlest thing, I think referees need to understand that it’s men playing football, and there’s obviously going to be contact.

“I think it was a harsh sending off, it split views right through Scotland with some people saying it was a straight red and others saying there’s no way it was red.

“I’m obviously going to say that it’s not a red, but I know that I didn’t have any intent to hurt him. “The ball was there to be won and I’ve won the ball, but the referee has obviously factored in the speed of the challenge and the fact my studs were showing, so he’s just doing his job, but I’m just disappointed he’s come to that decision.

“Maybe if it was away from Ibrox it might have been different or if it was early on in the game. But it’s happened now and I can’t let it get me down, I just need to move on.”

Former Scotland international Graham Alexander has meanwhile emerged as a potential contender for the vacant Kilmarnock manager’s position, and will be interviewed for the role within the next few days. He joins Lee Clark and former Swindon boss Mark Cooper in the running for the post.

For Higginbotham, either Clark or current interim-boss Lee McCulloch would represent a positive appointment at Rugby Park.

“Lee Clark is the one that bought me for Huddersfield,” he said.

“He obviously saw something in me when I was at Falkirk, but he got sacked about a week later when we were sat third in the league.

“That put me in limbo down there. The new manager came in and didn’t really know who I was, so that’s why my time there was a bit stop-start.

“If he comes in, hopefully he’ll remember what sort of player I am. We’ve not heard anything around the club though in terms of who’s coming in. It’s Jig at the moment and who knows? If he keeps picking up results then he might just get the job.

“We picked up a positive result at Ibrox on Saturday and I think that’s the first time this season that they’ve failed to score in a game, so that gives us confidence not conceding when you consider some of the results we’ve had previously this season.

“Training has been a lot more upbeat. You never want to see a manager lose his job, and it’s not the case that we were all happy to see Gary out the door because we were all a bit gutted, but sometimes it just takes that change of manager to lift the whole place and that’s what it seems to have done at the minute.

“The sessions have been different and we haven’t had any days off, although I’m not saying that’s the reason we’ve been so bad this season. But we’ve been working hard and I think that showed on Saturday. Hopefully it will show again this week against Motherwell.”

The boy is obviously not the sharpest crayon in the pencil case. There doesnt have to be intent just 'excessive force' that is likely to result in injury. The fact his studs were up and the speed of the contact are exactly the criteria the ref is supposed to use. 

The picture on Twitter would have no bearing on the appeal. 

 

[CF2 WINNIE 1,006]

He makes an absolute fool of himself here. Says it shouldn't have been a red card but follows it up by saying why it was a red card. No mark cunt from a no mark club. Maybe he got Gordon Sawers to write the article for him

[Ozblue 4,331]

11 minutes ago, allgers said:

Slightly different circumstances but I remember Kevin Thomson getting a straight red for going into a tackle with studs showing and he missed player, ball and all. you can probably tell that still annoys the shit out of me all these years later.

I think the Ref sent Thommo off for a late and dangerous tackle on the Ozone layer