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3 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

So surely that shows that they're not interested in being best buddies with us.

Scottish football wanted us dead and buried nearly 4 year ago now and it's still going on to this very day.

Because of our status in the game. Being the most successful club in Scotland, and the world, means we will always be a target to be shot at.

I don't want to see the Rangers board issuing whiny statements every week about how everyone hates us and acting the victim. The way to address it has always been about building our club back up and reclaiming our position at the head of the Scottish game. Whether we like it or not Rangers has to work with Scottish football.

I do want the Rangers board to be very forthright and stern behind the closed doors though.

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1 minute ago, AlBear85 said:

Whether we like it or not Rangers has to work with Scottish football.

I do want the Rangers board to be very forthright and stern behind the closed doors though.

Did Scottish Football want to work with us in 2012?

Back to the days of dignified silence,how delightful.

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There are any number of examples that we/the club could cite as "over celebration or likely to incite the opposing fans".

One that springs to mind was the Livingston GK when we drew 1 - 1 away before Christmas.  He had plenty to say and his actions were in excess of those shown by AH on Monday night - but no action taken by the officials.

I'd expect the club to register such examples officially and let them know that we are unsatisfied with the decision and how the rules have been applied, otherwise we will continue to be subjected to these ludicrous rulings.

Even without the right to appeal in this case, we can't simply roll over   and accept this.

 

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1 minute ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

Did Scottish Football want to work with us in 2012?

Back to the days of dignified silence,how delightful.

Fine let's call everyone in Scottish football vindictive cunts, cheats and out to get us in public every week just to satisfy some Rangers fans.

 

We'll be just like the taigs. How wonderful.

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To be quite honest there are two options that some would say apply regarding the behaviour of the referee and linesman involved here. At best they could be described as incompetent and neither should be allowed to officiate a game again. At worse it might be argued that for whatever reason they attempted to influence the outcome of the game by deliberately sending a player from the field of play to allow an advantage to the opposition team. The secondary effect of this would also be that the player would not be available for the next scheduled game and may as such cause his side to be weakened for that game.

While I personally find it hard to believe that any officials in Scotland would be so stupid it must be said that in anybody's language the latter scenario could well be described as an attempt to fix the outcome of a game. For the sake of sporting integrity both these officials should be suspended and an investigation launched into their handling of this game. If they have nothing to hide they will have nothing to fear from such an investigation. It should be noted that this player has now been wrongly red carded in two games over the last month, while this may be coincidental it should be open to question that there is something going on here regarding his treatment by match officials.

Are these officials incompetent or is something more sinister at play here, either way neither of these men should be allowed to officiate a professional game of football again.

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1 minute ago, AlBear85 said:

Fine let's call everyone in Scottish football vindictive cunts, cheats and out to get us in public every week just to satisfy some Rangers fans.

 

We'll be just like the taigs. How wonderful.

The taigs had no evidence to back up their paranoia,the agenda against us is as plain as day.

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29 minutes ago, AlBear85 said:

Say the same about those wanting to adopt a kamikaze attitude concerning our club.

 

Like it or not we have to work with the spfl and sfa. Meaning we have to be careful about what we can and cannot say in public.

the tarriers never worked with the SFA, they went toe to toe with them and now they fucking run the show

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5 minutes ago, TheBluebells said:

In an ideal world they'd be held accountable for such a terrible decision and pressure applied to make an apology, it wouldn't ruin his credibility but enhance it if he said he got it wrong. 

An ideal world, which we're far from. 

consistency and accountability. The two things utterly missing re Scottish Refereeing

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1 minute ago, DMax399 said:

There are any number of examples that we/the club could cite as "over celebration or likely to incite the opposing fans".

One that springs to mind was the Livingston GK when we drew 1 - 1 away before Christmas.  He had plenty to say and his actions were in excess of those shown by AH on Monday night - but no action taken by the officials.

I'd expect the club to register such examples officially and let them know that we are unsatisfied with the decision and how the rules have been applied, otherwise we will continue to be subjected to these ludicrous rulings.

Even without the right to appeal in this case, we can't simply roll over   and accept this.

 

Absolutely correct, until someone shows these cunts examples of players winding up opposing supporters compared to our players celebration then they will continue to turn a blind eye to the obvious bias against our club, two days later , slated by an ex referee, slated by managers who have nothing to gain or lose from their opinions, and slated by sports pundits (some of them haters) and not one word from the people who run our football in Scotland, absolutely rotten to the core. No wonder fans are being driven away from football with decisions like the one we saw on Monday night.

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14 minutes ago, BridgeIsBlue said:

Did Scottish Football want to work with us in 2012?

Back to the days of dignified silence,how delightful.

Fcuk dignified silence, look where that has got us, dignified silence is for those that are filling their pockets, the fans want action after what's happened to us!:sherlock:

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5 minutes ago, AlBear85 said:

How did they go toe to toe with them Jim?

they challenged the rule book, and got it rewritten and lennon off the hook, they challenged the refs, not a dicky bird said but one ref felt the need to chuck it etc

anytime the rattlers have questioned the authorities nothing is ever said, and now we have lawwell getting invited to sponsorship meetings and him being at the top of the table

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Just now, Jimbeamjunior said:

they challenged the rule book, and got it rewritten and lennon off the hook, they challenged the refs, not a dicky bird said but one ref felt the need to chuck it etc

anytime the rattlers have questioned the authorities nothing is ever said, and now we have lawwell getting invited to sponsorship meetings and him being at the top of the table

If you want Rangers to act like them then fine, but I don't. I want us to act like Rangers FC.

Yes, we got fucked over in the last few years but our standards haven't done us too bad over 144 years.

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1 minute ago, AlBear85 said:

If you want Rangers to act like them then fine, but I don't. I want us to act like Rangers FC.

Yes, we got fucked over in the last few years but our standards haven't done us too bad over 144 years.

so what is acting like Rangers FC, go on enlighten us?

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Integrity is effectively on trial here.    Not our integrity as a Club and as a Support and as Players.  Its the integrity of the SFA that is on trial.   It is patently obvious to anyone who is not intrinsically biased against Rangers that the decision against Halliday was wrong.  Plain wrong. If the SFA acting on behalf of its officials cannot or will not admit that Halliday and Rangers were wronged and fail to take steps to undo the yellow card then what remains of their integrity as a football administration body is removed.  They will literally have put themselves in the position of being entirely incredible - in the truest meaning of the word.   And with it - yet again - the mantle of being a laughing stock and a football body whose claim to fame is to preside as incompetents running a football administration that is driving the game down the plughole......and fast at that.   They need to do the right thing and set aside the yellow card decision by marking it down as a mistake.  Done quickly this will blow over.  Left to stand and it will become a litmus test for every goal celebration or other on-park celebration for every game going forward.  Every goal celebrated, every penalty save celebrated, every on-park incident celebrated will become subject to the Halliday test.   Do referees really want that sort of scrutiny?  Does the SFA really want that sort of bad publicity festering on for a very long time?

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