Robmc1 4,741 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Was pondering how SG and the players must be feeling today (mentally/ emotionally) given the gravity of the outcome of tomorrow’s match to them and more importantly the support. These feelings no doubt will be reciprocated over the road. I then got to thinking how the referee (Collum) and assistants would be building up to this, the scrutiny will be intense and every decision will be caught on camera and debated over by ex players MSM and pundits (use this term loosely) etc. This game is in no one else’s hands than our own, play to our potential and we will win regardless of outside influence however... Firstly, the standard of officiating in our national game atm is as poor as I can remember. lm not one to subscribe to referee corruption or conspiracy, nobody sits round a large table and deliberates who’s winning or loosing etc. I do however believe that they (referees) subconsciously or otherwise believe that they will get away far more easily with not giving a potentially crucial or game-changing 50-50 decision to us rather than to them. Beaton convinced me of this at Aberdeen being 3 yds away from a stonewall penalty and imo bottling the decision in fear of negative reprisals just in case what he saw with his own eyes was somehow wrong. This is just the sad way things are at the moment and I will be surprised and happy to eat my words if this turns out not to be the case tomorrow. Good luck tomorrow Rangers, we are long overdue this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd Flute 14,036 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Fuck that, just get out there Rangers, play as you know you can, press the bastards, don't give them a fucking second, and we won't be talking about referee's when we are lifting the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMax399 3,704 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 He will have an impact in some way upon the game, with at least one controversial decision, of that I am sure. The only question is who benefits from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Heard he went to a refereeing course at the SFA when he was still at school ... I mean what sort of kid want's to be a referee! . Apparently some of the adult apprentice referees put him head first into a hedge because he was such a little squirt so I suppose some things never change Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 17,303 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 He's under no pressure. Every difficult decision goes the tims way. Simple! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, LegendofCoop said: He's under no pressure. Every difficult decision goes the tims way. Simple! Yes the John Beaton approach to refereeing just make sure big bad Rangers don't get anything and you will be alright Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie 12,905 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 He is just one of a long list of pish poor Scottish refs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I think it's too difficult to generalise, people just react to things in different ways. It's that difference that makes winners or losers, we'll see what we have tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueteeth 2,185 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just now, Dickie said: He is just one of a long list of pish poor Scottish refs. I've never bought into referees being biased, I just think like you say the standard is shite. I wonder if there's any added difficulty refereeing our games, a lot of them are relatively fast paced and the players tend to be well motivated and in your face. Obviously there's a lot of times when teams sit back, but when teams aren't it must be challenging seeing through the mess, It's not really a beautiful game up here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd Flute 14,036 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, Blueteeth said: I've never bought into referees being biased, I just think like you say the standard is shite. I wonder if there's any added difficulty refereeing our games, a lot of them are relatively fast paced and the players tend to be well motivated and in your face. Obviously there's a lot of times when teams sit back, but when teams aren't it must be challenging seeing through the mess, It's not really a beautiful game up here. You'd think when the elbowing, and kicking starts, the training would kick in, (pardon the pun) but no, so you wonder what videos they watch while training? Muy thai boxing perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 The standard is shite as well as biased. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Make no mistake about it , we are up against 12 men tomorrow......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Avenger 22,567 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 We win no matter how bad or biased the ref is. Play to our capability, we win. However, I Would say we are rather timid at controversial decisions. Time we let the referee know what is coming his way if trying to cheat us AND our players start backing up our own who are being targetted by the hammer throwers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Path of least resistance for Refs in Scotland which means don’t give Rangers any marginal decisions and you won’t get your and your family’s life threatened or your property vandalised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueThunder 8,454 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I wonder if he’ll buy Christie’s first dive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionblue 3,562 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Collum's an incompetent oaf but then what Scottish ref isn't? Any one of them tomorrow and you'd still think they'll fuck up in their decision making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Collum isn’t biased, but he’s the best example you’ll find of a ‘guesser’ in professional refereeing. Mind when he gave Broadfoot a dodgy penalty and the replay showed he wasn’t even looking? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,843 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I don't want to talk about the referee right now and I hope I don't want to talk about him this time tomorrow either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger4life_1872 29,516 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 21 minutes ago, Creampuff said: Collum isn’t biased, but he’s the best example you’ll find of a ‘guesser’ in professional refereeing. Mind when he gave Broadfoot a dodgy penalty and the replay showed he wasn’t even looking? That penalty when he was looking but tarriers claimed he wasnt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 21 minutes ago, Creampuff said: Collum isn’t biased, but he’s the best example you’ll find of a ‘guesser’ in professional refereeing. Mind when he gave Broadfoot a dodgy penalty and the replay showed he wasn’t even looking? Always remember the Pen he gave against us for a foul 10 yards outside the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross-Gazza genius 1,907 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Thermopylae said: Heard he went to a refereeing course at the SFA when he was still at school ... I mean what sort of kid want's to be a referee! . Apparently some of the adult apprentice referees put him head first into a hedge because he was such a little squirt so I suppose some things never change I remember he was a referee in an amateur game I played in 20 years ago and he was a total cunt, he must've booked about 10 folk and sent 2 off. Back then he was being fast tracked to the big time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,647 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Wee collum will try to influence this game make no mistake he's been taught by the vaticans stormtroopers in every dirty trick in the book, he comes under the the jesuit schooling of give us the child till he's seven and we'll give you the man. His tribe were the original asbo mhob, now they've made him acceptably respectable with a badge. We need to be on top of our game and aggressive to combat their twelve men. Funnily enough I feel confident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,948 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 He's an absolute nutter but not biased, and has given some mad decisions our way over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyG91 5,512 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 cant stand the sight of him. wonder what pish he'll be pulling the day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,006 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 33 minutes ago, JamieD said: He's an absolute nutter but not biased, and has given some mad decisions our way over the years. Ok, I am going fucking senile, please remind me of those decisions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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