Celtic hit back at Dundee United events
In The Sun this morning the newspaper claims a letter has been sent to the SFA explaining Celtic’s unhappiness about the events at Tannadice and Dallas’ charm offensive.
New SFA Chief Stewart Regan will have to deal with the matter and confront Dallas for a personal explanation of the incident and subsequent comments.
As well as the seeking an explanation as to why McDonald reversed his decision to award Celtic a penalty when Gary Hooper was fouled by Dusan Pernis it’s believed that Celtic are furious with the spin that Dallas has applied to the incident.
After praising McDonald for changing his mind based on the view of someone possibly three times the distance away from the incident Dallas’ interpretation of what went on afterwards is highly questionable.
Speaking to the BBC Smug Shug claimed: “Neil took the time to go to the referee’s dressing-room about 40 minutes after the match was concluded.
“They had a discussion and Neil accepted that the decision was correct.”
I’d be amazed if that was Lennon’s interpretation of the conversation- getting an opinion from someone that wasn’t present is clearly causing some concern at Celtic.
Despite having the medium of the SFA website to explain the decision Dallas has refused to discuss why assistant Steven Craven didn’t raise his flag at the penalty incident to indicate a different viewpoint.
Craven ran to the corner flag appearing to agree with the decision then positioned himself on the goal-line in anticipation of a penalty before McDonald decided to speak to him.
Dallas’ interpretation of events, having admitted that he hadn’t watched the whole game, has given players everywhere the right to harass referee’s to consult with their assistant’s for a second opinion on any decision.
Tonight in Holland McDonald will be in charge of the Alkmaar-Dynamo Kiev assisted by four of the SFA’s finest.
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