BBC pundit Tom English was the target of Celtic fans on twitter last night as he joked during the Real Madrid v Bayern Munich match which was littered with refereeing mistakes.
Some really bad calls in this Real Madrid v Bayern game. Concerned Celtic fans will be contacting UEFA no doubt
— Tom English (@BBCTomEnglish) April 18, 2017
English, who was lavish in his praise of Dave Murray and Craig Whyte while working for Scotland on Sunday, likes to position himself as the journalist that takes on the establishment.
Taking up criticism of the SFA and SPFL is favourite hobby horse to jump on when there are nice soft targets to hit.
When it comes to tricker issues it seems that English goes to ground falling in line with his BBC Scotland colleagues with the exception of newsman Mark Daly.
Rather than examine the performance of Don Robertson at Sunday’s match against Ross County, English likes to latch onto the most extreme online claims about the referee.
That deflection tactic rarely fails with hoops fans quick to highlight his attitude after the tweet about the referee in the Real v Bayern match.
That time @bbctomenglish agreed to write a piece attacking Murray as a favour to Craig Whyte.
Yet they have the cheek to call us paranoid. https://t.co/B0sydg2Tfr
— Fr. Paul Stone (@FrPaulStone) April 19, 2017
@BBCTomEnglish Make light of the cheating while Dave King and sevco drag Scottish football through the courts and happily sing we hate catholics yuk.
— Max Heder (@Mibbeesayes) April 18, 2017
@BBCTomEnglish Shocking isn’t it Tom? Wanting fair and decent refereeing decisons! I’m sure the Bayern fans just shrugged their shoulders and laughed.
— Paul O’Connor (@SansSouci03) April 19, 2017
@highlandhero64 @Henriklubo @BBCTomEnglish Bit wrong there Tom. Celtic fans just want footballers to decide games, not referees! Do you think that’s too much to ask for?
— Roberto (@rcynic) April 18, 2017
@BBCTomEnglish Was the ‘bad calls’ due to poor refereeing – or ‘professional’ footballers blatantly cheating??? Maybe you condone both.
— Paul Toland (@ptoland01) April 18, 2017