Michael Stewart and Tom English performed u-turns after seeing a different angle of Celtic’s penalty at Motherwell.
The BBC duo led the outrage on Wednesday night when Callum McGregor was accused of conning referee Willie Collum into awarding the hoops an 88th minute penalty.
When Scott Sinclair netted the penalty it seemed to unleash 66 matches of anger with no one at the BBC prepared to consider the fact that their view of the incident was distant and limited.
The referee at Ibrox got so many decisions wrong it’s ridiculous. But Rangers were still the team on top tonight.
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) November 29, 2017
Have just seen the penalty in the Motherwell v Celtic game….
OMG????????
What a horrific decision! Motherwell will be absolutely raging
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) November 29, 2017
Got to be honest and say that having seen a different angle just now it would appear it wasn’t as horrendous a decision as I first thought ??????????? https://t.co/TntxVZ7ETw
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) November 30, 2017
Got to be honest and say that having seen a different angle just now it would appear it wasn’t as horrendous a decision as I first thought ??????????? https://t.co/TntxVZ7ETw
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) November 30, 2017
Let’s be clear there was no currying favour, it was my genuine belief that from the first angle it was a horrendous decision….
Having seen a new angle things change, it’s really as simple as that
Folk need to get a grip with conspiracy theories here ???????? https://t.co/xC2GDV82qd
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) November 30, 2017
Motherwell will be sick. Never a penalty. Again.
— Tom English (@BBCTomEnglish) November 29, 2017
Celtic’s first penalty of the SPFL campaign was a clear-cut foul inside the box.Referee Collum was 100% correct and @BBCTomEnglish & his Beeb pals were wrong. https://t.co/6d0SGgJVPc
— Brian McNally (@McNallyMirror) November 30, 2017
In reply to various: New angle on the penalty. I can absolutely see how the referee gave it but still believe it was very soft.
— Tom English (@BBCTomEnglish) November 30, 2017
From the moment that the final whistle went at Fir Park there was only one topic up for discussion on Radio Scotland as each pundit expressed their horror at the decision.
Richard Gordon can usually be relied upon to provide some balance to any debate with an alternative viewpoint but he seemed to transform into critic in chief.
Following things up on Thursday night BBC Scotland’s Sportsound invited EBT duet Alex Rae and Barry Ferguson to debate the topical issues of the day.
