Dermot Gallagher and Stephen Warnock on Sky Sports News were both in agreement that Callum Butcher should have saw red at Tannadice for his attack on David Turnbull.
It seems that there isn’t a single pundit in agreement with Don Robertson’s decision that the Dundee United defender only deserved a yellow card for the eye-watering challenge.
Celtic fans have become well used to brutal attacks on their players, other than Alan Power of St Mirren in the 19th minute of a 6-0 defeat, for another attack on Turnbull, it seems that referees are reluctant to issue a straight red card.
Everyone debating the DU “penalty” (that wasn’t a pen cos starfelt was fouled in the build up) and no-one even mentioning how this wasn’t a foul. (Or the fact the ref didn’t stop play when Abada was down but stopped when a DU player had cramp) #celticfc pic.twitter.com/ERCjl7kzck
— katie (@ktptn) September 27, 2021
Dundee United don’t have a reputation for being a dirty team but their visit to Celtic Park in September produced a few incidents that Kevin Clancy didn’t seem interested in punishing.
Robertson was again the referee at Easter Road when Porteous went straight through on McGregor, Bobby Madden had the opening game of the season at Tynecastle with Nick Walsh in charge of the two St Johnstone games where Cameron Carter-Vickers and Stephen Welsh were on the receiving end.
Fuchs on McCarthy (Dundee utd)
Butcher on Turnbull (Dundee Utd)
Porteous on McGregor (Hibs)
Marshall on Ralston (Dundee)
Halliday on McGregor (Hearts)
Kane on Carter Vickers (St John)6 easy red cards for referees to make.
0 reds were given.
An utter disgrace. pic.twitter.com/AQMotVFb0y
— ColmAtown (@atown_colm) December 6, 2021
It was so obviously calculated and intentional, he made the point to the ref that he (erroneously) believed CCV to have done the same to him….
— tictactic (@tic_tac_tic) December 6, 2021
100% there mate
— Tim Mc Avoy (@TimMcAvoy1) December 6, 2021
Forgot that assault.
— ColmAtown (@atown_colm) December 6, 2021
This all rests at the feet of our club. Get a public statement out there. None of this behind closed doors pish. Show the support that you have a backbone.
— Boristhehead (@BigPatsy01) December 6, 2021
Where is the club’s duty of care to its employees in all of this?
Someone will lose their career while the celticfc board twiddle their thumbs.
Our board haven’t got the bottle to talk about our players getting assaulted our board are full of coward tory fuckpigs who should be chased out of paradise when p.lawwell tossed 10inarow awy to save the blue pounds and i bet sevco get the league this season aswell because the fix is in to make sure sevco get the CL money and our players will get injured to fuck so our best players are out dirty cheats and that includes our board aswell so the fans better move there arses before its to late just watch it the refs know they’ll get away with it cos Crawford Allan has already stated to them dirty masonic cheating bastards sfa.spfl.sevco
At the AGM Bankier said ” Do you expect me to argue with the SFA” That says it all for me !