After 15 rounds of SPFL fixtures the team sitting in second place is the only one not to have conceded a penalty.
Strangely the league leaders have had four penalties awarded against them with all of them coming in the last month with the new VAR toy giving referees a second chance to handicap Ange Postecoglou’s side.
Over a month or two it is hard to justify a trend but after 15 of 38 matches it is fair to say that there is a clear discrepancy in how Crawford Allan’s elite team of match officials are applying the laws of the game.
With a goal difference of plus 37 Celtic dominate their matches but with just one penalty awarded that stat isn’t reflected in penalty decisions.
On Saturday David Munro only awarded five free kicks against Ross County, when Tony Ralston was pushed over in the penalty box the match referee and VAR saw nothing untoward.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side have a goal difference of plus 20, thankfully they don’t conceded penalties at the same rate as their city rivals, in fact they just don’t conceded penalties at all. In Scotland.
European referees see things differently, in six Champions League matches they conceded three penalties, if that rate was transferred into the SPFL seven penalties would have been awarded against Tavpen and friends.
There’s 2 https://t.co/deuFMhazao pic.twitter.com/NLe3KLyM3j
— Hawkeye (@Zeshankenzo) November 13, 2022
Willie Collum missed the penalty against Hibs with Bearsden PE teacher Nick Walsh failing to award a penalty against Ryan Kent for kicking Liel Abada.
Lol at the ALKIE pizza face two bob journalist Jackass Jackson trying to have a go at the sevco new klub today in the daily sevco.
The best thing about the article and the funniest is when he quotes Clarke Kent as best and most valuable player.
Oh dear things must be critical at Castle Greyskull if Kent is their number one player and asset.
Still no sign or photo of that BROKEN CREST appearing anytime soon in a newspaper or TV station somewhere regarding the CRISIS.
On another matter for sevco to be the only team in the SPFL not to have had a PENALTY against them the other 11 clubs should he highlighting this instead of sitting back on a SPONSORED SILENCE.
Neil Warnock to take over as sevco manager until the end of the season with McCann and wee Ferguson as his two faithful assistants to kick some serious arses in the dressing room.
To be announced tonight at 6pm with STV the media partners of sevco getting the privilege to broadcast it.
For the love of f—- castle greyskull is the good place.
Yes, I was thinking that. They get a penalty practically every time they fall behind in a game. But they NEVER seem to get ANY penalties awarded AGAINST them. “It’s Really Like Cheating”! (Debbie Harry, Blondie, ” … Touched By Your Presence Dear.”
There’s one about Referees, for you Mr. Bankier. A la Michael Smith, Handball/Penalty not given. Why don’t you do something, anything, about that, for your shareholders interests? Just weasel words, Mr. Bankier. That is all I would expect from you. You are that close up to Desmond, I bet you can almost see his breakfast!
Your whole tenure of Celtic Chairman was based on a Balance Sheet and the bottom line. Beyond that, you did not give a monkeys. Obviously that is what Desmond wanted from you. And he got it. No moral backbone whatsoever. You’d sell your mother Mr. Bankier, for a few quid. Robber!
Your private education, which you never got, At St. Aloysuis, never taught you anything about life, other that it is a jungle, a rat-race and just to stay afloat.
I am glad I never got to meet you Mr. Bankier, even though I was entitled to attend the Celtic AGM. Your kind, with your face to match, would just really make me sick!
we can’t be surprised not getting penalties or getting them against us its being going on for decades. bent blue refs corrupt sfa and the weak spl all corrupt we just have score plenty of goals to beat these cheatng @unts.
That’s the grip in action ,right there !
Further to o’reilys foul on the 1st half on sat,r./ cplayer fell clutching his head the ref blew imed
Gave themfree kick trainer waved on to treat his ankle f me was it spreading fast ,never asked to leave pitch time to put pressure on sfa