Covering the Glasgow derby for the state broadcaster Tom English didn’t think that Connor Goldson’s use of his hands to stop a shot from Carl Starfelt was worthy of a mention.
It was one of the main talking points from the match with John Beaton opting to look the other way while Willie Collum didn’t spot the contact despite having the benefit of access to all of the Sky Sports cameras.
English struggles to tear himself away from social media, with a lack of soccer contacts scanning through Twitter allows him to pick up on opinions, find out the big issues and the views being expressed.
Despite avoiding the Goldson handball in his match report, BBC Scotland’s chief sports writer discovered a Q and A from IFAB at roughly the same time as a number of other Scottish based reporters.
When one Twitter user picked him up on that he used some language that his employers would frown upon, a bit like his crass comments following the death of Shane Warne.
Goldson does not put his hands out as a reflex to protect his face ffs , he runs towards Starfelt with his hands up before the ball is kicked towards him. It’s a penalty all day.
We would have most likely missed it anyway jit mot sure why it’s so hard to admit you got lucky.— Jimmy McNulty (@JimmyMcnulty31) January 4, 2023
First day on Twitter , Tom???
— Jimmy McNulty (@JimmyMcnulty31) January 4, 2023
English will soon be spared from covering soccer, sharing his expert opinions on the Six Nations egg-chasing that is about to get under way.
How should Celtic deal with the SFA over VAR?
Quietly in the background, the Bankier way
Keep the pressure on through the Daily Record
Publish detailed complaints after every match on club website
English not fit for purpose as are the BBC. Unlike VAR works perfectly well its the bigots that control it.
Imagine being stuck in a lift with that THICK bastard English you would end up tattooing the c**t to the lift door.
English was one of the “Journalist”‘s who called Celtic supporters out as conspiracy theorists after Steven “Yes I Had A Bath This Morning” McLean failed to award the most blatant of goal-line hand-ball penalty decisions at Hampden in the Scottish Cup semi-final with Inverness CT in 2015., despite there being a Referees Assistant behind each goal to prevent exactly that, the wrong decision being made. That decision likely caused Celtic not to win a Scottish football Treble that season. Now he is at it again!
It is obvious he is biased. Last season after a “Lockdown” Title victory, the BBC’s Chief Sports Writer predicted that sevco should go on and win all the domestic trophies and “Have A Good Run in The Champions League”. We all know that that ended!
How that guy qualifies as a journalist is anybody’s guess!
A. Devine says, on STV, the sevco players are all driving standards. I think the Celtic players are all driving Mercedes! Don’t laugh!
Gordon Dalziel on SSB tonight talking transfers for sevco on January saying Mr Bean should leave till the summer for signings,lol no cash to buy anyone this is now sevco’s mantra get their friends in the media to tell the fans the summer is best to buy.
I’m sure wee BENNY Ferguson and others quoted the same recently,best waitvtill summer more money to spend then.No it’s because there is no money now,when summer comes round season book money is then available,certainly none going about just now to buy anyone in January.
whilst english and co defend beaton and the bent cnuts he rubs shoulders with they will continue the same, without sanction or penalty , sevco rangers supporters and the likes of the coward gollum can never ref a celtic game ever again , they can continue to rob the other teams as normal , but not us !!
no wonder our refs can’t get european and world cup matches to ref fucking hopeless and cheats but bent sfa spl think they are honest what a joke corrupt lot.
So every time Souper writes a retrospective piece, what do we tweet to him?