‘Desperate, pathetic nonsense’ ‘And so it begins’ ‘Can smell the desperation’ Daily Record taken to task over blatant cheating
It almost seemed choreographed, an absolute open goal that was just too good to resist.
Former SFA referee goes to gambling podcast, slaughters Celtic player and calls for retrospective red card with the digital wizards at the Daily Record all over it as they strive to hit their analytics targets. Simples.
With Steve Conroy and Des Roache itching for media gigs they are well aware of the magic formula, for added impact Conroy claims to be a Celtic fan but his loyalties came to the fore when Marc-Antoine Fortune headed past Allan McGregor followed by Kyle Lafferty’s assault on Andy Hinkel. Conroy knows his audience and pay masters.
It was a deep dig into the weekend action to highlight an incident involving Reo Hatate, seconds after Kyogo Furuhashi had been cleaned out in the centre of the pitch.
It didn’t take long for the traditional Scottish titles to pick up on the quotes- and Celtic fans were even quicker to get on the Record twitter account with comments about the Glasgow publisher and Fashion Sakala’s weekend antics.
Reo Hatate Celtic ‘dive’ earns furious former SFA ref verdict as Rangers semi final ban demanded for ‘blatant cheating’https://t.co/FfG6Nl9zUh pic.twitter.com/Leg1ZdsKBd
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) March 14, 2023
And so it begins!
— StuRam (@StuRam6) March 14, 2023
Starting their campaign early ,the last one failed miserably as will this, desperation ?
— Louis ‘Niiiice’ Balfour (@LouisNiiiice) March 14, 2023
Surely you must know by now that all of this desperate, pathetic nonsense only increases our delight when we wipe the floor.
— Big Ears (@shepshek) March 14, 2023
Ok, so give him a 2 match ban, and he misses the next league games ????.
Also, does the retrospective ban for diving not only apply in the penalty box?
No mention of Kent or Sakala being banned for their dives? ?
— Dan (@danconnor1985) March 14, 2023
Can smell the desperation from hear
— Dominic Toye (@djcrtoye) March 14, 2023
Does he want one for sakala as well for his blatant dive against raith?
— Big Balls (@bolingolicsc) March 14, 2023
Tis comes from a man that awarded Gers a pen when Sone Aluko tumbled inside the box from a Martin Hardie tackle .Aluko was subsequently banned for two matches after an SFA fast-track tribunal ruled that the attacker dived in the 2-1 victory ???????? he quit after the game ?
— Pádraig67 (@juv1967) March 14, 2023
Any views on the Kent and Sakala dives on Sunday and their potential bans?
— Robert Wozniak (@RobertWozniakFc) March 14, 2023
The phase of play ended when kyogo was fouled. We changing the rules now too?
— The Celtic Da (@theCelticDa) March 14, 2023
This paper? Is forever kicking Celtic. 4/5 pages of Scott McDonald bleating of b4 n after Celtic and trying anyone to shift Ange out with nonsense stories every day and now tweet that Hatate needs banned! Your editor must be a true blue Hun. Give it up as nothing is stopping us
— michael magee ??????????? (@Kelton59P) March 14, 2023