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A single image certainly doesn’t tell the whole story but while Lee Johnson bleats to the media about the incredible injustices that his side suffered against Celtic the evidence tells a very different story.
With time wasting underway in the first 10 minutes and spoiling tactics set out by their manager it was very obvious that Hibs had no intention in indulging in a football contest on Saturday.
The instructions to ‘get stuck right in’ were taken too literally by Youan who launched himself at Starfelt in a completely needless attack in the 19th minute.
Struggling to understand the furore over the officiating at the Celtic v Hibs game & the claims that Hibs were hard done by. Key decisions:
– Hibs pen correct
– Celtic pen correct
Issue seems to be a non acceptance of these 2 yellow cards! In what league are these not yellows? pic.twitter.com/c8do17vbHg— Kevin Barry (@KBG1888) March 20, 2023
An early yellow card should have served as a warning but five minutes later he was involved in another pointless contest with Cameron Carter-Vickers.
Johnson’s determination to spoil the flow of the game saw him launch a ball onto the park during first half stoppage time, an action that brought him a booking, wasted a minute and picking up a one match touchline ban.
It was the fourth caution of this season for the Hibs boss.
The media are now running out of road trying call all things negative with our club.
So far in the last few weeks we have big ANGE linked with 2 or 3 jobs in the EPL,no joy with that one.
Then they moved on to our players not being selected for international duty again no joy there.
Now it’s our players Kyogo,Abada,Carter-Vickers all wanting away in the summer.
Now there are BIGGER stories to follow up here across the Clyde,9 players out of contract without a mention of this or any clubs even in talks with them that’s news that’s blanked.
You have their manager taking his own klan fans on for a SQUAREGO and getting their backs up by standing by board members the klan want out,and then you have the big wigs in charge of European football having sevco on SUICIDE WATCH in regards to their financial state and not wanting sevco going to the graveyard the same as previous klub that played out of ibrox,all the above newsworthy headlines and stories the media don’t want to touch or talk about.
There is not one bit of EVIDENCE to back what is being written about our club players or manager but they are running with it,but everything above about sevco is there for all to see,apart from the people in the media.
RANT OVER.
GOOD RANT Scud but the truth none the less
And that wee git Johnson should be dine for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
The first challenge is borderline red card as he’s clearly out of control and endangering Starfelt.
The second isn’t a booking as Carter-Vickers has pulled him off balance in the first instance and then stooped down low to clear the ball with his head which I think under the current rules is actually a booking for him as he’s put his himself in a position to be kicked in the head.
You could argue the attacker should be off on the first but given he was only booked I think a second yellow is harsh in this instance.
My guess is the ref maybe considered a red in the first challenge and decided he’d seen enough in the second.
Youan should have been off for the first challenge, so justice done eventually.
Also, the Hibs boss should have been sent to the stand for his ned like behaviour.