After 10 days of flowing tears and hand wringing Keith Jackson has cut to the heart (and hand) of the Willie Collum problem.
Legacy media from newspapers to radio phone-ins and television stations have been going round the houses as they hang on to every statement out of Ibrox without questioning then cried naughty naughty when the Heart & Hand podcast revealed that a demand had been made of the SFA to keep Collum away from matches involving the Ibrox Tribute Act.
In Steven Gerrard’s first season at Ibrox the SFA kept Collum away for six months without any fanfare or media comment but going public about the RE teacher this time has turned sympathetic media voices against their club.
All sorts of reasons have been pedalled for their history with Collum but in a surprise move Jackson does highlight the issue that is at the heart of the current problem.
Let’s get rid of the elephant in the room here. Where some of the Rangers support are concerned, Collum’s day job as a teacher of religious education at a Roman Catholic school makes him one for the watching.
But the people in charge of the club ought to be a great deal bigger and better than that. Because every club in the top flight has reason to point to decisions that Collum has made on the pitch or in the VAR seat and wonder what on earth he was thinking about. And that includes Celtic.
It doesn’t take long on Ibrox fan media sites to pick up on their hatred for Collum and Catholics in general.
Many of the outlets carrying those comments and views are on the weekly media invite list to speak to Philippe Clement and the Ibrox players.
After mentioning that uncomfortable elephant Jackson reverts to type as he shares the claims and suspicions over dark forces inside the SFA over a wrong decision made worse by a cover up.
That is the SFA that appointed referees and VAR that went 74 SPFL matches without awarding a penalty against this ‘wronged’ club.
This Ibrox chap having a totally normal one today.
Nice to see that the Everyone Anyone campaign is showing real results. pic.twitter.com/xkAUVYP16M— Phil Mac Giolla Bháin (@Pmacgiollabhain) January 7, 2024
In this latest piece of journalism (no laughing at the back now) from the compliant Ibrox propaganda hack, among his various bizarre takes on previous and current events, is this his/ The rangers attempt at closing down the transparency argument that they have been peddling all week? Now they have realised that they have shot both feet off on this!!
Here’s hoping other clubs/fans/MP’s keep up the pressure for reform in the hierarchy of Scottish football , which is so long overdue ?
For Fcuks sake, ma false teeth have just about shot out – This guy that Video Celts exposes as a Liebrox Liar telling Lie after Lie after Lie week in week out has told a little truth for once…
I think that I need to go for a “Lie” down now !
Very curious:
why on earth would Jackson report the truth about the root cause
of the heightened focus on Collum?
Indirectly, Jackson is also mocking the ibrox ‘Everyone Anyone’ PR campaign,
and that might earn the normally supine Jackson some intense ‘feedback’
from those delightful bears?
And the more pertinent point:
how thoroughly depressing in this day and age in Scotland,
that someone’s religion is STILL held against them?!
But can we really complain…?
This outrageous targeting of a referee is just one more
unintended consequence of OUR club – i.e. our Board – being complicit in the
secretive, 5 Way Agreement, and everything that was done to shoehorn
a new ibrox club into the league.
The Board has remained silent ever since, with VAR and penalty-gate being
more recent examples of its refusal to rock the boat.
Our Board only cares about the money: everything else is just noise. 🙁
Lol on FF the paranoia is pouring out if them again this morning,apparently it was not Jackass Jackson that wrote that article in the daily sevco today,it was Peter Liewell.
The comedy gold just keeps on coming out from the long may it continue.
Where is Josef Goebbels when you need him.
Why on earth should the Celtic board say a word while Rangers make an absolute fool of themselves and their club?
Editor: Perhaps because David Turnbull was wrongly flagged for offside by an assistant that failed to flag for Sima being clearly offside, and for their only domestic rival going 74 matches without conceding a penalty.