Shameless Willie Collum backs David Dickinson over Ibrox penalty decisions

Willie Collum has produced another VAR whitewash to justify the decision making of David Dickinson.

For reasons only known to the SFA Head of Refereeing die-hard Ibrox fan Dickinson was handed a Christmas bonus of being put in charge of his favourite team three times within six weeks.

On December 3 Dundee United were the victims of two game changing penalty decisions. On December 27 Motherwell were denied a clear penalty at Ibrox with Dickinson having many friends and family in the stands at Ibrox.

Last Sunday, January 11, Aberdeen had a penalty awarded against them in very similar circumstances to the one that Motherwell were denied at Ibrox.

DICKINSON DECIDES

In three matches four penalty decisions all went in one direction.

John Beaton was the VAR at Pittodrie, Greg Aitken for Motherwell’s trip to Ibrox. Both have plenty in common with Dickinson.

During the VAR Review Dickinson wasn’t even mentioned by name. Gordon Duncan went through the Motherwell and Aberdeen decisions without mentioning that the same referee viewed two very similar incidents differently.

After starting promisingly the VAR Review has turned into a parody as Collum excuses the weekly nightmares inflicted by his refereeing buddies.

All sorts of excuses are dredged up. When no excuse can be found Collum drops back to ‘subjectivity’ as 11 SPFL clubs are handicapped for the benefit of one.

Fans of every club in Scotland know what Dickinson and his family are. So does Collum and he happily puts Dickinson in charge of his favourite club knowing the decisions that will be delivered.

No, no. No, no chance. He just hits the deck under very minimal contact Greg (Aitken)

When you hear the audio Dickinson sounds just like any other fan. Like Uncle David in Australia or his Mother Eileen, both of him were watching the matches.

The Dickinson family like to hold special events at Lodge Prince of Wales in Renfrew.

Dickinson’s attitude to both penalty decisions is very different. The way that he repeatedly says no shows his concern and a lack of professionalism.

Unfortunately no club in Scotland is prepared to ask questions. Why does one referee get the same club three times in less than six weeks? Why do referees from Glasgow, Lanarkshire and surrounding areas constantly get the high profile matches?

Collum and his bestie will  be back again next month with more of the same.