same shitty Ref same shitty outcome
At least he's consistant Last season gives a freekick for nothing Celtic Score
This Season does not give offside allows play to continue Gives Jan Cheatingbassa Of Celticpark a penalty even though he was fowling the defender and not the other way about then ref sends off defender and celtic score.
St Mirren Robbed Again...
Controversy surrounded the opening day of Celtic’s title defence against St Mirren as they scraped to a slender 1-0 win
Once more the Paisley side will question the referee’s decision to award Gordon Strachan’s side a penalty in the 62nd minute that led to the dismissal of defender Will Haining and the game's only goal.
Referee Eddie Smith judged that Haining had pulled down Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Barry Robson stepped up to convert the spot-kick. Chris Smith made a brave attempt to deny the midfielder, but the ball crept agonisingly over the goal line.
Smith, who had very little to do until that point, awarded Celtic a free-kick in controversial circumstances last season at Love Street which was converted by Shunsuke Nakamura to give what turned out to be a massive three points for The Hoops in their quest to retain the SPL title.
St Mirren were set up to frustrate Celtic on the day and possibly had damage limitation very much in mind as the first-half clearly showed. Their intent was to be almost impossible to break down and the plan clearly was working as Celtic were restricted to few, if any, real chances at all in the first half of the game.
It was nip and tuck for the opening 45 minutes and St Mirren more than matched Celtic in every department and displayed a great deal of confidence in their passing and movement which created some decent chances, but the finishing was less than convincing as Artur Boruc was barely tested.
However, the game burst into life just minutes into the second-half with Billy Mehmet slamming his shot off the Celtic goal and that in turn provoked an angry response from The Hoops with Gary Caldwell’s header going straight into the arms of The Buddies goalkeeper.
Seconds later the penalty was awarded, Haining was sent packing and Celtic were up and running.
The SPL champions could have increased their advantage with Vennegoor putting his header wide and Celtic looked very much in the mood after Robson’s penalty sparked them into life.
MacPherson made several changes in the wake of the penalty as both Tom Brighton and Gary Brady were replaced by Mark McCausland and Tonet respectively, but that had very little effect on the eventual outcome.
St Mirren kept plugging away and very nearly pulled themselves level as Steven O’Donnell’s drive went across the face of the Celtic goal, and a sigh of relief emanated from the massive Parkhead support.
Without question, St Mirren will feel they should have walked away with point at least for their efforts on the opening day of the campaign, however, the manner in which they played will have delighted Gus MacPherson as they still had the audacity to take the game to Celtic despite the one man advantage the home side had over them.
The SPL champions were less than convincing on the day against a well organised St Mirren side which should encourage Gus MacPherson who will believe his side were robbed of a point at the very least.
At least he's consistant Last season gives a freekick for nothing Celtic Score
This Season does not give offside allows play to continue Gives Jan Cheatingbassa Of Celticpark a penalty even though he was fowling the defender and not the other way about then ref sends off defender and celtic score.
St Mirren Robbed Again...
Controversy surrounded the opening day of Celtic’s title defence against St Mirren as they scraped to a slender 1-0 win
Once more the Paisley side will question the referee’s decision to award Gordon Strachan’s side a penalty in the 62nd minute that led to the dismissal of defender Will Haining and the game's only goal.
Referee Eddie Smith judged that Haining had pulled down Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink and Barry Robson stepped up to convert the spot-kick. Chris Smith made a brave attempt to deny the midfielder, but the ball crept agonisingly over the goal line.
Smith, who had very little to do until that point, awarded Celtic a free-kick in controversial circumstances last season at Love Street which was converted by Shunsuke Nakamura to give what turned out to be a massive three points for The Hoops in their quest to retain the SPL title.
St Mirren were set up to frustrate Celtic on the day and possibly had damage limitation very much in mind as the first-half clearly showed. Their intent was to be almost impossible to break down and the plan clearly was working as Celtic were restricted to few, if any, real chances at all in the first half of the game.
It was nip and tuck for the opening 45 minutes and St Mirren more than matched Celtic in every department and displayed a great deal of confidence in their passing and movement which created some decent chances, but the finishing was less than convincing as Artur Boruc was barely tested.
However, the game burst into life just minutes into the second-half with Billy Mehmet slamming his shot off the Celtic goal and that in turn provoked an angry response from The Hoops with Gary Caldwell’s header going straight into the arms of The Buddies goalkeeper.
Seconds later the penalty was awarded, Haining was sent packing and Celtic were up and running.
The SPL champions could have increased their advantage with Vennegoor putting his header wide and Celtic looked very much in the mood after Robson’s penalty sparked them into life.
MacPherson made several changes in the wake of the penalty as both Tom Brighton and Gary Brady were replaced by Mark McCausland and Tonet respectively, but that had very little effect on the eventual outcome.
St Mirren kept plugging away and very nearly pulled themselves level as Steven O’Donnell’s drive went across the face of the Celtic goal, and a sigh of relief emanated from the massive Parkhead support.
Without question, St Mirren will feel they should have walked away with point at least for their efforts on the opening day of the campaign, however, the manner in which they played will have delighted Gus MacPherson as they still had the audacity to take the game to Celtic despite the one man advantage the home side had over them.
The SPL champions were less than convincing on the day against a well organised St Mirren side which should encourage Gus MacPherson who will believe his side were robbed of a point at the very least.
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