Halliday footage can help Broonie tackle the Hampden beaks

SCOTT BROWN probably wouldn’t tire of watching Celtic’s Scottish Cup Old Firm semi-final stroll after his man-of-the-match display.

But footage of the first three minutes rather than his own performance could be of more importance to him when he appears at Hampden this week.

emailed: “Brown should take a clip of Andy Halliday’s tackle on Patrick Roberts to his SFA appeal on Thursday as it was worse than his at Ross County.

“And why didn’t Myles Beerman walk when he brought down Roberts shortly after he had been booked?” said: “Brown was stupid with his tackle in Dingwall that resulted in a red card but Halliday’s on Roberts was worse so Celtic have every right to appeal.”

said: “Halliday’s challenge was a red card. It doesn’t matter if it was the third or 90th minute.”

said: “Referees must be told not to send Rangers players off. Halliday and Beerman should have walked and in the last game at Parkhead Kenny Miller and Jason Holt should have been sent off.” said: “A year ago Celtic were embarrassed into spending £2.4million per annum on a new manager after losing to Rangers in the semi-final.

“After the Rangers performance on Sunday I can only hope the board are similarly humiliated enough to realise that astronomical investment and change is required.” said: “Why is Dave King getting such an easy ride? Rangers are no further forward since he took over and as a chairman he needs to be hands-on.

“When Fergus McCann took over Celtic he was there all the time. He didn’t know much about football but he knew business.”

said: “From chairman, boardroom, dressing room and court cases pending Rangers are an utter shambles.

“It beggars belief they appointed a manager without a track record who knew nothing about the club. He is out his depth.

“The performance at Hampden was an utter disgrace, the worst I have ever seen.

“I’m well aware the players aren’t good enough but it’s criminal when they don’t try.”

said: “Celtic could have scored 10. If Rangers don’t get their finger out it could be the same at Ibrox on Saturday.

“I went in with great hope after last month’s 1-1 draw at Parkhead where we gave a good account of ourselves. But we were torn apart from start to finish. There needs to be big changes.”

said: “When Brendan Rodgers and Pedro Caixinha hugged at the end I think Brendan was just saying to him, ‘You’ll have to get used to this, Pedro’.”

said: “I had to laugh when I heard the Rangers Player of the Year awards were held in the Hilton on Sunday night.

“No awards should be handed out in a season where they scraped a draw against Celtic in five attempts and are languishing in third place, nine points behind Aberdeen.”

emailed: “Caixinha can’t be blamed for having to use Mark Warburton’s players but he can be blamed for

‘Challenge was a red card. It doesn’t matter if it was the third or 90th minute’

not learning from Warburton’s mistakes in Old Firm games.

“Just like Warburton, Pedro didn’t seem to get this fixture. He played the wrong team, made the wrong substitutions and Rangers were a total shambles.

“The concerning thing is that most of this lightweight, toothless team which lacks any creativity will still be at Ibrox next season as they are under lengthy contracts. Who would want to buy them?”

said: “Rangers fans have to take the positives from the second half at Hampden.”

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