WE do love a conspiracy theory in this part of the world.
So here’s this week’s. The two dodgy decisions Celtic have had in the past week – not conceding a penalty against Kilmarnock at Hampden and getting one against Morton on Saturday – are all part of a masterplan by officials to try to show they are not against the Parkhead club in cup competitions, so they can get back to giving Rangers everything in league matches. You read it here first, folks.
John Melrose, edinburgh, said: “What a coincidence that Celtic fans on social media were saying all week we would be given an undeserved penalty against Morton and, hey presto, it happens.
“Now that the cup smokescreen is over, our Rangers-biased VAR officials can get back to the business of chasing that Champions League £40million for their favourite club. What a farce.”
Henry Moffat, Stirling, said: “The two decisions Celtic have been given in cup games will allow officials the breathing space they needed to continue to influence Rangers’ bid for guaranteed Champions League cash.”
But irwin Houston, giffnock, said: “So Celtic are now getting all the VAR decisions in their favour after all their vociferous calls by their manager, Celtic pundits and players complaining that everyone and VAR are against them.”
chris lowe, yoker, said: “So long as the SFA continues to turn a blind eye to Celtic FC continually bringing the game into disrepute with the innuendoladen conspiracies, then the likes of Kevin Clancy and Willie Collum are only too happy to oblige. How Clancy
can give that penalty to Celtic after a VAR review is a joke.”
Dunfermline fan craig Robertson said: “I just watched the highlights of Celtic v Morton and have to ask – would that have been a Morton penalty?
“Something is seriously wrong with our officials, VAR and governing bodies if that was deemed a penalty.”
But William Hutchison, aberdeen, said: “I agree that Celtic penalty wasn’t a pen.
“But before everyone claims again that Celtic are getting everything handed on to them on a plate, if they watched the game, not one Celtic player appealed for it. It was the ref’s decision and he got it wrong. “I’m just glad we got the other goals to make sure.” VAR and penalties are far from the only things Old Firm fans disagree about.
george Wilson, West Sussex, accused Hoops fans of over-inflating the value of one of their stars and said: “All the Celtic supporters on here, as well as Chris Sutton and John Hartson, were calling for £20-£25m for Josip Juranovic on the strength of one good game in the World Cup.
“Ryan Kent and Fashion Sakala tore him apart in this month’s game and moved the decimal point to £2-£2.5 million. That they got anywhere near £10m is daylight robbery by Celtic.”
Gers fan Jamie Thompson, clydebank, had an issue with mud rather than millions after watching his club get past St Johnstone in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup on Saturday night.
He said: “I went through to Perth to watch Rangers play on a football pitch that was a disgrace.
“Clubs that have plastic and substandard pitches should be playing football in the second tier.”