18 Feb 2017 18:52:03
Comfortable victory today if a bit low key, Motherwell were always coming to keep score down.
But what I wanted to talk about is the number of potentially career threatening tackles the opposition players are putting in on our players with little or no protection from referees.
Last week it was Sinclair who was the victim of a horror tackle and today Kiernan, this is the only way they all can do to try and stop our treble. But do not count on the SFA reviewing any of these tackles.
18 Feb 2017 18:59:39
Agree with you there, tackles have been aimed at our higher profile players but cotf this is assault to maim. Lucky both times players haven't had there legs planted or we'd be talking about insurance here ðŸ€.
18 Feb 2017 19:07:55
Tackle, if you can call it that on KT was a straight red for me and how the obstruction on Sinclair goes unpunished yet play gets brought back in Well's favour after Forrest is nicked is beyond me. Good 3 points against 12 men.
18 Feb 2017 19:25:24
There is no doubt that referees are deliberately turning blind eyes to these tackles and failing in their duty and indirectly encouraging foul play and violent conduct.
I would hope the club raises concern and alarm at this dangerous and vindictive trend before it goes too far.
18 Feb 2017 19:32:34
tim, ed removed my comment today on the live chat due to my reaction to the tackle on young kieran, it was absolutely disgraceful, just a pity we don't have an auld or aitken on the park now to sort it out.
18 Feb 2017 19:49:29
Wee Jimmy would shrug them off numerous times in a game but as you say there's not an Auld or a Roy to protect and dish it back out. I feared KT was going to be back out the game for a while. After lasts weeks "kick them off the park" from ICT. it will be a common factor from now till the end of season, how teams will go about it.
18 Feb 2017 20:06:00
Some of the tackles aren't just hard tough tackles these tackles are career threating just as well kt seen it coming and adjusted his feet accordingly I'm all for tough hard tackles but these are reckless and referees need to take action the referee was 15 feet away from this rant over hail hail keep the run going.
18 Feb 2017 21:26:48
I think B Rodgers and or the club need to be seen to do something with these referees probably every game this year, the ref. has allowed our opponents to kick us off the field without proper punishment .
The referee knew that the attack on Tierney warranted more than a yellow as he spoke to him for nearly a minute . Why?
Tierney Sinclair or another of our star performers will be badly injured and B R, it will then be a bit late speaking out.
18 Feb 2017 21:21:48
Vigurs last week, Bowman today, what will it take before our referees man up and start doing their jobs properly? Broken leg? End of career? Our refs are a joke!
This just gives every hatchet man in the league permission to cause a serious injury to one of our players. The refs cannot bear to send off a player from a visiting side in case they are accused of bias by the establishment. As I said, an absolute joke!
18 Feb 2017 21:24:20
It's about time the refs give our bhoys a bit of protection, is it going to take an ambulance on the park before a red gets dished out? How 11 men stayed on the park last week for ict is beyond me. i wasn't at the game today, but seen the tackle earlier on, kt is very lucky to not have a broken leg, the person had the cheek to try and talk to him when he was in agony on the ground.
Am not a violent man but if i was on that Park he'd have been lying next to the wee man with a burst face. Anyway did anyone see the budgie diving about today? Priceless.