11 Mar 2025 13:15:26
Steven McLean is the referee for the Glasgow Derby on Sunday.
Beaton is doing VAR.
If I remember right,
Steven McLean has only had 2 previous Glasgow Derbies.
He was the referee in our 2-1 Hogmanay victory at Ibrox in 2016.
McLean had to wait until May 2023 for his next big game.
Sevco won 3-0 at Ibrox after Celtic were already crowned Champions and Sevco refused to give us a guard of honour.
I'm not sure what Collum's obsession with giving Beaton Glasgow Derby appointments this season.
This will be his 3rd appointment from 4 games.
{Ed007's Note - Buzz, I was told the other day that Alan Muir is finished and he won't be near any big games, if any, for the rest of the season and he will "retire" once the season is over. I was expecting to see him back this weekend so maybe there is something in the rumour.}
11 Mar 2025 13:55:01
Just need Beaton to go next.
11 Mar 2025 14:20:00
I have always found it weird that a disproportionate amount of officials are Sevco fans.
Why is it that supporters of other clubs make worse refs?
P. S. @Ed, I hope that rumour is true as he is a bias bigot.
{Ed007's Note - The problem is that the vast majority of our referees are from across Lanarkshire, the net needs to be widened to allow referees from other areas to rise through the system. The selection process looks like a bit of a closed shop and has been compared to bowling club levels of nepotism & cronyism.}
11 Mar 2025 14:36:21
I forgot to check if Muir had a VAR appointment this week.
A 4th consecutive game without an appointment is definitely making a statement.
It looks like you’re hopefully right Ed.
Muir has never been a good referee and that’s why he was never given an Old Firm or Glasgow Derby game, since in first top flight game in the 2007/ 08 season.
{Ed007's Note - He was a terrible ref. The that pi$$es me off about the whole referee situation is that surely every club - and fans of every club - wants the best & fairest officials in charge of our games so why can't they get together to force changes? It's the parochialism & paranoia in Scottish football that won't allow that to happen.}
11 Mar 2025 16:05:47
I agree Ed and that is my whole point. Why is the net not widened? Why do they keep picking those of a blue persuasion from the west and central part of Scotland? Do guys from Aberdeen, Dundee, Fife, etc, make crap refs or something? Is it something more sinister?
{Ed007's Note - It's got to be something "sinister" imo. Now I'm not screaming the "They're all Masons or in the Ludge" line but I definitely think it's a who you know type scenario in one way or another.
It's definitely something that Willie Collum should be looking at to make changes.}
11 Mar 2025 17:24:19
Hopefully Muir won’t have another opportunity to make an honest mistake against Celtic . If his career is over he will be remembered by really awful decisions against us .
It’s a sad reflection on our referees &VAR Officials that for our local Derby against Rangers, we have a ref who was once on Rangers books as a player (youth) and has a brother who played for Rangers . In addition the VAR Official Beaton, is a well known customer of a Rangers supporters bar. Now it’s neither fair or reasonable for both the ref and VAR Official to be put in their positions unless they wished to help Rangers . Neither is it fair on Celtic team and supporters as they know of these men’s links with Rangers, as they know from past experiences that Celtic often have decisions given against their team .
It’s imperative if W Collum wants to be seen as a reforming Head of referees that he let's us know that we have a different recruitment procedure as soon as possible.
11 Mar 2025 18:02:48
Good post des., ?
Hopefully collum is in the VAR room, making sure cheatin beaton does not get up to his old tricks.
11 Mar 2025 18:03:51
@ed, yeah there does seem to be a bit of jobs for the boys going on and has been for some time.
{Ed007's Note - ????
12 Mar 2025 17:16:22
Weejoe It’s truly jobs for the boys .
It’s remarkable that the SFA and who ever make the appointments never make a mistake and have jobs for the bhoys.