Can Scottish football ever regain any credibility ?

muttley

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The ref strike more or less destroyed it. There can be no serious challenge to the current domestic Peasant hegemony when clearly intimidated refs do the right thing to ensure their dominance continues unabated. The dice is now permanently loaded in their favour than any bent casino. I'd like to post some optimism, but its more than difficult.
 
Honestly, we (Rangers) can't hope for any improvement in the status quo unless we are willing to start complaining about wrongdoings.

We can't look to other teams to do anything if we aren't fecking willing to do anything ourselves.

Once we start pulling refs and the SFA/SPFL up, THEN we can start shaming other clubs into joining us, by loudly and widely asking them wtf is wrong with them.

However, until our club grows a set of baws, we will get what we deserve.
Indeed, it not only appears as if we deserve it, sometimes with our dumb shoulder-shrugging it has every indication that we are actually content with the whole situation.

As I keep stating: We are the only sporting club in the entire world that seems happy to be treated to a different standard than every other team -- and we say and do nothing of any weight.
 
Our club gets criticised, rightly at times, for not fighting our corner enough.
That other crowd on the other hand just have to say a few lines and they have MPs, media, the lot backing them up.
We unfortunately don’t have people in influential positions to back us up when needed. Until that happens nothing will change.
 
in 10 years or so we will look back at this season and say that was the the year our top refs joined the sellik family. the level of bias and dishonesty has probably even surprised the tim board, celtic get everything we get nothing, apart from cards plenty of cards.

and no i do not have a clue how you stop it as these guys are every bit as motivated to cause us problems and assist Celtic as most of the media. It will get worse if Rangers make a nice start to the season and look strong enough to challenge, theres also Lennon too and they are terrified of him.
 
in 10 years or so we will look back at this season and say that was the the year our top refs joined the sellik family. the level of bias and dishonesty has probably even surprised the tim board, celtic get everything we get nothing, apart from cards plenty of cards.

and no i do not have a clue how you stop it as these guys are every bit as motivated to cause us problems and assist Celtic as most of the media. It will get worse if Rangers make a nice start to the season and look strong enough to challenge, theres also Lennon too and they are terrified of him.

It all goes back to the ref strike of 2010 when the Peasant intimidation of refs via the mhedia went off the scale. If I recall correctly, we could easily have lost the League later that season when a shocker of a ref penalty decision given for that lot at Ibrox was fortunately saved by Alan McGregor. Its clear that refs and officials are terrified of the certain mhedia crucifixion and character assassination if the Peasants lose an important domestic game, the public slaughtering of ref John Beaton after we beat them at Ibrox in December only confirming that reality. It is also utterly laughable that that lot top the fair play League season after season.
 
Would Morelos have been awarded that penalty? Would Collum have awarded us it if it had been us in the final?

Twice in a week he has awarded dubious penalties. One against us and one for them. He couldn’t wait to give them both.

The referees are terrified of them and this is only the beginning. The pressure on them from Rodgers was nothing compared to what TLB will stir up.

He caused a refereeing strike over nothing when we were already the dominant force. How will the psycho react now that 9-10 in a row is on the line for him.

The battle off the park next season will be as crucial as the battle on it. I just hope our club are prepared for it.
 
Having just seen that ‘penalty’ for the first time, the game is fucked beyond repair.

Is this the first country in the world to have such a corrupt setup to virtually ensure the same team wins absolutely everything.
 
in 10 years or so we will look back at this season and say that was the the year our top refs joined the sellik family. the level of bias and dishonesty has probably even surprised the tim board, celtic get everything we get nothing, apart from cards plenty of cards.

and no i do not have a clue how you stop it as these guys are every bit as motivated to cause us problems and assist Celtic as most of the media. It will get worse if Rangers make a nice start to the season and look strong enough to challenge, theres also Lennon too and they are terrified of him.
The scumbags in the media cause most of the problems.
Their forensic analysis of games involving us and their blatant editing of the many wrongful decisions going their way which in turn heap unbelievable pressure on referees who just find it easier to avoid the shyte storm that comes their way if they make the mistake of giving us a decision.
King’s comments about doing things the dignified way hardly fill me with confidence that our board have the courage to fight against clear corruption in the game in this country.
 
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Just watched the news and seen if for the first time, left his leg in then dive over the keeper, Willie Collum strikes again.

The ref today had previously received death threats from the Peasants. It is inconceivable that this doesn't affect how he refs their games.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ats-ref-Willie-Collum-Rangers-win-Celtic.html

These death threats were back in 2010, the year I stated in the OP as to the deliberate campaign of intimidation against refs was escalated off the scale.
 
Having just seen that ‘penalty’ for the first time, the game is fucked beyond repair.

Is this the first country in the world to have such a corrupt setup to virtually ensure the same team wins absolutely everything.

The issue for me isn’t just the penalty award, as refs can often get those ones wrong. It’s the fact that there is not a peep anywhere about it being the wrong decision.

The filth didn’t have a single shot on target until that penalty. Hearts have been robbed, yet not a word is getting uttered about it.

If a Rangers player had won that penalty today, the witch-hunt would have already started.

Morelos got decked by Considine in the QF and somehow got booked for diving, yet that cûnt dives today to get the filth back into the match and not a soul in the media will call them out for it.
 
The issue for me isn’t just the penalty award, as refs can often get those ones wrong. It’s the fact that there is not a peep anywhere about it being the wrong decision.

The filth didn’t have a single shot on target until that penalty. Hearts have been robbed, yet not a word is getting uttered about it.

If a Rangers player had won that penalty today, the witch-hunt would have already started.

Morelos got decked by Considine in the QF and somehow got booked for diving, yet that cûnt dives today to get the filth back into the match and not a soul in the media will call them out for it.

Morelos would have been yellow carded for that dive today and the predictable mhedia vilification would have followed not long afterwards. The Peasant campaign of intimidation and gangsterism against refs and officials has brought its rewards.
 
Just watched the news and seen if for the first time, left his leg in then dive over the keeper, Willie Collum strikes again.

Just seen the clip. An absolute embarrassment of a decision. As others have stated, though, this is only going to continue if no-one comments on it. You can just imagine the headlines if 'Gers had won like that, but there's no mention of it anywhere that I've seen.
 
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It’s beyond my comprehension that the OP seems to think referees in Scotland were fine before the strike in 2010/11. Or that they are responsible for Scottish football being garbage.
 
It’s a tactic. I only watch them against us but when any of them go down looking for a penalty its the same area where they know the far away linesman doesn’t get a clear view and hopefully the ref cant see it properly.
 
We will not be allowed to win a game against them when it matters. Neither will anyone else. Unless it is fluked.
Today just proves that. In a vital game, when there is a possibility of a penalty for them, it is actually not a possibility, it is a reality. Every time.
 
Honestly, we (Rangers) can't hope for any improvement in the status quo unless we are willing to start complaining about wrongdoings.

We can't look to other teams to do anything if we aren't fecking willing to do anything ourselves.

Once we start pulling refs and the SFA/SPFL up, THEN we can start shaming other clubs into joining us, by loudly and widely asking them wtf is wrong with them.

However, until our club grows a set of baws, we will get what we deserve.
Indeed, it not only appears as if we deserve it, sometimes with our dumb shoulder-shrugging it has every indication that we are actually content with the whole situation.

As I keep stating: We are the only sporting club in the entire world that seems happy to be treated to a different standard than every other team -- and we say and do nothing of any weight.
We have complained plenty of times. It gets us nowhere. In fact lots of people on here are quick to jump all over our statements. Saying they aren’t good enough. The club can’t win.
 
Problem for club is that today's game wasn't "our business" and so complaints will be ignored. Of course it wasn't a penalty but it has to be Hearts who speak out.
 
It’s beyond my comprehension that the OP seems to think referees in Scotland were fine before the strike in 2010/11. Or that they are responsible for Scottish football being garbage.
What’s beyond comprehension to me is the amount of Rangers supporters who can’t see the clear cheating/ cowardly officiating, call it what you like and the blatant manipulation of a referees performance should they not deal with certain teams (who shall we say play in royal blue and resided in the Govan area) in the manner they see fit.
The lack of interest in this particular thread shows like our board there is clearly no interest or desire to chase these corrupt b’stards all the way.
Book mark this post when we are getting screwed over worse than this seasons farcical decision making and more Rip Van Winkles awaken from their slumber.
 
One team wins everything, and when there’s even a slight threat of that team not winning a cup final they’re predictably bailed out my the referee.

It’s a shambles of an outfit and it’s the product of years of tarriar threats and intimidation. Until our club (and the others) really show some backbone, there’ll be no level playing field. If we’re to get 55, we’ll need to be damn good because we’ll have to overcome officials too.
 
We have complained plenty of times. It gets us nowhere. In fact lots of people on here are quick to jump all over our statements. Saying they aren’t good enough. The club can’t win.
Wondered when one of the volunteer club plants would raise their heads to defend a strategy that has us in the position we are now.
The reason people jump all over a Rangers Statement is it’s simlpy like the people who run our club, weak and pathetic.
 
Just seen the clip. An absolute embarrassment of a decision. As others have stated, though, this is only going to continue if no-one comments on it. You can just imagine the headlines if 'Gers had won like that, but there's no mention of it anywhere that I've seen.

Thought this might happen, and I unfortunately didn't get the chance to download the video before it did, but it's been removed from Youtube. Nothing to see here.
 
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