"It was Jock Stein who said that if you play to your potential the referee won't matter but he also knew we had to play outside Scotland to get a fair crack of the whip."
So ... NINE domestic trophies in a row in the last three years, CFC top of the SPFL "Fairplay Table" for all three of those seasons (meaning they picked up the least punishments from refs and officials for their on-field play) ... and that's not a "fair crack of the whip" ??!!
"Outside Scotland" their hacking and cheating gets them nowhere.
European refs may not be perfect but they lack the fear of CFC that their Scottish counterparts plainly display.