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RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - TheWorthinGer - 11-05-2016
(11-05-2016, 13:11)hibeejim21 Wrote: "directly involved fans aren't the ones who have to make the decisions."
That must be why your so good at it. The SFA should hire you to ref from an motorway service internet cafe.
"Hibernians record: 1 win from 5 and that by a dubious penalty."
How would you know it was dubious? Houston thinks every pk awarded against his side is dubious.
There is no understanding your initial statement BTW - would you like an opportunity to rewrite it?
Em, the video is available to watch as easily as this page to read.
This from your own manager after the game:
“There’s a bit of John running into him, Alston standing his ground. It was harsh but if you looked about five seconds earlier there was a push on David Gray that should have been a penalty.
“Obviously two wrongs don’t make a right but I am glad that he gave it.”
He's more believable than you.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - 0762 - 11-05-2016
(11-05-2016, 12:10)hibeejim21 Wrote: Scottish cup officials
Referee - Steven McLean
Assistant referee 1 - David McGeachie
Assistant referee 2 - Andrew McWilliam
Fourth Official - Bobby Madden
Additional Assistant referee 1 - John Beaton
Additional Assistant referee 2 - Andrew Dallas.
It's like a hun rotary club
Well there's nowt new there eh!
Talk aboot 'laying out a hun script' before the cup final even begins - a f###### SFA shocker as usual!! I've only got time for Beaton and Madden but that's when they have decent performances and when Madden does not kop out of a huge decision against his beloved Rangers!
As for McLean? Isn't he a relative of that old Gers' winger and fan, Tommy McLean? Also he's the silly cu## who missed the Meekings deliberate hand baw on the goal line in last season's infamous Scottish Cup semi final, ICT v Celtic, to stop the hoops' treble win! His 'line of sight' was unimpeded abd he got it badly wrong! I wonder why?
Compare this crass SFA practise with the English FA's explicit proactive ruling re referees who have a partial interest in any football club and are required to declare that interest! IMO the SFA is a dinosaur footie organisation and should never have even appointed Muir in last night's match because of past questionable event(s) when he was criticised - there were other pragmatic ref options available to the SFA!!!
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - TheWorthinGer - 11-05-2016
Get your excuses in early, boys.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - Trusevich - 11-05-2016
Quote:"The whistler . . . was the man in the middle when Rangers defeated Hibs 1-0 at Ibrox back in August and also when Hibs won 2-0 in Govan in February last year."
Aye, a clear bias there. Oh wait . . . no. No there isn't.
Some people are desperate for excuses already, it seems.
Source link for reference: http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/05/10/referee-named-scottish-cup-final-rangers-hibs/
Now, the problem I have with McLean is the way he changed his style of refereeing after criticism early this season. He refereed a youth tournament in Portugal (I think) and was slated for over-officiating and sending some players off when he should have used some common sense. It was suggested that he was carpeted by UEFA for his over-zealous refereeing. On his return to Scottish football, he completely changed his style, refusing to send off anyone at all, and letting the most blatant fouls go unpunished. He completely over-reacted to the advice given to him by UEFA, in my opinion. He 'shat it', in the common parlance.
I think his suitability to referee our flagship cup final is compromised by that, and that alone.
(11-05-2016, 13:40)0762 Wrote: Talk aboot 'laying out a hun script' before the cup final even begins - a f###### SFA shocker as usual!!
Casual sectarianism noted.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - TheWorthinGer - 11-05-2016
I think some of the HIbs fans on here should get to either pick the officials or do the job themselves.
It's only fair.
And they might even win.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - 0762 - 11-05-2016
(11-05-2016, 13:56)TheWorthinGer Wrote: Get your excuses in early, boys.
Excuses? We'll still gub you in spite of the biased ref appointments! To any Hibs fan reading this, 'Can you point out any inaccuracy in my last thread'??? I want impartial ref appointments - IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR??????? F###### ridiculous AGAIN!!!!!!!! And typical of the poor way that Scottish footie is run these days!!!
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - TheWorthinGer - 11-05-2016
0762 Wrote:TheWorthinGer Wrote:Get your excuses in early, boys.
Excuses? We'll still gub you in spite of the biased ref appointments! To any Hibs fan reading this, 'Can you point out any inaccuracy in my last thread'??? I want impartial ref appointments - IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR??????? F###### ridiculous AGAIN!!!!!!!! And typical of the poor way that Scottish footie is run these days!!!
They're all impartial! It's only your continual support for an underperforming side and rampant paranoia that causes you to think otherwise.
Well worth a laugh though.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - HerefordBull - 11-05-2016
I think the problems with the penalty decisions and Houstons statements that things even out, are the importance of the games involved. I think we were lucky to get a penalty at their place. However if it hadn't been given the likely outcome would have been yet another draw. The consequence of that would be they would have had 2 points more and us 2 less. We would still have finished third and the Bairns second.....no change there. However the decision last night which in my mind was a lot more obvious as a penalty has probably cost us a chance of promotion.......a much greater consequence .
All teams get poor decisions and none more so than here in Scotland where the refs are fairly poor at best. I am a believer that decisions do even themselves out over a season of league football but in one off games it is harder to tolerate.
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - 0762 - 11-05-2016
(11-05-2016, 11:48)hibeejim21 Wrote: You would have been raging if it had been against rangers. No more need be said on the matter.
As for houston...well he has had plenty to say about officials this season. Looks like its paying off now.
Falkirks excellent record = 0 wins from 5
Well spotted hibeejim - the anti Hibs trend is plainly obvious! Just study thread #47 and other previous ones! Never a good word to say about Hibs FC! Not actually interested in Hibs FC at all but very quick to make some kinda irritating disparaging snide remark time after time after time after time after time......... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!! I thought Mark the moderator's previous intervention would be heeded just a little bit but all that happened was a contrived 'temporary disappearance' away from the flak and then conveniently return with the same irritating shit that has been regurgitated before on this board - MARK THE MODERATOR PLEASE NOTE EH!!
RE: Play-off semi-final 1st leg: Hibs v Falkirk, Tues 9 May 2016 - TheWorthinGer - 11-05-2016
exeterhibby Wrote:I think the problems with the penalty decisions and Houstons statements that things even out, are the importance of the games involved. I think we were lucky to get a penalty at their place. However if it hadn't been given the likely outcome would have been yet another draw. The consequence of that would be they would have had 2 points more and us 2 less. We would still have finished third and the Bairns second.....no change there. However the decision last night which in my mind was a lot more obvious as a penalty has probably cost us a chance of promotion.......a much greater consequence .
All teams get poor decisions and none more so than here in Scotland where the refs are fairly poor at best. I am a believer that decisions do even themselves out over a season of league football but in one off games it is harder to tolerate.
The referee can't make the decisions on the perceived importance of the game - just an honest decision is what we want. You could argue all night about whether it's a penalty or not, but if the referee doesn't believe it's a penalty that's the decision he has to give. "I gave a Hibs a penalty because it was a play-off semi" just wouldn't be acceptable.
Football is a game of errors and most of them are made by players. Resorting to calling refs cheats when in most cases it will be the inadequacy of your players that cost you games is pathetic.
0762 Wrote:hibeejim21 Wrote:You would have been raging if it had been against rangers. No more need be said on the matter.
As for houston...well he has had plenty to say about officials this season. Looks like its paying off now.
Falkirks excellent record = 0 wins from 5
Well spotted hibeejim - the anti Hibs trend is plainly obvious! Just study thread #47 and other previous ones! Never a good word to say about Hibs FC! Not actually interested in Hibs FC at all but very quick to make some kinda irritating disparaging snide remark time after time after time after time after time......... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!! I thought Mark the moderator's previous intervention would be heeded just a little bit but all that happened was a contrived 'temporary disappearance' away from the flak and then conveniently return with the same irritating shit that has been regurgitated before on this board - MARK THE MODERATOR PLEASE NOTE EH!!
Stop bleating, for heaven's sake, you're like a child.