19-02-2017, 02:12
(19-02-2017, 02:04)0762 Wrote: It's interesting you saying that Jim because one incident, that vividly sticks in my mind, occurred in a Scottish Cup semi-final replay at Hampden Park in 2007 when a very good Hibs team played the Pars (and not Hearts FC eh!!!!) and a Pars' loan player from Everton (I can't recall his surname offhand) challenged Stevo 'off the ball' with a retaliatory karate style mushigiri kick to his knee with Thomson positioned adjacently to the incident - about 4 yards off it with an unimpeded view. He casually walked up to both players, issued a free kick to Hibs and totally ignored what was effectively an assault by this lad - a straight red card offence all day long - a defining moment in this match as same offending player earned pk that won the match!!! In both of these semi-final matches he consistently ignored the rules governing persistent fouling by the likes of Macintyre, Mason and a few other offenders in the Pars' team in order to stop Hibs playing - absolutely disgraceful and deliberate btw!! There are lotsa other highly questionable 'incidents' attached to this guy and I'm surprised that a match fixing accusation has never been levelled at least once against Thomson.
As Newhavenhibby says, it's all a matter of opinion, eh!