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[007]

Straight red for Scott Brown. Will miss the semi v Rangers.

Oh, and the score was Ross County 2 Celtic 2.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Horrendous dive for the County penalty. Retrospective red for Schalk surely.

[Smartie]

What was the red for?

I just nipped out after watching the penalty. I think that was the worst dive I've ever seen, although in normal time I thought he'd been caught.

[greenginger]

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Straight red for Scott Brown. Will miss the semi v Rangers.

Oh, and the score was 2-2.

Not if they can leave it late enough for an appeal and they can't get an appeal panel together before next weekend.

Either way there will be howls of favouritism and conspiracy from the usual suspects.

[zlatan]

The standard of officiating really has to be something clubs get together about soon. I'd imagine every fans forum has threads this season claiming refs are out to get them when the truth is they're just absolutely awful. Even in real time that was a laughable dive.

[Ozyhibby]

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Not if they can leave it late enough for an appeal and they can't get an appeal panel together before next weekend.

Either way there will be howls of favouritism and conspiracy from the usual suspects.

To be fair, I think the last 5 years have shown that they were not paranoid at all.


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[Sir David Gray]

The referee, the assistant and Schalk should all be facing lengthy bans.

Although Schalk is ultimately to blame for diving, it was bad enough that the referee and his assistant should have been able to notice it.

[007]

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What was the red for?

I just nipped out after watching the penalty. I think that was the worst dive I've ever seen, although in normal time I thought he'd been caught.

Bad tackle on Boyce just outside Celtic's box. Lost the plot after he'd been tripped a couple of times and probably annoyed at the dive for the penalty.

[Ozyhibby]

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The referee, the assistant and Schalk should all be facing lengthy bans.

Although Schalk is ultimately to blame for diving, it was bad enough that the referee and his assistant should have been able to notice it.

It's the same ref who let Garner off with his tackle against Hamilton. I doubt it's an accident.


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[Billy Whizz]

Should be a straight red for cheating

[blackpoolhibs]

I missed the game but turned over to see them discuss the penalty and the sending off. I know this is celtic we are talking about here, but i'd be unhappy if any Hibs player had dived that blatantly.

There's dives and there's dives, and that has to be in the top 1 of cheating dives, better than anything i've seen even from John McDonald.

I saw the Ross County manager say to Rodgers it was not a penalty, yet celebrate when the penalty went in.

Would any of us have been happy if that happened for us, if Lennon told whoever was taking the penalty to miss it?

[Ozyhibby]

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I missed the game but turned over to see them discuss the penalty and the sending off. I know this is celtic we are talking about here, but i'd be unhappy if any Hibs player had dived that blatantly.

There's dives and there's dives, and that has to be in the top 1 of cheating dives, better than anything i've seen even from John McDonald.

I saw the Ross County manager say to Rodgers it was not a penalty, yet celebrate when the penalty went in.

Would any of us have been happy if that happened for us, if Lennon told whoever was taking the penalty to miss it?

Can't blame the players when there are no consequences for diving and the rewards are so high. It's very rare they get a yellow and I can't think of the compliance officer ever retrospectively banning anyone for diving.


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[hibbysam]

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I missed the game but turned over to see them discuss the penalty and the sending off. I know this is celtic we are talking about here, but i'd be unhappy if any Hibs player had dived that blatantly.

There's dives and there's dives, and that has to be in the top 1 of cheating dives, better than anything i've seen even from John McDonald.

I saw the Ross County manager say to Rodgers it was not a penalty, yet celebrate when the penalty went in.

Would any of us have been happy if that happened for us, if Lennon told whoever was taking the penalty to miss it?

Are you serious? A team in real danger of being relegated you want the manager to tell his player to miss the penalty?? Then they go down by either a point or on goal difference... Nah, yer alright, the player is going to get banned for two games anyway. How many decisions have Celtic got against others and they don't miss the penalty on purpose or give a goal straight back when it's been blatantly offside.

[hibbysam]

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Can't blame the players when there are no consequences for diving and the rewards are so high. It's very rare they get a yellow and I can't think of the compliance officer ever retrospectively banning anyone for diving.


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You can't remember anyone being banned for diving? Walker this year, GoC against St Johnstone, there has been many occasions where players have been caught and punished afterwards.

[Springbank]

Brown deserved red.
Bad challenge, on the stretch.
Deserved to walk imho

[blackpoolhibs]

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Are you serious? A team in real danger of being relegated you want the manager to tell his player to miss the penalty?? Then they go down by either a point or on goal difference... Nah, yer alright, the player is going to get banned for two games anyway. How many decisions have Celtic got against others and they don't miss the penalty on purpose or give a goal straight back when it's been blatantly offside.

Where did i say i that?

[Northernhibee]

This is all being set up for a Scottish Cup Final where Celtic have one game to maintain an undefeated season vs us retaining a two year unbeaten streak in the Scottish, isn't it?

[Ozyhibby]

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You can't remember anyone being banned for diving? Walker this year, GoC against St Johnstone, there has been many occasions where players have been caught and punished afterwards.

The reward of a penalty makes it worthwhile though.
Make it a 6 or 7 game ban and then you'll see a lot less of it.
And I think O'Connor got off with it.


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[greenlex]

How many fouls is ****e going to get away with?

[Colr]

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What was the red for?

I just nipped out after watching the penalty. I think that was the worst dive I've ever seen, although in normal time I thought he'd been caught.

Looks like we can't expect an improved standard of refereeing next season, then!

[Mikey09]

Cheats like Schalke, Walker etc should start getting lengthy bans for blatant cheating.
Brown should never have been sent off. Worthy of a yellow but County players reaction was pathetic. It was late but nothing else. I think it will be successfully appealed.

[Sir David Gray]

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Cheats like Schalke, Walker etc should start getting lengthy bans for blatant cheating.
Brown should never have been sent off. Worthy of a yellow but County players reaction was pathetic. It was late but nothing else. I think it will be successfully appealed.

No chance.

[Golden Bear]

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Brown deserved red.
Bad challenge, on the stretch.
Deserved to walk imho

Without a doubt. He'd lost the plot but considering what happened in the previous 5 mins then I can understand why.

[Billy Whizz]

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Cheats like Schalke, Walker etc should start getting lengthy bans for blatant cheating.
Brown should never have been sent off. Worthy of a yellow but County players reaction was pathetic. It was late but nothing else. I think it will be successfully appealed.

Brown also had a kick at Boyce, in the foul before his sending off

[Pete]

Man U 2 Chelsea 0

Title race on?

[ballengeich]

Make the punishment for diving a 3 point deduction for the team. Managers would make sure players played fair.

[21.05.2016]

I just knew Brown was going to do something like that after the penalty incident. He was furious and I just knew he was gonna end up clattering someone after that.

I must admit, I like Brown, he's exactly the sort of guy you want in your team but he should have kept the head, a tackle like that could have been pretty dangerous.

As for the penalty, utterly terrible decision but the ref was conned. Embarrassing dive.

[J-C]

Watching Man U v Chelsea and Rashford has been absolutely immense, he's totally running the show, what a brilliant player they have, should build the team round him.

[21.05.2016]

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Watching Man U v Chelsea and Rashford has been absolutely immense, he's totally running the show, what a brilliant player they have, should build the team round him.

And only 17!

[Scouse Hibee]

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And only 17!

He's 19 will be 20 in October. Still impressive for such a young player though.