sunshine1875
06-03-2010, 08:06 AM
Oh how I hate the Infirm. Every week we get the same hours of analysis covering every aspect of the Infirm's games, then seconds to round up how the remainder are doing. The performance of referees and the condition of football pitches at this time of the year (see below) is only an issue when it affects the Infirm. Why can't our media realise that if anything is going to switch football fans away from football is this constant, boring coverage of Infirm matters.
How many of you have switched of Jim Trayner's programme after the match when 'Billy from Harthill' phones to raise the same issues about Celtic/Rangers? How boring! I would rather hear about how Ross County played away to Partick, or have Montrose actually won a game again. Last season, I think only 10 points seperated the top and the 8th team in the First Division near the end of the season, yet no mention of it on the radio nor in the papers. Contrast that with E&W, where the BBC/Sky/papers do give the wee teams adequate coverage.
http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/39Best-referee-in-country39-made.6129516.jp (http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/39Best-referee-in-country39-made.6129516.jp)
IN WHAT could easily be interpreted as a subtle dig at Celtic, the Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson has hailed Dougie McDonald as the finest referee in Scotland and admitted he has regularly passed on such sentiment to the official. "I have said that to him numerous times. I always tell him it is has been a pleasure, at the end of games, as I think he's a good referee". You are bound to say that when you get all the decisions going your way. If Boyd had been sent off for his assault on Zemamma, he would have been moaning about it.
http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Falkirk-pitch-inspection-39infuriates39-Steven.6129520.jp (http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Falkirk-pitch-inspection-39infuriates39-Steven.6129520.jp)
The Scotsman understands the decision to inspect was initiated by the SPL following a conversation with a Celtic official who had enquired about the condition of the pitch. So a Celtic official says "jump" and the SPL "jump".
How many of you have switched of Jim Trayner's programme after the match when 'Billy from Harthill' phones to raise the same issues about Celtic/Rangers? How boring! I would rather hear about how Ross County played away to Partick, or have Montrose actually won a game again. Last season, I think only 10 points seperated the top and the 8th team in the First Division near the end of the season, yet no mention of it on the radio nor in the papers. Contrast that with E&W, where the BBC/Sky/papers do give the wee teams adequate coverage.
http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/39Best-referee-in-country39-made.6129516.jp (http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/39Best-referee-in-country39-made.6129516.jp)
IN WHAT could easily be interpreted as a subtle dig at Celtic, the Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson has hailed Dougie McDonald as the finest referee in Scotland and admitted he has regularly passed on such sentiment to the official. "I have said that to him numerous times. I always tell him it is has been a pleasure, at the end of games, as I think he's a good referee". You are bound to say that when you get all the decisions going your way. If Boyd had been sent off for his assault on Zemamma, he would have been moaning about it.
http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Falkirk-pitch-inspection-39infuriates39-Steven.6129520.jp (http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Falkirk-pitch-inspection-39infuriates39-Steven.6129520.jp)
The Scotsman understands the decision to inspect was initiated by the SPL following a conversation with a Celtic official who had enquired about the condition of the pitch. So a Celtic official says "jump" and the SPL "jump".