After the Hogmanay clash at Ibrox Brendan Rodgers openly admitted that he had prepared his side by training with a man down the entire week previous. Preparing for every eventuality and the real possibility that one of his players could see red – rightly or wrongly.
Fast forward to now and there’s no doubt in my mind that Brendan Rodgers will be planning for this vital Semi Final with this in mind, especially after the mind boggling end at Ross County.
Scott Brown was sent off with many in the media today absolutely pounding Scott Brown like he took a foreign object out from his back pocket and knocked the County player unconscious. In actuality it was an ill thought tackle that seen the referee who had already made one bizarre decision three minutes previous reach for his yellow but then quickly change his mind to red. It was a challenge that on any other field on any given Sunday could have only garnered a yellow.
The referee who presented Brown with his red was guilty of not sending a Motherwell player off earlier this season when a potential leg breaking challenge was made on Kieran Tierney.
This is why Brendan Rodgers will be preparing for every eventuality.
The Irishman and the veterans at the club will know too well that some major decisions have went against Celtic lately and our last treble attempt was partly thwarted by more bizarre mistakes made by officials.
Our opponents on Sunday have already benefited from a chopped off Erik Sviatchenko goal that should have stood and a last minute penalty decision not given that seen them steal a point at Celtic Park.
It’s going to be interesting but Celtic will have to be above reproach on Sunday if they’re to navigate their way to May’s showpiece final.
We already know we are miles superior to next weekend’s opponents. The five year old club have do e well to get this far, and we also know the officials will be primed in advance to do all they can to get the newbies through to the final.
The five year old club SEVCO have done well to get the far if Celtic play to there strengths we should won the match by four or five but every player must be on there game and let’s hope we are taking about the game and the mistakes the ref has made by sending one of our players off
I cant believe that two clowns from a national paper are trying to convince (i dont know realy) but they are saying the ref was antisapating the tackle and thought he made it so thats why it was giving the linesman had a dificult angle as he seems to think sviatchenko’s body was blocking him NOW COME TAE FECK he is’nt tackling with his torso if anything its the feet they shoud be looking at AND IT gets worse they are TRYING TO MAKE A CASE FOR MADHUN not giving pen against sevco and he would’nt or could’nt be 100% so he could’nt give it SO ITS DIFFRENT RULES IN ALL GAMES NOW because the ref cant be 100% he goes on the assumption the tackle was going to take place & EVEN THEN IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CLEAN TACKLE but thats not even mentioned so this is the WORST DEFENCE STORY EVER but as norm we will just sit back accept it and they will just laugh n laugh n laugh till the next 1 scum of the earth the lot of them HH “6”
Celtic need to pressure them from the start and the defence need to start dealing with crossed balls into the box on Sunday Erik misjudged his jump for county’s first goal if celtic have dembele taking his chances the referee won’t be in the game but we’re all prepared for the catalogue of honest mistakes and a red card and penalty to give sevco any advantage possible. Brendan needs to have every player at their sharpest and made aware that they will be playing against a bunch of corrupt officials
Yes we will be playing against a bunch of corrupt officials not three but 5, yes wee Willie winkie will have four other knuckle crackers in his corner, who will do hee haw when it comes to big decision! Although wee Willie is called “a Tim” he is worse than the other side as he has to please the knuckle cracking s.f.a. blazers who as so corrupt, that you could not ain’t their necks red. That are all D.O.Bs , and we as Celtic Football Club should be making a video on everything that the knuckle draggers have done o us this season. Big Jock, who knew them well told us we would need to score three goals to get one! How many years ago was that? Now they are doing it blatently, knowing that there will be no repercussions on them!
Hi do you think we should go with dembele and Griffiths with Sinclair and Roberts wide