[Official TC Thread] Ross County v Celtic: Sunday 16th April, 12:30pm live on Sky Sports

Missed too many chances and lacked the final ball or finish in the final 3rd. McGregor should of been moved inside at half time and get Sinclair out wide and get Roberts on, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Moussa looked good at times but never got involved enough, probably because Sinclair and Rogic were in the space he likes to drop into.

Erik was all over the place at times again, Armstrong wasn't his best and Forrest was non existent.
Hopefully the ending will give them a good boot up the * for next week.

 

At the end of the day he can still play in semi final , usually it would ve been heard this Thursday but because it s a bank holiday, its the following Thursday,we can thank Jesus for that, so I'm glad noo he crunched the wee balding ginger *

 

That cost us against Partick Thistle though, when Rodgers put Sinclair left and left McGregor central as Sinclair didnt track back and cost us a goal.

Was smart to put McGregor there just for more defensive safety.

 

If he can still play in the semi final, that's brilliant. Daft from him though. He should know better.

 

Mibee he knew the rule and thought * it

 

Nah your right mate, a positive part of his game this season has been the way he hasn't retaliated, don't think it was a sending off but it was a definite " I'm getting you back ya wee * ".

 

That was because we had Erik as left centre half though, Tierney is more than capable of covering that side and letting Sinclair get forward which would worked better. Just felt it was too defensive, could of had Tierney wing back and Gamboa or Toure at the back instead.

 

From the little i saw tend to agree bud!!

Only saw end of first half and then the pen and red on sky news when leaving the in-laws house......i only needed to see that pen once and hun brother-in-law says before i do 'thats never a pen'.....ABSOLUTELY * DISGRACEFUL and then what followed stems from that surely.....hang broony out to dry if there is no penalty and it was rash but his blood must have being * boiling.

 

Their manager turned to Brendan at the time and said that's "no a pen". I am amazed folk are willing to give the ref the benefit of the doubt.

 

Cheating *

 

yes mate......i'll be honest and for a good while i must admit i went down the incompetency road but it's getting beyond the pale now.....that's one of the worst decisions in a LONG * time. The incompetency route has surely run it's course now to the extent if that's the * level of their imcompetency then they're not fit for * purpose!!!

 

When I "expect contact" I always be sure to jump, convulse my body and scream "aaggghh"

 

The ref had a shocking last 5 minutes. He was clearly rattled by all of the abuse he was getting for giving the pen. Broony took a couple of late tackles in the next 2 minutes and it was play on. Then he puts that tackle in which amy other game in Scotland is a yellow. However, the ref is thinkng ... its Broony, he has just been shouting at me and must be annoyed... therefore he meant to hurt him....okay .. Red!
I have seen seen Broony do it a few times when he thinks, last 2 minutes.. I can take a yellow here and just remind these boys that they cant kick us all day without some retribution.
anyhow, yellow under any other circumstance in Scottish football.

 

I don't know what you are smoking, but may it be suggested you lay off the pipe for a little while, and perhaps take the time to re-read what was posted. I get that you are frustrated at what happened, and I get that you are angry about what you percieve as people dumping on Brown rather than the penalty dive & decision, but that doesn't mean other views are not valid.

Indeed, in addressing the penalty first and foremost, my post was critical of both the player and the referee. Part of which my point was that while Schalk is going to be pillioried for the dive, it in no way exonorates the ref for what was a terrible decision. My comment about it being an honest mistake was being ironic. The inverted commas should have given that away. The sheer ridiculiousness of what happened at that penalty call was undoubtedly the catalyst for what followed. Indeed, addressing that incident first was by means which lay that as the foundation of my next paragraph.

Secondly, my point about Brown is nothing new. I have been a member of this forum for many years, stretching back to when WGS was the manager. My comments on Brown are a matter of record and you are free to go back to way back when. However, in the years since I have equally posted on here my admiration for his tenacity, leadership and generally the player he has developed into. Again, as these are on record on this forum, and you are equally welcome to go back and check out these.

Nor does this one incident alter my view and esteem of the player that Brown is now, because it hasn't. What was reminiscent of the Brown of old was the petulance and wanting to have a dig back before the final whistle. I am not in a position to comment on its seriousness, nor if it was deserving of it being shown a red or yellow - or that a challenge was needed at that time at all. Whether it was deserving of a red or just a booking is beside the point I was making.

Brown himself must have known that, despite the disappointment of the penalty decision, that they were deep into injury time. But rather than suck it up, and see out the game, he instead did something rash, opened the door for the ref to only compound his earlier error with another call. In hindsight no doubt, something that Brown probably regrets. He could be critical of the decision all he wanted to after the game, privately in the dressing room or have a bit of a dig in the press, or better yet, let BR handle it, as the club saw fit. He and Celtic had the high ground for any post match reaction and rightful indignation.

But instead there was a rash response, which was ill-advised and ill-concieved. He was taken out in backplay in the aftermath and without question, these 2 things happening back to back only served to get his blood up, which resulted in acting out in a petulant manner, which was a reminder of the Brown of old. I am not commenting on the challenge itself, rather the mentality that propelled him into wanting to make it.

Brown is no stranger to finding his way into the referee's book, and there have been times when it is necessary to establish dominance in midfield or it can be downright inspirational, to lift the team, as it had that effect at Ipox earlier in the season. Whatever the case may be there are often positives that can be drawn from these. But this occasion had none of that. It was needless, it was pointless, the game was virtually over and the only thing that could happen, namely, get himself into trouble, was precisely what happened, sadly.

I do hope that the club chooses to pursue an appeal over this, if, as many seem to think that it was not deserving of a straight red, and given the context of what proceeded it, then it can be overturned. But that doesn't mean that Brown is beyond censure, not does it not mean that a comparison with the temperament which earmarked so much of him as a younger player was not deserved.

 

What to chop off another stone wallet like the ict game

 

The referee did not "make an error" he blatantly cheated.

 

The award for the most polite put down ever goes to Taz.

 

Never a red in a million years. Boyce's reaction as well as the County players' reactions made the refs mind up for him. It was a bad foul but the situation made it a red, not the challenge itself.

Any other player at any other point in the game makes that tackle and it's a yellow every single time.