Walter Smith - Lafferty incident

[fatshaft]

come on mate there wasnt any intent from bougherra in that challenge, also u have a bit of a cheek talking about players getting" assualted" remember neil simpson?

hmm dunno how my reply ended up in the middle of that

Aye that's one. What about Johnston on McMaster, on Rougvie (that got Rougvie sent off), McCoist on Snelders, Hately on Watt, whoever it was put Leighton in hospital. The list is endless with Rangers on Dons, whereas you can point to Simmie.

[Rod Paradise]

Unbelievable, Mulgrew gets downgraded to a yellow. Sent off for violent conduct which wasn't the case, so how can he get a yellow? Boughera equally bafflingly gets his down to a yellow?

Seems Rangers players assualting Dons keepers is just seen as acceptable now, there's certainly enough precedent!
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=279&newsID=4661

Mulgrew, even without making contact should/would have got a yellow, so that decision makes sense.

Bougherra is the only occaisson I've ever seen where a player puts his foot, studs up, over the ball, makes contact with the opposition player (his neck even!!) and then gets a red card rescinded because 'he didn't mean it'.  Maybe Dougal had thought it'd make a good annecdote for his night out in Larkhall that he had planned.....

[cambo]

Unbelievable, Mulgrew gets downgraded to a yellow. Sent off for violent conduct which wasn't the case, so how can he get a yellow? Boughera equally bafflingly gets his down to a yellow?

Seems Rangers players assualting Dons keepers is just seen as acceptable now, there's certainly enough precedent!
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=279&newsID=4661

Mulgrew, even without making contact should/would have got a yellow, so that decision makes sense.

Bougherra is the only occaisson I've ever seen where a player puts his foot, studs up, over the ball, makes contact with the opposition player (his neck even!!) and then gets a red card rescinded because 'he didn't mean it'.  Maybe Dougal had thought it'd make a good annecdote for his night out in Larkhall that he had planned.....

imagine the red card had stood, celtic would have had a much better chance of winning the league.

id be seething out my nut if i was a tic-cave resident

 

[Div]

Unbelievable, Mulgrew gets downgraded to a yellow. Sent off for violent conduct which wasn't the case, so how can he get a yellow? Boughera equally bafflingly gets his down to a yellow?

Seems Rangers players assualting Dons keepers is just seen as acceptable now, there's certainly enough precedent!
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=279&newsID=4661

Mulgrew, even without making contact should/would have got a yellow, so that decision makes sense.

Bougherra is the only occaisson I've ever seen where a player puts his foot, studs up, over the ball, makes contact with the opposition player (his neck even!!) and then gets a red card rescinded because 'he didn't mean it'.  Maybe Dougal had thought it'd make a good annecdote for his night out in Larkhall that he had planned.....

I think the issue is he was sent off for 'violent conduct' when what he actually committed was 'serious foul play'.

Of course both are automatic red cards but the SFA appeal panel decided to ignore this and give him a yellow instead.

Here is a direct quote from the Laws of the Game.

"A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned
as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from
the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with
excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty
of serious foul play.

Advantage should not be applied in situations involving serious foul
play unless there is a clear subsequent opportunity to score a goal.
The referee shall send off the player guilty of serious foul play when
the ball is next out of play."

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lotg_en.pdf

Reminds me of the time the SFA Whistleblower site explained that a penalty had been awarded against Celtic for obstruction in the box. When I pointed out this was actually an indirect free-kick offence, they refused to explain the decision any further.

[Hairydude]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Bougherra should have been put in jail Rod you are correct!

[Hairydude]

Excuses at the ready everyone!!!

[cambo]

Unbelievable, Mulgrew gets downgraded to a yellow. Sent off for violent conduct which wasn't the case, so how can he get a yellow? Boughera equally bafflingly gets his down to a yellow?

Seems Rangers players assualting Dons keepers is just seen as acceptable now, there's certainly enough precedent!
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=279&newsID=4661

Mulgrew, even without making contact should/would have got a yellow, so that decision makes sense.

Bougherra is the only occaisson I've ever seen where a player puts his foot, studs up, over the ball, makes contact with the opposition player (his neck even!!) and then gets a red card rescinded because 'he didn't mean it'.  Maybe Dougal had thought it'd make a good annecdote for his night out in Larkhall that he had planned.....

I think the issue is he was sent off for 'violent conduct' when what he actually committed was 'serious foul play'.

Of course both are automatic red cards but the SFA appeal panel decided to ignore this and give him a yellow instead.

Here is a direct quote from the Laws of the Game.

"A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned
as serious foul play.

Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from
the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with
excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty
of serious foul play.

Advantage should not be applied in situations involving serious foul
play unless there is a clear subsequent opportunity to score a goal.
The referee shall send off the player guilty of serious foul play when
the ball is next out of play."

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/federation/81/42/36/lotg_en.pdf

Reminds me of the time the SFA Whistleblower site explained that a penalty had been awarded against Celtic for obstruction in the box. When I pointed out this was actually an indirect free-kick offence, they refused to explain the decision any further.

tl;dr

but as for the picture, i think it proves without doubt that langfield clearly and callously head-butted majid "yassssss, playing in the title party at tannadice" bougherra's foot

[celtic]

lol @ cambo and headbutting the foot

I think the picture of the bougherra tackle paints a false picture. Fk me i don't like rangers and don't them to win a thing, but lets be honest here, it's never a red card. As for Lafferty, he is a donkey, a 2 game ban is ok, in fact the less the better. Prefer him in the Rangers team than out of it.

Sunday should be interesting, early goal from Celtic will make it even better!

[cambo]

lol @ cambo and headbutting the foot

I think the picture of the bougherra tackle paints a false picture. Fk me i don't like rangers and don't them to win a thing, but lets be honest here, it's never a red card. As for Lafferty, he is a donkey, a 2 game ban is ok, in fact the less the better. Prefer him in the Rangers team than out of it.

Sunday should be interesting, early goal from Celtic will make it even better!

the tic-cave have issued a short statement:

"its a sad day that we have had to expel one of our own, but the fact is that member 'celtic' has brought the tic-cave into disrepute with his understanding and reasonable posts. member 'celtic' will receive a 2 match ban with a further 4 matches suspended sentence if he does not show anti-rangers sentiments in every post. furthermore the tic-cave would like to congratulate member 'div' who this week will receive the tic-cave player of the year award for services to the cave"

[celtic]

lol @ cambo and headbutting the foot

I think the picture of the bougherra tackle paints a false picture. Fk me i don't like rangers and don't them to win a thing, but lets be honest here, it's never a red card. As for Lafferty, he is a donkey, a 2 game ban is ok, in fact the less the better. Prefer him in the Rangers team than out of it.

Sunday should be interesting, early goal from Celtic will make it even better!

the tic-cave have issued a short statement:

"its a sad day that we have had to expel one of our own, but the fact is that member 'celtic' has brought the tic-cave a into disrepute with his understanding and reasonable posts. member 'celtic' will receive a 2 match ban with a further 4 matches suspended sentence if he does not show anti-rangers sentiments in every post. furthermore the tic-cave would like to congratulate member 'div' who this week will receive the tic-cave player of the year award for services to the cave"

 

[Div]

Celtic fans have minds and opinions of their own Cambo. Get used to it.

fwiw if the unlikely happens and Rangers lose the league on Sunday, I'll no doubt be on here to poke a little bit of fun at you, just the same as I did last season after the UEFA Cup riots and Celtic winning the league, but I won't be celebrating too hard.

I consider this entire season to be a terrible one for Celtic regardless of whether we win the league or not. The board screwed it up in both transfer windows, the manager screwed up his recruitment policy and tactics/selections on numerous occasions, and a lot of the players would do well to spend less time in the boozer or whining to the media, and more time on the practise ground or in the gym.

Celtic and Rangers are both rank rotten at the moment. The sad thing from a Celtic perspective is that Rangers are rotten because they have to be (they are basically bankrupt); Celtic are rotten because they choose to be (the board strategy is to aim to be just a tiny bit better than Rangers).

[cambo]

I consider this entire season to be a terrible one for Celtic regardless of whether we win the league or not.

nonsense

the league cup is an awesome achievement for the bhoys

[celtic]

I consider this entire season to be a terrible one for Celtic regardless of whether we win the league or not.

nonsense

the league cup is an awesome achievement for the bhoys

nah, we beat a shit team so meaningless really

[cambo]

you dont mean that, ur just trying to avoid the extra suspension

[celtic]

you dont mean that, ur just trying to avoid the extra suspension

rumbled lol.

As a Rangers fan Cambo, you confident of going to Tannadice and getting the win?