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  1. Again, the ref had a perfectly good view of the penalty incident and didn't give it.  So either the ref is useless,  well it is Clancy, or he's too frightened to overrule VAR.

    As for shirt pulling, holding by defenders, that happens every game outside of the penalty box, mostly,  it's the striker getting fouled but referees rarely give a foul. What's the difference with the penalty then?

  2. Have just seen the penalty incident.  Nick Walsh  had a clear view of the incident and didn't deem it worthy of a foul. Indeed,  he played on for a couple of minutes until VAR  pulled him up. 

    My question is then, what did he see on VAR that made him change his mind? In my opinion, nothing but refs are now shit scared to contradict the VAR referee due to the flak they will then get, despite making the correct call initially.  

  3. Dreadful performance from Scotland and a wake up call for several players. It also shows the limos Clarke as a coach. Set up the team wrong, failed to change or adjust formation and substitions made far too late. Plays his favourites as well before giving others a fair crack of the whip.Mctominay isn't a forward despite the goals he scores and was totally wasted tonight. Lone striker totally isolated at all times and so obviously wasn't working.  That Clarke was out maneuvered tactically by Southgate says it all  really.

  4. 34 minutes ago, PB1994 said:

    It’s £20 to watch a normal league game in the North Stand at Caley Park. 

    Not seeing how it’s that much of an issue to pay £15 more to watch us play in a Scottish Cup final.

    Plus using resale sites as examples of ticket prices is just fucking nonsense.

    And how many fans will spend that in the pub watching the game. £45 isn't too bad a price but it is the trave/accommodation costs which bump up the costs for ICT fans. 

  5. 15 minutes ago, AJF said:

    Aye, it’s a foul.

    I think I’ve also said similar on here before, in that I believe there are pressure factors that will influence the decision of a referee in various scenarios that lead to mistakes rather than it being a case of bias.

    Aye, the pressure not to upset the home support than to actually make the correct decision. Beaton should not have been anywhere near this fixture given his well known allegiances and how often he gets this fixture. 

  6. One of the big issues for me is playing each other 4 times a season. It creates a staleness at times that doesn't help the football. 

    I think reconstruction has to be looked at seriously, whether that is 16 or 18 is up for debate. To me that has the potential to make the league more competitive as teams only play the old firm twice so potentially less points dropped and more of a chance of the other teams taking points. Fewer games means less mid week games potentially which should help with costs for clubs. 

    No solution is perfect but we need to get away from the lazy rhetoric about dead rubbers being a reason for not seriously looking at reconstruction and some clubs need to look beyond the old firm dollar for the good of Scottish football. 

  7. 2 hours ago, lennyzer0 said:

    Willie Collum proving that he cares more about not admitting to a mistake than he does about the actual rules of the game. Anyone who thinks the Clark red was a good decision but the Jack one was a yellow has no business being on a football pitch.

    Collum has made more high profile refereeing errors than any other referee yet the SFA still obviously rate him as a referee. Astonishing really but this just shows how, even with VAR how poor our refs are. 

  8. For what its worth, I think Collum thought Clark's tackle was a red card and asked VAR to confirm, which they obviously did. Same with Jack's tackle, VAR thought it was a red card but clown Collum didn't. Both were poor refereeing decisions. Collum is a dreadful referee and given that Nick Walsh was the VAR ref, not exactly a winning combination of good referees. 

     

  9. Game had 0-0 written all over it until that a abomination of a referee gave that penalty.  Quite what Duffy was meant to do with his hand when the ball was headed against him,  I simply do not know.  Every tackle we made either ended in a foul and or caution while Moreton fouled/dived and generally fell down when it suited them. Game totally spoilt by this p***k of a ref. 

    We badly need some steel in the team to stop cheating wee ****s conning the ref. 

  10. 17 hours ago, PauloPerth said:

    We battered Inverness for 60 minutes, whether it was down to our good play, Caley’s poor set up, or a combination of both. 

    We had 24 shots to ICT’s 6.  Our problem was finishing them, not so much creating them. We should have been 4-0 up at HT, 6-0 after an hour!

    Even when you made the subs we were the more dangerous team, soaking up pressure and opening up Inverness on the counter.

    The wrong change by our manager, followed by a refereeing mistake, got Inverness back in the game as much as anything else.  Up until then, Inverness hadn’t looked that close to scoring as far as I recall.

    From thereon, fair play, we panicked and Inverness took control. They were two great goals to level the tie, and Inverness finished the stronger as we didn’t cope well at all.

    Thats why it was such a great night for Inverness. The tie should be dead and buried yet it’s level.  All to play for now, should be a tense battle, feels 50:50 who wins it from here.
    Penalties wouldn’t be the biggest shock in the world.

    For shots to count, they really needed to be on target and most of yours were not. For all your dominance, few clear cut chances created, still think you lack a consisted goal scorer which we do have so its all set up for Monday. 

  11. While St. Johnstone were the better team for 60 odd minutes, other than the 2 goals, Ridgers had only 2 saves to make. They really didn't create many really clear cut chances so don't buy into the scenario that they battered ICT. One of the reasons you dominated was because Dodds totally got his tactics wrong in the first half and seemed incapable of changing things. He gambled at half time and the subs made a difference but it really was when Allardyce came on that the game really changed as we started to dictate the midfield. 

    I think ICT can still go up a gear, can St Johnstone though. Your big problem is creating genuine chances and I can't see that changing. 

  12. I have in the back of my mind that the 3 man appeals panel must reach a unanimous decision to overrule the sending off, does anyone know if that is the case?. 

    My issue with the sending off is the actual position of the referee. He was in the Arbroath half when the incident occurred so there is no way he could be a 100% certain a clear goalscoring opportunity was denied or that a 100% that a clear foul had been committed. If he had given a foul, then perhaps everyone could have lived with that but a sending off..... Secondly, the lineman did not raise his flag at all, he did on several other occasions throughout the match, so he doesn't appear to think there was a foul. Even if Collum had gone to speak to him, and I know they are miked up, it may have helped but Collum had the red card out straight away. As I have said, there is absolutely no way he could be a 100% certain on this but from the outset didn't think the panel would have the balls to overturn this decision. 

    If a similar situation happens in the cup final on Saturday, and Collum doesn't send off the defender, it should come as no surprise. 

  13. 1 hour ago, farflung lichtie said:

    Whattt? ICT barely crossed the halfway line in two of the halves (of the 4 in the two ties so dwe saw only the most fleeting glances of these silky skills you imply while of course you had the excuse of going a man down so that justified hanging on for penalties - which looked like ICT strategy from the outset.  No team with Broadfoot in it can claim to be a footballing side.  But yes ICT are athletic and physical.  The fact is Arbroath didn’t show composure at key moments, didn’t exploit the player numerical advantage and didn’t get the break of the ball but only one team was actually trying to win that (even when 11 against 11).  Winning the penalty lottery doesn’t really offer a strong platform to claim to be a footballing side.

    I’m relieved our great season is over and won’t bother watching the final due to its probable lack of entertainment value and football talent.

    Absolute nonsense. We certainly didn't play well last night but the wind, in the first half contributed to that for us. Poor play from us to keep punting high balls up to Samuel as they just came straight back at us. Second half we were much better with Mckay on and until the sending off, I think we were starting to get control of the game. Going down to 10 men, then 9 for a while obviously dictated how we played but it says more about Arbroath silky soccer skills that you barely mustered a shot on target or forced a save from our keeper even with a 1/2 man advantage. Your luck ran out last night as it had to at some point and while we will most likely meet again next season, I do hope we beat you convincingly with eleven men. 

  14. 26 minutes ago, stan3600 said:


    Did Jack Hamilton win the ball? Yes. Was he past the defender? Yes. Did the defender put his arms round Hamilton and bring him down? Yes. Was he the last man? Yes. Would VAR have changed the decision? no. I was standing level with it. It was obvious. What’s your problem?

    My problem is that Collum couldn't possibly have seen that from where he was positioned.  Your player wasn't past the defender as both were falling and there is no way he would have got the ball even if he had stayed on his feet, difficult for Arbroath players I know. Irrelevant now as Arbroath were found out for what they were all season, a one trick pony with no ability to play differently. 

  15. 1 hour ago, timlichtie said:

    I was at the game. Didn’t hear Stewart but he’s generally one of the more honest and entertaining pundits.
    Inverness played 120 minutes of ugly anti football. They were lucky to only lose 2 players to red cards. Broadfoot stated post match that they’d been practicing penalties all week. Says it all.

    Only one team played anti football over the two legs and it wasn't ICT. Remember Arbroath trying to get McAlear sent off in the first leg when your player wasn't even touched by him 

     

  16. 24 minutes ago, craigkillie said:


    They wear headsets so I'm sure he did confer with the assistant.

    Even if they did communicate, surely it still would have made sense to go over and speak to the linesman, if for no other reason it would have diffused the situation perhaps. I genuinely don't think they did communicate however as the linesman never flagged at all over the incident and was still running towards the corner flag. Collum guessed at his decision and got it badly wrong. 

  17. 1 hour ago, Otis Blue said:

    Wasn't the "classic" that BBC described it - ie little in the way of free flowing football with defences on top and neither side having the guile to create quality chances. But it certainly had drama due to the importance of the game, the effort and endeavour of the teams, the odd decisions and how Caley coped in the face of adversity. It was written in the stars that it would go to penalties and Caley would win it.

    I know Collum is a favourite hate figure for fans but I could easily see how he gave the first red - particularly in real time and from a distance (the defender fell and in falling his arms did go round Hamilton's waist, even if unintentionally). With the benefit of 6 replays which the viewers had he probably wouldn't have shown red. The second red was just a fair and hard tackle though and Collum didn't have the excuse of being distant.

    Commiserations to Arbroath for cheering up a poor season, but that's fitba folks - it ain't a perfect world.

    I don't think the sendings off can be defended at all. Collum was still in the Arbroath half for the first one so how could he be a 100%sure it was a sending off. Linesman was still running towards the corner flag and wasn't raising his flag for a foul yey was much closer to the incident. Collum guessed this decision, pure and simple which is unacceptable. 

    For the second sending off, Collum has a perfect view of the incident, doesn't blow for a foul immediately and then decides, on the Arbroath player's reaction, not for the first time, to blow for a foul, book Duffy and send him off. Duffy clearly got the ball and didn't foul Linn. Michael Stewart was spot on in his reaction. 

    Would Collum have made the same decisions in an old firm game, off course not. 

  18. 10 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:
    10 hours ago, itzdrk said:
    Hard not to feel sorry for Arbroath not doing it after such a good season.  But when they shat it against Kilmarnock they lost my sympathy and I'm more interested in a good away day for me than them enjoying themselves.  Arbroath is one, Inverness is not. 
    When they didn't manage to create a chance against 9 men the first time it was pretty obvious what was going to happen.  
    Didn't think the first red was one but I was surprised by the reaction on twitter to the second, looked like he was out of control so surprised it was only a yellow. 
    Id like rid of Inverness but can't see them troubling St Johnstone (nor would Arbroath) so likely all pointless endeavour.  

    Michael Stewart's reaction to the Duffy red card was just hysterical over the top pish.

     

  19. 7 hours ago, sophia said:

    Face facts Sandy, you've joined with the mob on a nowhere road.

    It's time to lay down your pitchfork, perhaps also your ego, and throw your wholehearted support behind our team

    You need to face facts to Sophia. It was obvious that the system we were playing, with two wide men, wasn't working but Dodds didn't change the system. He changes it against Arbroath and we win and are still undefeated since we made the change. Now if only the manager had made the change sooner... 

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