Celtic fans were far from impressed by their club’s feeble reaction to Brendan Rodgers being found guilty of a Notice of Complaint and handed a two match touchline ban.
The fact that one match is suspended until the end of the season seems to have been seized on as some sort of victory, meanwhile Don Robertson and John Beaton’s thought process remains a closely guarded secret.
Claims that Celtic were about to finally take on and dismantle the Scottish football establishment can be dismissed as the club statement underlined.
The club didn’t go in ‘all lawyered up’ or delivering the Desmond Dossier, the outcome was the same as one involving Gary Caldwell when he was managing Partick Thistle in 2019.
Following a hearing by the SFA disciplinary panel today, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has been issued with a two-match suspension.
One match is immediate & will apply to this Sunday’s #cinchPrem game against Livingston, while one match is suspended until the end of the season.
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) March 28, 2024
With that statement Celtic are hoping to draw a line under the matter, technically it has but with Don Robertson refereeing Sunday’s match at Livingston it won’t be dropped by supporters.
On Tuesday morning the SFA will announce the officials for the match at Ibrox, Beaton could very well have one of the key roles in that match, as referee or on VAR duty.
Typically fans are left in the dark, no explanation has surfaced for the decisions taken at Tynecastle. There has been no mention of the audio being made available, within four days of the December 30 match at Celtic Park Ibrox CEO James Bisgrove was sitting down with Ian Maxwell and Crawford Allan listening to the audio and having it explained.
Nothing further will be heard to explain the sending off of Yang Hyun-jun and the penalty awarded against Tomoki Iwata.
Going by similar incidents in the past Celtic will send out some detail to their favourite media sources to explain how resolute and strong they were at today’s hearing. Only the gullible will publish it and believe iT.
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Not good enough Celtic. Meek & pathetic.
— Mordecai67 (@MordecaiFly) March 28, 2024
Make a statement as a club on Beaton or your part of the problem
— hugh donnelly (@DonnellyHugh) March 28, 2024
What is beatons punishment?
— Brian Doherty (@B_Doherty_HWFG) March 28, 2024
In the spirit of transparency, when will the minutes of the meeting be released? @ScottishFA
— Mr White (@geedublu) March 28, 2024
Release the audio
— TonyMac (@TonyMac67s) March 28, 2024
The SFA are as corrupt as the Tories and you lot are letting them off the hook,their corruption should be reported .
— Margaret Mckee Wants Indy Now (@margaret8662254) March 28, 2024
They will still give Beaton and Dallas the Rangers game, that will be the SFA’s way of getting back at Celtic and Rodgers!
— StuRam (@Sturam78) March 28, 2024
If we truly believe the referees to be incompetent then we should not be accepting this decision. It should be appealed. The rule that you cannot challenge the competence of officials is perverse and should be changed. They are not infallible and have more technology than ever.
— Margaret (@scripture36) March 28, 2024
You have failed to provide shareholders ,season book holders n Celtic fans worldwide with any update on why Iwata was adjudged to have infringed the handball rule.
SFA blanked you ? Tell us.
If they gave an explanation tell us.
As ah fan you make me feel as if ah don’t matter
— Terry O’Neill (@terryoneill67) March 28, 2024
Spot on,this is the bigger issue
— Craig Salisbury (@Scotcraig833) March 28, 2024
Nothing has changed over decades of neglect. Trophy count and cash in bank mean nothing without ambition. They only care about your bank account to keep their bank account and bonuses topped up.
— Michael (@Mickeybm) March 28, 2024
Unfortunately Terry, in the eyes of the board you dont matter, not a jot. Once you pay your season ticket that is.
— 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩🇵🇸🇾🇪🇦🇷 (@gladamatim76) March 28, 2024
How many times does this Board need to be disappointed before they actually do something. Total waste of space that keeps lining it’s own pockets…
— The Rodfather (@rodfather67) March 28, 2024
