As bland and non committal as it is possible to be. An exercise in walking on egg shells. Pandering wholly to the home fans. Those singing the Tina Turner add-ons and being on the pitch.
With all of the cameras available from Sky Sports Dallas was unable to come up with evidence that Scales was offside.
They decided to highlight the issue with a brief aerial clip of seat damage at Ibrox, attributing it to the away fans. No Celtic supporters were in the Copland Road Stand.
Willie Collum is also a product of the Lanarkshire Refereeing Association. Now the Head of Refereeing at the SFA, Collum makes all of the appointments for SPFL Premiership matches. He knows exactly what Andrew and Hugh Dallas are.
Thankfully there is footage that will last forever of the day Celtic won a penalty shoot out at Ibrox in front of 42,000 angry bears.
Only the Ibrox security team will be able to explain why that didn’t happen. Why fans were able to shout abuse and spit at players and coaches.
If Nicholson turns up at Monday’s meeting with the Green Brigade the obvious first question is over whether he can decide to lift the suspension of 250 Season Ticket holders.
That’s not why I didn’t invest, it just wasn’t for me. One of the best nights I had actually. Eddie and I went up to Celtic Park last season during the European Cup.
So over the course of a month, Walsh, Graham, McLean, Beaton, Aitken, Nicolson, McDermid and Irvine have denied Celtic fairly clear cut penalties in tight SPFL matches. Small margins and all that.
Mentality will always be questioned until you start winning things. You know, there’s no point in being the nearly men.