Like the CEO of Celtic, Michael Nicholson, Maxwell has neither the personality, presence of character for his job but enjoys an Executive salary and trimmings for a job way beyond his ability.
The SFA have given further endorsement to the relationship between Kris Boyd and Willie Collum.During a recent episode of The Warm Up the small talk between Gordon Duncan and Boyd revealed that phone calls had taken place with the Head of Refereeing over the decision not to give Nicolas Kuhn…
Boyd: How do you know that I haven’t spoken to him?
Duncan: I know that you have spoken to him.
Due to the timeline involved it is likely that Moss had applied for his new job before starting with the SFA, during his brief spell on the Hampden payroll he kept a very low profile with Collum again left to keep the show on the road with his own limited…
There are many obvious conflicts of interest with match officials in Scotland, highlighted by the influence of the Lanarkshire Referee Association which promoted Collum, Beaton and Dallas who were brought up virtually on the doorstep of the two biggest clubs.
The VAR and AVAR agree on that, they imput it, they work with the video operator from Hawkeye, they actually help to input the lines. The VAR will say move the lines left, move the line right to put it in the right position.
But Courier Sport understands Collum is satisfied the Hampden Park referee whistled AFTER the ball crossed the line and not before.
Mohamed Diomanse, as he had done the previous month at Ibrox seemed to have a particular gripe with Reo Hatate, spending the entire match trying to inflict injury on the Celtic midfielder.
As he sees Hatate advance towards goal his opponent is well aware of the threat posed, he slows down his run then drives his elbow into the back of Hatate’s neck bringing the move to an end.
Alan Muir, David Dickinson, Steven McLean and John Beaton are now getting additional appointments with the role of referee, Fourth Official or VAR out of bounds for Collum.