Originally Posted by
irishyop
Have to say some of the sh1te on here at the minute is like something you would see on the tripe sites like football365 forums.
On the Ryder lad, Stevie Ryan was sorry about the challenge, he rang, his apology was accepted, so why the hell can some people not accept this?
The referee was brutal, for both sides. Soft penalty for Celtic from my angle, from another angle I am sure it may have looked like one, obviously from the refs it was.
There was a large number of probable yellow card challenges, again for both sides, some of them could have caused the game to spiral, personally I think the ref was too weak for that game, but thats the way it goes.
On the 50/50 challenge between Stevie Ryan and the keeper, the ball was there to be contested, both players got injured, Stevie Ryan had to go off with a knee injury, did he cause this to himself, I dont think so. So how is he a disgrace?
You might ask your right back about the free kick he was given for tripping over himself, he even laughed about it himself, daft decision against Celtic? Sean McHale got floored twice and tackled from behind, no cards, not even a free on one occassion.
The Gerarthy lad, on 3 occassions he mouthed off across the pitch to the Celtic fans, you wouldnt mind if was actually get abuse from them, but he wasnt!!! Tell me how many footballers spend their time shouting across at oppossing fans? Is he a disgrace?
Ask your other centre half would he have rang Owen Torpey is that elbow he swang at him in the 2nd half had connected?
Dessie O' Malley is fine player, he has proved that over the years, he took his goal well. Fair play to him.
On DK and PB, you may find that in the 1st half PB starting screaming down to DK when the ball screwed off DKs foot.
On the games, it was very good, some nice football played, some mad keeping and some great banter between the fans. 99% of the Westport fans enjoy their football and have a what you might call "hated" respect for Celtic, but at the end of the day it is a respect. Shame that the 1% of muppet fans seem to be on here!!
Let the table at the end of season tell the story.