Originally Posted by
FahyForever
I enjoyed the match yesterday but felt it was impaired considerably by an absolute shocking performance from the referee. He gave at least four blatantly incorrect offside decisions against Fahy, two of which were about 3-4 yards on, with only the keeper to beat. I was level with the last line for both of them and they were truly incomprehensible calls. Also, shouting ´shut your mouth, shut it!´to a player is not appropriate either. It felt like an ironic twist of faith when Celtic got their second, with minutes to go, from a patently offside position.
That´s not Celtic´s fault of course, I thought they did well, considering they´ve lost Torphy and Fallon in the last few weeks. They had a nice blend of youth and experience yesterday and played some good football. However, I found one element of the match disconcerting, as I have every time we´ve played Celtic B for the last five years: having to hear the word ´nigger´being shouted sporadically at full volume throughout the game, by both the man whose nickname it is and the fans. Now I know it´s not intended as racism, but I think it´s time to put this one to bed. I saw lots of young kids running around at the match, overhearing one of the most hateful words available being shouted out. Would it be accaptable if people were running around roaring ´chink´or ´paki´ or ´faggot´on a field in Mayo on a Sunday afternoon?
The man in question has been a stalwart in the celtic defence, organising them and inspiring them for years now. He was even on hand to give some help to one of our players when he cramped up towards the end of the game! I´m sure, like everyone else with a nickname, he didn´t pick it himself, but I think he should send a message out to the younger players in what is an ethnically-diverse club, that it should stay where it assuredly belongs - in the past.
Well done to Straide and Foxford in lifting the title, they fully deserve it. Hoping they can do the Premier League proud in the final against Snugboro!
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