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SFA whitewash for Kilmarnock boot boys

Online Niel November 16, 2024

The SFA have officially whitewashed the brutality allowed and encouraged by Nick Walsh and Don Robertson against Celtic by Kilmarnock.

Joe Wright set the tone in the 11th minute with a deliberate elbow to Adam Idah, with the points in hand Liam Donnelly failed in a double attack on Kasper Schmeichel with Fraser Murray joining in with a shot to the neck of Tony Ralston .

All three tackles resulted in yellow cards for Walsh, with his VAR colleague Don Robertson calling for no further action giving SPFL-licensed players the chance to do the same throughout the season.

Only if your name is Yang Hyun-jun.

In a symbolic sign of accountability, the SFA has authorized the release of a key match incident covering Premiership matches.

Little is known about the selection criteria used, but two bookings have been reviewed since Sunday’s match at Rugby Park with predictable results.

Elbowing an opponent in the face is correctly a yellow card, all five panelists agreed that the decision on Wright was correct.

There was a split verdict, 3-2, which ruled Reo Hatate’s cards a mistake, with most feeling the foul should have been reviewed and turned into a red card.

This week’s KPI PDF from SFA claim:

The panel discussed this decision at length, with a majority (3:2) finding the decision on the ground to be incorrect. The majority (3:2) felt that the VAR should have intervened and recommended an OFR for a red card to be awarded as they felt the challenge endangered the opponent’s safety. Two members of the panel highlighted that they did not think the potential foul was clear and obvious enough for the VAR to get involved and a warning was enough.

This decision was exactly what the legacy media called for this afternoon, no comment on the Donnelly and Murray incidents being sidestepped with the message being sent that Celtic and Hatate were favoured.

Following the events of July 2012, the SFA know there will be no word of complaint from Celtic, if levels of social media angst reach a certain level, the ‘surprised and disappointed’ statement template is refreshed, followed by a zero follow up from Michael. Nicholson.