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HEAVEN help us if Kyogo Furuhashi had missed. Can you imagine the uproar had the Celtic striker blazed his shot over the crossbar at Ibrox last Monday? Drawing 2-2 was bad enough for some Hoops supporters and their media cheerleaders. Had they actually lost to Rangers, we’d be talking about a full-scale meltdown. Ange Postecoglou has even chipped in, claiming everyone would have been up in arms if the spot-kick incident had been at the other end of the pitch. Where has he been this past week, the moon? Because all I’ve heard and listened to is moans and groans about how wronged Celts were. Ange insists he’s only thinking of the teams in danger of being relegated because this could affect them down the line. Sure he is. Let’s get it right. This is just another attempt to keep the Celtic supporters riled into believing the world is against them. Let’s conveniently gloss over the fact the rules of the game state the handball incident with Connor Goldson is never a penalty. Honestly, some of the guff that’s been talked about and written this past week, by people who should know better, has been staggering. But that’s where we’re at. It pays some people’s bills to have a pop at Scotland’s top referees. My big pal Chris Sutton is always blaming someone. Remember how he accused Dunfermline’s players of lying down to Gers on the last day of the 2002-03 season? He wasn’t moaning about penalties as Celtic lost the title when Alan Thompson got one and booted it over the bar at Kilmarnock. Our referees DO make mistakes. They are only human. And there have been times this season when Celtic have been on the wrong end of bad decisions. They were denied a clear penalty against Hearts at Tynecastle for a handball inside the box. But every supporter of every club in the country could point to incidents that have gone against their team. Not every handball is a penalty kick. Not every bit of contact is a foul. But for some, it’s as though it has to be. They say Old Firm whistler John Beaton should have at least gone to the monitor to review the Goldson incident. That the VAR, Willie Collum, should have instructed Beaton to take another look. But that’s not how this piece of technology works. The ref saw the incident in real time and made his decision. VAR is only there to help him if he thinks he’s made a mistake. And going by the rules of the game, which state Goldson is allowed to protect his face when the ball is smashed at him from three yards, it’s NOT a penalty. But then the pundits claiming VAR should have intervened are the same ones who would probably hammer VAR for re-refereeing games and controlling the refs if they stepped in all the time. It’s the outrage that gets me. Andy Walker had an argument with one Celtic fan on radio this week which was staggering. To claim our game is corrupt is baffling beyond belief when you think they have been the dominant team in Scotland over the last decade. Some people get it into their heads that our referees have an allegiance to certain clubs. They seem to forget that a huge percentage of the players who play in Scotland support Celtic. What do they do when they run out at Parkhead, roll over? Of course not. I’m sick and tired of the conspiracy theories that get bandied about by Hoops fans and former players. Do some people genuinely believe the game is rigged? Maybe we should just let Celtic win everything. Our referees would then be able to sleep at night without worrying about some idiot attacking them in the street. Because I genuinely fear that’s where this is all leading. If we’re not careful someone is going to get hurt.

He said that in his last press conference

Beale has already said he doesn't want squad players in, he wants players who will improve the 1st team! what you want and what you get are of course very different as we all know.

Never a hand ball

We beat ourselves today, we were the better team and gave them their goals

Once again we need to take our chance before they equalised

Cracking goal

If we hadn't handed them the goal we would be saying we are the better team, which I actually think we are, but we are way too sloppy with the ball

They are there for the taking, we need to get more into thier faces! we seem nervous

Cheating Beaton has let everything go!!, seems it pays to pressure the refs in the build up to these games

Every thing the BEASTS have got it has came from our slack passing. Morelos with two chances and Kent with one, we need to be taking these chances

Oh dear!!

Rangers 2 - 1 BEASTS Tillman FGS