Steven McLean should never referee a game again, this is crazy viewing
Unreal spot by VAR which is blatantly ignored by him even after being sent to the monitor??
Absolutely wild decision never mind when you know what an extra 2 points would’ve done for Hearts.
@AroundTheFunnel Doesnt deserve to get any credit or thanks. Absolute shambles from the club and him. Someone needs to own up to allowed this... Del? Jones? McKinlay. Someone has to stand up and speak. Show a set of balls for once instead of behind a statement. Once again Hearts fans screwed over
@GraemeMcV@sked21@Sam_LWR@Hertz_1874 Nope. Flying off to his his villa tomorrow. Into hidden goes the full club. Loved a statement the other week but now we want to hear from the club and the go into there shell.
I won’t hold any grudges against Shankland for joining Rangers and massively increasing his salary, good luck to him, he served us well.
My disappointment is his lack of addressing the aftermath at Parkhead as our club captain. Silence from him and @JamTarts has been deafening.
One thing @JamTarts better open there mouth soon about this. Statement for anything but just shat the bed and let our best player go without a fight. Just when we thought we were moving forward. 10 steps back the way. Step up now @The_FOH
@MarkDun02999964@HeartsStandard_@sked21 Yeah heard that too but surly thats not a direct striker replacement. Not sure you will find a direct replacement but finding someone with shanks level of play is going prove difficult. Time will tell and i guess time will be the healer too 🤣
Shankland Leaving hurts more than losing the league last week. You have let the fans down @JamTarts full leaders gone from the team.
Trust the process you say... cannot trust anything when you let this happen. Fans backed the team all season and now the club let this happen. 🐀
Absolute shambolic from @JamTarts to allow this shankland nonsense to happen. Every single one of the people that allowed this to happen should leave. What a fucking mess. Raging doesnt even cut it. Can i return my season tickets 🤣
🚨🎙️Thierry Henry on why Celtic’s goal should have been ruled out as offside and Hearts have a case for a 3-0 forfeit, applies the laws of the game to it:
“Football laws are supposed to be based on consistency, not emotion. And when you actually break this game down properly, there are two enormous controversies that, in my opinion, completely changed the outcome of the title race and the SPFL just let it happen.
First, that Maeda ‘goal’ that made it 2-1? It should never have stood. Law 11 is crystal clear: Offside is judged at the moment the ball is played by a teammate. The scorer was offside when the initial pass went in, lurking in an illegal position for a good 3 seconds, gaining a massive positional advantage. Then he benefits from it and pokes it home. That’s gaining an advantage from an offside position, textbook offence. VAR drew their lines on the ‘second pass’ and said ‘onside,’ but that’s gaslighting. The player carried the illegal head-start straight into the goal. They hand Celtic the title momentum. Disgraceful.
Then comes the real scandal. Osmand bangs in the third with 30+ seconds left, game has to restart. Kick-off, more time to be played. Instead? Thousands of Celtic fans storm the pitch. Hearts players assaulted, shoved, punched, chased. Lawrence Shankland and others physically attacked. Chaos. No proper restart. Game abandoned due to home fans’ violence.
Law 5,The Referee: Full authority to abandon for outside interference. When one side’s supporters prevent the match from finishing and assault the opposition? Forfeit. Precedents exist, teams have been handed 3-0 losses for far less pitch invasions. SPFL/SFA competition rules allow awarding the match to the innocent team. Hearts players had to be escorted out for safety. The game was never completed fairly.
look at Slavia Prague recently getting a forfeit 3-0 loss for a similar pitch invasion in their derby. Fans storm, game can’t finish? Opponents get the win. Simple.
That’s why this game will always leave a stain on the title race for a lot of people. A controversial offside interpretation followed by a match that technically never reached its proper sporting conclusion because of crowd interference. And somehow Celtic come away with the league-winning result untouched.
Football rules are either applied equally or they mean nothing.”