Dermot Gallagher shows up Dougal

You all know by know that WeKnowSFA highly respects Stuart Dougal and eagerly await his column every week.

Oh wait, no we don’t, he is an arse of a human being and an auditor of any note would take a look at his columns and see he was unfit for duty, if not a little unhinged.

Another day, another dollar for Dougal with his witterings:

So let’s start with the big one, Brown’s red card. When I first saw it I felt it was two players coming together and, to be honest, it was all a bit of handbags. Then Kyle Lafferty went down and I did find myself thinking “not again”. But Brown put his head towards Lafferty in a butting motion. That’s violent conduct. That’s a red card.

It doesn’t matter whether Brown struck him in the face or not – in fact he didn’t. He pushed his head towards an opponent and that is giving any referee a decision to make. It was an illegal action and therefore had to go.

Celtic fans felt it was harsh and that a booking was all their player deserved. But what I would say is that Celtic supporters should look at Brown who was wearing the captain’s armband. What was he thinking about?

So another dig at a player and an overlooking of Kyle Lafferty’s role in all of this, all in a mornings work for Dougal.

However, with regards to Brown, should it have been a red card? Was Dougal right in his assertion?

He should know more than us, after all, we were never a grade one referee. Grade A rocket we wouldn’t argue with but never a grade one ref.

Dermot Gallagher was though and he had a few choice things to say about the red card award to Scott Brown. And no offence but Dermot Gallagher’s opinion carries a lot more weight than Stuart Dougal’s ever would.

Video footage of Gallagher’s appearance on Sky Sports News (sorry guys, no Georgie, Millie or Charlotte close-ups involved) can be found here:

Gallagher is adamant that it was not worth a red card and that the appeal should be successful. That remains to be seen.

Another thing that Gallagher talked about (not on video) was of the great game that Mike Dean had during the Chelsea versus Manchester City game and he was spot on. That was a tremendous refereeing performance throughout the 90 minutes in a match which had a lot of baggage surrounding it.

Oh to see a refereeing performance like that in Scotland….or at least hear the opinion of an ex-referee without an agenda, the sort of thing that will never happen here.

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