Yang decision is not surprising, but where do we go from here?
Yang yesterday lost his appeal for his red card at Tynecastle on Sunday. The South Korean will now start a two match ban after his red card for ‘serious foul play’ was upheld.
To me it didn’t come as a surprise as there was no chance that it was going to get overturned. Not with the current incompetent shower we have running our game.
Yes it was a decision that could go either way so you can see why he was sent packing, but for it to be judged serious foul play is rather ridiculous. Especially when we have seen similar incidents recently go unpunished.
Yang did go in high with his boot, but there was no intent to hurt anyone, he made a genuine attempt to go for the ball as you can fully see in every angle of the various replays.
The Hearts player in question Alex Cochrane also made the most of it despite not coming into contact with Yangs boot. So for it to be deemed punishable with a two-match ban is ludicrous.
But at the end of the day, the card and suspension will stand. The question is what is the club’s next move? Do they take it further and risk a longer suspension for the player? Or do they just let it slide despite having reasonable grounds for it being successful appealed?
The answer is Celtic can do little more about the red card. But there’s nothing stopping that Celtic supporters participating in an organised protest at Hampden if we beat Livingston this week to reach the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy