Ange Postecoglou has laughed in the face of Mick Beale’s suggestion that a full house of Celtic supporters will influence the decisions of the officials on Saturday.
The latest piece of nonsense from the ex-Queens Park Rangers boss is just another in a long list of nonsensical comments since he brought his wonderful tactical brain and humorous off key remarks back to Scottish football.
Some of the things that have left the newest Ibrox boss’ mouth have varied from the laughable, to the utterly delusional. This latest one is of the laughable and delusional variety as he’s clearly not been watching Scottish football and games involving his club and ours regards officiating and VAR calls.
Since its implementation in the cinch Premiership, Celtic have suffered at the hands of many erroneous decisions by the officials and the VAR technology that is supposed to improve the standard of the game. However, this has been a total myth up here in Soctland, as the standard of officiating is part-time, poor and bias into the bargain.
It’s no surprise that this has come out when Kevin Clancy is the man in the middle of the park, as the Ibrox fanbase and heirarchy have complained about Clancy before, leading to him getting very few of their games. But not to fear, as both John Beaton – who is a supporter of the Ibrox franchise – and that other blue-nose Nick Walsh – will be on hand to help deliberate if Clancy doesn’t play ball.
Beale said of the game and officials this weekend at Celtic Park: “It impacts it because it’s very hostile when you go”, as reported by Football Scotland. “I think the referees are under a huge amount of pressure. Even having just a few fans is better than none, I would say. You’d always rather some fans, even if it was only a small amount. I just think it adds to the flavour of the game and, again, the pressure it puts on the referee if you have a large crowd in favour of one team.”
Ange was asked about this latest piece of theatre by the motor-mouthed Englishman. He replied in usual Ange Postecoglou fashion and couldn’t help but laugh, similar to the time he revealed he thought about what he was having for dinner than his counterpart over the way at the home of Scotland’s Shame. He said: “I don’t stand on it any way. Does that mean 700 supporters would? I don’t understand. Look, I don’t worry about that stuff. What’s important tomorrow is we perform well in front of our supporters, it’ll be a great atmosphere and that’s where our focus lies.”
Paul Gillespie
