RYAN CHRISTIE didn’t look too pleased with himself when he scored against Hearts in midweek and when the players were all smiles as the walked around the park to take and give applause tho the supporters, the Highlander was strangely straight faced. Cheer up Ryan for heavens sake, you are playing for a very special team and you’re on the verge of making history. Here’s that photograph, judge for yourselves…
The Celtic Star has been getting one or two things off his chest this week so maybe that will help put a smile back on his face, or maybe it will take a goal today at Pittodrie, a ground he knows very well from his 18 month loan spell up in the North East.
Christie remains unhappy about the facial Scottish FA decision to single him out from the Glasgow Derby match on 29 December and hit him with a three match ban for effectively a nothing challenge. It was crazy enough to Christie that Kevin Clancy reached into his pocket to produce a yellow card for Christie’s block on Alfredo Morelos but it was sheer madness that the SFA and their Louden Tavern retired refereeing threesome were able to review the incident and decide it merited a three match ban.
Christie just thinks it’s bizarre as he recalls what went on. “I’ve heard guys talking about going into these hearings to fight decisions, but I’ve never done it.
“It was very strange, something I’ve never been part of before. It was so serious, it felt like I was in a proper court case — like I was going away to jail if I was found guilty!
“I first heard about my charge when my mate sent me through a screenshot. I thought it was a joke — a wind-up. I couldn’t even remember the incident, I said that to the panel.
“It wasn’t until I watched the footage back that I even realised my hand had gone there. That’s what I said in my defence, as soon as a player goes past you, your first reaction is to try to get your body, or something, between them and the ball. It just so happened my hand went there.
“As soon as the game was done, it wasn’t even a thought. Maybe ten seconds after that tackle it was out of my head.
“He took the ball past me, it was an obvious foul, but it was all very strange when I got called back up.
“It was pretty bizarre to me, and I’ve had plenty of people from 
“But it’s in the past I suppose, and hopefully it’s my last suspension of the season.”
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