John Beaton booking Joe Hart for time-wasting – let’s hope that he and his fellow referees are consistent when it comes to other keepers playing against Celtic…
Joe Hart was shown a yellow card for time wasting in the dying embers of the game at Dens yesterday, and it had every single Celtic supporter saying exactly the same thing.
We were all united in disbelief that John Beaton decided to brandish the yellow to the Englishman when he and his fellow officials have constantly overlooked the same actions of opposition keepers and outfield players at Celtic Park this season.
If you’ve sat through most games at Paradise this season, you will have witnessed numerous opposition keepers and outfield players committing the same offence on several occasions yet 99 percent of the times they escape any form of punishment. The worst that happens to them is that the referee will point to his wrist to indicate that he’ll be adding time on. But Joe Hart got booked for his second attempt at retrieving the ball from the away support at Dens Park.
Yet Beaton seen it fit to caution the Celtic keeper for doing the same as his fellow opponents. That is quite remarkable and does nothing to help the whistlers case regarding accusations of having an agenda against our club.
I refuse to be a hypocrite and going by the rules of the game Joe was rightly cautioned. But I and the rest of the Celtic supporters wouldn’t mind if it was more consistent and we seen punishments handed out on a regular basis especially at Celtic Park where time wasting is committed as early as the twentieth minute.
When that starts to happen then we can all agree that it’s a good thing. All eyes will now be on officials and their actions regarding time wasting, starting at Celtic Park this Saturday as Celtic look to open up a six points advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
