All the talk from now until the 1st May will be about Bobby Madden and his performance in Sundays Glasgow Derby.
It was awful.
Of that there is no doubt.
But just how awful was it?
This video taken from Wyscout shows just how bad a refereeing performance that was and it only looked at one players tackles.
John Lundstram
The midfielder got away with murder in full view of the the referee and if anyone was in any doubt as to just how bad Madden’s officiating was on Sunday, have a watch of this:
Really is something else. No obstructed view. Right in front of the referee. Four fouls. No action taken.
And whilst the Celtic fans listen to pundits and experts telling us all that the referee had no bearing on the result (which is true) he certainly had a bearing on how the game flowed.
And it wasn’t a good one:
Typical. Every club in Scottish Premiership have to put up with it when he’s on their team. It’s so blatant he doesn’t even hide it because Who is going to say anything? Celtic, The Referee’s Board, The SFA? Deal with it VAR won’t make any difference because he will just refuse.
— Stev3n (@Stev3n60338664) April 19, 2022
The refereeing in Scotland is absolutely atrocious.
— Joe🇮🇪 (@joem1967_) April 18, 2022
Hunbelievable really, called out all day on tv, not even hiding it
— Jamiebhoy1888 (@jimbob7833) April 18, 2022
Worse than I thought when I watched it live. Madden played a howler man 🤦♂️
— Ryan connor (@RyanConnor67) April 18, 2022
A man with zero ability just kicks folk and got away with it. Unreal from madden
— pato_5 (@LiamPatterson25) April 19, 2022
And Madden stood beside and watched every tackle… Celtic Board not even a whimper disgraceful
— William Milligan (@DubaiHoops) April 18, 2022
The shame of premier refs in Scotland 🏴 the sfa have no balls to address the horrible decisions made by these old bigot refs who take charge of these matches and the ref who was seen celebrating in the fans bar after a derby game embarrassing scenes nothing done
— GaryLivingstone (@livingstone384) April 18, 2022
