“Where was your commentary after the derby game at Ibrox?” – Celtic fans rinse Chris McLaughlin’s ‘tougher sanctions’ tweet

As night follows day, we wee action being taken as soon as any harm comes to the Rangers fans.

Now let me just start off by saying this. No one should go to a match and fear assault. I do not condone any kind of violence towards any football fan.

And if wrongdoing is found to be done on Sunday, then those fans responsible should be held to account. Regardless what strip they wear.

And therein lies the issue. The silence from the media men about punishments when broken bottles made it onto the Ibrox pitch was deafening.

Sure, they all condemned it, but talk of punishments being dished out to the Ibrox club? Not. A. Sausage.

Until it happens at Celtic Park. Now it’s all ‘tougher sanctions’ from certain factions of the media:

Clubs in Scotland could vote to impose tougher sanctions for disorder inside stadia. The SFA could lead on this, also. There appears little appetite for a change to the rules. If the clubs want to get tough on it, the power is in their own hands.

— Chris McLaughlin (@BBCchrismclaug) May 1, 2022

And you know what? I’m all for it. I’m all for clubs being punished for failing to control their fans behaviour because I could name another SPFL club that would be in deep sh*t along with Rangers if this happened. A certain club from Edinburgh to be exact. Not Hibs.

But balance and fairness should always be applied to reporting from a national broadcaster and there was none of this talk when it was Rangers fans guilty of bottle throwing.

And yet, the enquiry hasn’t even been concluded yet and McLaughlin is here talking sanctions to our club.

Couldn’t mark his neck with a blow torch:

still waiting on a public apology for their behaviour at that game

— Cluster One (@ClusterOne2) May 1, 2022

😂😂😂😂 pretty quiet few weeks ago Chris eh son 😂 it was your lot that throw the stuff at us and got it back lol 😂

— marc cairney (@CairneyMarc) May 1, 2022

Nope. The authorities permit it. City centre wrecked twice, serving police officer part of the rioters group. Threats of a riot if not allowed to march around town. The source of sectarianism and bigotry is known and it’s permitted to happen.

— Michael Dickson (@mdickson121) May 1, 2022

Don’t remember seeing you tweeting about this after the Ibrox game Chris? 🤔

— ☘️Vital Celtic News☘️ (@VitalCelticNews) May 2, 2022

Not forgetting certain BT pundits being advised not to attend a home match at Ibrox for their own safety…open your eyes and for once speak the truth @BBCchrismclaug

— Ian@GREENANDWHITE 1 (@GREENANDWHITE1) May 1, 2022

And now for that pesky thing called ‘evidence’:

https://t.co/SrsKkv8ftY

— Tim Mc Avoy (@TimMcAvoy1) May 1, 2022