It might be the international break, but the Celtic VAR chat continues this morning as the fallout of Crawford Allan’s departure from the SFA goes on.
No sooner had Celtic got themselves lawyered up to defend Brendan Rodgers from an SFA charge, Allan jumped ship leaving the SFA in the sh…
But with Rodgers’ date with SFA destiny approaching, it seems like Dermot Desmond is certainly taking a hands-on approach towards the national association.
That’s according to Phil Mac Ghiolla Bhain. The respected Irish blogger has claimed that Desmond now has the numbers behind the amount of patterns of assistance the Ibrox club gets and he’s about to confront the Hampden suits with them.
Dermot Desmond investigates the SFA officials
In his latest blog, Phil said, “Sadly for the chaps at Hampden, I’m told Mr Desmond has the numbers crunched by an outside agency that looked into key match-day decisions over a long period of time.
“The deep dive informed him that the same inexplicable errors seem to be recurring to the benefit of one particular franchise in the SPFL.
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“My information is that he has a handle on the issue as he can see the numbers.”
It’s about time Celtic made a move against the SFA. And if Phil is correct, this is the biggest confrontation the board have made against them since Fergus McCann took on Jim Farry over Jorge Cadete’s registration scandal back in 1998.
And we all know what happened there. The Celtic fans will be watching this closely. We have held a deep suspicion of the SFA for years now which was fuelled by the Farry debacle.
With just over a week to Rodgers‘ hearing, have the SFA bitten off more than they can chew? We won’t have long to find to find out the outcome.
