‘Reeks of contempt’ – What the SFA did this week was a ‘two-finger’ salute to Celtic

The SFA have been accused of many things over the years. In fact, they have also been found out doing things against Celtic that have cost people their jobs.

We all remember the Jim Farry/Jorge Cadete scandal where Farry withheld the Portuguese striker’s registration papers at the SFA so he wasn’t available for a Rangers game.

We also remember the sectarian emails sent by Hugh Dallas that cost him his job with the National Association as well.

So it is little wonder the Celtic fans look at the SFA with a suspicious eye. And it is also the reason why the latest SFA announcement has been roundly criticised by the Celtic supporters.

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The decision to appoint Don Robertson as Celtic’s match referee against Livingston was utterly bizarre considering Brendan Rodgers was up for a misconduct charge involving the referee.

We obviously all know the result of that but the SFA’s decision to announce Robertson’s appointment has been vehemently criticised by Paul John Dykes on A Celtic State of Mind.

Arrogant SFA look at Celtic with ‘contempt’

Dykes said (A Celtic State of Mind), “If you’re trying to be balanced about it, you’ve got the arrogance of making that decision as a two-finger to Celtic.

“They’ve got to look at the situation and say how can we protect our staff? How can we protect the refs that have already been under intense scrutiny?

“Even more so since the introduction of VAR. And when you’ve got whatever is going to happen tomorrow [at the SFA hearing], hanging on over Sunday and you’re putting the same ref in, I think it just absolutely reeks of contempt.”

It really was a remarkable decision by someone at the SFA to do this. Either it was stupidity, incompetence or both.

On what planet would anyone think this was a good idea? And when you think about how Rangers got Willie Collum removed from officiating their games for almost a year…