Funny thing about Gollum the other night, the commentator said after he booked someone, he will be getting more cards this week as its his 42nd birthday.
42 ffs he must have had a bloody rough paper round as a boy.
Anyhoo Broonie was a straight red imho, but we have all seen these things ignored or missed by every official at the time, twice without trying hard I can think of punches to the face Broonie has received and no action taken, its the inconsistency that drives us nuts, get VAR in, its not perfect but its better than a hun with a whistle and white stick.
I was pretty sure that Gollum was hundreds of years old! Can you imagine him as your paperboy? He be delivering you the People's Friend instead of your desperately needed new copy of Razzle!
Wen the Broonie incident first happened, I was following CalMac as he was breaking up the pitch and vaguely saw the guy collapse in a heap. I had assumed he had slipped on the dangerous surface and must have done his knee ligaments the way Gollum went sprinting across. I couldn't believe it when he pulled out a red but when I saw the look on Broonie's face I realised he had done something naughty and had been caught out.
Watching the replay Broonie obviously got the arses with the guy because he tugged him back a few times and he decided to bodycheck him "show this cheeky young upstart just who was boss". He then swung round and I thought there was minimal contact on the boy's face and he made a meal of it, but watching it again I thought - no, you did hit him there.
Did I think he deliberately tried to slap him in the coupon - no!
Did I think he was reckless and hit the guy with a raised arm - yes!
Was it worthy of a red card - probably yes!
Do I think Morelos or another sevco player would have seen straight red for the same offence with the same ref - probably no!
Do I think the situation was entirely avoidable and stupid and should not have been initiated by Broonie - defintely yes!
That was not the time or place for our very very very experienced captain to essentially throw away any chance of salvaging a much-needed win from another shite performance just so he could show a young buck just who the big boss man was. He must have realised by now that he can't pull idiotic stunts like that - that phase of play was over, he had won it and Celtic were on the attack thanks to his determined play.