Nick Walsh is fast becoming the Ibrokes club's most valuable person on the pitch. He put in another MotM performance on Saturday 8th October 2022 to totally ease the pressure from his beloved bluenoses by gifting them yet another "very soft" penalty. In 22 matches that Walsh has refereed them he has gifted the club whose youth players he is paid to teach 17 penalties!!!
For some unknown reason, the BBC (who love to share tv clips online when their hundits get a chance to stir up controversy if discussing an incident that favoured Celtic) have not posted a link highlighting the terrible refereeing decision to relieve the pressure on sevco - as we saw yesterday, being just 1 up with 20 minutes left is a pecarious position to find yourself in.
Below is a report on the BBC discussion:
Kenny Miller and Stuart Kettlewell both agreed that the penalty Rangers won in the win over St Mirren should not have been given by Nick Walsh.
Antonio Colak, scorer of two in the 4-0 victory, went down just before the half-hour after a near-post challenge from visiting defender Declan Gallagher, with captain James Tavernier scoring down the middle to make it 2-0 after the referee had pointed to the spot.
But the two pundits felt that the decision was harsh because the defender had got the ball before the Croatia international.
Speaking live on BBC Sportscene on Saturday night (8 October, 8.06pm) Kettlewell said: “It’s excellent striker play but for me it’s not a penalty. I think the big defender gets a clean enough touch on the ball.
“Maybe the movement from Colak afterwards, to jump up in the air, has maybe sold the referee in this case. But again, you’ve got to call it as it is. It’s not a penalty, it’s good defending.”
Miller added: “I would love to say it’s a stone waller, but I’d have to say big Declan Gallagher’s definitely got the first touch.
“[He] no doubt got the sole of his foot on that ball so it’s a harsh decision. James Tavernier steps up and he maybe gets a wee bit fortunate.”