I was actually hopeful, Imatim. DD was involved apparently. There was a dossier with 3 seasons worth of data, showing that there was a certain pattern when it comes to how matches are officiated. It wasn't some random pattern that evened itself out over the season. I thought Celtic were using this mock trial to finally expose the incompetence/cheating/corruption (insert own word).
I would have been happy for BR to take the ban...fuck it...I wouldn't have cared if they had stopped him even showing up at Ibrox. I would have been happy for our manager to die on that alter if I meant we were blowing the whole fucking operation open.
But no....our manager receives a ban. Our board go silent. No fireworks. No dossier. No exposure of (insert word).
The usuall shite!! And Celtic will send their favourite media lackies out to tell us it's a win.
Gary made some good points when he said something along the lines of the SFA handed up Crawford Allan to us as an appeasement and I think he got the 1 game ban for BR right as well.
So, Allan was reported as going before the SFA hearing, so it’s most likely we knew BR was going to get the 1 game ban as well.
That being the case, what we probably witnessed was all smoke and mirrors. Our custodians had little intention of pursuing the real issue of Beaton either being incompetent or a blatant cheat.
Our custodians knew the Support was livid so they had to be seen to do something. That something was to do a deal that did nothing to address the major issue re the incompetency, or worse, of Beaton.
The outcome:
Allan will eventually be replaced with someone just as pro hun and anti Celtic. Where is any win here?
Brendan Rodgers was found guilty and banned for speaking the truth. That’s right, banned for speaking the truth, and our custodians accepted this. Make of that what you will. Where is any win here?
Beaton fucked us over again, and potentially could cost us circa £50M as a result of his nefarious actions, and our custodians didn’t pursue him when there is irrefutable physical and statistical historical evidence available to support the accusations against him. Truly unbelievable. Mibbery must be creaming themselves. Where is any win here?
By doing nothing to address the pertinent issue - the incompetency/cheating/corruption of brother Beaton, our custodians have given the MIB and their ilk, licence to continue unhindered on their cheating ways, and thrown Brendan Rodgers and the Support under a bus. Where is any win here?
