JamboAl Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Tomorrow's ref is Willie Collum who is a teacher at Cardinal Newman High School and lives in the Motherwell area. This is surely a bad appointment especially if we score a goal which Willie doesn't see and Motherwell go straight upfield and score like happened with Celtic. Maybe the SFA are allowing him to come through in the team bus to save on expenses. Surely refereeing appointments should be neutral and be seen to be neutral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 He's more likely to be an old firm fan to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 We got an Edinburgh ref at Dens in 86. As a result a stone wall penalty to us was not given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locky Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I always thought Collum was a mhank. Or am I being judgemental because he is Catholic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 He's a massive Celtic man. Absolutely Hoops daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 He's a massive Celtic man. Absolutely Hoops daft. This. I thought it was well known Collum was a Celtic fan. Obviously not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 To be fair, they're all piss poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 This. I thought it was well known Collum was a Celtic fan. Obviously not. Even if my mate hadn't confirmed it when he worked in Cardinal Newman as a student, surely to **** you only need to look at the boy's face to ken he's Celtic daft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groot Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 No top lip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebeto Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 This is exactly the sort of paranoia that is killing scottish football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 He is a bellend though, no matter who he supports!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC-1874 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 To be fair, they're all piss poor. This ! I still don't understand how we can't have foreign refs? It not like there's not enough money going into football (entire sport) itself. Make it so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby1973 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Collum's a st mirren fan. If he produces the same performance as he did in the derby we're for a long afternoon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Meldrew Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 This. I thought it was well known Collum was a Celtic fan. Obviously not. If this is true, aren't we the ones likely to get the breaks, given that Motherwell are a threat to Celtic and we're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 If this is true, aren't we the ones likely to get the breaks, given that Motherwell are a threat to Celtic and we're not. I dunno. I was only pointing out what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivlin Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 We got an Edinburgh ref at Dens in 86. As a result a stone wall penalty to us was not given. Thanks for bring that up!! I was feeling cheery before that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back to 2005 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Sent off Gary Caldwell when we beat the mhanks a few years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brownlee Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 whats his day job...... says it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucky Thompson Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Even if my mate hadn't confirmed it when he worked in Cardinal Newman as a student, surely to **** you only need to look at the boy's face to ken he's Celtic daft Spot on Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibpc Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Tomorrow's ref is Willie Collum who is a teacher at Cardinal Newman High School and lives in the Motherwell area. This is surely a bad appointment especially if we score a goal which Willie doesn't see and Motherwell go straight upfield and score like happened with Celtic. Maybe the SFA are allowing him to come through in the team bus to save on expenses. Surely refereeing appointments should be neutral and be seen to be neutral. After calm reflection on his performance today, from the first minute's corner that never was onwards, he was on that bus. Another GFA ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 This is exactly the sort of paranoia that is killing scottish football Were you at the game today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Thought he wasn't that bad today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 He missed a few handballs by them and one by us. Overall he wasn't too bad. The linesmen though? Can someone tell me what is the point? They never make a decision. They always wait for the ref to make the decision for them. Bobbins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibpc Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Were you at the game today? That's why I made my observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad von Carstein Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 He spoke to Motherwell players while booking ours for similar offences, he was a joke today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCrae Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 could have been a bit more even handed on the yellow cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibpc Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 He spoke to Motherwell players and booked ours for similar offences, he was a joke today. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 He spoke to Motherwell players while booking ours for similar offences, he was a joke today. Like when he spoke to Barr who should've had a yellow? A joke he wasn't.I couldn't argue with any of our yellows, maybe they should've got a couple but overall he was decent.As an above poster said the lino's are pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebeto Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Were you at the game today? Yes home and away always, Why??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Yes home and away always, Why??? I just thought it might sway you a little. The real problem is not necessarily the ref himself but the SFA in making appointments local to one team. It can make an incompetent ref look biased especially when most of the key decisions go the favourable way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambof3tornado Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Motherwell had nearly twice as many fouls yet got no bookings to our 4. That's not incompetence, the ref knew exactly what he was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford City Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Motherwell -13 fouls, no bookings. Hearts - 7 fouls, 4 bookings. As for the linesmen - anyone who has any experience of referees will know that there are certain refs who say to their 'assistants' before the game that they are there for offsides and nothing else, that it is the ref's job to decide fouls (and even throw-ins sometimes). These tend to be the refs who really fancy themselves and want to be the centre of attention. I wonder if Mr Collum comes into this category? Certainly the linesmen looked very reluctant to give anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4marsbars Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 whats his day job...... says it all He's a teacher. Are they naturally anti-Hearts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Thought he should have booked Barr to set a marker. Inconsistent when he let 3 or so of those sorts of tackles go before booking Driver. Otherwise a pretty decent refereeing performance from the Motherwell/Celtic/St Mirren man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4marsbars Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Motherwell -13 fouls, no bookings. Hearts - 7 fouls, 4 bookings. As for the linesmen - anyone who has any experience of referees will know that there are certain refs who say to their 'assistants' before the game that they are there for offsides and nothing else, that it is the ref's job to decide fouls (and even throw-ins sometimes). These tend to be the refs who really fancy themselves and want to be the centre of attention. I wonder if Mr Collum comes into this category? Certainly the linesmen looked very reluctant to give anything. Interesting stats, though I don't think we could complain much about any of the bookings, except Zal, and that on the grounds that if Collum had given Hearts a probable free kick a moment earlier Zal's professional foul wouldn't have happened. Barr was lucky not to be booked. Driver fairly gets the tackles in these days. I do agree that some of the Motherwell fouls weren't much different from the ones that merited Hearts' bookings. The Wheatfield assistant was pretty awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford City Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Interesting stats, though I don't think we could complain much about any of the bookings, except Zal, and that on the grounds that if Collum had given Hearts a probable free kick a moment earlier Zal's professional foul wouldn't have happened. Barr was lucky not to be booked. Driver fairly gets the tackles in these days. I do agree that some of the Motherwell fouls weren't much different from the ones that merited Hearts' bookings. The Wheatfield assistant was pretty awful. And, as I suggested, the failure of the linesmen to take any kind of decisive action may very well stem from the referee. Collum was very inconsistent - booking one player for something, then letting players off for exactly the same offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Buaben Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 He's a teacher. Are they naturally anti-Hearts? Think he means more that he is an RE teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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