A few more thoughts

[John Findlay]

In my sabbatical. Although away from Kickback I was not hiding from all things Scottish football.

 

A) One thing that riled me greatly was when that pulitzer winning journalist

Keith Jackson of the Daily Record wanted an investigation into UEFA and

the way they allot referees for European qualifying games. Keith was

most unhappy at the performance of the Spanish referee in the

Scotland v Italy game. Mr Jackson was convinced that the referee

was corrupt. This baffled me as the said Mr Jackson goes very quiet

when the question is raised as to whether there are corrupt referees

in the Scottish game. He is of the few that like McVicar they are

whiter than white. My personal opinion of Mr Jackson is simple.

He never puts an opinion in print until he has had it cleared by a

certain Mr David Murray of Ibrox park/stadium. If there is a bigger

Murray stool pidgeon in Scottish sports journalism then I have not

read an article by them yet. Mr Jackson help clean up our own back

garden first before you try to clean everyone elses.

 

The death of Phil O'Donnell: A tragedy for the guy his family and friends.

However once again I personally felt the the west driven Scottish media

went over the top and the postponment of certain games was totally

un-merited. Phil was a good honest pro not an outstanding footballer but

he did play for one of the gruesome twosome so got far more column

inches than he should have. If he had only ever played for

Motherwell then the column inches would have been a lot less.

I still think only lip service was paid to the club that produced the

best memory to Phil. The Hearts v Motherwell programme for the

Scottish Cup tie.

 

C) Stevie Frail: Is he the man to take Hearts further. Personally the

jury is still out for me. However I do believe he is taking a lot of

un-merited stick and I believe he handled the situation with the

alleged Hearts supporter spot-on yesterday. He was prepared to

take the time after the game to speak personally with the guy.

what's wrong with that. You really are damned if you do and

damned if you dont.

 

D) Rafael Benitez: A perfect example of how supporters have changed(for

the worst in my opinion) over the years. Many are calling for his head

because he has not won the premiership. The late great Bill Shankly

never won any trophy between 1967-1972 but, if any

Liverpool supporter had called for his sacking he/she would

have been lynched. Quite rightly too.

 

 

 

 

John

[bigman]

John,

 

Good to see you back. Always enjoy reading your posts and this one is no exception.

 

Spot on IMHO

 

 

Bigman