Scottish Cup Final losers – Always cheated never defeated

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·26 May 2024

Scottish Cup Final losers – Always cheated never defeated

Always cheated never defeated…

Everyone connected to theRangers, whether it be players managers, or supporters, all seem to have the same ready made excuse when they fail to deliver when it matters most. It’s always someone else’s fault. Usually it’s the officials, and after yesterday’s defeat it was unsurprisingly on field referee Nick Walsh who bared the brunt of their frustrations.

Joe Hart is favourite without the push and very nearly gets his finger tips on it WITH the push. Have a pushburger.
– Sunday, 26 May 2024

They claim that the official was wrong to chop off their goal after a VAR review after it was rightly disallowed after a clear push by Nicolas Raskin on Joe Hart. However they also conveniently forget that we were denied the chance of a penalty when a blatant handball by Ben Davies was fully ignored on field and in the VAR room. How it wasn’t even referred for a closer inspection is a mystery.

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Especially when the man on VAR John Beaton decided a lesser offence was deemed a potential penalty in our controversial game at Tynecastle a few months back.

Yes Walsh missed a clear foul OUTSIDE the box by Liam Scales and it was one we were lucky to get away with it. But as it was outside the box John Beaton could not intervene, as that’s how VAR works.

Walsh also harshly penalised Dujon Sterling for a clean challenge on Greg Taylor so we benefited there also, but it wasn’t the whistler’s only mistakes. For example he let Todd Cantwell away with two cautions for the same offence he booked Callum McGregor for, so at least he was consistent in his mistakes.

That is now the fifth time now this campaign theRangers have failed to beat us, and each and every time it’s been the fault of the officials. That’s after FOUR defeats that would have been five without ‘a worldy’ as Brendan Rodgers yesterday described the late equaliser for theRangers in the 3-3 draw at Ibrox in April.

The brutal truth that theRangers supporters, players and coaches don’t want to acknowledge is that Celtic have been by far the better side over the course of the season as four wins a a draw shows compared to their foru defeats, one in a Cup Final, and one draw sort of suggestions.

A lot of noise coming from Ibrox about the officiating being in Celtic’s favour: - Leon Balogun comes clean through Kyogo in the box, takes nothing of the ball. - Ben Davies handles ball in box with outstretched arm, given the rules it’s a handball. Difference is, we still… https://t.co/Qv8K7W2XYZ
– Sunday, 26 May 2024

Initially thought this was a corner to Celtic, but it’s Kyogo that kicks it as Balogun comes through the back of him at the same time he is being held by Davies. Another penalty incident not reviewed.
– Sunday, 26 May 2024

Celtic has the better players, a far more superior manager, and are clearly an all round better side. What’s that old saying theRangers supporters were once fond of saying? Always cheated never defeated….