The problem is that they're SCOTTISH ex-refs. I think an appeal panel comprising ex-refs and/or current refs from outwith Scotland would be far more likely to be genuinely neutral and independent. Scottish ex-refs are more likely to be swayed by their own feelings towards certain clubs and/or certain current refs.
My understanding is that these apeals are done by way of video conference so that should make it possible for the panel to be convened in , say Cardiff , using Welsh refs.
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What about Hampden, when he pulled out the quickest red card in football history to reward Hoopers diving?
Fair point on both red cards albeit another example of Considine being too slow and we were generally rubbish that night in Inverness. But in fairness to WC what about the soft penalty we got against Killie (Madison and their keeper), the soft red card for Kinghorn for Hearts at Pittodrie but the best of all when he red carded the rat at Pittodrie last season and turned down his appeal. Not sure I can think of many games when we have had favourable decisions from Thomson, McLean or Dallas.
I'm not saying he's a good ref but just goes to show how bad and biased they all are when I think of Collum as one of the better ones
Collum is one of the worst, most biased referrees I have ever come across.
That's saying something, but his big difference is that he's a Tim not a Hun.
Dallas represents the new generation, god help us.
He is so s'hite he's not good enough to be the jannie taking charge of a primary school game.
My memory goes back a bit, I even remember Tiny Wharton but if you were going to push me on it, I would say the most biased referee I ever ever saw was Ian Foote.
Who was the ref back in the late 60s, home game v Sellic, we were one up and coasting, then got someone sent off for fcuk all, thereafter Sellic continued to get every decision known to man, and we lost? Was that Wharton? or JPR Gordon?
Someone ran onto the pitch from the beach end and jumped on the ref's back