28-01-2021, 15:49
(28-01-2021, 10:40)newhavenhibby Wrote: Thought we battled well and created a couple of good openings in the first half, but once again, nothing came of them.
It was written in the gods, that once Clancy saw the Morelos incident as "a tangle of legs", he would score. We were fortunate he didn't add to his tally a few minutes later when missing from a couple of yards out. Also the other irony it was Porteous who was slow coming out with the defensive line that played him on......typical. As for the two handed push on Hallberg for the penalty shout......god knows where Clancy was?
Morelos is a "clever" f****r, as I have seen a number of his stamps as well and he does it during a close tussle so if the ref isn't watching 100% he misses it or is not sure. When you watch him again his right foot is quite a way above Ryan and it was possible to make an effort to miss him but in my mind he deliberately drops it onto the thigh. I think there is no doubt he meant it and all part of Gerrards game plan to intimidate Porteous. Gerrard is also a total arse, I can just imagine his ranting if the boot had been on the other foot and praising Morelos for not getting involved in "other" incidents......prick. The sooner he buggers off to Liverpool the better and I sincerely hope they finish below 8th in the EPL while he is there .......which would be their worst finish in the English top league since getting promoted in 1963 ish. Imagine, never having known a relegation or promotion battle.
Once they scored they dropped deeper and were happy to let us have a bit more of the ball and wait for the quick break ( compared to the opening 10 minutes of the second half) and although we huffed and puffed did not do a lot second half, although there were a couple of dangerous crosses played in with no one getting on the end of them plus the penalty incident. Again, once we go behind we look fairly toothless and the substitutes don't change anything............ Ross will always have is plan A.
So onto Dundee United who will be looking for a reaction after their drubbing v St Mirren..........as long as we don't concede first.
GGTTH
It's not so much morelos is being clever, he just knows he can get away with it now. It's blatantly obvious that the refs/linesmen just ignore his behaviour now in case Gerrard kicks off again.
As for the huns I can think of at least half a dozen pks the opposition should have had against them this season. 2 at Easter Road and one at ibrox for us alone. And blatant ones for Ross County and an insanely blatant 2 v Motherwell (the latter even prompting protest from one of their directors) I'd love to know how many PKs have gone against them in the last couple of seasons.
Morelos should have been red carded v Dundee utd,celtic and us just off the top of my head. Against celtic madden even held him back to stop him getting into bother
On the other hand whenever they have needed a soft pk they always get it. Would they have got full points playing with 10 men for 75 mins against us? Would they xxxx. Same v Utd. The refs are absolutely making sure this season, with no fans in the ground and sellick in disarray its too good an opportunity to miss.
They are cheats pure and simple.