Willie Collum hides to apologize to Celtic after Alan Muir’s error

So, Daizen Maeda’s second goal against Hibs should have maintained, it is not that we need such clarification. What now?

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Daizen Maeda scores but Alan Muir in Var ruled out it ‘factically’. I was wrong. Photo: Vagelis Georgariou (the Celtic star)

An investigation into Alan Muir? A public apology by Willie Collum? A phone call to Brendan Rodgers from the head of referees?

Matching Willie Collum officer arrives at the stadium before the Premier League Scottish party between Celtic and TheRangers in Celtic Park on May 11, 2024. (Photo of Ian Macnicol/Getty Images)

He Scottish FA review panel Yesterday he declared that Daizen Maeda’s goal against Hibs last week should have been maintained, and that Alan Muir in Var was wrong to intervene in the original verdict of his colleagues in the field.

It is not that we needed any clarification, since it was quite clear that there was no way to determine if the entire ball had crossed the byline before Alistair Johnston whipped on his cross of which Daizen became the network.

Without clear and obvious error in the decision in the field

There was no clear and obvious error, the official and the line player were perfectly located to judge and judged the goal as valid. But for some reason or another Alan Muir, which a decade ago could not detect a shameless handball on the goal line, decided to be judged through pure conjectures or illusions.

That is worth investigating on your competence to officiate at this level. If it were true other team that was harmed in this way, a very long and very written statement and a media witch hunt against Muir would be written, with Willie Collum forced to a shake of a public apology.

Why has Willie Collum talk to Brendan Rodgers?

Celtic will be allowed that same treatment of Willie Collum? It cost us at least one point after all, and although the league is about to be made and dusty, it does not make it less important. We were harmed, time for an investigation or at least one apology.

Brendan Rodgers. Hibs V Celtic. February 22, 2025. Photo: Vagelis Georgariou (The Celtic Star)

Or even better, both. Maybe even only a phone call to Brendan Rodgers from the head of referees to explain Muir’s mistake and what will be the consequences for their wrong conjectures in Easter Road.