Keith Jackson calls the Rangers “ridiculous” following an “eye-popping” development.

Keith Jackson calls the Rangers “ridiculous” following an “eye-popping” development.

Keith Jackson has criticized the Rangers’ “ridiculous” accusations that Willie Collum will no longer be playing in their SPFL matches following his judgment in the Old Firm rivalry.

According to the Daily Record writer, up until they pulled the Collum card, adding a “flamethrower to their

argument,” the Gers were holding their own in the aftermath of the Alistair Johnston incident (Monday Jury, 8

January, page 41).

While covering the Gers’ 2-1 loss at Parkhead, Collum was on video assistant referee duty. He determined there was

no case to answer as it was revealed that Abdallah Sima had been offside throughout the build-up, which would have

nullified any penalty call nonetheless.

Rangers claimed that Collum ought to be removed from their SPFL matches after meeting with referee chief

Crawford Allan and requesting the release of the VAR audio. Rangers were standing up for all of Scottish football,

Jackson stated, until they pulled a Willie Collum and applied a flamethrower to their disagreement. Although VAR

should be questioned, their outrageous paranoia makes them absurd.

Without a doubt

Rangers were in fact attempting to fight a battle that every football team needed to, and questions about the use of

VAR by referees throughout the UK, much alone Scotland, should undoubtedly be raised.

But since it launched a “flamethrower” at any legitimate objections they felt they had, there was really no reason to

ask that Collum be taken out of their games.

The club released a statement, although it was at best a little hazy and might have been interpreted as a ruse to divert

attention away from their poor Old Firm loss to Celtic.

They had every right to object to the application of VAR, but not when it became too personal to them—that is, when

events began to border on absurd.

Given the poor history between the SFA and Rangers, it was never going to end well for either side to keep defending

themselves in public.

Since an agreement is unlikely to be achieved, it might be best to move on at this point.

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