Rangers’ demands to the Scottish FA over Willie Collum’s involvement in future games were wrong

Rangers’ demands over Willie Collum wrong, says Kenny Miller. That’s what former Gers striker Kenny Miller believes.

After Celtic won the Old Firm derby 2-1 last Saturday, there has been a public spat between the SFA and the Ibrox

club on the decision not to award a penalty for handball against Alistair Johnston.

Collum, who was watching the game via video analysis, believed the Canadian did not control the ball inside his own

territory. As a result, he notified field official Nick Walsh to play on.

This caused a stir, and Clydesdale House released further off-side images to justify their decision to not award a

penalty.

Miller thinks Collum doesn’t deserve to have his credibility questioned because the handball call was a subjective

judgment.

“I don’t like seeing referees under pressure,” he remarked in the Daily Record. Are Rangers right to want an account

of the true events that transpired? Indeed. However, they are unable to order the SFA to choose the referee for their

matches.

Willie obviously thought that wasn’t a handball, and most people think that was the wrong call. That’s all it is,

though. A big mistake. despite the fact that 99 percent of people believe it was a handball.

Anyone can observe what transpired. It was not a penalty, in Willie’s opinion, so there was no need to look for offside

later. In an attempt to defuse the tension, the lines and images were posted. Offside, however, ought never to have

entered the picture. Why would it be the case? Willie didn’t consider it to be a punishment.

“So that has muddied the waters and I don’t like how it’s played out. I don’t agree with referees being put under

pressure based on decisions they’ve made. And you don’t want a situation where officials are fearing for their safety.

“We’re really passionate about our clubs and our game in Scotland. It’s OK to be disgruntled at decisions made

against your club. But if a mistake has been made, you have to believe it’s an honest one. If we don’t, we have far

bigger problems. But by putting out the offside lines after the event, all it did was open a can of worms and instigate

theories of bias or conspiracy.

“That didn’t sit right with me. It didn’t need to happen. The SFA has caused their own issue there. It was completely

unnecessary because Willie didn’t believe it was a handball.”