The resuming of the season means that all focus will be on Celtic and, inevitably, the officials.
This season has been saturated with complaints of referees and VAR and one thing is for certain, that is not going to change anytime soon.
Celtic have been on the wrong end of many disputed refereeing mistakes and VAR handball decisions but luckily for us, the team has been blowing away all opposition before them so those mistakes have made little impact on our results or league standing.
Ross County are set to welcome us to Dingwall on Sunday at 12pm and nothing but three points will do for Ange Postecoglou’s men from the live televised clash.
Today, the Scottish FA announced the officials that are to take charge of the clash.
What is worrying is that two of the officials that missed the penalty challenge by Andy Halliday on Alistair Johnston against Hearts just before the international break are involved in the match:
Referee: Willie Collum
Assistant referees: Jonathan Bell and Steven Traynor
Fourth official: Mike Roncone
VAR: Steven Kirkland
Assistant VAR: David Roome
Willie Collum was operating the VAR that day and Steven Kirkland was the fourth official.
Hopefully, we don’t have any drama regarding refereeing decisions this Sunday and the football will spoken about more than the men in black but when it comes to Scottish football, that seems very unlikely.
Depending on the result at Ibrox on Saturday when Rangers take on Dundee United, Celtic will be either hoping to restore their nine-point advantage or increase the lead at the top of the table.
With nine games left to go in the league, many fans believe that the title is almost a foregone conclusion but Ange will have his team laser-focused so that there can be no slips, referee or otherwise, that will determine the outcome of our results.
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