Steven Gerrard’s embarrassing retort to Celtic statement stinks of hypocricy

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Steven Gerrard’s response to Celtic’s Ryan Christie statement is as laughable as it is hypocritical.

As we all know, the Hoops rightfully released a statement condemning the SFA’s three-match ban on Ryan Christie. Celtic stated that they would be getting in touch with the SFA, expressing concerns that there was a lack of consistency in the fast-track process.

Surprise surprise, Gerrard couldn’t just mind his own business. Instead, the Rangers manager said the following regarding our statement in comments published by the Daily Record:

“The Ryan Christie situation is for Neil Lennon to talk about, it’s for Celtic to deal with. In terms of consistency across the board with referees and getting cited, all the managers are going to ask for consistency – especially when you’re on the wrong side of it.

“Prior to that, we’ve had decisions that haven’t gone our way. A Cup Final went against us because of a decision. We never got a penalty up at Aberdeen. Look, you can cry wolf, you can get the violin out if you want but the reality is, you have to get on with it.

“Whatever comes our way, positive or negative, we’ll deal with it and move on.”

Just wow

We don’t want to keep you all day, so we won’t cite every single time Gerrard has started crying over refereeing decisions.

However, he works for a club who, just over a year ago, tried to accuse Willie Collum of having an “underlying issue” with Rangers. By the way, this happened under Gerrard’s tenure. Genuinely accusing a referee of having some sort of anti-Rangers agenda.

As well as that, Gerrard only took one domestic match before he was moaning about referees in Scotland. He claimed after a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen last season that Rangers have had decisions go against them “for years” (Scottish Sun).

Complaint after complaint

More recently, Gerrard himself hasn’t been able to stop moaning about Christopher Jullien’s goal in the Betfred Cup final as he started to call for VAR to be introduced in Scotland (Independent). As well as that, after being bossed by Celtic in his first derby match in charge, he said the referee cost them two points for not giving them a free-kick (BBC).

These are hardly the reactions of a club and a manager who simply “deal with it and move on”. Rangers have a laughable recent history of complaining about decisions not going their way. The fact that Gerrard’s hypocrisy hasn’t been picked up by the mainstream media hardly surprises you either, of course.

As is the norm, when a decision goes against Rangers it’s the end of the world and massive changes must happen in Scottish football. When it’s us? It’s a case of “get on with it”.

Gerrard’s conduct since coming up to Scotland has been highly-disappointing. He continues to try to play to the gallery as opposed to showing a classier side. He fits our rivals like a glove.