At the pre-match Celtic presser today, Callum McGregor confirmed that he has had a personal apology from Kris Boyd over the newspaper article which suggested that an Ibrox player should have “(tested) his face mask.”
Those comments provoked widespread fury from the Celtic supporters, and the club itself responded to them.
According to the captain, the matter is now resolved. Boyd personally reached out to him, and whilst Callum wants to keep the details of the conversation private – as you’d expect – he is satisfied with the outcome.
But it does pose one burning question, as well as offering an insight into Boyd’s general character.
Why didn’t he apologise publicly?
Instead, Boyd issued a scandalous, mealy-mouthed non-apology in which he suggested that the anger over this existed in the minds of only a small number of Celtic fans.
But we can now see that Boyd realised that he was out of order, or perhaps was spooked into that realisation by the backlash.
Either way, he could – and should – have made that clear in his “clarification” column, where, instead, he flatly denied that he had done anything wrong.
The simple fact of it is that Boyd is putting his ego before doing the right thing.
He is happy to apologise in private but not in public, and that’s the mark of someone utterly gutless because as happy as Callum is to accept that apology, the comments were made in a national newspaper; that’s the very definition of public.
The apology for them ought to have been made the same way.
It is atrocious that this small, spiteful man thinks that it’s acceptable to do what he has done without issuing a proper response to it. His employers continue to be subjected to embarrassment for hiring him and paying him a wage.
And the thing of it is, you know that it’s just a matter of time before he says something just as offensive.
Already this season, Celtic has publicly expressed its concern about his conduct, and that comes after Dundee did it – because of a column about Leigh Griffiths – for another disgraceful piece of trash with his name on it.
A public apology not only shows contrition but acts as a punishment. And a punishment acts, or should act, as a deterrent against future aberrant behaviour.
I see no evidence that Boyd has learned any lesson from this, which makes another outrage a certainty.
We won’t get that public apology, the man is a coward and he’s of the opinion that it wouldn’t look good or do much for his public profile with the knuckle-draggers that revel in the absolute s#ite he speaks.
And worse still, what the BS the sun allows in print.
Like you I hoped for more, especially from the Club, they should’ve pressed ‘SLY Sports’ (no accident, SLY) harder for his dismissal.
IF it was le merde playing @Pittodrie tomorrow that game would BE COVERED ?%
As regards the possible fixtures after the split, you didn’t actually come out and say, but maybe I can if you permit this comment,.., IT IS BY DESIGN, DEFINITELY NO ACCIDENT.
That lot are forever scheming behind closed doors,
The chances of the fixture list after the split randomly picking those fixtures ALL to favour that lot must be astronomical. Someone could probably work it out, but that’s not random and it was no computer that chose it. Never.
It’s about time our board got a backbone and starting causing havoc with the sfa,spfl,we have a great squad, money and yet sevco have nothing and seem to be running things.This board should be up for this 100%.
He’s ex Ibrokes.
No one associated with that place ever has to apologise for anything.
What he will have said to Calmac is “Look – I didn’t mean for what I said to cause all that bother”. Calmac will have went like that “Aye right OK” and that was it. If Celtic can’t be arsed getting upset about this I don’t see why I should.
Shat it big time
I can understand people being annoyed at him, but ultimately it’s down to two people. Captain Arsehole and Callum McGregor. McGregors saying it’s been resolved so why must he apologise to him publicly?