Celtic Should Propose A Review Of Refereeing Once This Season Is Over.

All through this season, there has been criticism of refs, usually when Celtic have gotten decisions.

For the rest of the time the volume on the complaints have been muted, but it hasn’t been entirely non-existent.

The news that VAR has overwhelmingly been voted through confirms that clubs have had enough of the dreadful standard of officiating.

Clubs want to see some changes. They can’t want things to continue like this.

But there has to be one that shows leadership; most of the people running clubs don’t want to rock the boat, but the boat needs rocking and that means someone has to step up.

That should be us. Once we’ve won this title, once the issues are all settled, no-one will be able to say that this is sour grapes or anything else. Some in the media think issues in our favour have decided this title. Let us stamp all over that.

If Celtic say that they are dissatisfied with the way refs have worked this season and that Scottish football needs a full review – preferably run by an outsider – I think you would find a chorus of support for the proposition.

The reform train is already leaving the station. VAR proves it.

This is now part of the agenda, and whilst VAR will help us in some respect it will not get us far enough. The time for this is right now, when everyone is debating refereeing and when everyone is, to some extent or another, pretty dissatisfied with how Scottish games are run.

This could be the window we’ve been waiting for, but we’d have to move fast within it.

That’s why at the end of the season, when the trophies have been handed out (one to us and one to Hearts) we should let the dust settle for just one day and then make our statement.

Not a criticism, not exactly, but an acknowledgement that things aren’t working.

And then to call for the review that will get us the reforms we deserve.