Former Referee conveniently singles out Reo Hatate for simulation

Originally posted on The Celtic Star | Last updated 4/15/24

Former Referee Des Roache has had a go at Reo Hatate in the Daily Record and accused him of trying to win a spot kick by illegal means against St Mirren at Celtic park on Saturday.

Firstly for me Reo did go down too easy, and there is no way it was spot kick. Wether you can accuse him of cheating though is another matter as he was doing what many players do in that situation in that he was being ‘cute’ in trying to influence the referee into awarding a penalty.

Ironically a St Mirren striker was guilty of the exact same offence in the first half of Saturday’s game, but conveniently that has been totally overlooked by former ref Roache, the Daily Record and the rest of the Scottish mainstream media.

Ironically the likes of Des weren’t seen or heard last week when we witnessed some of the most blatant cheating by a player in our game in recent years. Reo Hatate was in no way guilty of the embarrassing antics we witnessed from Fabio Silva last week, but the Scottish media have got to do their best to level things up I suppose.

This article first appeared on The Celtic Star and was syndicated with permission.

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