I think you should go and do a wee bit of research mate­ before you you grace us with your digital­ diarrhoea.

Sports aren't just classed as contact­ and non-contact.

I'm a Celtic Fan and I thought McDonald should have­ went off, it was a tackle with studs showing, which is­ reckless, had it been Wilkie doing the same to McDonald­ I'm sure he would have got the heave, but­ that's what happens when teams are playing mine and­ the other half of the Old Firm, descicions that would­ normally go your way don't. T do however not­ believe that Skippy should face trial by TV, if he had­ punched someone (we all know that incident with Bobo)­ and the ref and Linesmen hadn't seen it then I­ agree that should be looked over by the Disciplinary­ Beaks but it was a tackle in the middle of a game that­ could have happened with anyone at any time, Stuart­ Dougal admitted he saw the incident but couldn't­ get a good look at it, that is no call for a review­ from the muppets in the SFA.

George Wilson....I stated football was a non contact­ sport in response to Singing Gingers statement that it­ was. You replied, and I quote verbatim "Football­ is a non-conact sport?????????? Behave ya dafty." ­ To anyone who does joined up thinking, implicite in­ your reply is the fact that you say it is a contact­ sport.All sports ARE either contact or non contact­ sports, this is defined in the rules of each sport.­ Having read your idiotic replies I can see why less­ patient people than myself could lapse into verbal­ abuse and demeen themself.

I have never once said it was a contact sport.

It­ appear you are making the foolish mistake and thinking­ sports are either contact or non-contact.

George Wilson ....You are wrong. Just because contact­ occurs does not make it a contact sport. Remember Zola­ Budd at the Olympics, what about cricket where batsmen­ running between the wickets sometimes collide with the­ bowlers does that make it a contact sport. You­ obviously dont understand that a contact sport is where­ contact is allowed by the rules a non contact sport is­ one where the rules prohibit contact but as in football­ accidental and incidental contact is ruled on by the­ ref applying common sense on an incident by incident­ basis. Basketball is totally non contact, this is why­ they have the offence of "fouled in the act of­ shooting" which allows a team free shots even­ after they have scored a basket. Dont take my word­ phone the basketball association. Try this analagy..­ Murder is against the law, does the fact that it­ regularly happens somehow change its status? of course­ not. Dont make wild claims without knowing the facts,­ take your lead from the more reasoned contributors.

Football is not a non-contact sport!

And neither is­ basketball.

he's right, a player wont trade shirts with a man­ who tried to hurt him...

RARKLESS, perhaps accusing you of being facetious was a­ bit harsh. I apologise for any offence. Like you, I am­ sick of the narrow-minded bigots who only see their­ side of any opinion, and scoff at anybody elses. I­ prefer to reserve the name-calling for the BAWBAGS that­ post here - guys like WILLIELAW and UKREDNECK, for­ example!

Singing Ginger.... Told you right from start I agreed­ with a certain amount of your points . A bad injury?­ can you get a good one..............Who is being­ facecious? I am as unhappy as you about match­ official's decisions being scutinised after the­ event but unfortunately that has been part and parcel­ of the game for some time. Enjoyed the banter with you­ and happy to call it a draw I appreciate the fact that­ you never launched into petty name calling like some of­ the hard of thinking idiots who contribute...Enjoy your­ football til we meet again.

Anyway, RARKLESS, I take your points. It's just­ that you are beginning to come across as facetious. You­ have your viewpoint - I have mine. Let's declare it­ a draw, ok? Bottom line, and I'm sure you agree..­ DANGEROUS PRECEDENT!

14 - A BAD injury? Can you get GOOD wan's?

George Wilson...The police enquiry into the Duncan­ Ferguson incident was instigated by a senior Glasgow­ Procurator Fiscal on the day of the incident and the­ first interviews by the police took place the following­ day. There was no reaction to any SFA inaction.The SFA­ attemptd to punish Ferguson using a rule which allowed­ them to levy "additonal punishment" Ranges­ appealed that decision on the grounds that no­ punishment had been levied and therefor there could not­ be anything "additional" . Ferguson should­ have been ordered off that day without a shadow of­ doubt but your theory is wrong

Yes never made it senior but played junior football for­ a couple of clubs before a bad injury forced me to­ quit.I was at end of playing days and am not claiming I­ would have made it any higher... Hope this helps you­ with what ever irrelevant theory you are working on.The­ vast majority of football fans never played above­ juvenile level but are still entitled to their­ opinion.Read the rules and answer my question don't­ ust mouth cliches.

Pt12...Rarkless every played the game?

Singing Ginger just noticed your definition of assault­ please note to punch someone in the face is an assault­ regardless of where the ball is. An assault is­ committed when you ,with intent. strike or attempt to­ strike another person, except in specific circumstances­ such as self defence, so to throw a stone at someone­ and miss is still an assault.No such thing as attempted­ assault in Scottish common law.

In football the referee allows accidental and­ incidental contact between players using his common­ sense to allow the game to flow. The old saying­ "its a mans game " grew form players going­ for the same ball crashed into each other, and this­ developed into "its a contact sport" by those­ who do not know the rules. If it is a contact sport why­ are fouls given for contact? Please direct me to the­ rule which allows you to grab hold of an opponent.

Singing Ginger.. You do not seem to grasp the­ difference between a contact sport such as boxing where­ the boxers are allowed to punch each other and rugby­ where you are allowed within the rules to grab and hold­ down an opponent and a non contact sport such as­ football, basketball and running where none of these­ things are allowed. However in the three non contact­ sports obviously contact takes place......part 2 to­ follow

4 - if it's a clumsy challenge, then it's down­ to the ref, but if for example Pual Hartley punched­ Davie Weir in the face whilst being nowhere the ball at­ the time, then it would definitely be assault. A­ prosecution would be axpected, but let's be honest­ here - how many times have players on both sides of the­ old firm spectrum made clumsy late challenges? Why only­ now are these incidents being investigated? And why has­ the media chosen to highlight that 2 CELTIC players are­ under review? Are the other SPL teams so lily-white­ that they don't merit investigation also?

Football is a non-contact sport??????????

Behave ya­ dafty.

Fergusson was only pulled up as the SFA didn't act­ on it.

Petulent, accidental, dangerous.....say what­ you like about the tackles but if anyone would care to­ google/ youtube the Mcgreggor challange on Callum­ Elliott the other season at Tyncastle, you'd see a­ real bad tackle going unpunnished.

Too many fans just­ getting a bit jittery as their mouths have been out of­ control for so long they need someone to blame.