Some Celtic fans have been talking about the latest tweet that BBC Sportsound recently relayed about the SPFL.
Sportsound’s latest tweet concerned their podcast about the controversy over the SPFL-led vote to end the football season in Scotland’s lower-league tiers. In reaction to the open letter released by the governing body in response to allegations of bullying for votes, the post carried a quote from BBC Scotland’s Tom English, saying: “The SPFL are 5-0 up & yet they look like a team that’s beginning to worry.”
The fallout from the vote, which hands the SPFL the power to settle the Premiership on a points-per-game basis, has seen Celtic’s Premiership rivals claim they have ‘evidence’ of clubs being ‘bullied’ into voting for the resolution. There was controversy surrounding Dundee’s vote too – with the Championship club reported to have initially voted ‘no’ but later changed their vote to ‘yes’. This saw the SPFL announce that they have settled the seasons in the Championship, League One and League Two on a points-per-game basis.
On seeing this tweet from Sportsound, many Celtic fans were talking. They weren’t happy with it and mocked the angle of the whole podcast.
Never listening to this again.
— John Cameron (@bhoyjohn1888) April 29, 2020
Do the Scottish media have an agenda against Celtic?
Absolutely!
I don't think so
No they don’t. Why is a national broadcaster promoting such a skewed narrative on recent drama in Scottish football, created by unsubstantiated claims from a vocal minority who’s own house is not in order?
— Reckoner (@Reckoner1888) April 29, 2020
I don’t see any worry by SPFL. None at all. Rangers have just created hysteria and produced nothing
— BigOldBuick (@MaybeHeadSouth) April 29, 2020
It be foolish for yous to change tack at this stage.But yous deserve all the criticism along with the ibrox club when this is shown up to be nothing but a bitter agenda.Pushed it from the start and gave it traction based on bluster and heresay.
— che410IAR (@che410IAR) April 29, 2020
Remember when we had a media that weren’t bent?
— STEV-E-B (@Browns88S) April 29, 2020
I think you guys should give up the pretence that the show provides any kind of balance.
Every show is based on SPFL and majority of clubs in wrong while Rangers Hearts having a case.
English being funded or “leaned on” by someone in Ibrox. He’ll look very foolish soon enough— Cautious Dave (@cautiousdave) April 30, 2020
— Philly (@Phillycfc) April 29, 2020
What do we think?
The comments of the Celtic fans show that they aren’t happy with how the media has dealt with the whole situation. But The Scotsman recently issued an open letter to SPFL chairman Murdoch MacLennan and it shows that they are beginning to question the authorities. The Sportsound podcast itself is a criticism of the authorities and the caption in the tweet shows that they aren’t happy with it either, however, the perceived one-sided nature of the coverage has clearly irked Hoops fans.