Supporters of Celtic have been flocking to air their views on a tweet which was shared by journalist Ewan Murray.
In an initial tweet, Murray stated that the sides who were relegated by the SPFL this season had been ‘wrongfully thrown out of leagues’ (per Ewan Murray).
TheCelticBlog then responded to the journalist’s post by suggesting that those sides had not been ‘wrongfully’ thrown out of their leagues as they were in the relegation zone when play was suspended.
Murray then came back to that supporter and stated that, had Celtic been second in the Scottish Premiership table when play was suspended two points behind first with a game in hand, then ‘people would want The Hague involved’ and ‘the internet would break’.
This had lots of Hoops supporters flocking to it to air their view on what the journalist had to say.
Would Celtic not be crowned champions in that scenareo on a points per game basis ?. Anyhow they werent, they were miles ahead so its really a fairly irrelivent point
— Neil Scott Beaton (@Neilbhoy73) July 8, 2020
If we were 2nd in the league with rangers being 13 clear and a chance to close the gap to 10 points I would 100% give yous the league
— Kevin? (@Nxstii) July 8, 2020
After the league was suspended and it was decided that play would not be resumed, Hearts were relegated from the Scottish Premiership on average points per game (per Edinburgh Live).
That is despite the fact that the club was only four points from safety with eight matches of the season left to be played.
You’re comparing apples with pears here. If celtic were 13pts behind I would’ve expected same outcome. Had Rangers “finished” in the same way u describe I would expect whole decision process would’ve been different & rightly so. If turning tables it has to mirror not be opaque ?
— Brian Barrett (@Bov1973) July 8, 2020
But they didnt finish 2nd. They finished 13 points clear at the summit.?
9. In. A. Row.
— Matthew O’Reilly (@Mattyfro1) July 8, 2020
As stated by some supporters, when the season was ended and it was decided that the term would be concluded on a points-per-game basis, the Hoops were 13 points clear of second-place (per BBC).
Do you agree with what Ewan Murray had to say?
No, he is just wrong
Yes, he has a point
Celtic would have been Champions based on that scenario (average points per game). Nice try Scoop ??
— Marcas O’Greachain (@MarcasOg135) July 8, 2020
Desperate Jambo clutching at straws by going with ‘what if’ scenarios. No need for ‘what ifs’ The league ended in line with the rules. Hearts were the worst team in the league by far and deserved to be relegated. Hope that helps ???
— @HappyCelticLass???????? (@HappyCelticLass) July 8, 2020
Biggest clown on twitter. Celtic this Celtic that boo hoo wind your neck in and stick to your golf ya clown. https://t.co/F3BKPQuxGG
— BobbyG (@BoabyGii) July 8, 2020
As can be seen in the responses from these Celtic fans, they made it clear that they did not agree with what the journalist had to say.