What else can I say but.......All the best Celtic.

Hope the Bhoys give a good showing for the sake of scottish football.

Depends on whether your a "Gers" fan.

Woo Haa

Porto 1
Celtic 0

GO ON THEN

2-1 Porto

Go Celtic go. :D

Come on boys. :D

Never liked Celtic so my moneys on Porto;)

Unbelieveable by the Porto goalie!!! I would have cautioned him for that blatant dive!!!!!

Bad luck Celtic.

Well done Porto.

Great game, with some terrible challenges on both sides!!!!

How can you say that & you of all people not comment on the referee.
He was an absolute joke & should have booked the Porto players for diving, timewasting & wasting time over celebrating at least 2 goals

Hmm the Ref certainly wasnt in control of that game!

*** conspiracy ***

I think that he was in perfect control

Going to bed now to cry on my big pillow.

Given the fact that I am starting to take my refereeing seriously and have joined professional bodies in the footballing world, I am refraining from making too much negative comment.

You may think I am being ridiculous on a BBS such as Scoobynet, but I do not want to be seen to be actively dissing referees who are at a higher level than me and earnt their right to referee such matches. No matter how badly in anybody's opinion they may or may not have performed during the match.

I did raise my eyebrows on several occasions whilst the match was being played.

Some of the Porto players deserved an Oscar, not a winners medal!

Yeah Michelle - you gotta 'play their game'

How sad

Please don't think that I am getting uppety with your answer but this is how I see it.

As an amateur and relative to the FIFA referees, not as epxerienced as they are, I am no longer prepared to speak out as verbally as I have done in the past.
I do feel a sense of comradeship to them, it doesn't mean that I agree with their decisions or such. I now have to be seen to be adopting a professional attitude as a referee. No matter what level I am at.

Don't see my lack of comment as a reflection on my own game, you do not know my style of refereeing or know how I react in different situations and scenarios.

For one referee's shortcomings, don't tar us all with the same brush and assume we are all the same.

Sorry, if I have looked too much into your post. :)

Fair doos, I'm sure you would have intersting comments to make - 'off the record'
It is just a shame that proffesional players think that it is acceptable to behave in such a way.
And UEFA seem to condone such behavior by awarding the Porto no. 11 the MOTM. He was rolling about the ground 4 times ffs.
In the last World cup they were supposed to be clamping down against play acting etc.

Shug, you are very much correct with the off the record remark. ;)

We referees need to be clamping down on this type of behaviour - it is covered under Law 12 , cautionable offence number one: Unsporting behaviour.

Sometimes, you slip up, you don't see it happen. Remember that in order to penalise a player the referee or the assistant referee have to be absolutely positive of what they saw before penalising.

Here in the Scottish Premier league the refs are sponsored by Specsavers.
Inspired or what

Anyway what is done is done, no use cryin etc

& by the way I am not a Celtic fan - I just think that it is a shame that some players think that it is acceptable to 'cheat' & feel alright to accept their medal.

Porto players play-acted shamelessly (but thats what footballers do!)...then again the Celtic players were dirty and cynical throughout all of the game