Rangers: Steven Gerrard raises Covid consistency issues and highlights Celtic s Dubai trip and the Aberdeen Eight
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard STEVEN GERRARD knows the punishment must always fit the crime. He also knows the rules have to be applied evenly across the board. When it comes to his players, he is confident Rangers have handled each Covid situation consistently as he has been firm but fair with those that have stepped out of line. But he isn t convinced that has been the case across Scottish football this season as our game and our decision-makers have coped with the impact of Coronavirus.
CELTIC interim manager John Kennedy yesterday made his displeasure known at the glaring discrepancies between how Parkhead left back Boli Bolingoli and Rangers’ Covid Five have been dealt with by the SFA after high-profile coronavirus protocol breaches. Back in August the governing body charged Bolingoli just five days after he broke strict guidelines by failing to go into quarantine after a trip to Spain and playing in a league game against Kilmarnock. The Belgian defender was handed a three game ban with a two match penalty suspended only two weeks later – just 19 days after his offence. In stark contrast, it took the SFA 23 days to charge Calvin Bassey, Brian Kinnear, Dapo Mebude, Nathan Patterson and Bongani Zungu for attending an illegal gathering and no fewer than 44 days to hand out four game bans, with two match penalties, suspended.
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He believes Gerrard is ‘chancing it’ and ‘putting a guilt trip on the SFA’ and suggests that his approach is more likely to be detrimental to Patterson than the ban itself.
A controversial columnist has criticised Rangers manager Gerrard for his recent comments on Nathan Patterson. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
‘A ban gives him time to reflect on his mistake, whereas Gerrard using his clout to sway the Blazers only teaches the boy how much his worth to the team can get him away with,’ he wrote [
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