Presenter ‘Quiet’ Then Elated With Samaras Penalty!

I always thought, wrongly as it turns out, that the TV and radio presenters were supposed to be impartial when commentating on football matches.

You can argue that the ‘pundits’ will show favouritism when their old clubs are in action, unless you’re Craig Burley. So why did ‘neutral’ Rob McLean go so ‘quiet’ when Celtic were awarded a penalty at Ipox yesterday.

The silence was deafening.

It was almost as if there was a death in the family. His first reaction of course was that it was ‘never a penalty’, or if it was, it was ‘soft’. His tone was almost heartbreaking. Almost sombre….

Then….Sammy decides to half-hit the penalty and McGregor pulls of a decent save to keep the scores level.

Well, the relief in Rob’s voice was tangible. He was ecstatic, and followed his joy with the comment, “if Rangers win the league, then Allan McGregor should get a special medal for that penalty save!”  No kidding.

And here was me thinking Rob was a neutral!

Anyway, that was Rob in the afternoon.  On radio. At night he switched to his other media, TV.

Sitting in the studio with Pat Nevin and Billy ‘Taxi Doors’ Dodds, the bold Rob gushed over the save again, and McGregor’s finger tip stop from big Dan’s header.

And as if that wasn’t enough, he then ‘warned’ Celtic to watch themselves when we play Dundee United next week, because they’re a team in form and ‘remember what they did at Ibrox’.

Unfortunately, Rob forgot to mention the four goals they lost to the Govan Mob last week or the fact the Murderwell came back from three goals down at Swinecastle to grab a draw.

Surely the Establishment team should watch what they’re doing on Saturday, or will Stuart McCall’s men have their minds on the Cup Final?

Watch next weeks Sportscene to see how disappointed Rob copes with Celtic winning against the Arabs and moving closer to the SPL title….