Chris Sutton has gone full “Dunfermline” in his latest rant in the Daily Record about Alfredo Morelos in the aftermath or Rangers 2-1 Old Firm victory over his beloved Celtic on Sunday.
My @Record_Sport thoughts on why there is no place in football for the Morelos violent gesture. The SFA have no choice but to impose a hefty ban… https://t.co/KRsC891q7W
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) December 31, 2019
In a purely objective post, Sutton is prescribing a five game ban for Morelos for no other reason than because his gesture – after being sent off in the 96th minute of a 94 minute game – was violent. He definitely doesn’t want Morelos banned because it would benefit Celtic, no, absolutely not.
We all know the narrative Sutton is trying to create, he’s done it before, on numerous occasions, even claiming Rangers “had” to sell Morelos. The Ibrox club released a statement of their own addressing the continued treatment that the Colombian receives both on and off the park.
Alas, Sutton fails to mention Scott Brown striking James Tavernier in the face or Ryan Christie grabbing Morelos in the nether regions in the same match, maybe he is suggesting that there is a place for their behaviour in football, nothing at all to do with the colour of the shirt they were wearing.
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Sutton’s complaints fall on deaf ears when he refuses to accept and acknowledge the acts of his own team, stones and glass houses and all that. These Rangers fans were raging at his post and took to twitter to vent their anger with some suggesting an alternate motive may be behind his opinion.
It’s seems like SFA, Scottish Media and pundits like Sutton and Hartson are trying to Chase Alfredo Morelos away from Scottish fitba
— william crowe (@wcraw1) December 31, 2019
Another attack on Alfredo
I’m convinced that it’s racism
For months now the young man has had to endure the media, pundits and Scottish officials criticising him or holding him to another set of standards. It is nothing but racism… why else would the youngster be targeted?
— Thelionbrand (@thelionbrand) December 31, 2019
‘Alfredo Morelos is going to win the league for Rangers so we need to ban him for, I dunno, being the wrong colour’ writes Chris Sutton
— Scotia80 (@Scotia80) December 31, 2019
Lots of latent racism on display here…
— Rob (@the_running_dba) December 31, 2019
It’s absolutely moronic from people greeting about this, he’s clearly gesturing that the game is over. A cut-throat gesture tends to be done with a finger, he’s got his full hand on his neck, the persecution of this guy is nothing short of embarrassing for Scottish football
— G (@garryhood1872) December 31, 2019
First defeat at home in 9 year and hartson and sutton have lost the plot
— GCM (@minton685) December 31, 2019
It doesn’t even look like a “cut throat” gesture. That involves a distinct hand shape with a stiff finger representing a blade. Not a floppy hand.
The milage out of this though, press know exactly what it really was. Clicks are the new God.— Scott Methven (@ScootMeevo) December 31, 2019
Rangers fans were, rightly, up in arms about Sutton’s reaction for the incident and are beginning to fear a more sinister cause for the constant criticism that is aimed at Morelos, some fans even had the audacity to reflect on the incident with common sense – exactly, it will never catch on in Scottish football.