Rangers have Mohamed Diomande appeal precedent with incident Celtic got away with

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Another SPFL game, another example of Rangers being referred to a different standard to every other team in the Scottish Premiership.

Philippe Clement was apoplectic at the decision of Nick Walsh to send off Mohamed Diomande with the manager confirming that the Light Blues are set to appeal.

The SFA were suspiciously quick to confirm why Walsh had brandished the red card, but Rangers already have a precedent on which their appeal should be based.

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Rangers have ready made precedent for Mohamed Diomande appeal

At first, we were told that the SFA had released a statement, then it was an off the record briefing.

Either way, the evidence is piling up for Patrick Stewart.

It isn't the SFA's job to make statements before an appeal has even been made.

To make matters worse, there has been an incident that Rangers can point to on the same ground as evidence of why Diomande's red card is a farce.

Only a matter of weeks ago, Luke McCowan threw an arm at Glenn Middleton, an incident looked at by VAR, however, it was judged as nothing more than a footballing incident and play continued.

As a physical, contact sport should be and what VAR tried to tell Walsh.

The problem Rangers have now, is that the SFA might double down.

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Since the Premier Sports Cup final, if anything, the standard of officiating has worsened, rather than improved.

Willie Collum has sat on the fence during his monthly debriefs with decisions like the one that saw Lennon Miller escape a red card for a late and ankle high tackle on Oscar Cortés with his studs showing.

Ianis Hagi, Dujon Sterling and Jose Cifuentes have all earned bans for less in the last two seasons.

Stewart has a lot on his hands as CEO, but getting the SFA to genuinely address the officiating in the SPFL is one of the toughest problems to solve.

It's become too easy for every 50/50 or subjective call to land on the side that punishes Rangers.