{"id":434001,"date":"2026-02-19T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434001\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:01:07","slug":"scottish-gossip-mcginn-says-var-in-scotland-is-a-mess-as-oneill-backs-hatate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/434001\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Gossip: McGinn says VAR in Scotland is &#8216;a mess&#8217; as O&#8217;Neill backs Hatate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dundee have received positive news on Brad Halliday&#8217;s injury but Scott Wright is a doubt to face former club Aberdeen on Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourier.co.uk\/fp\/sport\/football\/dundee-fc\/5434632\/dundee-brad-halliday-scott-wright-aberdeen\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Courier &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Head coach David Gray believes &#8220;versatility&#8221; can help Hibernian as they travel to face Celtic Park on Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/hibs\/hibs-attacking-versatility-celtic-history-barrier-winning-blend-5602504\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Edinburgh Evening News &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reo Hatate does not have an attitude problem, says Celtic manager Martin O&#8217;Neill following talks with the Japan midfielder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15940342\/celtic-martin-oneill-crunch-talks-reo-hatate-bad-attitude\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Neill wants to see Hatate &#8220;knuckle down&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/reo-hatate-no-celtic-sulker-36744914\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Record), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Celtic target Kasper Hogh scored Bodo\/Glimt&#8217;s third in Wednesday&#8217;s 3-1 Champions League knockout round first leg over Inter Milan in Norway. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/sport\/15941195\/kasper-hogh-celtic-bodo-glimt-champions-league-fairytale\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland great Eddie Gray is disappointed his great-nephews Archie and Harry look likely to represent England rather than Scotland. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/sport\/football\/international\/hell-probably-do-it-scotland-icon-reveals-duos-international-decision-amid-steve-clarke-approach-5602593?cx_testId=5&amp;cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&amp;cx_artPos=1&amp;cx_experienceId=EX2NAIW0WFIR&amp;cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsK080OZDSLLXE8#cxrecs_s\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Scotsman &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dundee have received positive news on Brad Halliday&#8217;s injury but Scott Wright is a doubt to face former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-434001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}