Dan Casey was rather amused to be the subject of a ‘viral’ clip recently, if only with the benefit of hindsight and from a position where his controversial red card against Kilmarnock had been overturned. The Motherwell defender is hoping though that he can attract attention for all the right reasons when his team take on Rangers at Fir Park tomorrow . Casey’s dismissal against Killie after a spot of handbags with Danny Armstrong drew derision and disbelief from football fans all over the world, particularly as referee Chris Graham stuck by his on-field call after viewing the incident on the VAR screen. Thankfully for Casey, justice was finally done after an appeal, with his punishment downgraded to yellow, and he is now hoping to repeat his feat of last season when his headed goal saw Motherwell shock Rangers in a 2-1 win at Ibrox. And, perhaps, go viral once more. “The reaction was a bit funny,” Casey said. “I don't know, it was a Friday night and there weren't many games on. It just seemed to get a lot of attention - probably not for the right reasons. “My phone was melting with all the messages. It was a funny one. It would have been nicer if it was because I got a goal - not being sent off. It's just one of those things. I hope the next time I go viral it’s for something better! “That was frustrating, but thankfully the right result came out at the end. It's not a great look for the league. I don't think anyone there on the day could even believe it happened. “But listen, people make mistakes. In every walk of life, mistakes are made so I think we just need to get on with it. The appeal was won thankfully and we just need to move on. Read more: Motherwell 1 Kilmarnock 1: Huge refereeing decision dominates Fir Park stalemate Celtic 4 Motherwell 0: Engels shines as champions get back to winning ways “It was a funny one. And I think everyone's seen it was a funny one. But nobody's perfect, so there are no grudges held. “Everyone makes mistakes, and we move on from it.” Unfortunately for both Casey and Motherwell, they have more than just that red card incident to shake off, after their 4-0 humbling at Celtic Park on Boxing Day. Their history against Rangers at Fir Park also doesn’t bode well for the Steelmen’s chances tomorrow, having not won on league duty against the Ibrox side since Boxing Day 2002 – though they did beat them comfortably in the relegation playoffs back in 2015. “I wasn’t aware of the history, but we won at Ibrox recently, which is probably a harder place to do it,” Casey said. “We know that we can do it. It's going to be a very tough task. We just need to prepare for that and look forward to a good opportunity to go and put the Celtic result behind us. (Image: Craig Foy - SNS Group) “We had a game plan and we were doing quite well in the first half, carrying it out pretty much to a tee. We knew we weren't going to create much and we had to take any opportunity we had. “We had to make sure we were clinical and you hoped you would get one or two when the game sort of opened up a bit. So, to concede just on half-time is a bit of a killer. “We could have still scored at the start of the second, but we were unlucky when it got cleared off the line. “But after that, we just let our standards drop and it was very disappointing.”
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WHENEVER they’re facing flak over Scotland’s NHS, SNP ministers tend to do three things. Firstly, they blame the pandemic . Secondly, they claim things are better in Scotland than England . Thirdly, they say they have a plan to fix things. 2 SNP ministers all do the same three things when facing flak over the NHS in Scotland Credit: Alamy 2 Chris Musson reckons stories about an NHS crisis are a daily occurrence Credit: Andrew Barr Readers may also have noticed that stories about some NHS crisis or other are a daily occurrence. It’s hard not to become desensitised to the onslaught of terrible news . To sigh or — worse still — to simply shrug. We’ve just had the worst October on record for A&E waits, but I can’t say anyone will be particularly surprised. Scotland’s NHS waiting list sits at 863,535, latest figures show . To put that in perspective, it is equivalent to one in six Scots. The list was 419,636-long at the start of 2020. Back then, people thought that was bad. READ MORE IN POLITICS BAD DAY Labour council leader probed by cops after 'bombarding refugees with sex texts' 'RECORD FUNDING' Scots Finance Minister says 'no reason' for councils to impose tax hikes Of course, the start of 2020 is when Covid-19 hit. We all know the misery that followed and the flaws in responses around the world. But every cloud has a silver lining, especially for governments trying to swerve the blame for failings today. Ministers the world over seem to think Covid-19 has given them a Get Out of Jail Free card for any problem that arises. But like a new government blaming the last one for all its ills, the Covid excuse has a limited shelf life. This is true for the Scottish Government, which has been boasting for years about pouring increasing amounts of cash — a record £21billion next year — into the health service. The problem is, just pouring cash into an institution as flawed as the NHS is not going to fix it. It may win a governing party the votes of doctors and health workers with their inflation-busting pay rises, and give the SNP bragging rights on a UK stage. Most read in The Scottish Sun STREET ATTACK Manhunt launched after girl, 15, sexually assaulted at Scots bus stop DIFFERENT LEAGUE Rangers boss Clement told 'don't make excuses' after surprising admission STRICKEN STAR Michail Antonio undergoes surgery on broken leg after horror car crash CITY CENTRE DRAMA Police lock down busy street in major Scots city after person hit by bus But big pay will also dilute the ability to invest in things like new facilities, or MRI scanners, or public health initiatives to stop people getting ill to start with. And reform is badly needed. Awkward and potentially unpopular decisions must be taken, including greater private involvement. Is Anas Sarwar doomed because of Sir Keir Starmer's freebie row and freezing pensioners? Scotland’s NHS already pays private hospitals to treat patients — to the tune of £116million in 2022-23, for example. To make out a private role in the NHS is sacrilege, as many politicians do, is to conveniently ignore this. But it is precisely this type of simplistic argument that politicians in Scotland have been distracting themselves with while the NHS has deteriorated. Which brings me back to that pandemic excuse. Pretty much every utterance from the SNP as regards the NHS has the supposed get-out that the pandemic is to blame. It happened yet again last week when Audit Scotland — Scotland’s independent public spending watchdog — released its annual state-of-the-nation report on the NHS. The watchdog said there was “no clear plan” from the SNP and it must “clearly explain to the public how it will reform the NHS and address the pressures on services”. In response to the week’s dismal NHS news, including the Audit Scotland report, Health Secretary Neil Gray did those three things I mention. He claimed the pandemic meant treatment was now taking longer, he said Scotland’s A&Es were doing better than England’s, and he said “we do have a clear plan” for “fundamental reform”. It was Groundhog Day . And unfortunately for SNP ministers, Groundhog Day started long before the pandemic. I still have the press releases for Audit Scotland’s annual NHS reports in my inbox from pre-Covid, and SNP ministers’ responses. The examples tell a story. In 2015, Audit Scotland said: “Fundamental changes and new ways of delivering healthcare are required now to ensure the NHS is able to continue providing high-quality services in the future .” In response, then Health Secretary Shona Robison — now Finance Secretary — said: “The Scottish Government has a clear vision for the future of our NHS and we will continue to take the right action.” In 2016, Audit Scotland again called for reform but warned of “a lack of workforce planning for new models of care to deliver more community-based services”. In response, Ms Robison boasted of “significant improvements in the performance of the NHS”, how Scotland was doing better than the rest of the UK, and about her “new national clinical strategy”. In 2017, Audit Scotland said “a number of crucial building blocks still need to be put in place” in terms of reform, growing waiting lists, and workforce problems. SNP ministers’ response was a press release headlined: “NHS reform progressing well and patient satisfaction is high.” 'MOUNTING TRUST ISSUES' LABOUR have mounting trust issues with the public and they know it. It’s why Keir Starmer staged a re-launch of his government last week. But in an interview afterwards, he treated people like idiots with the same old shtick about how he had to cut universal winter fuel payments to “stabilise the economy”. Voters know this is nonsense. There may be good arguments to means-test, but cuts are forecast to save £1.4billion a year — small fry in Budget terms. And boffins reckon if all OAPs entitled to pension credit — the gateway to WFPs — apply, it will cost £2.2billion a year. So, get applying, folks. In 2018, Audit Scotland ramped up its warnings, with a press release titled: “Immediate action is needed to shift the NHS towards long-term, fundamental change.” The new Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman, claimed “we are already taking forward” the recommendations and bragged of record NHS funding. On October 24, 2019 — five months before lockdown — Audit Scotland’s annual report was titled: “NHS is ‘running hot’ and needs to refocus priorities.” In response, Ms Freeman again boasted of record funding and her government’s “twin approach of investment and reform to meet increasing demand”. All of which tells you pretty much all you need to know about the origins of the NHS meltdown we are now witnessing. SNP ministers spent years before Covid failing to deal with a growing crisis, while pretending they were. And they relied on spin to disguise the reality that things were spiralling out of control. The reality is the seeds of the NHS crisis were sown long before the pandemic. 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