It was total bollocks. Patterson kicked the ground, tripped, and fell over into the guy.
Collum was standing right in front of it, presumably with restricted view on account of his head being up his arse.
So what? You book a train ticket for a particular journey. Need to change to the same journey at a different time/date, for free. Scotrail (or whoever) already has your money for the first ticket. Your still only take one of the journey you paid for. The train company doesn't loose out. Don't see the problem.
With any luck, if Reynolds finds it hard to force his way back in the team then that might be the fire lit under him that he needs to return to his previous form.