Fabulous goals from Gary Hooper and Victory Wanyama put Celtic back on winning ways, their first victory in four games in September but Dundee held out until minutes before the break, aided by an excellent performance from Rab Douglas.
Another ex-Celt, Gary Irvine, had a penalty claim 7 minutes in but the ref wasn’t convinced; Irvine’s tumble was a tad overdramatic. Celtic were cut open on 15 minutes when Colin Nish found space inside the box but his shot was blocked. The rebound broke to John Baird who should have converted but fired over the bar.
A minute later Lassad, making his home debut, dribbled to the edge of the six yard box when he appeared to be tripped but again referee, Beaton, denied the claim.
Kris Commons then stepped up the pressure. His cross was dummied by Lassad but Gary Hooper’s shot was saved. Commons then played a diagonal ball through to Lassad who shot wide.
Charlie Mulgrew brought a good save from Douglas from a free kick on the edge of the D after Wanyama was brought down. The Dundee keeper then topped that effort with a save from Forrest after a good cutback from Lassad, before saving again from the same player a minute later.
Lassad’s movement eventually brought a reward when Beaton pointed to the penalty spot after the former Deportivo striker had his legs clipped. Scott Brown has been reliable from the spot this year but this effort didn’t get anywhere near the post, allowing Rab Douglas another opportunity to show what he can do.
Brown made amends a minute before the break when his forward pass was collected by Gary Hooper. Hooper still had a lot to do but nutmeged his marker before firing home, from an angle, into the far corner.
The advantage was almost doubled a minute into the second half when Gary Irvine tried to chest the ball back to Rab Douglas but found the post instead, however, Dundee were two behind three minutes later.
Victor Wanyama shot low and hard from 26 yards, clipping the inside of the post before crossing the line.
Lassad almost opened his scoring account for Celtic with a good header but Rab Douglas was a match to the attempt again. Tony Watt used his impressive strength to get a cross to Gary Hooper, who steadied before shooting against the upright.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6_VXPwm6U
Wheres ma ps3 geeeetaaaaar
Any links to today’s goals?
bjmac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dA-XqAvC9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgh_pJlbrwQ
enjoy, hail hail!
67 heaven 19.16
The paradise windfall draw winning no. was C 2762.
Why do I know… because I had K 2762 :-(
Saint Stivs – You are more than kind, and Hail Hail. (thumbsup)
petec – Did you get to see the game today?
I did not. I rarely miss a match when it’s on television, but I have work burdens that mean Saturdays are rarely free to the extent I’d like, thanks to our modern interconnected world. Today was a day of conference calls and whatnot. I was pleased to read that Rab Douglas did well, I’ve always liked him.
I had the amazing privilege to sit beside the BSR and I had the audacity to ask him where his moniker was from.
Is it related to his favourite soup? My theory is: Oxtail.
And just to really mess things up further, I watched Eyes Wide Shut for the first time (honest I’m not in a secret society) last night (long movie).
It’s a pretty good movie, although Kubrick replaced the goats with attractive young women. Not a bad stylistic choice though.
Also: I think the excellent Alan Cumming was just playing himself. (thumbsup)
Philvis is struggling to bring it all together.
He is HUMAN after all.
Philvis please Spark to life the youtubeness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1DyG3e05oQ
;)
A track that is amazing and that was brought back by philvisreturns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k
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FOUND: Child’s Celtic Season Ticket. Surname: Millar. Area 113. Found in street away from ground. Contact via @CelticMindedcom
Summa of Sammi….
Do yoo7 think Sammi should have played for Greece in the last Internationals?
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Petec..
I don’t think Sammi should have Playes the 2nd half for Greece when he told the Doctor he was injured in Oct 2009.. I think he had Scored 12 in 10 games for WGS he was out injured for 10 weeks after that..
Sammi should have Learned his Lesson..
Unfortunately he has Been away from Greece since he was 15 so has a Good work ethic..;0)))
Summa of InjuredSamarasCSC
PS.. I bet him at 16/1 at the start of Season. 2009 to be Top SPL Scorer lol
Chunky Chucky’s such an eejit.
“New York…so good they had to name it twice”.
Same wit da club from Gooovaan, eh Chunky Chucky, ya maxed out fud.
http://i48.tinypic.com/34nof48.jpg
Just for laughs:
Analysis of economic reality 2012 !
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows
The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other and then throws the
milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.
VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of
credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a
debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all
four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a
Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who
sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.
The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on
one more.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want
three cows.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you.
You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment and high bovine productivity.
You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.
You tell them that you have none.
Nobody believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your
country.
You still have no cows but at least you are now a Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Business seems pretty good.
You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The one on the left looks very attractive.
A GREEK CORPORATION
You have two cows borrowed from French and German banks.
You eat both of them.
The banks call to collect their milk, but you cannot deliver so you call
the IMF.
The IMF loans you two cows.
You eat both of them.
The banks and the IMF call to collect their cows/milk.
You are out getting a haircut.
MiKi67..
Jeezo.. I wishl had read that before I Married they 2 Cows..;0)
Only Kiddin Errrmm Ladies..
Summa
Ps.. Wish we Has 2 Sammis..
May God shine on the Glasgow Irish,for it is they whom gave to us the mighty Celtic FC.
petec
00:41 on 23 September, 2012
Been “ploughing” the garden with my big lads.
Now enjoying a coldie and quietly nursing my pleasure at the road we Tims are on.
Life`s good.
Boony`s lay off for Hoop`s goal was exquisite.
He`s not the “ham an egger” some like to suggest.
Still want M
Mayo to win,all the same.
philvisreturns
00:55 on
23 September, 2012
The world is a better place for having Celtic in it. (thumbsup)
Brilliant summary Philvis.
tomtheleedstim
Thanks for the heads up.
philvisreturns
00:55 on 23 September, 2012
Philvis
The Coatbridge stoater.
Morning all!
Very well done to all the bucketeers and the supporters yesterday. Pity there was’nt a better turnout at the game ‘though.
The world is indeed a better place for having Celtic in it!
HH!!
morning
I couldn’t bring myself to comment about wee oscar earlier in the week, it is so difficult for him and the family. I hope the efforts of cqners yesterday get him treatment
prayers are being said for the poor wee man
Summa of Sammi….
02:22 on 23 September, 2012
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Petec..
I don’t think Sammi should have Playes the 2nd half for Greece when he told the Doctor he was injured in Oct 2009.. I think he had Scored 12 in 10 games for WGS he was out injured for 10 weeks after that..
Sammi should have Learned his Lesson..
Unfortunately he has Been away from Greece since he was 15 so has a Good work ethic..;0)))
Summa of InjuredSamarasCSC
PS.. I bet him at 16/1 at the start of Season. 2009 to be Top SPL Scorer lol
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Excellent comment. ;)
macjay1 for Neil Lennon
04:15 on 23 September, 2012
petec
00:41 on 23 September, 2012
Been “ploughing” the garden with my big lads.
Now enjoying a coldie and quietly nursing my pleasure at the road we Tims are on.
Life`s good.
Boony`s lay off for Hoop`s goal was exquisite.
He`s not the “ham an egger” some like to suggest.
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I have been delighted by the very obvious Maturing of Scott but as you say there is a lot more to his game than just the World Class energy he brings to the side.
Tremendous days are just ahead for Celtic and the Celtic Board deserve a lot of credit for steering us very well in the most troubling of times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiH4vYsdc7o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vntBg5uWKg
10 of the best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1banWYn7Xw
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MacJay..
Re; Ploughing the Garden..
I’ve been Ploughing my House all Day.. Got some Guests Arriving this Week..
But one of them is Coming to work as a Greenkeeper at Royal Melbourne.. So might have my First game in Oz for about 7-8 yrs Soon..:0)
Sitting Out on The Front Porch with a Strawberry Cider Ahhhh.. “The Serenity”..
Summa of TheCastleCSC
Whither the cash-strapped scrofulous Zombo-Billies the day?
Well done the ole bucketeers.
I enjoyed the game, but for hoopslegend Rab Douglas it could easily have been the preferred 5-0.
The crowd was a bit on the low side but times are hard.
And well done the ole Green Brigade for much zombie inspired drolerie.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
08:14 on 23 September, 2012
Whither the cash-strapped scrofulous Zombo-Billies the day?
I think Super Sunday is not quite incorporating Sevco v Montrose (c’mon the mighty Monty Rose o_0).
Respect is really required today at the hotly contested NW derby. And the best of Luck to the Arsenal as they finally try to make petec’s faith in them count by winning the money orientated BPL.
I’d just like to extend my congratulations and admiration to all those who made the effort to help wee Oscar and his family; A most laudable example of Celtic compassion in action.
gordybhoy64
Small change in this one
http://www.justgiving.com/small-change-for-us-big-change-for-Oscar
HH
CRC
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Thought the Crowd was Not bad for September Weekend..
Summa of BlackpoolCSC
Summa of Sammi….
08:13 on 23 September, 2012
Just arrived back in .
Been on the end of a hose.
Snogging a wee Coopers Pale Ale.
Golf? Hard to enjoy when you`ve left your golfing buddies at the 19th back in Bonnie.
Congratulations too to Ricky Burns.
So, who wants a review of “Downfall”?
Naebody?
Right, here it is then…
“Downfall” is a collection of Phil Mac Giolla Bhain’s blog posts on the collapse of RFC, organised around four chapter headings – Finance, Fans, Media, and SFA/SPL. Each section is introduced with a long essay analysing events and setting the background for the blog posts to follow.
It’s a useful way of covering the subject, and reminds you of how central Phil’s journalism was in the early stages of the crisis. The blog where he reveals – in conversation with Martin Bain – that RFC is sitting on a tax bill they cannot pay still sends shivers up the spine, and for those of us who remember the full extent of Murray’s bombast and disdain for our club, it remains a delicious read!
But the blogs are not new, so the four extended essays really form the main focus of the book for readers already acquainted with this scandal.
Things get off to a bad start with the first section – “Finance”. This essentially is a whistle-stop tour through the Murray years. Unfortunately it is very sloppily written and full unexplained events, unanalysed assertions, and rhetorical dead ends. It is as if it has not been proof-read. In one particularly confusing paragraph we are told that no-one knows exactly what figure was put on Murray Park by DM Hall during their convenient re-evaluation of RFC’s assets… then later in the same paragraph we are given an exact figure!
This chapter should have been the grand scene-setter for the book – a forensic analysis of Murray’s spiv-like business practices. Instead it is a muddled mess, and made me think of the efforts of our own BRTH and James Forrest, who have essentially covered the same story, but in more elegant and devastating fashion.
However, after this, things pick up. Phil’s writing becomes much more focused (and calmer), and he leads us through the main elements of RFC’s cultural and commercial collapse.
His section on the Media ought to be required reading for any aspiring journalist. He picks his targets and doesn’t miss, excoriating Jabba, Jackson, Spiers (although he sensibly moderates criticism of him), and the rest of the hack-pack. He cooly exposes the lobby system in Scottish sports journalism, and details the cosiness between Murray and his hand-picked churnalists – invited to Murray family events, offered free holidays in Murray bolt-holes… even with everything that has happened, the corruption of the Fourth Estate is still staggering.
And he delves into the flip-side of Murray’s largesse, exploring the downfall of those journalists who stood up to him, particularly the Sunday Mail’s Jim Cassidy, whose goose was cooked after a heated telephone call in which he basically told Murray to GTF. (Incidentally, Phil recasts Cassidy’s decision to send a hearse to Celtic Park in 1993 as a positive act, not a mocking one…).
What stands out, however, is the staggering ignorance of professional, well-paid journalists, who remain either uninterested or surprised by financial events at Ibrox even after Phil, RTC, CQN and others have exposed and analysed them for months. In this section, Phil’s tone can occasionally be triumphant, but it is difficult to blame him… after all, in any other country he would be the hack-in-demand, the go-to guy on the biggest sporting corruption scandal in British football.
Instead, he is marginalised, mocked, and patronised, and even after RFC slid into administration, not one journalist or media outlet phoned Phil for a comment… This is media failure on an epic scale, and it is difficult to see how the reputation of the sports press in this country can ever recover. it also leaves one fearing for democratic oversight in Scotland more generally…
The next section is “Fans”. This is like shooting fish in a barrel, as Phil details the peculiar “evidence-resistant” mindset of your average Hun supporter. There is plenty on their continuing anti-Catholicism, and out and out racism, however the most interesting element is a straight comparison between how Celtic fans reacted to their own club’s peril and the curiously muted reaction of the Huns. Phil rightly points out that drawing only 7,000 to Hampden, as RFC headed toward liquidation, in an era of social media, was a pitiful effort.
Why the apathy? Phil believes Celtic fans are natural rebels, and suspicious of authority, whereas Rangers fans, coming from a priveleged position in the industrial working class, are naturally deferential. There’s definitely something in this, and it really needs a book on its own to explore this idea fully.
Finally, we have “SFA/SPL”. This is he best part of the book IMHO. Phil mercilessly exposes the gargantuan corruption and corporate gymnastics that so nearly parachuted Sevco first into the SPL, then the First Division. Again, there is little that is actually new, but seeing it laid out in black and white is breath-taking.
Regan in particular gets a pasting and comes across as a venal, incompetent, shifty, unimaginative, lazy, and bland bureaucrat. Doncaster comes across as just plain weird!
The chapter is bolstered by two hilarious pieces of primary evidence – Regan’s email to Doncaster and Petrie, breezily sketching out the terms of a Sevco sweetheart deal; and the notes taken by an SFL board member in the meeting of the SPL, SFL and SFA at which Regan threatened armageddon on the SFL if they didn’t vote for his “Plan B”. Again, seeing the willingness of the guardians of our game to simply and happily rip up the rules for the good of this new phantom club, makes you angry all over again.
It also confirms that the heroes of this whole saga were the fans of Scotland’s clubs, and chairmen like Turnbull Hutton, who simply refused to set aside their integrity for a few shekels more…
Amidst the anger, there are one or two laugh out loud moments – particularly Charles Green’s “presentation” to the SFL, in which he arrogantly tells the chairmen he is supposed to be wooing that there is a deal in place anyway, so their votes don’t count. After which he strides out of the meeting. Ooops…
Finally, Phil looks ahead to Sevco. By this stage it’s difficult not to agree with him that history is about to repeat itself again. All the elements that destroyed RFC are once again in play: corporate arrogance, media connivance, financial opaqueness…
…And that makes me see “Downfall” as ultimately a half-time read. This story is not finished, and Phil could well be updating us in a few months time with the next chapter. Overall, I think there is still room for a really deep, forensic analysis of the collapse of RFC. “Downfall”, whilst required reading for all fans of the Scottish game, feels like the appetiser before the main course… (of succulent lamb?)
ItaliaBhoy
08:53 on 23 September, 2012
Thank You for the in depth analysis of the book.
HH m8
PFAyr- you have mail.
My copy of Downfall hasn’t arrived yet.
Good morning friends from East KIlbride where the sun is again shining brightly in a pretty much cloudless sky.