You detect a notion in some circles that Newco might beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final next week, if only Scott Brown was removed from the equation. This belief is based on two football games, the corresponding fixture last season, when Newco prevailed on penalty kicks, and the more recent league draw at Celtic Park. On both occasions Celtic played well within themselves.
By any measure, we could lose on Sunday. Ross County (8th in the table) took a point on Sunday, while Partick Thistle and Newco have both drawn at Celtic Park in the last five weeks. Football regularly provides random results, and Celtic are due one. You will also share concerns we all have about refereeing decisions denying us the treble, as happened on Scottish Cup semi-final day two years ago.
But is a referee fails to award Celtic a penalty when an opponent punches the ball off the line, refuses to red card the player, then awards our opponents a penalty, and sends a Celtic player off, our chances of delivering the treble will likely perish again. None of this will have anything to do with Scott Brown.
We faced this lot in September without our talisman, Leigh Griffiths, who was injured. This created space for Moussa Dembele to score a hat-trick. What Moussa proved that day is that games are not determined by those who miss out, but by the attitude of those who take to the field.
Consider, for a moment, the attitude among the Celtic support, players and management since Sunday. There’s a sense of grievance there, a pulling together in the face of a clear injustice. It’s almost impossible to conjure up such a scenario when you’ve passed 40 games undefeated in the season, but here we are.
Let’s bring it onto the Hampden pitch.
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Very funny video of fans being interviewed after the Partick game, big guy with the hat was funny, worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
Fans were asked would “Rangers “challenge next year.
You’ll find it in here on newsnow.
A worry? Caixinha names Rangers player who could miss out on featuring against Celtic HITC 19:01
Sorry can’t do link. HH
Sorry for Leicester fans but not the players after the way they treated former manager.
Think Robben asked the linesman if he was a Star Trecker?
FESS19 on 18TH APRIL 2017 9:47 PM
TURKEYBHOY on 18TH APRIL 2017 9:42 PM
Not only was the Red Card a travesty,the twat of a Ref has spoiled a fantastic match.Just what did he see there to make that decision.
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Think problem was he could not see it from were we was
There was nothing to see.Perfect tackle.He must have just made it upIts the CL quarters ,too much at stake to not have a clue what you are doing.Ronaldo again.He has killed Bayern over the two games.
Give us one more Bayern please
Ronaldo looked a tad offside to me when putting Real in front.
Gordy
You are lucky. Canny get a mobile signal in my daughter’s house in Faifley.
Pesky Kilpatrick Hills. :)
Mon the Bavarians!
Off-side goal suits UEFA TV audiences!
I fecking hate Ronaldo
As much as I dislike Marcelo that was fantastic commitment
Ach Monaco fur the cup then
Ach Ronaldo hat trick kills it..
Once again a game of football is ruined by the headline hugging officials
Since Collina(sp) and his sidekick Dallas made refs think they where the main event football has taken 3nd place to the offices egos
Was enjoying the game and if anyone should have walked it was the Madrid player for his fouls..
Disappointed
3rd place, WTF
Champions League is sh**.
They need Celtic:)
Ronaldo is a shireen nanjiani, couldnae lace wee Messi’s boots.
HH
BRTH 7:48
Appetite Whetted ……and some.
25th May, In The Heat of Lisbon
The fans are returning
To where the Bhoys became Champions
Surely some can scan better
BT
It is no just oor cheatin refs. Looked similar in Madrid tonight.
Marcelo great full back.
Not a big fan of Bayern but once again a team capable of beating Real/Barca gets stiched-up in a key 1/4 final or semi final.
Always strange that the MIBs allocated these types of crucial games come from a minor European country.
What price Barca to turn it around tommorrow?
TGM
Love wee Leo. My dislike for Ronaldo grows as the years progress. Canny put my finger on why.
DD
Wee Messi is far superior to Ronaldo….hence the posing, six-pack abs,brylcreem, and cheating.
Ronaldo couldnae touch wee Bobby Lennox:)
HH
What a chancer that Ed Sheerin is.
Bogus.
TGM
The first Celtic player I ever met was Bobby Lennox. We were doon Saltcoats for the Fair fortnight and coming out mass on Sunday morning my dad said “There’s a Lisbon Lion son.” I screamed Bobby Lennox, and the great man came over to me with that huge smile on his face that I will never forget. Wonderful memory forever. I was 5, it was just after Milan 1970. Still got the autograph wi my name on it.
Barcelona will need a lot more than a ref to knock Juventus out though it want stop UEFA trying.
Juventus defense to smart for Barca predictable tactics.
Barca’s flawed system will be easy for Juventus to hit on counter.
BIG JIMMY on 18TH APRIL 2017 6:22 PM
BMCUWP and ERNIE LYNCH ( and others)
I was in court today, nothing decided due to Legal Points that I made ( thank God I made them ) that put a spanner in the defenders works apparently.
I’ve to return to the same Court on …………THE 25th MAY !
Big Jimmy, my admiration for you and your struggle knows no bounds. And now you have another date with destiny, but a very auspicious one. Will be thinking of you over in Lisbon and raising a glass to your victory. Reason I’ve been only lurking these days – not that I had anything worthwhile to say anyway – is that some scumbags of staff at Mrs Scaniel’s work have ganged up on her and have gunned for her dismissal. 19 years as boss to these cretins, raising it from one part-time post to 8 full-time posts, working in a very stressful occupation (VFR’s better half will be familiar with this), and it’s come to this. I now know what Big Jimmy has had to put up with for nearly 3 years and not so long ago another CQNer’s wife had the same problem. Have no doubt, the red hand of ulster was the instigator in all of this. But also afraid to say the wife of a very good Tim has also been treacherous. No matter. We are strong. We shall overcome. And Big Jimmy, no matter the outcome you’ve been an inspiration.
Do you referee every game you watch
Do you try to do it honestly .
I do
On occasions when seeing replays do you realise
It was your green tinted specs or just your oul
Tired eyes that won’t keep up.
This is the reason I,m not up to being a ref.
Any one who cares as much about their club as I do should not be a ref
Any one who dislike “the other lot” as much as I do should not be a ref
But there you go.
Too many sevco fans as refs wanting things to be just so when they are something else
That’s why it won’t even itself up
That’s why we won the big cup we had to be good enough, to stay ahead of the refs
If there was a competition where every side offered video evidence of being hard done by
We would win by a factor of 20-1
Easy
Somebody might come back and say where’s your proof
But it’s no just my eyes that are tired
Somebody else can do it
DD
Wee Bobby was always my fav…still is:)
Ronaldo is like Colin Stein in comparison.
Ive just done two quick impresssions for Mrs Green Man…she is still laughing, Mr ED Sheerin, and Slavoj Zizek.
And im totally sober:)
HH
Interesting game Bayern vs Real but hard to believe that Ronaldo’s 1st offside goal was not spotted.
Hard to justify refereeing performance as incompetence when every contentious decision favored one team.
If UEFA need any advice on glossing over his atrocious /partizan performance they could call the mssm as they have refined this art for decades.
Champions League is bent as bananas.
Same old sh***, different season.
HH
TGM
Hahaha
The first anti Rangers song I learnt was in Saint Paul’s Whiteinch primary 1 playground.
To Jesus Christ Superstar tune.
“Colin Stein superstar,
He runs like a wummin,
And he wears a bra.”
Then later
” Ye can f##k yer Rangers and yer Colin Stein,
We’ve got Harry in the Celtic team.
Oh Harry, Harry, Harry Hood.
I am only interested in watching Celtic now saturation coverage by tv analysis by pundits who can hardly string a sentence together and the cheating and corruption have done that when Asia gets fed up of football what will be left?
DD
Cant wait till we stamp our authority on Sunday.
No messing about, give them HELL
Grrrrr:)
HH
Dessybhoy
Ditto….I only watch Celtic.
The rest are garbage:)
Just cheats:)
HH
Apparently, former O** F*** star Richard Gough has mislaid his wife’s clothes.
Anybody got any theories?
sftb
ebtrepay.com ?
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Rangers legend Richard Gough has found himself in the doghouse after throwing out his wife’s clothes by MISTAKE.
The nine-in-a-row Ibrox captain and Lindsay Stenson-Gough embarked on a major declutter operation after moving home recently, but it seems Richard took things a little too far.
In an eager effort to rid himself of 11 years of ‘stuff’ he ended up giving his wife’s luxury Lululemon yoga clothes to charity in error.
Lindsay posted on Facebook: “My freshly washed and folded running, cycling and yoga ‘stuff’ was nowhere to be seen! I searched every room, like a lunatic, just in case I’d randomly placed it somewhere and forgotten about it.
“Apparently not. In my husband’s enthusiasm to donate, he accidentally scooped up the laundry basket with the charity bags.
“I changed from zen/ minimalism to very western/ materialistic in a nano second.
“It was a basket full of Lululemon!!!.
“There were choice words and choked tears
“I’d given everything else away, I had no pants to wear!!!”
In an attempt to retreive some of her clothes, Lindsay rushed to the charity shop, but was left disappointed.
She added: “At 8am this morning I arrived at the charity store to try and retrieve my own clothing!
“I found 1 pair of shorts, 1 pair of pants and……. Richard’s speedo!.”
Richards said: Well if you have read Lindsay Stenson-Goughs Facebook post you will understand my thinking!!
“I somehow don’t think she will be asking me to help with the moving again.”
SETTINGFREETHEBEARS
Are they wrapped round the corpse of his dead football team up in his attic?