Neil Lennon’s most inspirational victory over Rangers arrived in January 2011 when a depleted squad in poor form outplayed their rivals. Despite this it remains a concern that Gary Hooper and James Forrest, the manager’s two most favoured players, are injury doubts for tomorrow. Whether Hooper and Forrest are fit or not, we’ll need all the fighting spirit from the win last year if we want to leave with another win.
Six days ago at Hampden we witnessed what happens when a team in the middle of a results slump focus on the most game they have left in the season. Kilmarnock are a team with enormous vulnerabilities and I’m prepared to bet than none of you witnessed their last win over Celtic in Glasgow, but they got the result. Tomorrow is the biggest game in Rangers’ season. You can forget about Ally McCoist’s comments that Celtic are firm favourites, that’s what passes as mind games across the city. Any win would be an enormous achievement from Celtic.
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Did Heid score wae his Heid ? H.H.
Goal Celtic
Greg Spence
Hamilton 1 qoS 0
Joe Filippis Haircut on 24 March, 2012 at 16:28 said:
Did Heid score wae his Heid
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How could he score without it? :-)
Snyde now on ” death in the family “mode.
McCall has already said that Murderwell are going for third…so the huns can relax!
quonno on 24 March, 2012 at 16:21 said:
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Absolutely. Lenny’s most important instruction must be to keep the head and not get sent off. If Celtic finish with 11 men, remain patient, play their own game, and take the chances when they come then I think we could be happy tomorrow afternoon.
We’re so much better than them that it should be a rout, but I suspect a referee-assisted programme of game-killing antics will see a 0-0 draw.
setting free the bears on 24 March, 2012 at 16:27 said
Would you really have Keevins look in a mirror?
James_Oregon
If Hooper isn’t fit Stokes.
Big strong experienced.
Of out for beer and fun in the sun.
Enjoy the day Bhoys.
Come on you Bhoys in Green.
To win it in there midden, joy!
Stuart “Mullet” McCall’s ambition for his own side is truly awe inspiring- NOT!
My dear,dear,dear,friend… Setting Free the Bears..
Pal..
Things are Tuff all over!
Easy fur you tae Dictate.. How a Guid Celtic Supporter should Behave..
You, dinna hiv tae Meet … HIS..Financial Responsibilities..
He has ’em.. You Don’t
A Joab in the Haun is worth.. Nane…. at the Broo!
A Guy has tae pit the breed oan the Table.. and Buy the Shoes fur his Kiddies.. and Keep a Roof Over his Family’s Heid/Heids..
Like Ah said..
Easy, fur You tae be ..
sae… Judgmental!
Kojo
Yer pal.. who likes ye aloater.
jellyarse has just scored for everton – what a day
I wouldn’t have Kelvin Wilson anywhere near the starting 11 tomorrow.
Rogne and Mulgrew our best pairing without doubt.
whats all the cha talk
is matthews injured???
A wee cherry on the ice cream.
Jelavic scores for Everton.
Can feel the hurt!!!!!
It does seem ideally set up for Neil Lennon and his team to go to ibrox and beat a dying rangers team and win the Title in the last ever ‘old firm’ game at ibrox. Plus their fourth defeat at ibrox for the first time in their manky history.
Its almost poetic.
The sheer absolute beautiy of this situation will be recognised in years to come.
If we can’t approach tomorrows game in the right manner now then some of our team are in the wrong job. Tomorrow will be tight and very hard but god what a chance for 11 guys to make themselves legends. Focus, determination bhoys bring it home just bring it home!
Im pretty sure strathclydes finest will let the mib know that a Celtic win would be frowned upon and purely from a safety point of view a hun win would be better for all…..no matter what it takes!!
Kojo
“easy fur you tae Dictate“.
Dictate??? You sure you’re not a tabloid journo? That’s a very tabloid word for someone who has a contrary opinion. were you dictating when you made your pronouncement or is this a one way street?
Now perhaps, you might answer my question as to why certain journos manage to suppress their Celtic allegiances in their reporting without turning into a laptop loyal chameleon? Because Hughie certainly goes further than he needs to earn bread. He gets jam and succulent lamb on HIS piece.
Big Joe@14-10
The game is on Fox soccer channel tomorrow at 8am
Most cable packages carry it so you should be able to see it.
My team forra morra
FF
Juarez (battler)
Rogne
Charlie
Lustig
Paddy/commons
Broonie
VW
Joe
Sammi
Pavel (battler)
It would be worth it even if it was just to hear the tannoy announcement from Swally asking Weewullie bluenose for the loan of an etch a sketch to redo his tactics.
Monaghan 1900
Hugh can look in any mirror he wants …..
when I’m not around.
Afternoon all
I haven’t posted for a while. Been busy. Too busy to post but not too busy to read. Anyroadup, here I am with my iPad in my hand and nothing better to do than poke it in such a way as to leave marks on CQN.
Matthews not injured, just been absolute pash for weeks! :)
Big Joe on 24 March, 2012 at 16:28 said:
tombhoy on 24 March, 2012 at 16:23 said:
BigJoe… Tomorrow’s game is being shown live on Fox Soccer Channell which is widely available through most cable providers (at least that’s the case here on the west coast) if you have access to a TV or can find a sports bar open at 8am. Also might be worth checking nafcsc.com for nearest CSC?
I……………..
Love………..
You…………
Bigjoeandthetroooooops
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And I hope that you’ll still love me tomorrow :-) Hail! Hail!
WORD OF CAUTION..
last time Killie beat our nearest challengers we had an away match to minnos..
We only drew and won the league the following week at home V St Johnstone…
just saying like…. o)))
off to vigil bhoys then a wee pre party session….
Surprised that NL or PL haven’t reverted to the ol Fergie trick of putting the ref under pressure before the game by making a few comments to the press – Ref must be on top of his game, world watching etc etc
By Alex Thomson Channel 4
Right – let me make two things absolutely clear at the outset.
First, I am writing this imagining that one or two people outside Glasgow use the internet, so I might make some observations familiar to Clydeside surfers.
Second, this arises from my continuing investigation into Rangers which is still in early stages. That is to say, I am not investigating Celtic. If I were, rest assured RFC Bears – they’d get just the same treatment.
I’d expected the paranoia, insults, spin etc – hey – this is “fitba” after all and I welcome it good, bad and ugly, from fans within and without Glasgow. Indeed I’ve gone out and asked for it.
What I didn’t expect were the insults (and in at least one case a direct physical threat) not from fans but from Scottish journalists.
Sarajevo, Mogadishu, Kabul, Islamabad, Tripoli, Baghdad…I could bore you with more – in none of these places have I ever got this interesting reaction from local journalists.
Only in Glasgow.
So something’s up. Something’s different.
Something about asking questions about RFC clearly angers some in the Glasgow media in a way I’ve never seen in 25 years of global reporting.
Equally, a number of fine Glasgow journalists have been incredibly helpful, encouraging and agree there has been something deeply wrong for far too long in the culture of reporting RFC.
They know who they are, male and female, working in papers, radio and broadcasting and every single one has encouraged me to dig around in an area many cannot, will not or are prevented from, exploring.
I refer of course to “succulent lamb”. Graham Spiers, seasoned football writer in Glasgow was there the day it happened.
He and other reporters dined with Sir David Murray – then RFC owner, in the Channel Islands. Murray – as ever – was talking big on the Rangers dream-theme, laying out plans for the club that seemed to go well beyond the mere limit of the sky.
There duly appeared copy praising the “succulent lamb” that was eaten – the “fine red” that was drunk.
The food and drink were taken – so was this man’s dream of Rangers – all without much question in some quarters.
I make and imply no criticism at all of the reporters present – what intrigues as an outsider is how many people years later around Glasgow happily talk about “succulent lamb” journalism.
Let Graham explain – he was actually there, after all: “Succulent lamb journalism means a culture – and I hold my hand up here too – a culture of sycophantic, unquestioning, puff journalism that went on around Rangers generally and Sir David Murray particularly.”
Of course you’ll see it to some degree across sport, across football. But it was, many Glasgow journalists say, more damaging here.
“Look,” says Graham Spiers, “you are making a pact with the devil if you like. You get thrown the best scraps. You get something for the back page or whatever. But there’s a tacit deal. You don’t dig too deep. You don’t cause any trouble.”
So Big Dave’s dream was shouted across Glasgow. Fans loved it. It shifted papers. Everyone (in blue) wanted in, needed to believe.
So it went on – year after year. On one side the directors at Scotland’s football “governing” bodies didn’t ask much. On the other, large sections of Glasgow football journalism declined to delve.
How else to explain Ibrox’s boom to spectacular bust?
How else to deal with the fact that when Craig Whyte took over it was stories of a “billionaire” with “off the scale riches” that were pumped out?
Ten minutes on Google or in Companies House could’ve ended that. But no. It was dreamland the fans wanted, dreamland much of the media bought into and a club already financially crippled was about to be further injured.
Legions of fans sold out again, as it would turn out.
Succulent lamb culture has permeated to a degree that, as one prominent Glasgow tabloid journalist put it: “The press -a really critical check and balance in the normal way of things, had been more or less destroyed in Glasgow.”
So are things any better today? Is succulent lamb off the menu – replaced with humble pie?
I leave it to others to judge if that succulent lamb cozy Glasgow football culture has really gone away.
Afternoon all
Maybe it’s the painkillers I’m on and I hope I’m not being recklessly optimistic but I think Celtic are going to win the league this season.
H x 2
Ps Shame on us for not winning it before the clocks go forward.
My dear,dear,dear,friend.. Setting Free the Bears.
Pal..
Shuggie…is hivin a Great Time.. he Plays Baith sides agin the Middle..
He is a Clever Son of ta Gun.
Has tae be.. tae Survive as long as He His..in the Scottish Fitba’ Scene.
He is a Master of the Controversial.
He is an EDITOR’S DREAM!
He sells.. News Papers.. He. attracts.. Detractor’s!! tae His Radio Program..
He sets oot tae be the Man Who They Luv Tae Hate!
He is a SUCCESS.. at whit he diz..
Why should He care if he disnae Meet wi..
Settling Free the Bears. Approval?
Kojo
yer pal…who likes ye aloater
FT Killie 2 – Murderwell 0
Party is on – Jelly and Ice cream on standby. Do they do alcohol free champers? i’m off the booze :-(
HaHa Rankers HaHa
FT Killie 2 -0
Jellycopter Sundae
Just can’t get enough
All over at Rugby Park. We can clinch the title tomorrow
Bring on the raaaaaaaangers!!
Good team, Killie…
WELL DONE THE MULLET
only 6 thousand at Killie and that is a team that has just won a cup. A Bhoycott would really hurt them
Estadio Nacional on 24 March, 2012 at 16:38 said:
Its almost poetic.
It is beyond the wildest dreams we could have dreamed. I think perhaps their fate was sealed the day they signed El Hadji Djouf and the darkest of stars aligned.
And I think we can forgive Killie now, they have teed it up for all those portents to be fulfilled tomorrow.
I always would have Wilson as far away from the first 11 as possible tomorrow. Not because he’s a bad player, I’m still undecided on his ability, but because he’s a bottler.
I’ve watched him have good games and watched him have bad games. His bad games come in ‘big’ matches. It doesn’t even need to be important matches – I’ve seen him crumble in friendlies because of the perceived talent of the opposition.
He cannot start tomorrow.
Mulgrew and Rogne in the middle and Izzaguire at left back. He should be fit by now.