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I get that if VAR did not have clear evidence that the referee’s made a mistake, they have no scope to overturn an on-field decision, but I thought the ball had gone out of play before Alistair Johnston crossed for Daizen Maeda late in the game at Easter Road.  I cannot get exercised over the apparently inappropriate intervention.

An away game after an away European game remains statistically the time a team are most likely to drop points.  These circumstances significantly explain why Hibs took all three points against the champions on Saturday.  Celtic were poor in the first half.  They improved in the second period when Daizen replaced Adam Idah through the middle, but it was all too late.

Last night news broke that Philippe Clement was to be sacked across the city hours before the deed was officially confirmed.  It is classless to allow a manager’s sacking to leak like this.

Information is currency and info that Clement was to be sacked is worth a lot of currency to a board member, trying to earn enough support from the media to leverage later.  Last week more news leaked from Newco, about a potential new US investor.  That leak did not land well with the investor, who had not made their key personnel aware of the prospective action.  But the leaker earned currency with the recipient of the news.

This is chronically dysfunctional and consistent with everything we know about Newco, especially their relationship with the media.  You can expect to read positive spins on the club’s plans as a consequence, with the interests of the leaker boosted in particular.  It’s all cosplay, the real world is unaffected.

In his 16 months in charge, Clement won the League Cup Celtic had been eliminated from before he was appointed.  Celtic won the three other trophies awarded during his time, enjoy a 13-point lead in the league and alongside Queen’s Park, are the only Glasgow clubs in the Scottish Cup.  Despite this lack of success, interim-CEO John Bennett awarded Clement a new four year contract in August.  A the time, this appeared rash.  Looking back, it was clearly another example of inept management at Ibrox.

On Clement’s appointment in October 2023, Bennett said, “A team led by our [then]CEO James Bisgrove, members of the board, and former Rangers player and manager Graeme Souness, has spent the last 10 days interviewing several high calibre candidates, with those individuals undergoing a rigorous interview and vetting process.”

I would like to offer a sincere thanks to Graeme for his role in the fiasco over the last 16 months and hope he is back at the table in the weeks to come.  The only cloud on our horizon is the reported prospect of Barry Ferguson being appointed interim manager across the city.  This could easily lead to a permanent appointment, with Ferguson exerting pressure on Brendan Rodgers next season.  Let’s hope Graeme can convince the board to look at a different candidate.

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  2. bankiebhoy1 on

    theBHOYfromU.N.C.L.E on 24th February 2025 1:07 pm

     

    So Alex Rae is gone as well…..he’ll get back into his old job as a model, for gloves.

     

     

    ……………………………………………………………………..

     

     

    CoffeeSplutterers CSC

     

    :)))))))))))))))))

  3. boondock saint on

    Ferguson sings the blues

     

    In Louden Bar no less

     

    He’s no stranger to the land

     

    Or the barren trophy wilderness

     

     

    Cuz wee Baz looks in the mirror

     

    and it throws back the question

     

    and it screams out in words that beg an answer

     

    Tell me can this orangeman change the blues.

  8. bankiebhoy1 on

    Amid all THAT staunch rekruitment………

     

    …………can we hope that the wan’n’only……

     

    ………. Bummer Broon…………………………………… is given a front-of-Hoose role………

     

    …………..something in Comms perhaps????

     

     

    :o

  9. clunks on

    wee barry turned up for training in an orange ford ranger

     

     

    It’s so funny

     

     

    You can imagine him sitting on the toilet, trying to think of a way to show how staunch he is

     

     

    And that is wwhat he came up with

  10. clunks on

    Tomorrow at training Gazza is expected to turn up with a 4 pack, a fish supper and some fishing rods….

  11. Greenpinata on

    GlassTwoThirdsFull on 24th February 2025 1:08 pm

     

    Our European achievements gone and forgotten in less than a week in favour of going back (in every sense of the word) to the old firm. Sad, if predictable.

     

    —————

     

    Could not agree more. The recognition, exposure and promotion of our team, club and brand Celtic in our European campaign was a joy to behold.

     

    Especially without the baggage of the ” Old Firm”

     

     

    It true to say, European football refreshes the parts that domestic football cannot achieve.

     

     

    HH.

     

     

    PS : NO HUNS IN PARADISE. We don’t need them and we certainly don’t want them.

  12. Saint Stivs on

    if you canny run fru brickwaz fur fergie then yir no goinny dae if fir any yin

     

     

    oh the banter

  14. Saint Stivs on

    It true to say, European football refreshes the parts that domestic football cannot achieve.

     

     

    ———–

     

     

    i had one of those out the box or out my face light bulb moments the other day.

     

     

    if real are allowed and puch for a move to the bundesliga, so should we.

  35. Burnley78 on

    Greenpinata

     

     

    I guess our much maligned domestic rivals have gone a round further than us in their European competition this year. Indeed they are still in it. They have also amassed a far higher co efficient than us over the past 5 years. Maybe when we have something even resembling Olympiakos or Bodo or Red Star or Zagreb as a coefficient we can be shouting about it. One season with an easy draw is progress. Maybe 2 or 3 is worth shouting about.

  36. Burnley78 on

    Tomorrow night is a must win game for me. To not win for a 3rd game in a row and leave us heading into a trip to St Mirren then Hibs in the cup on a bit of a downer would not be good.

     

     

    To go 16 clear with 10 games to go feels a lot better.

  38. Turkeybhoy on

    Burnley,

     

    “Easy draw”

     

    CL runners up

     

    Europa League winners

     

    Aston Villa

     

    Bruges

     

    RB Leipzig

     

    Get a grip.Taking FF too much to heart.We only read it for a laugh.

  41. Stephbhoy1967 on

    VAR is not prefect but it’s better than what went before. We need to keep VAR but make efforts to improve it are introduced, more camera’s goalline tech, semi automatic offside etc.

     

     

    Make sure refs and those in VAR room are well trained. Have a meritocracy where the best climb to the top and when they fall back down when they fall short, reflecting their capabilities. The current system appears to see refs move to and stay at top league regardless of preformances.

     

     

    Bottom line, mistakes will happen and we need to accept that is the case. Some you win some you lose. However, the same people can’t keep making the same mistakes without consequence.

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