It wasn’t a glorious performance last night but I’m delighted to be through to the League Cup quarter final nonetheless. Cup games against lower league opposition are there to be won, nothing else. There were a few bright spots: Saidy Janko looks like he has a sound future in the game, while Efe Ambrose seemed to enjoy his role as senior partner in the defence.
While we struggled for an opening, Kris Commons again stepped forward with a crisp strike from outside the box into the corner of the net. He remains the key to a large number of locks. We should have added more before Stefan Johansen grabbed a late goal to tidy things up.
On the way into the game I predicted Aberdeen’s defeat. With winning 8 league games in a row and being clear at the top of the league, every game has been a cup final for them, until last night. A game against lower league opposition is just not the same (see above). Footballers are not robots, so it’s difficult to ‘climb the mountain’ for every game.
How they react to this defeat will be interesting. Last season they won seven games in a row before Dundee took a point from them, heralding an immediate slide in form and the end of their title challenge. They have a trip to Inverness on Saturday to prepare for.
Charles Green’s apparent claim for legal expenses from Newco Rangers is jarring, but far from surprising.
The Rangers Football Club Ltd (formerly Sevco Scotland Ltd), a member club of the SFA, was the vehicle Green used to strike the Sale and Purchase Agreement for (oldco) Rangers’ assets. It is the beneficiary of that deal, not the victim. The alleged victim is the rightful owner of the assets, which may be Sevco 5088 Ltd, (oldco) Rangers creditors, or someone else altogether.
It is no surprise whatsoever that the beneficiary of a deal would be legally obliged to defend the officers who signed the deal on its behalf.
Still, there’s more to this episode than a simple case of alleged wrongdoing. Fans are caught between affection for the football club and anger at what was allegedly done in 2012. By the football club. I wouldn’t want to have to reconcile those emotions.
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West End of East End on 24th September 2015 8:48 pm
Dallas Dallas – Here is the link to the Kevin Bridges / Graham Hunter interview, all of the interviews are worth a listen to
Great interview. Thanks for that. Hunter was very good.
Efe looked more comfortable with the role as chief centre half and Blackett demonstrated that, on appearances so far, he’s a better centre back than left back.
CRC
Thanks for reluctantly giving me my change. Your salesman skills are impressive M.
You and Jobo are magic.
Hail Hail wee Shane.
Gerrybhoy, Graham Hunter puts all the guys who work in our sports press to shame. The only issue I have with getting rid of sky sports was not watching Revista De La Liga. Graham Hunter is really good on it, giving an insight the types of Keevins, Jackson, Young can only dream of.
May God bless that old woman and her family
A horrible horrible disease
When Ciftci signed I thought it would be 2016 before we would see the best of him, whether we should have signed a player with questionable character is another debate.
I thought he was awful last night and on another evening could have been sent off.
I see police Scotland appear to have, once again screwed up the investigation of that poor woman. It is quite unbelievable what is going on with pin this organisation.
I’ve no idea of the provenance of this, but the poteen still crew made me smile… and few good ould songs as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QTyuVglge4
Good night all and sleep well.
GORDYBHOY64 on 24TH SEPTEMBER 2015 8:31 PM
watching the rugby,which I quite like,
canny understand the rolling maul with the defending team unable to get near the guy carrying the ball
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That’s a rubbish of the game now IMHO. Used to be the ball carrier had to be at the front so the opposition had some chance of getting it. Not now.
HH jamesgang
Delaneys
So sorry to hear that that lady was found dead. Heard her poor daughter on the radio yesterday. She sounded very calm and dignified despite the horrific fears she must have been enduring.
HH jamesgang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z64zu9xSfxc
Neganon2
Now I am not into politics, and not looking to start a political debate
but
I also found Dr Richard Simpson news cast very interesting on Nicola Sturgeon, in her being extremely liberal with the truth on NHS waiting lists, his comments that if he had made such a comment he would be up in front of the medical council, yet she is untouchable
Hopefully some of the SNP actual performance now being highlighted
And for clarity for all, I voted yes, then labour
James
What I am hearing locally is that Police Scotland have fecked up big time.
Shower of shite!
We need change!
Dad
Police Scotland, set up and supported by SNP
As per OBAFA, to target our fans – the £3m budget for this act could be better spent dealing with the police call centre which ain’t working
Hail Hail
Dad = DD, see this new ios9 :-)
COWIEBHOY on 24TH SEPTEMBER 2015 11:04 PM
Slowly but surely the Scottish people will start to realise just how incompetent the nats have been in office.
Police Scotland has been a disaster, the NHS in Scotland trails the NHS in England on every measure, and for the first time in history the education system in England is better than it is in Scotland.
Evening Cowiebhoy
Yes was never a vote for the SNP as you well know, but the SNP may have been the vehicle we needed to use to break us away from the Westmonster piglovers. In our wisdom we decided that we would stay unionised. I wonder if the results of the promised “vow” will beat res12 :-) Only kidding res 12 bhoys. I am sure you will win.
I think politicians are in it for themselves, unlike football CEOS and chief scouts who are most trustworthy :-)
HH
CRC
West Central Scotland streets are the most videoed in Europe.
Mrs MacKay was caught on camera last week.
A life could have been saved.
Pig bandits!
Oh Holy God, not politics again, Goodnight & God Bless All.
Evening CRC, will pay you on Saturday for LMS :-)
Ernie, I am not wanting a political discussion, but I agree with your comments, I have a mhate who is a union official who is livid with what has been done for youth college training places etc
Now how about the Celtic team to face Hearts, and who should play left back in both games ?
Hail Hail
Cowiebhoy
It was wet and windy in north Glasgow today but as the rain had stopped at lunch time the children were allowed out to play.
Before going out I told all of them to put their jackets on because it was cold and still damp. Eleven of them hadn’t a jacket with them and it transpired that eight of those eleven didn’t even own a jacket.
After the break one girl was complaining that her feet were wet. I asked her to take off her shoes so that I could put them on the heater to dry. When I looked at the soles, there was a hole the size of a 50p in each shoe.
That’s the reality.
Corkcelt, apologies for bringing in some political comments there
Like DD, fuming that another vulnerable person and her family has been badly let down by our so called emergency services, these changes driving the failure for me needs to g back to root cause, which is how it is managed and delivered by our Scottish government
But
Who should play left back against Hearts then Fenerbache ?
And I hope you make the CQN Coarner :-)
Hail Hail
Being “liberal” with the truth; is that not the opposite of being economic with it, and therefore equates with being open and honest?
ernie lynch on 24th September 2015 11:15 pm
COWIEBHOY on 24TH SEPTEMBER 2015 11:04 PM
….the NHS in Scotland trails the NHS in England on every measure, and for the first time in history the education system in England is better than it is in Scotland.
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Can you point me to the stats/ links for these points as this concerns me that this has happened in such a short period of time .
NHS fails on “every measure” Disturbing!
“First time in history” re education is quite a failure.
HH
CRC
Cowiebhoy,
for not wanting to spark a political debate you do well with 2 political
posts within 10 minutes.
Absolute disgrace again from Police Scotland,no doubt the cover up
is under way already
HT
That really saddens me, when you look at some others priorities Bhud
1. “Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.”
2. “If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through the whole array of commercial and individualist institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our martyrs.”
Though the second quote was of it’s time, maybe we need to replace “England” with “The Class”, for want of a better object. The working class experience in England is the same as here.
Quote 1 is interesting – you have to relinquish any idea of national government to agree with it. So the debate between Scottish and British government becomes a fallacy.
!!Bada Bing!! on 24th September 2015 10:26 pm El Papa live in NYC on CNN and Fox News
*Mrs. TT is a political junkie and has been glued tae CNN and MSNBC for the past couple of days. She remarked earlier on about the crowd, not all Catholic BTW, chanting ‘viva el Papa” and the fact that in the place we still call hame they prefer tae march about in clown costumes denigrating him.
She loves that he is now heading tae St Patrick’s Cathedral which is named after a wee mhan fae her home town Dumbarton.
You can take the lassie out of the convent school.
Jamesgang,
re the rugby,
played a wee bit a long time ago and it was nothing like it is now
Ghordybhoy64
I had a policeman at my door last night
He was here to collect my Celtic pools money :-) ( was off duty incidentally)
Interestingly his view this investigation into some new club from 2012, will be swept under the carpet
Hail Hail
Cheers Cowiebhoy
The CQN badges and cufflinks will also be available this Saturday as well. So if you are feeling sympathy, somebody needs to buy Docs designs :0)
HH
CRC
HT
My mammy’s aunt, Sister Mary Veronica was headmistress of Saint Denis, Dennistoun in 1930’s. She was a sister of the poor and put shoes on every shoe less pupil in her school.
We are returning to those days mi amigo.
CRC, bloody Norah, will need to raid the piggy bank :-)
See you Saturday and will bring all my change
Will also need to buy one of these shirts which require cufflinks :-)
Hail Hail and Nytol
Hamiltontim on 24th September 2015 11:28 pm –
Humbling HT. Maybe we have to adopt a school closer to home as well and help these kids and families. Just don’t know where society has gone wrong that this becomes the case.
HH
CRC
TONTINE TIM on 24TH SEPTEMBER 2015 11:33 PM
It says much about His Holiness’ integrity, decency, honesty, compassion, inclusiveness, intelligence and warmth that even those stations could only portray his speech as an act of incredible humanity.
Amazing reception for the Pope in St Patricks Cathedral NY,live on CNN
Tontine Tim
I was told that Old Kilpatrick was the birthplace of my patron Saint Patrick. Sadly Saint Patrick’s RC church Old Kilpatrick was destroyed in a vandal arson attack 3 weeks ago. The OK Church of Scotland are allowing a 9am Sunday Mass in their church. Modern times.