Stephen Pressley’s Falkirk team did well at Hampden yesterday but the manager did himself no credit with his half time rant at the referee, who chopped off a perfectly good Celtic goal but annoyed Pressley for awarding a penalty when Thomas Rogne was hauled to the ground.
An irritated Pressley, who always seems to be the one in the middle of any controversy, then gave an inexplicable post-match interview to the BBC, demonstrating as clear a case of Cognitive Dissonance you are likely to find outside of a textbook. At the time he, apparently, hadn’t seen a TV replay of the penalty incident, made no attempt to claim Darren Dods was innocent of the alleged discretion, nor did he suggest the referee had erred, but he was clearly troubled trying to reconcile these facts with his feeling of being wronged.
To all aspiring Cognitive Dissonance posters in the CQN comments section, new standards have been set. You are a bunch of amateurs with functioning resolution pathways and have no future in the game.
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Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
30 January, 2012 at 15:49
Barcamole
C) Is always blame it on catholic schooling
Thought you knew that ? ;-)……………..
Aye for most things Alba…………….
but a (so called) pal owing you dosh when you are on your uppers…………Naw, aw naw, c’mon, even Keevins wouldn’t try and make that appear plausible!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Tontine Tim: 30 January, 2012 at 16:00
I don’t remember the show – but since it was 1973 maybe it was on after ma bedtime.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:
30 January, 2012 at 15:39
Quite, but it’s a bit late for that. I’ve just been told that he wishes he hadn’t said what he said.
Mort says:
30 January, 2012 at 15:41
Sorry, Mort, I don’t know. I don’t think my friend went into detail about what exactly he wished he had said, just that he wished he hadn’t said what he did say.
I think Pat Nevin and Elvis are all products of the environment they have chosen. Kenny Shiels not so much.
Hail Hail
IanBhoy929 at 16:03
Most certainly do not. He is an absolute gentleman and the only SPL manager last season to condemn the treats and attacks made against Neil Lennon.
He would probably be classed as from a unionist background, culturally speaking, in NI but having met him, he is certainly no hun.
Mort
IanBhoy929
He might well be, but he was the ONLY SPL MANAGER to speak out at the time and condemn the death threats to Neil Lennon.
So he is alright in my book.
IanBhoy929: 30 January, 2012 at 16:03
Naw.
David Moyes has reaffirmed his desire to add to his squad this month, but would not be drawn to comment on speculation linking the club with a bid for Rangers’ Nikica Jelavic.
When asked directly about Jelavic on Monday, Moyes said: “I never talk about players at other clubs, I wouldn’t do that.
“I don’t like it and I didn’t like it when I was a player and I kept hearing there were other centre-halves coming in to take my position. I wouldn’t talk about players at other clubs.
“If there was any news I would give it to you. You will need to wait until midnight tomorrow night and then we will let you know what is happening.”
IanBhoy929 says:
Does anyone out there think that Kenny Shiels is an a***hole and a hun,
…………………….
Nope!!!
we also wore the yellow strip in the scottish cup final that same year
Glad our friends in Poland also see the significance of the tattoo[ or lack of them] to the 21st Century footballer.
St Johnstone have completed the loan signings of Tottenham Hotspur striker Kudus Oyenuga and Celtic’s James Keatings until the end of the season.
I hope Keatings stays injury free and gets some decent game time, when fit he is a goal machine.
HH
Mort says:
30 January, 2012 at 16:07
Agreed on Kenny Shiels.
Supportive of Lennon last season and prior to kick off of their semi final he also gave the Vanessa Riddle Appeal a mention.
Strip debate
Dislike most strips nike I’m afraid and that horrible yellow nonsense at the moment is possibly one of the worst ever. Not impressed with the Hibs training top either.
Away strip Black and Green verticles, 3rd strip all white top with green colar and green shorts.
Drove past Murray Park at 3.45. There were a lot of media hanging about big van with a very large satellite dish on it. About 4 or 5 cars and CRVs waiting to turn into the car park. Doesn’t mean there’ll be any activity though.
THE EXILED TIM says:
30 January, 2012 at 16:03
Could be a straight cash deal. I’d sign him at £1m plus add-ons and offer Hearts the same deal for Templeton.
DirtyMac … Third Lanark.. I rememember playing in their derelict stadium…on my bike! Not football .
. Someone somewhere In Govan has allegedly told big whopping stories re accounts, audits, etc and for yrs I lost sleep over it like many of us as we watched titles being won by fiscal impropriety.. Well our time has come… The fun is starting.. Even Ortiz is away.. Soon the jannie will be offered a trial or the burger van man that onviously serves Sally ..
Happy Days.. HH
These are the comments Paul 67 referred to @ 16.02
Internatioal fame for DBBIA etc!
” Jak się wymawia jego imię. Jak Paul, ale bardzo wolno czy może Pavell albo tak jak Alex Ferguson, gdy mówi Parl” – pyta BlantyreKev. “Czy ktoś wie, czy mamy opcję pierwokupu. Jestem podekscytowany tym transferem, ale tak samo byłem, kiedy przyszedł Morten Rasmussen”.
“Witaj w największym klubie w jakim w życiu zagrasz. To może być najlepsze okno transferowe od dłuższego czasu” – dodaje Stefferano del Bhoyo
“Paweł Brożek dobrze wygląda na youtubie (który piłkarz nie) i to by wyglądało jak superokazja, jeśli po sezonie wykupilibyśmy go za 650 tys. funtów, o ile się sprawdzi” twierdzi RobinBhoy
A Dontbrattbakkinanger pyta: “Jakie tatuaże ma Brożek, ktoś wie?”
RalphWaldoEllison-is Neil Lennon Season 2011-12 says:
30 January, 2012 at 15:52
What I remember of the Ganea tackle was that he was being held by one of the Scottish players, managed to free himself but lost control of the ball. It was then he went through on John K. It looked as if Ganea had no chance of winning the ball and was instead intent on hurting an opponent, any opponent.
I dont think the point is missed on Kenny Shiels that Ayrshire is a hun midden.
I dont think the point is missed on Kenny Shiles that Kilmarnock FC is a hun midden.
So when he played the Old Firm card a few weeks back it was with the authority and panache of a laptop loyal expert.
He may not be a bigot but he is a dyed in the wool hun. He is no friend of Celtics.
Hail HAil
Kayal33
So far this window we have spent nothing, a couple of mill won’t break the bank or even have an impact on the bonus :>)
I agree btw.
Paul67.
Here’s that translation for you.
Pawel Brozek already in Celtic
On Monday, Brozek underwent medical tests and signed a contract for six-month loan from Trabzonsporu. With the new team will train on Tuesday and next weekend will be available to coach Neil Lennon on Scottish Cup match with Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. In Celtic will play with the number of 17th
According to our information that the only club from Glasgow was able to meet the financial requirements Pole. Brozek in Trabzonsporze earned 700 thousand. euros per year. It was definitely too much for the Polish club Polonia Warszawa, Legia and Lechia Gdansk, as well as Israeli and Turkish Samsunsporu Beitar, who thought employing 29-year-old striker.
Celtic fans are delighted with the acquisition if the Pole and greet him warmly.
“How do you pronounce his name. As Paul, but very slowly or may Pavell or as Alex Ferguson, when he says Parl” – asks BlantyreKev. “Does anyone know if we have the option of pre-emption. I’m excited about this transfer, but just as I was, when he came Morten Rasmussen.”
“Welcome to the biggest club in which you play in life. This may be the best transfer window for a long time” – adds Stefferano del Bhoyo
“Pawel Brozek looks good on youtube (that player does not) and it would look like superokazja, if the season wykupilibyśmy it for 650 thousand. Pounds, if it will come true,” said RobinBhoy
A Dontbrattbakkinanger asks: “What tattoos have Brozek, someone knows?”
Celitc a Catholic club, and his eternal rival Rangers prtoestancki. That is why the Mac is interested in Celtic religious views Pole: “Paul is a Protestant or Catholic. I only know that it is not a cardinal?”
RalphWaldoEllison-is Neil Lennon Season
With respect my friend,if one of your team mates was tackled like that,would you not react?
Just heard a trailer on BBC Radio 2 for the folk awards. One of the tunes being played was The Fields of Athenry. I wonder if the director general of the BBC can get charged for illicit tunes?
oldtim67
It made more sense to me when written in Polish… :0)
Lol those translations are hilarious ….
Oh wait … you mean those were the REAL posts? Haha.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16780740
Fascinating press conference by Tommy Sheridan
Just seen a picture of our Polish striker standing next to the statue of Jock Stein. :)
“What tattoos have Brozek, someone knows?”
Brozek have a tatoo of Declan across his chests and the lyrics from 100 Haircuts ‘Fantastic Day’ down the arm of his left.
If he is a tim at the wind up then why is he pretending to be a thick as a plank Celtic fan rather than a thick as a plank hun? Has to be one of them.
Anyone know a UK contact number for Google? And yes I have Googled it ! Like trying to get in touch with Ryanair…
TheOriginalSadiesBhoy says:
30 January, 2012 at 16:17
‘Drove past Murray Park at 3.45. There were a lot of media hanging about big van with a very large satellite dish on it. About 4 or 5 cars and CRVs waiting to turn into the car park. Doesn’t mean there’ll be any activity though.’
Maybe they’re about to release their accounts.
Or is that just too ridiculous an idea?
Gary Speed narrative verdict after wife tells inquest of marriage strain
The coroner at the inquest on Wales manager Gary Speed has said he cannot be satisfied that he intended to kill himself.
Nicholas Rheinberg recorded a narrative verdict after hearing details of the ex-Premier League player’s final hours.
Speed’s widow said his job strained their marriage and they had an exchange of words the night before he died, which led to her sleeping in her car and later found his body hanging in the garage at their home near Chester.
The coroner gave the cause of death as hanging but said “the evidence does not sufficiently determine whether this was intentional or accidental”.
Louise Speed said she had gone for a drive after they had words when they returned from a dinner party, but she could not get back into the house.
Four days earlier Speed sent his wife a text talking “in terms of taking his life”, but she said she had dismissed it because of their children.
Mrs Speed said he did not leave a note. Det Insp Peter Lawless said his computer and phone were checked for a note, and none was found.
His friend, the former England captain Alan Shearer, who was with him the day before he was found dead, said he had become aware there were issues between the couple.
Shearer, whose family went on holiday with the Speeds, said he told him such issues were normal in a long-standing relationship.
Shearer last saw him at lunchtime on the Saturday before he died, when Speed appeared on the BBC’s Football Focus programme.
He said Speed – who played for a number of Premier League clubs, including Leeds, Newcastle, Everton, and Bolton – seemed fine and was laughing and joking.
He got the call with the news of his death the next day. “It just didn’t and still doesn’t make sense to me,” said Shearer’s statement.
Shearer also said his friend did not seem worried about anything and told him he would call him the following Monday. He also said he seemed to be enjoying the Wales manager’s job.
The hearing was told by the Welsh national team’s GP, Dr Mark Ridgewell, that Speed showed no signs of stress and depression.
Dr Bob Muggleton, the medical officer at Sheffield United – the club Speed managed before taking on the Wales job – told the inquest in Warrington that he had worked with him until 2010 and no mental health issues were raised during that time.
The inquest was told about a dinner party hosted by a friend of Speed the night before he died, when he was in good spirits.
Speed had been pushed in the pool with his clothes on, along with other men, and he had tried to push everyone else in scenes of good fun.
He had also been talking of booking a Christmas holiday to Dubai.
Robert Bateman, the taxi driver who took the Speeds home, said everything had seemed normal and they were “as normal as they always are”.
The inquest was told Speed had alcohol in his blood, just over the UK drink-drive limit of 80mg.
In a statement, Speed’s mother Carol said her son had said that there was “no greater honour than to manage his country in the game he loved”.
She described him as a “half-empty person” and “certainly no optimist”. The phone call from her daughter-in-law was the “worst moment of my life”.
Mrs Speed arrived at the inquest in Warrington shortly before it began with a number of family and friends.
The League Managers’ Association is expected to release a statement on her behalf after the hearing.
After news emerged of his death, tributes were paid to Speed from around the UK and the sporting world.
Football matches around the country held minute’s silences and applause, while fans of his former clubs, including Leeds United, Everton and Newcastle United, left scarves, shirts, photos and flags in Speed’s memory.
Tributes were also left at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff City Stadium and Wrexham’s Racecourse Ground.
The Football Association of Wales announced a memorial international friendly game against Costa Rica in Cardiff, which will be held on 29 February.
He had earned the first of his 85 Welsh caps as a 20-year-old in a friendly against the Central American country in 1990.
The former Premier League star, who had two sons, went on to become Wales’ most capped outfield player, captaining his country 44 times and scoring seven goals.
Before becoming Wales boss in December 2010, he enjoyed a distinguished career managing Sheffield United and playing for a variety of top clubs.
Earlier this month Speed’s friend and former Wales teammate Chris Coleman was unveiled as the new Wales manager.
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Twente site has posted an article at 14:09 that Celtic have made a final attempt to get Janko.
HH
The Moon Bhoys says:
30 January, 2012 at 16:29
Think he’s impersonating the sort of hunterloper who comes on here pretending to be a tim.
Declan always brightens my day, he’s kwality.
Awe Naw, Aye Right.
oldtim67, good stuff, thanks.
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