Cognitive Dissonance with Pressley always in middle of controversy

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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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  1. fergus slayed the blues on

    Surely the rumour about Claros going on loan to hibs has to be a wind up ,if not

     

    deary deary meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

     

    looks like the samaritens will have to cancel all leave

     

    hail hail

     

    ktf

  2. A bit surprised with the amount of players we are being linked with.

     

     

    I would have thought our business was more or less done with only the CB Bosman to become a move this window.

     

     

    Some players must be leaving if the rumours on Johnny Russell are true.

     

     

    Oh and by the way. Following Claros signing for Hibs what chance of Jaager signing for Dunfermline.

     

     

    I think they will gamble on Gary O’Connor and he may not be available to play that often in the next few months.

  3. Question fur the Panel:

     

     

    “Why did the Jampots Manager.. Release the Cat..

     

    regarding .. Celtic’s.. “Snubbed”, Bid…fur

     

    Wee Johnny Russell?”

     

     

    Kojo

  4. Anyone know what number Brozek has been given? Surely not 7?!

     

     

    Great news about Jorge Claros!

     

     

    Also, won’t the Bhuns be under immense pressure from the bank to accept 6m for Jellytits?

     

     

    Another wee addition to our squad tonight would be fantastic but if not then we should be happy.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    Great to be one of us right now!

  5. tommytwiststommyturns on

    What’s the chances of Raman Bawbag and STV/Rangersmedia showing TinyTim’s duffer Youtube clips for our new striker?!! :-)

     

     

    T4

  6. twists n turns on

    Well well, Clyde caller suggesting Rangers still owe Jelly’s previous club money, the agent will have a cut, Jelly gets a cut and the filth will get peanuts.

     

     

    Oh my sides…..

  7. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    Jorge Claros in talks over Hibernian move.

     

     

    By Keith Jackson

     

     

    The Honduran international is aiming to win a contract at Easter Road following a failed trial at Rangers.

     

     

    Hibernian are in advanced talks with Honduran international Jorge Claros over a possible move, Sports Record has learned.

     

     

    Claros has recently been on trial at Rangers but failed to make the grade at the Ibrox club

     

     

    The midfielder’s club, Motagua, claimed that Rangers had made a bid well short of their valuation of the player. But, rather than returning home, Claros has travelled to Edinburgh to speak with Hibs.

     

     

    Motagua have now tweeted that Claros is at Hibernian to negotiate a move, while Record sports understands discussions are now well under way to try and tie up the player before tomorrow’s transfer deadline.

     

     

    Claros, 26, has 29 caps for Honduras, scoring four times. He has spent the last six-and-a-half years with Motagua, having joined from Vida in 2005.

  8. CentenaryBhoy 18.10

     

    I think someone mentioned earlier in a translation No.17

     

    HAIL HAIL.

  9. Oh, dear, Union Jackson must be hurting so badly but still can up with the nonsense that the only reason Claros did not sign for them was that “he failed to make the grade at the Ibrox club”

     

     

    They are going down the tubes but he still peddles away. What a joke – both the club and this clown of a “journalist”.

  10. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    RogueLeader says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 17:56

     

     

    They may well losed their minds soon times like.

     

     

    Pennies from Heaven….

  11. Art of War says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 14:36

     

     

    the JC press up story is very true, he also, on a regular basis, pulled up his top to show off his body, fact. the hibs players thought he was a bam and we was

     

     

    i heard that from several hibs players, young and old

     

     

     

    i think pat falson has already said o’connors contract runs until the summer and they have no plans to sell, i dont honestly think ranger could offer the money it would take to get o’connor in terms of a transfer fee and wages. think about it hibs will earn far more by staying in the premier league.

     

     

    as for all these people wanting jelly to stay, ffs why would you want their main striker to stay, no thanks get him out the door, u’ll be lucky if sally gets a 5th of the transfer fee

     

     

    hail hail

  12. !!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 on

    HUNSTV- says Templeton fae Hearts available for 500k,might need a back up if we get a big bid for Forrest.

  13. The Little Gentleman In The Black Velvet Waistcoat on

    googybhoy

     

     

    this is my first post on this site that I have been following for a few months now…..

     

     

    Centenary of this song….

     

    It’s a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James “Harry” Williams.[1][2] It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge’s parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary.[3] It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.

     

     

    Also a reminder of the many Irish soldiers that died in British Wars.

     

     

    You are absolutely correct, in addition it is a historical fact that there were more volunteers from a Free Ireland to fight in the 2nd world war than there was British……….Britain relied on conscription for “Volunteers”.

  14. James Forrest is Lennon on

    Lol hahahahahaha Graham Speirs talking up the Rangers scouting system … but apparently none of them were responsible for Bedoya, Ortiz or the other duds …

     

     

    Wonderful, wonderful show tonight.

  15. rangers rate their chances of keeping Jellylegs at 50/50.

     

     

    WTF!

     

     

    Just say he is not for sale. Funny thing is, there are bares our there who believe this p1sh…

     

     

    HH

  16. Keevins “Rangers cant go near any player and pay 1m”

     

     

    Rangers fan replies very sharply “Wallace!”

     

     

    Delahunt even sharper reply “You havent paid for him yet”

     

     

    Love it!!

  17. The phone-ins these past few days have been some of the funniest and most enjoyable I have heard in years.

     

     

    So much fun to listen to.

  18. Ten Men Won The League on

    It now seems as though the Happy Hammers have turned their attention towards a certain Francisco Sandaza

  19. collie says..

     

     

    “A Tisket a Tasket..

     

     

    Two Men in a Basket.

     

     

    Wan is called.. Whitey, and Wan is

     

    Called.. Coisty,

     

    And thur Broos are .. maist Troubled,

     

    and also…Quite.. MOISTY!

     

     

    “Why is it say Hoat? asks McCoist

     

    tae his Boss..

     

     

    “And whur are we Goin’?

     

    Ah am afraid awe is Lost!”

     

     

    collie

     

     

    No bad.. collie.. no say bad at awe

     

     

    Whur are they Goin’???

     

     

    Shall we Tell ’em??.

     

     

    Kojo

  20. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    My golly, a wee chucklesome interjection from Delahunt on Clyde there. Caller bemoaning ‘lack of fight’ re signing players for the . I paraphrase…

     

     

    Keevins ‘ orcs couldnt look at spending £1M on a player’

     

     

    Caller ‘ what about Wallace?!’

     

     

    Delahunt ‘ they’ve not paid for him’

     

     

    Pretty good Jim.

  21. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from the Tartan Tories………I miss them, their agenda may have been obvious but a lot of effort was put in……

  22. !!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000 says:

     

     

    30 January, 2012 at 18:21

     

     

    If Templeton is available for £500k PL should slap a bid in tonight.

  23. John, the hurting hVn, really sticking it into SDM and questioning why the Laptop Loyal are letting him off so easily.

     

     

    Sad part for John is he sounds a decent fellow and is really in pain….

     

     

    Oh, the joy….

  24. Failed trial?

     

     

    Aunt Sally stated he was fantastic but could not finance a deal.

     

     

    You only need to look over the weekend reports.

     

     

    Jangle Jackson is hilarious! x

  25. Evening all.

     

     

    Speirs sounding a tad upset at the plight of huns.

     

     

    Asking questions of front loaded warchests ? Has Speirsy perhaps had a look back at some

     

    historic posts from many on this forum.Radio Snyde now facing the stark truth. The huns are Potless.

  26. googybhoy ♥ Celtic and Integrity says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 17:02

     

    Useless fact of the day.

     

    Centenary of this song….

     

    It’s a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by, Henry James “Harry” Williams.[1][2] It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge’s parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary.[3] It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.

     

     

    *in the summer of ’67 the weekly news had a cartoon of a car full of Celtic supporters heading tae Lisbon singing “it’s a long way tae pip herrera”.

     

     

    they also had one earlier that year only with huns in the car saying “it could be worse they could be called Berwick Celtic”.

  27. twists n turns on

    Nuclear

     

     

    dinny be too harsh on yersel’ – wiz worth reading twice cos I managed tae laff twice.

     

     

    Pure gold tonight on Snyde 1

     

     

    I’m offering 5/4 we get a tear afore time up…….

  28. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    Speirs, in his incredibly roundabout, let’s take the scenic verbose route, I have swallowed a Thesaurus way seems to be saying. They needed £7M for the gelatine goal machine. But they ain’t gonna get it. So theys is screwed.

  29. fergus slayed the blues on

    Jellylegs is going nowhere ,they need him to sign off the unaudited account tomorrow night .

     

    hail hail