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. It think that I read that Brozek’s number will be 17.

     

     

     

    Posted earlier re Stephen Hunt; and still feel the same!

     

     

     

    thomthethim says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 11:56

     

     

    We certainly don’t need Stephen Hunt.

     

     

    His strengths are/were a bit of pace and aggression. Both ,especially his pace, is on the wane.

     

     

    His weakness is nae brains: a headless chicken.

     

     

    What we DO need is a player who can read the game from the midfield and link with our strikers.

     

     

    Someone like Ibrihim, if he can live up to his reputation.

     

    share

  2. Calling all Tims who boycott Clyde1 as a point of principle. Bhoys…drop the boycott for 1 evening…this is brilliant!!! Don’t know what’s in the air tonight, but it seems that hundom has had a collective coin dropping! Agree with poster earlier who predicts on air greeting…it’s on the cards!!

  3. twists n turns on

    MWD

     

     

    Since you are thinking along the same lines as me – you can be my standby bulldozer driver.

     

     

    Macky

     

     

    How you doing mate. Job all sorted out? Good lady doing fine?

  4. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    A certain John Brown was today registered with the SFA as a player.

     

     

    Canny be can it ?

     

     

    Hail Hail

  5. Muppet on Clyde claiming rangers are only behind in the league due to suspect officiating…WOOF!

     

     

    Ps this is a great show tonight and credit grudgingly where it’s due to Jim Delahunt.

  6. Paul67 RTC Phil Mac

     

    Take a bow listening to clyde tonight yous have collectively forced these muppets to come out and speak about the truth. Changed days indeed i repeat CHANGED DAYS INDEED,Take a bow paul i never thought i would see the day and even better days ahead.

     

    HAIL HAIL

  7. To feel envy is human; to savour schadenfreude is the dog’s b***ocks – Arthur Schopenhauer

  8. top class entertainment tonight bhoys n’ ghirls

     

     

    actual tears of laughter in my hoose!!

     

     

    HH

  9. Sandman Is Neil Lennon says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 18:56

     

     

    Totally agree, propaganda on a scale which beggared belief, no interviews from any Celtic personal despite three players in real transfers

     

     

    BBC Scotland sports department, an embarrassment.

  10. agent Green

     

    Caesar

     

    Starry

     

     

    First time I have listened in a long time……HA HA HAHA….NO MORE……HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….. ma dinners comin doon ma nose!!!

  11. The Little Gentleman In The Black Velvet Waistcoat on

    dear god, Spiers just compared McCoist to Henry Kissinger!!!

     

     

    *** Well he was involved in Watergate……….

  12. Adverts on. See if they play the HMRC ” pay your taxes” one I’m gonnae hit the deck and possibly have an unfortunate trouser event!!

  13. Someone should be taking notes tonight from Clyde there’s definitely a West end musical in this

  14. Snake Plissken on

    I am loving all their hurt and whines.

     

     

    Rangers should have won at Celtic park cos that ball was over the line with 84 minutes left to play and a ball that no camera angle has proved

     

    it was 100% over the line.

     

     

    Pathetic garbage.

     

     

    Neil has signed 35 players?

     

     

    Really?

     

     

    Forster

     

    Mathews

     

    Cha

     

    Fojut

     

    Majstorovic

     

    Juarez

     

    Izzaguirre

     

    Kelvin Wilson

     

    Charlie Mulgrew

     

    Lustig

     

    Blackman

     

    Commons

     

    Ledley

     

    Kayal

     

    Ibrahim

     

    Mcgeouch

     

    Wanyama

     

    Stokes

     

    Bangura

     

    Hooper

     

    Brozek

     

    Murphy

     

     

     

    22 players

     

     

    They are hurting so badly

  15. Twisty

     

     

    I’ll stand on the wrecking ball as you swing it through the A-listed facade.

     

     

    I reckon we could make oor money back selling the Huns back a bit of their history in the form of dust.

     

     

    Call it ‘Huns in an Urn’.

     

     

    Their more likely to pay for their history than pay for their future.

     

     

    GET YOUR HUNS IN AN URN HERE

     

     

     

     

    MWD

  16. tommytwiststommyturns on

    Deep down I believe that no matter what, there will continue to be some sort of Rankers playing at Mordor no matter how much we want to see the back of them….but this is great fun tonight!! :-)

     

     

    Hope they let Terry on for a bit of crowing!

     

     

    T4

  17. twists n turns on

    Awe Naw

     

     

    John Brown :-))))))

     

     

    BTW – I have you down for £8k in my “buy Rangers” plan – cos your minted.

  18. Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on

    All this laughing at Rangers way out of order .. anyone recognise Big John´s Whitburn accent earlier on ?

     

     

    Hail Hail

  19. “See my pal Janice ? well she contacted them solicitors and found out Rangers owed her money too and now she’s away on cruise”

  20. Presumably there’s no chance of a Fergus type character arriving to rescue them while the HMRC issue remains outstanding?

  21. Ahem,

     

    Attention the Tims all around this sorry world, for I bring news.

     

    You are hearing it here first.

     

    I advise you all to buy the Record the morra, you might find the contents therein rather interesting.

     

    There will be 8 pages of joy to get through, but trust me, it will be worth it!

     

    Suffice to say, once it hits the newstands, Whyte is finished, and I mean finished.

     

    Particular attention should be paid to the Season Ticket money.

     

    Your man on the rails,

     

    Amadeus (flowers welcome)

     

    PS. I would spill the details, but that wouldn’t be fair, but prepare for one of the happiest days of your lives!

  22. twists n turns on

    starry plough says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 19:08

     

    Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 19:04

     

     

    Thanks my techy genius!!

     

     

     

    Starry – not normally one for correcting spelling mistooks – but I think the word you meant was “tetchy”

  23. twists:

     

     

    job hunting mate. its like its just hit me like a brick.

     

    its not easy out there. im finding that out…

     

    overqualified, not enough experience. wtf !!!!

     

     

    my angel is good. in fact family are fine. but cutting our cloths. :)

     

     

    i asked about ye, the other day on here, but u must have missed it.

     

    i seen ye are “in training”

     

    im at the tortoise stage too mate. but slow but sure is the way to go.

     

    you keep that heart ticking along nicely. and not too fast.

     

    dont be going mental about the huns, work, horses in that order.

     

    anyhows, hope u have a good 2012 mate.