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. See when Speirs said’ Ipox could be razed to

     

    the ground’I got the same feeling that I got

     

    when I won the euromillions.

  2. Just got in to see that former Hun target Jorge Claros is about to sign a loan deal with…. HIBS!!!

     

     

    AAAAAAA———–HAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

     

     

    What a kick in the stones for the Fat PLG!

  3. tommytwiststommyturns on

    Amadeus – what time is the first edition out? Just in case anyone felt like nipping out to the garage later on….

     

     

    T4

  4. normally, 1st edition is available around 10pm, but I am not so sure they will use the story then, ’cause then the sun would nick it

  5. James Forrest is Lennon on

    amadeus et al

     

     

    I suspect CQN might be busy later on. That’s all I’m saying.

     

     

    Busier than the Press Bar at Happy Hour.

  6. Nuclear Bovril and a Half Munched Pie on

    Amadeus

     

     

    I’ll buy you a bottle Krug in the Doublet and a burger with an egg on in the Uni Cafe if ye give us just a wee bean from the tin!

     

     

    Note : The Doublet does not sell Krug and Internet blog promises are not enforceable by law.

  7. Amadeus,

     

    your exclisive must be why Spiers and Keevins seem to befinally facing up to real threat to Ran*ers as a reult of their liabilities.

     

    HH

  8. starry plough says:

     

    30 January, 2012 at 19:29

     

     

    Just you watch what you wish for Timmy!

     

     

    Goodbye Rangers…

  9. Amadeus,

     

    I’m hearing of a front and back page scoop in tomorrow’s Daily Ranger. Huns on the run?

     

    4 page special too on Craigy Whyte. The closing act?

  10. the thrust of the expose is very much on “Mr” Whyte

     

    he’s toast

     

    Hail hail hail hail and hail!

     

    loving Keevins trying to keep a straight face and to all lurkers…

     

    our time has come!

     

    Make sure you buy the Rebel first thing huns.

  11. And Jorge Claros has indeed signed for #Hibs on loan ’til the end of the season!

     

    Retweeted by Fritz A. Grandold

     

     

    Hohoho I might just jump on a plane home soon, this is too good to miss..

  12. Speirs and Keevins.

     

     

    Reminds me of a description of Morecambe and Wise:

     

     

    A pair of idiots, only one of whom realises he’s an idiot.

  13. Keevins, “the Internet is full of bampots.”

     

     

    So all you bampots out there, me included, just give it a rest. Signing off for good…