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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You have to love the fact this lunch time how our bid for Russell being reported as failure whilst rangers selling their best player being touted as some sort of Triumph!
One Nation…
HH
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Celtic Mac, thank you. Please ensure you don’t read the article, as doing so would undermine your point considerably.
MWD, perhaps best not.
Steinreignedsupreme, aye.
Googybhoy, aye.
RogueLeader, there sure are many not getting a game.
KevJungle, at least you know the rules :-)
ASonOfDan, good question.
2nd article Mister paul, awesome mate and stoking the flames nicely for transfer deadline news. Brilliant mate.
KLV
Paul 67
Spot on and quite funny too. (for you) ;)))
To be fair tho, big Elvis was all shook up at the time.. Taaaaaaaaxi
MWD from last thread. Nail on head.
If these people had played the game (at any level btw) with a decent side that was always competing in semi’s. finals and competing for leagues, they would know you don’t just walk over teams all the time. Regardless if you’ve pumped them 5-0 the wk previously.
Does my head in when I read these fools.
brimmer
googybhoy at 12:15
That was the view (or not the view).of Begg and other panelists apart from Murdo on Shortbread. They did not know who was involved and admitted not seeing it as they were ball watching. Yet it was a “soft” penalty.
That’s the professionalism we have come to know and love from BBC Scotland. Don’t know what happened but if pro-Celtic = soft or wrong.
Mort
I take it Leeds have not seen Mark Wilson large X Ray’s collection.
What’s the record for the number of new articles in a day? :-)
HH
Giggs
Stephen Hunt doesn’t make any sense to me at all, we have a load of midfield players at the Club and I can’t see him displacing any of our current midfield..
Be nice to see some of our huge squad going out the door!!
SP
Just watched the highlights of yesterdays game.
Linesman should be taken to task for the offside
decision on Hoops,at no time was he ever last man.
Blatant cheating.
If bringing in Johnny Russell would mean the end of Sammi then, I feel we have to do everything in the clubs power to bring this player to the club! IMO!
I hope I don’t read somewhere on this sight in the coming days that, someone’s bonus would have been put at risk just to sign this guy.
I fear we will go down the route that the huns(who have spent more than us this season) took when, going for Goodwillie ?
I hope not and, Johnny Russell will be a Celt before the widow closes!
Off oot.
May God Bless ‘Every’ Celtic Fan.
Hail! Hail!
RogueLeader: 30 January, 2012 at 12:18
I don’t expect to see him standing around Glasgow with a plastic cup in his hand though…
KevJungle at 12:32
I hope I don’t read somewhere on this sight in the coming days that, someone’s bonus would have been put at risk just to sign this guy.
If you do, it will probably have been your good self that typed it.
Mort
jimtim:
To be honest, it’s a point of view I’ve only just come round to thinking about recently, but I don’t see any downside to doing it.
The reason people in the media have never mentioned it is because it’s unthinkable with the consequences it would bring down on the national team, our club sides in Europe and the National Association.
Why should we fear that? Why should we be deterred by the damage such a stance would do to our enemies? It’s a bit like that scene in Blazing Saddles, you know the one, where Cleavon Little holds the gun to his own head to stop the locals from lynching him … are we that stupid that we should be afraid of that?
Involving UEFA voluntarily is the preferred option. They might just say it’s the business of the national association, and since our fight is with the national association we then take it outside football. That will bring UEFA into it whether they like it or not, and if that means the SFA pays the price then isn’t that what we want anyway?
Like I say, I see no downside save for what it would cost us in European income during the duration of any ban. But I suspect that too would be challengable in the courts … and in the end we would win.
Steinreignedsupreme@12:17
Apologies. I should have mentioned in my previous post that Boyd not returning to Rangers came from the horses mouth (and his agents) just prior to Xmas
Unless he has had a complete change of heart, i just can’t see it happening
Jelavic staying would be very funny indeed :)
Phil’s quoting a rumour about Klose. If wishes were Porsches :-D
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How do You say Hello to a Scottish Women who Cleans Her House to Much..
*Hi Jean*
Summa
From the BBC
1204 FOOTBALL: Former Italy striker Luca Toni, 34, has left Juventus for Dubai’s Al Nasr in a permanent deal. He will link up in the United Arab Emirates with former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga, the Al Nasr coach
If we are after Johnny Russell then Sammi must be going. Good business IMO.
If we are after Stephen Hunt or Jonny Hayes then Paddy must be going. Good business IMO.
Summa of Sammi…. says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:36
It wisnae funny the first time you posted it mate.
I hate the transfer window.
Second-rate journalists pretend they ‘understand’ what is happening and despite the fact they are wrong 99.9% of the time – people still take their word as Gospel.
sannabhoy says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:22
The Kano Foundation
Folks , we’re now up to almost 7 tables from CQN (including partners) so should be a great night. If you fancy it , you know what to do.
Hi Sanabhoy,
I have another 4 provisional – hopefully I will be able to confirm before the end of week.
H!H!
Although there may be previous posts, I have not looked at them and so I claim Podium.
Cognitive Dissonance with Pressley always in middle of controversy
Paul67
Very catty meeeeeeeeiiooooowwww
Mort says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:34
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Someone has to blow the first breath or, the wind won’t shake the barley! IMO!
Off oot noo.
Hail! Hail!
Samaras will go nowhere until he gets his hands on a League winners medal. FACT! ;)
Fassreifen at 12:35
If only. He is in great form at Lazio, 12 in 19 Seire A games and joint 3rd top scorer 3 behind Ibrahimovic.
Can’t imagine Lazio wanting to sell him but if Celtic can bring him in, it will be an absolutely fantastic piece of business.
Mort
Ten Men Won The League says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:34
“Jelavic staying would be very funny indeed :)”
LL headlines in such an event?
Jelavic Demands To Stay At His Dream Club.
Just Like £10M Signing.
21-5-79 and Oldtim
Thanks for the help guys but it’s got worse. Reset didn’t work so I tried restoring to an earlier date, it said it couldn’t restore until it fragged or something, now it is just going round and round trying to install 3 updates switching off and trying to install 3 updates again about 9 times now, help!!!!
I get the feeling that they have to sell Jellylegs just to keep the doors open at poundland..
Ten Men Won The League: 30 January, 2012 at 12:34
That is interesting. I thought he would have been desperate to get back.
I won’t be surprised if Jelavic in still there when the ‘window slams shut’ (copyright of the Scottish Media). Everton certainly can’t match the amount the Huns are apparently demanding – so if he leaves it will be for no more than the £4m they got for Bilyaletdinov.
“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”.
I thought Melvyn Bragg was on Radio 4 on Thursday mornings?
Kittoch
Go back and read Awe Naw’s post to you
ASonOfDan says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:42
he has one already. FACT ;-)
Phil McG just tweeted perhaps the most exciting rumour of the transfer window so far:
Phil MacGiollaBhain @Pmacgiollabhain
I’m hearing that Peter Lawwell has a decision to make. The deadline is getting Klose…
Kittoch says:
30 January, 2012 at 12:42
21-5-79 and Oldtim
Thanks for the help guys but it’s got worse. Reset didn’t work so I tried restoring to an earlier date, it said it couldn’t restore until it fragged or something, now it is just going round and round trying to install 3 updates switching off and trying to install 3 updates again about 9 times now, help!!!!
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Go into your shed or garage, find toolbox, get hammer from said tool box, hit laptop several times with the hammer.
or
Have you tried taking the battery from the laptop and leaving it off for about 30 minutes and then try again with the instructions from earlier?
Kevinlasvegas, I’m going to enjoy this week come what may.
brimmer, ho, ho.
voguepunter, thank you for noticing.
Paul67.
Cognitive Dissaonance. That’s just sour grapes.