Our old friend Cognitive Dissonance was at play again last night. Hearts manager, Paolo Sergio, seemed to accept Stephen Elliot’s second minute attempt was cleared so quickly officials might not have had a chance to ascertain if it crossed the line, but he tried to reconcile his frustration at this reality by publicly adopting a position which, on reflection, he should accept is in contravention to the rules of the game.
Elliot’s attempt struck Joe Ledley, who was standing on the line with his arms stationary and by his side, before being cleared by Fraser Forster.
Sergio said, “If you don’t see the ball over the line then you should see the handball which is a penalty and a red card.”
It’s scarcely credible that the Hearts manager is unaware of the rules of the game which clearly establish that for a handball offence to be committed the player needs to deliberately use a hand or arm to play the ball, not have the ball played against his stationary hand or arm.
No one had much of a clue whether the ball had crossed the line or not until after watching multiple TV replays and even then, while I can understand the attacking team claiming a goal, TV evidence does not provide conclusive proof that the whole of the ball crossed the line.
This will no doubt be the source of Sergio’s frustration; his team could have taken the lead but didn’t. Armed with this frustration he then created a false scenario which allowed him to reconcile his feelings of grievance.
What a shower. Struggling to operate in the SPL and pay tax, disorganised team structure and afflicted by football’s Cognitive Dissonance epidemic.
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Walk tall, walk straight and look the Hun right in the eye,
That’s what me mammy told me when I was about knee high,
She said son be a proud Tim and hold yir head up high,
Walk tall walk straight and look the Hun right in the eye.
Offski Celts….. Onwards to Victory!
V
gordybhoy64
I could see the likes of minty king et all wanting, but that’s as far as it would go, to have their grubby paws in the pie, but they can’t do anything upfront, they would be seen as directors of a company that cheated the revenue, and wouldn’t be allowed to hold office.
With the likes of CQN, RTC, KDS etc on their computers it wouldn’t take long to find out who is behind any takeover, tis a non starter imo.
Greenlion2
Can’t do the cut and paste job mate but it’s on page 8 of previous thread.
Great watch too.
Wits.
When’s your next visit to Musselburgh,TNT was saying he may try for a meeting in March,and I said I’d go,are you up for it,Twists will clarify the date.
TET,cheers i will take great pleasure in pointing this out to the hun in question,
in saying that he is that stupid that he thought the mccoll(from clyde blowers)
who was going to save them was actually mccoll from the bus company :-)
Anybody copying and pasting any posts from Furious Furious tonight
I just love their pain.
I was even thinking of joining “Dublin Loyal,”Actually emailed them a few years back pretending to be interested and saying I didnt know much about Scottish football and I would like to meet up them.But they were very cagey and i hadnt got the patience to keep trying.
For anyone who doesnt know,Dublin Loyal is a rangers supporters club based in Dublin.Their motto is “behind enemy lines” and they understandably very secretive about their gatherings
jamiebhoy76
Welcome aboard.
HAIL HAIL
Wee 10.30
my SASH checker never fails. I was worried it was faulty around March last year. I ran a check on Mr C Whyte and he came up 95% tim. I had skilled engineers check it out but they assured me the machine was operating correctly.
I was completely bamboozled and changed many circuit boards, fibre optic cables, receivers. transmitters and transceivers, and even replaced the elastic band, but still I kept getting 95%.
Based on all the evidence available now that Whytey has been around 10 months, I have realised the machine was correct after all.
Oldtim
Dont know when I can get to Mussleburgh next,but will be in touch about it.Have to get over for a couple of games.Only managed one this season (back in August against Dun utd 5-1)
Actually going to Newbury races on Friday March 2nd
Martin 42,
Your entry into the age of the Blessed was marked by a result that shows your influence in Higher Places.
Welcome to the best part of your life & best wishes for a long & happy seniority.
Twisty – need to get that BP sorted mate. Whale noise CD’s, Tai Chi, Meditation….oh and CD’s of the 6-2 game, Lubo (Gift from God), The Bhoy who would King, etc.
Sorted. There ye are!
TTTT
proddy-bashing on CQN? Surely not. It will all be good fun, just havin’ a laugh etc…..
Partizan
Yep thats right,light hearted banter
I have a strange picture in my mind of the meeting between CW & the most unwashed of the huns.
Whytey tells them one of the reasons for the delay in the accounts being signed off is ” auditors requesting
further papers and information from the club ” FFS.
Did the orcs present not listen ? Did they not ask,why not just give the auditors the paperwork & information ?
Then we AJ asking for transparency. Dear doctor.
Is it the blind leading the blind ? (no offence meant ) .
I predict a train crash of epic proportions.
Long may it continue.
Hundeathbyathousandcutscsc.
What is the stars
I know that’s how you feel. In very bad taste though.
Partizan
Its light hearted banter
Really what offends you,
KINGLUBO says:
9 February, 2012 at 19:18
Swindonboy Greetings and all good things to you. Hope you help wee De Canio out when you can.
All the best and you havn’t been called a hun yet- – is this some kind of record?
No, I think maybe I can claim that record. Been on here for a few months and not called a hun yet! I’m upset. Somebody? Anybody!
The equating of proddy with hun offends me.
Appologies if already posted
Standing areas at CP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SPwvst5XNTg
From NATims yesterday
TAL
Is mise Neil Lennon
You are obviously too good looking to be a hun,you give off an aura of pure timothyness
So you get to pass Go and collect £200
Next
angelgabriel says:
9 February, 2012 at 23:06
///////
re the meeting with Whytey: In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
TTTT
Aye, I’m (or rather the docs) are on it.
I have a few breaks coming up soon. Few days here and there, Chester races, couple of weeks touring and looking at a trip to the Algarve when work permits.
You may remember a poster on here some time ago called “Ian in Budapest” Was in touch with Ian a few days ago. He’s been busy doing a PhD so not posting for now, but I hope I can go and catch up with him at a Euro tie later in the year. Maybe a few CQN’ers will make the trip. I tell the wife the docs recommend I spend as much time as possible on wee hols:-)
Is Mise Neil Lennon
only been on 30 minutes and I’ve had it, so here ye go
Yer a hun ;)
Wee 10.30
Guy phones snyde last night and asks. Am I missunderstanding this correctly??
Is Mise Neil Lennon
sorry, WIST has the software an ah don’t. mah mistake
What is the Stars says:
9 February, 2012 at 23:09
Replace proddy with pape… Sounds a bit FF-ish no?
It’s pish
Partizan
If you look for “offence” you can find it anywhere.
No one equated proddy with hun,
Calling people huns on here is a silly little game we play on here as well you know.As I said its light hearted banter
I must however apologise to all fans of “Antique Road Show” or “Last Night at the Proms”
Fascinating developments.
Form the minutes of the lodge meeting I thought is was very telling:
“Questions were then posed about the Big Tax Case. If the case goes in the Club’s favour, the Chairman stated that HMRC would appeal and that would mean a further lengthy period of the same uncertainty and would discourage investors, sponsors, etc. If we lose the tax case, we can appeal but there would then arise the issue of managing any accruing debt. He couldn’t speculate on the outcome but made it clear this is a vital period in the Club’s history.”
We have long speculated that winning the case was never in Whyte’s interests, he’s not in this for the long term, he has never been in anything for the long term. He’s clearly laying the foundations for Administration should they win the case, and for Liquidation if they don’t.
The future interests he’s confident of protecting is simply a team playing at Ibrox. To be honest I can’t see that not happening, there will be a new team emerges, there may be several, but the one that gets Ibrox will hold all the aces for claiming the newco ‘genuine’ Rangers status.
Meanwhile Alistair Johnston speaks out. Need to think about this one. I know my good friend Celticlover, God rest him, met him in the Old Course Club at St Andrews on a couple of occasions and he relayed stories of a polite, intelligent guy, as steadfastly ‘Rangers’ as Martin was Celtic, and that impressed him, and worried him a wee bit that the new Chairman adversary wasn’t a reckless egotist like Murray.
Johnston is ether now covering his own tracks or is genuinely looking for a way out. We have also talked about the amount of preparation that we as Celtic fans put in to the eventual coup and revolution. This may be the start of their meaningful preparation. If it is it’s too late.
One thing for sure is that it gets dirtier and accelerates from here.
Bring it on.
Jimmy Quinns bits
No it doesnt.
Ah hiv an Announcement tae Make..
Hear Ye!. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!!
Ah Relent, Ah Capitulate, Ah Concede!
Brooney, is Noo Officially,
Very Much…
In the Reckoning, tae be Included
… in The Will!
He is Not quite There, Yet..
Nevertheless..
Let’s say,that he is in the Running…tae be
Included.. at.. a Later Date.
Yep..
He gave a Maist Acceptable Performance..oan Wednesday Eve.
And He is Now, beginning to Show.. IMPROVEMENT, in his Over All
Play..
Improvement, by a Player,in his Over all Play… and.. In a CONSISTENT Manner..(which, goes without saying,of course…)
Is the Premier Ingredient,which must be shown,in order to warrant
Full Acceptance.
Simply…Wan “Morning Glory” Performance.. is Nae Criterian.
Howevahhhhhhhhh….
(Dear Reader.. Ye jist Noo THAT wiz Comin’!)
Wan Acceptable Performance..is a Start…
But,
According, tae the Kojo Rules…which Ah live and die By…and
Pertains tae these Matters…
“A Player, must
Perform in a Maist Acceptable Manner for
THREE SUCCESSIVE GAMES..
Afore..
He kin be a Serious Candidate for Inclusion”..
So…
In Broonie’s Case..
That Means..
He must turn In..
A Further
TWO… Maist Acceptable Performances ,in the Next.. well..
TWO Games..
Ah hope that he Manages tae dae that…
The Ba’ is noo in Broonie’s Court.
Kojo
WITS
Dont speak to me about Antique road show. I bought what I thought was the latest dvd of that show and turned out I’d bought a collection of Rangers’ away games.
What is the stars
The idea of calling newcomers a hun is established and light-hearted. To then go on and say they might have had a proddy girlfriend is equating proddy with hun.
Quite simple. What school did you go to anyway?
Can someone answer me this?
Am I correct in hearing celtic fans singing the Billy Boys Song but replacing tall the lyricswith ‘ha ha hahaha ha… ha ha hahaha ha. etc’
Am I going mad???? if it is its the funniest song going at the minute…..
WITS – plenty of us over the watter here married they proddy girls….and not a Hun amongst them! ;-)
Integration – ye canny whack it!
HH
TTTT
Twists
Now you are being ageist
OAPS have rights too ya know,
What is the Stars says:
9 February, 2012 at 23:19
Yer logic is unassailable.
TTTT
My point exactly,but no one does irony on here
Some of my best friends are proddy girls
Kojo
I was with you. I didn’t rate Broony as highly as some, well, as highly as most. In fact I said so to Paul 67 in a conversation only 4 weeks ago. Ever since that conversation, Broony has been making my words look very foolish, and guess what, I’m delighted. He’s not quite there yet, but I am as happy as a pig in the proverbial. I think he may prove you wrong too Kojo, and I am sure you hope he does.