It is nonsense to talk about Hampden Hoodoos, Celtic’s five defeats there since Neil Lennon became manager have been a result of poor performances, not superstition (fighting the urge to mention two last minute penalty decisions). Celtic were unquestionably the stronger team on four of those five occasions, arguably all five, but they have been tactically out-thought at the national stadium time after time.
We are vastly stronger than Dundee United but once the whistle goes tomorrow, unless we can match them for hunger, arrest the defensive lapses which have blighted us all season, and find the key to breakdown what will be a tight defence, there is no reason to believe the outcome will be any different than when we faced a weaker St Mirren.
Shortly before that St Mirren defeat I said we were not playing consistently to win the treble we were short odds for. Consistency hasn’t improved much since, which is why you are hearing talk coming out of Lennoxtown about this being the biggest game of the season.
It’s double time….
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So EBT Walter is in the Sun this morning praising Celtic and Neil Lennon hmmm.
I wonder where he was when Neil was getting death threats.
Come on Celtic lets put in a good performance today at Hampden we are overdue one. And lets hope that the dark side will finally get their comeuppence!
Attendance today?
Relative to a Celtic game?
It will be very poor, and blamed on hunmageddon. Which seems to be a long, lingering, painful endurance for everyone that feckin knew them.
Ffm
Im estimating less than 30k
Its been that level for a while
Dreich morning in cambuslang. .. looks like amother soggy hampden outing
Morning all
wet and windy here in dumbarton..
Hope Lenny picks the right team to take us through to the final and the bhoys realise the significance of this game..a big push C’mon you bhoys in Green!!!!
H.h
TBJ,
I’m thinking much less. It’s the SFA game and rules. A hiding to nothing,
Anyway,
For the red-blooded amongst us :))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxpe1oSp_sg
Paraphrasing perhaps but…………”they did a sh1te in ma mince and a hid tae throw hauf ae it oot”………..
Which TV play???????
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Morning,
Just read Walter Smith’s nonsense in the Herald. Celtic need Sevco in the SPL and so does everyone else.
Sevco on the other hand, who are losing £1M a month are not bothered about being in the SPL.
Stupid cardigan wearing zombie…
PS It’s bright and wet out here in ML6. That usually means dreicht orange-folk and forthcoming Sammy miracles :))
TBM :)))
er, Take the High Road?….episode 12, scene 33
Yep, defo 0-1 down at half time, 2-1 FT thanks to 2 Sammy assists.
It’s in the auld Lanarkshire teabags :))
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Lennon:He has no fear of hoodoos and cites the arrival of Alex McLeish as Rangers manager halfway through 2001-02 as proof that the numbers, and fate, can swiftly change. “For the first four Old Firm games where Big Eck was in charge, he won two and lost two and people thought he had the Indian sign over Martin O’Neill. Then Martin went on and won the next seven. So hoodoos are there to broken and if you want to call it a hoodoo, I hope we break ours.”
Summa
Lawwell is keen to put in perspective the meeting at which County supporters informed the club’s board of their opposition to the plan. He said that their views should be compared with those of the 9,000 Celtic season ticket holders who did not attend their recent home match against Hibs.
“I think there were 130 fans at the meeting Roy held that night. With the greatest of respect, we have 9,000 fans not turning up and they’ve paid for it. That puts it into context, I think.”
Fortunes Favour Mibbes 08:10 on 14 April, 2013
TBM :)))
er, Take the High Road?….episode 12, scene 33……………
Naw………
TBM
Gameplay to be interrupted by somone with the intials TBM on his top taking a shite on the pitch just before half time.
Things could get interesting….especially when 10,000 Tims see the value of that form of protest on live TV :)))
Seems our supports commitment to the Scottish cup is on par with the teams recent efforts at Hampden.
It’s a shame as folk will be quick to moan if the players don’t perform in a Hampden atmosphere vacuum.
Jock Stein famously said football without fans is nothing.
It will be hard for our team to get up for today when they can visibly see how little it matters to the support.
Far from a foregone conclusion. The real supporters who attend really need to get behind the team today. Not just turn up expecting to be entertained. Hail Hail.
TBM,
Surely not literal???
Was it washed down with a fine rosé scots goat blood??
Ffb
Was that no the spoof dolmio advert…
Burnley78,
Very true amigo,
Sadly though, most of us will be supporting from afar.
The SFA is a stinking corpse.
Fortunes Favour Mibbes 08:16 on 14 April, 2013
Gameplay to be interrupted by somone with the intials TBM on his top taking a shite on the pitch just before half time.
Things could get interesting….especially when 10,000 Tims see the value of that form of protest on live TV :)))…………….
Aye…………..Direct action and singing “we’re on the march with Ahmad’s Mammy”
TBM
TBJ,
The SFA presentation build up, sponsored by Dolmio before they realised what they were getting into:
##massive bad language alert !!! ###
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWK8-IoMdps
:)) apols, that’s the crudest thing ever. I’d say it was a hun production if not for the occasional humour in it :))
Fortunes Favour Mibbes 08:18 on 14 April, 2013
TBM,
Surely not literal???
Was it washed down with a fine rosé scots goat blood??………………
Don’t know bud; it wasn’t my mince. It was the old guy in the lift complaining about the neds in the high flats…………
TBM
TBM
:)))
You leave Ahmad’s mammy out of this !!! That’s a prime example of timmy racism !!! :))
Superb post by barcabhoy on TSFM…
The Sevco timeline when read in conjunction with Duff and Phelps official reports makes for interesting reading
March 29 …
.Sevco 5088 formed
May 3…….
.Green appointed Director of Sevco 5088
May 9 …..Whyte and Earley appointed Directors of Sevco 5088
May 23 ….
Green signs forms confirming disapplication of shareholder rights. Effectively canceling the rights of Whyte and Earley to receive share options
May 29
Sevco Scotland formed
May 29
Duff and Phelps issue CVA proposals naming Sevco 5088 as preferred bidder, with a legally binding contract to purchase assets regardless of whether CVA succeeds or fails
June 12
CVA rejected
June 14
Sevco Scotland purchase assets from Duff and Phepls, despite creditors never having been informed of Sevco Scotland’s existence, far less of their new status as the preferred bidder. There was an obligation in the CVA document for Duff and Phelps to issue a failure certificate should the legally binding contract with Sevco 5088 not crystallize. They issued no such certificate
July 10
Duff and Phelps issue interim report. For the first time they report that the owner of the assets is Sevco Scotland
December 27
Green signs forms to wind up Sevco 5088
Summary
It appears that Green has persuaded Duff and Phelps that Sevco Scotland is a successor company to Sevco 5088. This however is not legally correct. They are separate entities. Whyte will argue, with some justification , that Green acted illegally on at least 3 occasions.
1 He removed the entitlement of Whyte and Earley to own shares at a board meeting that they were not informed of and therefore could not attend. A board needs a Quorum to hold a meeting, and 1 out of 3 does not constitute a Quorum.
2 He represented to Duff and Phelps that Sevco Scotland was a successor to Sevco 5088, and he did not have the approval of the Sevco 5088 board to do so
3 He attempted to strike of Sevco 5088, thereby getting rid of the opportunity for other documents to be lodged, and he did this without the approval of the Sevco 5088 board
All of the above enabled Green to become the beneficial owner of approximately £4million worth a Rangers shares at a cost of roughly £40,000.
Everything I have written here is recorded at Companies House and in Duff and Phelps Official reports. The non executive directors at Rangers do not need an independent enquiry to decide Greens future. The facts are readily available. Their job is to interpret the information and make a decision. The Non execs are being paid a total of £220,000 a year for part time work. They need to start making decisions and not passing the buck
The only possible question they may want answered is from Duff and Phelps. ” What did Charles Green do to prove to you that Sevco Scotland was a successor company to Sevco 5088″
I very strongly suspect the answer will be we needed a Scottish registered business to own an SFA member club and as the shareholders are the same it’s a technical and adminstrative necessity
Based on the timeline above and the questionable legality of Greens actions the asset sale may be illegal, the IPO illegal and the SFA and SFL memberships improperly awarded
This isn’t just about Green, it’s about much more, and should be the subject of a Police investigation
Burnley78
08:18 on
14 April, 2013
I was glad i joined the real supporters who wanted the ole board out
Enjoy your day as a real supporter……………………
Ffb
Sure I spotted a sentence without an offensive word in it
TBJ,
It’s not funny really – just a representation of hunnery and what goes on in their family lives…:)))
Uhuhuhuhuh.
First time I saw it, I thought, yep, that’s defo “Durrantie” and his family…
Burnley78 at 0818.
I think that’s very unfair. There are many reasons why people will not be at Hampden today:
family commitments, financial constraints etc.
To lambast those of us who have chosen not to go as not caring about the game is very unfair.
Personally, I have a young family and I just cant justify attending every game anymore. I will still pay for my season ticket, will make it available gratis to friends and family when I can’t go, and I remain in the home Cup scheme.
So financially I am still supporting the club as before.
But to expect 100% attendance from everyone is unrealistic…
Burnley
I know a large number of fans who are refusing to attend Hampden in protest against the SFA ….I’m one too
Not apathy re commitment to the team
Personally I’d withdraw the team from the cup until the SFA put their house in order …which starts with the resignation of RCO…
Sadly most of those defeats at hamdump have been because we have a lack of goalscoring forwards
we have only one striker who is a goalscorer who would be automatic pick
bit sad we must do better
ItaliaBhoy/ Burnley78
You not missing out the real reason, the big reason?
Fewer and fewer of us give a flyin toss about it.
It means nothing.
We have the SPL and Europe, but even the rest of the SPL are seeing it for what is.
Aye, Hibs fans were celebrating yesterday….and they were great company…but 90% of them didn’t even consider going there (my estimate). Usually Hibees would bring a massive support to cup games at that stage.
Yet, the support at games in the SPL has been very good. We all want to get out there and support our teams. But there’s no trust, which is why the Cup games have become meaningless. If I was to be on a winning team and have to face Campbell Ogilvie to take a medal off him, ….well, I can’t say what I’d do.
SFA/ Huns are killing Scottish Football. Not killed it. Killing it. And no one is hitting the feckin life support button.
We’re all watching it happen. While we have enough good clubs, well-supported, to make a good league, and get this country out of feckin 79th place in Europe. Hah. But we won’t. Until it totally collapses.
Italiabhoy
A very good article from TSFM
I can’t quite decide whether Green has shafted Whyte from the outset ….or whether they had some form of rogues bargain that Green has reneged on
I suspect that the deal has gone sour as Whyte realised that Sevco were running out of cash and has made a claim on Green which he has rebuffed
BMCUW,
Apols, missed your call yesterday, too many things going on. Ring me again. Didn’t want to phone or text during the night.
Get Liam Boyce signed up right away.
The boy jinky
i theyre hilaryarse…”that dugs f@kn rotten!its getn put doon the morrraaaaahhh!”fpmsl
16 roads ..
What type of striker is he …penalty box?…target man ?
Burnley
I havent missed a cup semi in yonks… hate the place. .. hate the performances and results.
Im fortunate. .. I live about 3 miles from hampden … and my personal circumstances allow me the time and money to follow my team.
But I really considered missing todays match… mainly due to the sfa .
But I have felt at the last few visits to hampden.. that our support let’s us down each time ( as well as the team / manager)
Hearts… st mirren… killie.. ross county… falkirk. .. all created a better atmosphere on the day.
Our support at days like today is often made up of a lot of parents with their kids. No harm to them but if that was bolstering a strong vocal support that would be great. But when they make up around 50% of our reduced numbers… it has an effect on the atmosphere
So I bought my ticket yesterday and while I wish everyone who could afford a ticket would do so… I understand the reasons not to.
But if they choose not to go along… imho.. they should temper criticism of the team with their decision not to support the team as best they can.