Tannadice was so packed out this afternoon it looked like a Rangers creditors’ meeting and the Scottish Cup tie on show didn’t disappoint. Dundee United had the better of the opening period but four second half goals from an irresistible Celtic decided outcome.
Jon Daly headed wide early on after a Willo Flood cross early on but the first great chance of the game fell to Johnny Russell on 25 minutes. Gary Mackay-Steven got free on the left and crossed for Russell who mishit his shot, allowing Fraser Forster to make an incredible save and claw the ball away.
With Dundee United clearly on top defender Robbie Neilson received a straight red card for a forearm smash into the face of Georgios Samaras.
It took Celtic 36 minutes to make an attempt on goal. Joe Ledley’s shot from a corner was blocked and James Forrest shot over from a corner seconds later.
Celtic stepped up the pace after halftime. Charlie Mulgrew jinked to create space on the left side of the United box but Ledley couldn’t reach his cross. 8 minutes after halftime the visitors were ahead after the best move of the game.
Adam Matthews passed back to Fraser Forster who played the ball out to Joe Ledley. Ledley moved forward after playing the ball onto Samaras, who passed to Mulgrew before the ball moved onto Stokes. Anthony Stokes fired a low cross into the box which Gary Hooper dummied for Ledley, who never stopped running. The midfielder won the ball by nipping in front of his marker and shot home from 7 yards.
Samaras shot over before a Stokes shot after 64 minutes from 25 yards was saved by Pernis, the first save the keeper made in the game.
United had a great chance to draw level when substitute Milos Lacny latched onto a long through ball but his shot from 16 yards was weak and off target.
Georgios Samaras made it 0-2 when he got on the end of a Mulgew free kick to bullet a header into the top right corner of the net.
Two minutes later Johnny Russell had a great chance to pull a goal back but his shot from 15 yards flew narrowly over.
Stokes should have tied the game up 11 minutes from time when James Forrest combined with Hooper before Forrest cut the ball back to Stokes, who contrived to hit the crossbar with his shot with an empty net waiting.
Samaras and Forrest both had chances to add to the scoring before Ledley threaded a pass through the middle of the United defence for Stokes to clip past Pernis into the net.
With a minute of the game remaining Samaras beat Dillon, who pulled the Greek international down inside the box. Scott Brown rolled the resultant penalty into the net to make if 0-4.
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Morning Ghuys and Ghirls.
Well done to our Bhoys for the win yesterday, eventually. The record books will show only an emphatic Celtic win, regardless of the first half performance. Let’s just keep plugging away and win every game from now until the end of the season, regardless of when the race is mathematically over… which it obviously isn’t until the final whistle is blown in the two cup finals.
With regard to events elsewhere, I feel that there is too much focus on Rangers’ financial travails; their dicing with liquidation and the ins & outs of a possible sale of the club. This seems to have distracted many, including the bulk of the media, from what in my eyes should be the major story: around 20 years of systemic dishonesty, rule-breaking and cheating.
Like the arrogant, selfish car driver that jumps a red light, nips into the bus lane to jump the queue, routinely exceeds the speed limit and sneaks up the right-turn filter lane and then barges in to go straight on, in their desperation to get ahead of the rest… those in power at Rangers for all those years carried on as though they believed that the rules applied to everyone but themselves.
They took advantage of the honesty of every other team in the land and routinely flouted rules in order to sign players that even they could only have dreamed of signing had they been constrained as were their opponents by an appreciation and acceptance of the difference between right and wrong, legal and illegal.
I don’t care if Rangers continue in their current skin, with their “Aye Ready” since 1872, or if they morph into a 2012 version officially without the historical achievements of the old corporate entity, as long as they are piunished for their transgressions and their overt and callous lack of sporting and moral integrity in the only way that will be fair to those they have cheated. As an absolute minimum they must be stripped of all the trophies captured through the years of cheating and rule breaking, and those must be retrospectively awarded to the runners-up in each case.
Nothing less will do.
Joe Ledley should never be moved from midfield to accomadte people. Leave him in their. Great player.
new article posted.
Leckie ——–
Bog standard tabloid trash ——–
Make something up that suits your agenda . Attribute it to someone else .. The someone else is always anonymous . The someone else is always untraceable . —
I met someone in a bar at Punta Secca who told me that someone had told him that Bill Leckie had killed Cock Robin.
andycol is yet another Neil Lennon on 12 March, 2012 at 11:34 said:
”Statement re legal action by pension fund trustees to recover funds from the Administrators of Glasgow Rangers Football Club.
The trustees (” the Trustees”) of the Jerome Group plc Pension Fund (“Pension Fund”) have informed the Company that they are co-claimants in proceedings which have been brought in the High Court to determine the proper ownership of funds in the hands of solicitors acting for the Administrators of Glasgow Rangers Football Club (the “Club”).”
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I wonder if there is any connection between this development and Gary Withey being mutually consented by Collyer Bristow.
By the way, and speaking of Collyer Bristow, this is from their firm’s training manual showing how their founding partner, Mr Bristow, deals with stock exchange dealings.
http://www.sherlockinvesting.com/cartoons/images/Bristow.gif
It embarrasses me, as a Scot, that Leckie and others of his ilk, can pass as journalists in this country- the man is a pompous buffoon who is so blinded by his own conceit that he cannot see how ludicrous he actually is: how can such an ignorant and intellectually lazy man actually be paid for writing a poorly written and highly subjective column. Its just embarrassing…any person who has any sincere love of the truth has to make their own subjectivity transparent to themselves…continually examine their own assumptions…a genuine aspiration for objectivity…
I think Leckie abandoned any pretence at ethical standards or for any journalistic ideals ( if he ever actually possessed any of these attributes is unlikely) for filthy lucre…the man is a moral pygmy whose only Master is Mammon.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
You don’t per-chance have an account on the RM Site do you?
The artical for the Ringers fighting fund on the site at the moment looks like one of your awe nawed versions :-)
My opinion..
The British Income Tax Collectors… have shown,me .. that they are extremely Lax in carrying out thur duties..
Here we hiv a Fitba’ Club..
Neglectin’, tae Pay.. One Penny.. of .. the Money that the Said Club,
collected.. fur,Themsels.. fae Thur Employees Pay Packets..
in the Name o’ Making ,those deductions fur the Express purpose o’
passing those deductions oan tae Her Majesty’s Henchmen.
This Kinda Thing… Is called… THEFT,anywhere else, but in the Scottish
News Media..
Right?
YET…
Ah hiv nevah ever seen that Woid. Used.. by any Scottish News Ootlet.
“THEFT”
Jist Plain Stealing, it wiz… and Stealing, it ..IS….and Oan a Grand Scale,tae!
And that sort of Larceny went oan fur.. Nine, Ten.. Months..
afore, Her Majesty’s Enforcers.. Found oot.. aboot it.
It wiznae as If.. we wur talkin’ aboot a triflng Sum.. like… Ten or Fifteen Boab!
Na..
The Amount, that the G.A. cheated the Income Tax Folk oot.. read..the British People. wiz..
Over.. Nine Million Pounds!
Now, we find that the Blue Knights and thur Host o’ Camp Followers..
are Gonna Mak a Bid Fur this Bankrupt Enterprise..and it is.. Bankrupt,ye know……anither woid.. Ah hiv never seen being used tae Describe the Plight of this
IMPOVERISHED Fitba’ Club..( Impoverished.. great woid.. which .. Ah hiv ,also.. never seen Used,tae describe the condition intae which oor Rivals Have sunk/Sunken…eethur!)
Noo meanwhile.. in anither Part o the Wids..
Like…Here… in the U.S.
Oor Income Tax guys.. wid hiv by this Time..
Raided.. Ibrox. Boarded up the Doors..
Kicked, doon the Ibrox Door.. and. also.. Kicked, everybuddy…oot intae the Street..
and Pit up a Great Big.. Banner.. With the woids..
Closing Doon Sale.. .EveryThing Must Go…
at Knock-Doon Prices!
and taken Away every stick o furniture that wiznae Bolted doon tae the Flair..and also wid hiv confiscated..
The Groundsman’s.. Shovels. Rakes..etc..and Grabbed the Oaffice Vacuum Cleaner and the Canteen’s… Cutlery .. and The Tea Lady’s.. China Tea-Pot and Embroidered Tea- Cosy… tae be sold at Auction..
Heck.. wit is the Maitter Wi. Her Majesty’s Tax Colllector’s?
Ah, simply….
DON’T GET IT!!
The British Income Tax Authorities…Hiv here a clear Case of Gross Malfeasance.. which Took Place..and Hiv No done Wan Thing Aboot it!
In fact.. Those Income Tax People. are still Messing aboot.
Trying tae get Back.. some of the Forty Odd Million which the G.A.
hid done them oota…
fur the Past .. TEN YEARS!
Frankly, Ah jist Dinna Get it!
Like Ah said..
Why diz ANYBUDDY , in Scotland, these days..
Bother tae Pay thur Income Taxes.. At Awe?
Fur..
According, tae the Extremely Lax Behaviour which The Income Tax Folks are demonstrating in Dunning fur the Money Which The Ibrox GANGSTERS.. hiv Doodled Them oota.. It Puzzles me. why Anybuddy..working in , Scotland, fur a living. wid be sae daft as
tae Pay tae her Majestys’s Collector’s.. wan Bean in Tax Money!
Ah must look intae..
Moving Ma Heid Oaffice.. tae . Bath street..Glesca.
Gee.
. Ah am sitting here in Vegas.. like a Mug.. Haunding over..
A Goodly share of Ma Profits tae Uncle Sam.. Thirty Per Centum..
When Ah could run Ma Business. domiciled .. In Glesca by the Clyde..
And Ma Profits wid .. be.. virtually..
Tax Free!
Kojo
Still Laughin. like Hell.