How ballsy is Scott Sinclair? Arriving as a 73rd minute substitute, his every touch was booed by Motherwell fans. Dozens of missiles were thrown at him (and other Celtic players) as nearby stewards failed even to look in the direction of the culprits.
Then with three minutes remaining and Celtic a goal down, he told Leigh Griffiths to step away from the penalty spot. The kick itself – high into the top corner, was unstoppable, but goodness, not without risk.
With so much negative focus on him, taking that penalty was the equivalent of looking the Devil in the eye. He will be stronger for the experience.
Now others are left asking, “What will it take to beat Celtic, even once?” Legs and minds are tired among the squad, you can see it. Leigh, normally so sharp, was ponderous when his best chance occurred. Craig Gordon looks like he needs a holiday. That punch, the clearance which cleared no one and those kick outs! What’s going on, Craig?
There was a fascinating moment involving Tom Rogic when we were a goal down. A loose ball was there to be challenged for, but Tom didn’t quite throw himself at it, prompting clear feedback from the travelling fans. What he did was take control of proceedings from then on.
His defence-splitting pass for Callum McGregor led to the penalty and gave us our kicks, on game 66.
The penalty itself followed a goalkeeping error. Carson saved a gilt-edged chance from McGregor, but instead of knocking the ball out for a corner, he kept it alive with a side-swipe. McGregor put his body between ball and defender. Then waited.
The not too subtle message from Motherwell after Sunday’s cup final is that they were incorrectly punished for putting arms around an opponent in the box. On an intellectual level, they knew they were banged to right (or they would have appealed the red card), but the emotional part of the brain took over.
“It’s OK to put your arms around an opponent to inhibit his progress inside the box” was the subliminal message. Just think, if Stephen Robinson had told his players not to take such actions after the final, Rose might have kept his arms to himself last night.
Every referee in the country knew Craig Thomson was hung out to dry on Sunday after making a correct penalty decision. Willie Collum would have prepared for last night’s game clear in the knowledge that no amount of wining would prevent him making an unpopular decision.
Would he have made the same penalty decision if Motherwell and the assembled media did not round on Craig Thomson a few days earlier? Perhaps. But it is never wise to harden the resolve of a referee.
Oh, and yes, that was our first penalty of the league campaign, no one else in the division was penalty-less until last night.
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Amazing how {certain} folk know whit time the Mod’s start their shifts at ¿
Anywye,……
Weebawbabitty
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HH fella, ah hope yer well.
Me flounce ?
Ah don’t need tae flounce.
The vanity wing of the sleekit clique have fitted out their PC’s wi special non clique filters so that they canny see ma posts ;
So much for all inclusive eh.
But, you should be careful how ye go on here.
Your card will already be marked because you verified wan ae ma posts and, by doing so, you wrong footed certain clique operatives who were convinced that, you were me wi a different name, talking tae maself the clique are too precious tae git it wrang, ye know, there was a plan hatched in Lisbon during the summer that, certain bad apples had to be removed fae the blog, thats why, ah dont know if ye clocked it, but, wan day on here there was a full page of snitches,falling over themselves to grass up certain undesireable posters who didny qualify for the sleekit grassing culture which one has to warmly embrace, to be quoted, by the clique. Fae ma point of view, KevJungle wiz a name on the list that had to be totally ignored, starved, whatever way possible, to be gotten rid off the blog. But, guess whit…..am still here ;
They’re no cute enough ;
Oh and, always beware of the dead nice nosy wans that wish everybody a hoopy birthday, hi de hi red coat stylee ;
Be careful mate, they don’t get that cliques are anti Celtic and that that is why ma flag will fly eternal on our oul Jungle roof ;
Stay safe E, HH
…..oot.
Uxbridge Dictionary letter of the day is B:-
Boycott: A small bed for a male child.
Bratwurst: The very naughtiest of children.
Britanny: A bit like Britain.
Brouhaha: A hilarious drink.
Buckingham: A rodeo pig.
Busking: Owner of many buses.
Ma filters not working….i can still see Kevj’s posts! :-)
Junglecliquecsc
Kev J
“Your card will already be marked because you verified wan ae ma posts and, by doing so, you wrong footed certain clique operatives who were convinced that, you were me wi a different name, talking tae maself the clique are too precious tae git it wrang,”
Before you get too precious about the wrongs done to you, how about you explain your previous for doing just that i.e. inventing other log in names to back up your points? Do you not remember “an actor’s life for me” or “Hi diddle de dee” or whatever he was called.
In this case you do have previous, so, even if weebawbabbity is a different real life character from yourself, you remain guilty of inventing aliases for deceptive purposes.
It’s weebawbabbity that deserves the apology, not yourself.
Why do you invent your own clique of made up posters?
SFTB – isn’t the answer to your final question rather obvious?
Shoorly the tactics for Celtic players inside the penalty box tomorrow are quite simple…
Put yourself between the ball and a Motherwell player and the styoopit clugger is bound to foul you. This will result in many highly debatable/soft/never-a-penalty (SMSM delete as appropriate) penalties and we will therefore improve our poor shot-to-goal conversion rate….
Phylis D
It might be obvious but the accused has the right to mount his own defence instead of just implying that, as he did not molest this particular sheep, he is, therefore, not a serial sheep molester.
Made you bite anywye….
As ah wiz saying….
They ain’t cute enough….
They’ve no goat it….
They probably awe fell oot the middle pages ae the Cellic View, efter they had been brainwashed wi the wee dodgy guy.
Anywye,…..
….oot.
So that’s it, Kev!
You wanted a bite.
You wanted attention.
And anything will do, even a wee whiny complaint as to how “you” were being wronged. (and you’ll ignore the fact that I posted other stuff before I got round to you as proof that you “made” someone bite, ironically, by claiming that “they ignore poor oul me”.
And no explanation as to why a Celtic fan would want to troll other Celts.
Just be honest in future and post what you have to say under your own name and try to make your points consistent. Don’t pretend to be a consistent admirer of Neil Lennon, for example, when you have a track record of abusing the man’s abilities when he was Celtic boss.
There is one bit of your posting style I do like.
And that’s the “aff oot” bit.
So “ahm aff oot noo too”
Missin you already.
Tom Rogic songs
“Down Under”
“Tom comes from a land down under
Where women glow and men chunder
Can you hear? Can you hear the thunder?
Scores his goal with a bolt of lightening
Doo de de doo de doo doo du du du du du ”
and a more traditional “Waltzing Matilda”
Aussie midfielder Aussie midfielder
Big Tom Rogic runs our midfield
He twists and he turns
Hits goals with bolts of lightning
Big Tom Rogic runs our midfield
Happy trilogy eve :))
KEVJUNGLE …
I dont know what age bracket you fall into .
If mid 50’s are you “Dopey ” McGowan from Blantyre or do you know him .
Btw , “dopey” is not anyway connected to your posts :))
DAVIDOPOULOS on 1ST DECEMBER 2017 9:00 AM
“Shoorly the tactics for Celtic players inside the penalty box tomorrow are quite simple…
Put yourself between the ball and a Motherwell player and the styoopit clugger is bound to foul you. This will result in many highly debatable/soft/never-a-penalty (SMSM delete as appropriate) penalties and we will therefore improve our poor shot-to-goal conversion rate….”
*****
Back in 2007-8, we had 2 home must-win games against Rangers(1872-2012) in a fortnight in April. We won the first midweek with JVoH’s last minute header, and then, at 2-2 in the second game late in the second half, Scott Macdonald did precisely what you describe and Barry Robson scored the penalty, with not his cleanest strike, as I remember.
That pen left the title in our hands up at Tannadice on that famous Thursday night, yet there was less furore as far as I can remember from Deidco and the media back then than there has been over the last 2 pens we got, with more being said about the stupidity of the tackle that led to it.
This working for a company is fabeedoo , tea breaks :))
Need to go , was nice chatting Kevj .
beatbhoy
Remember it well – the last ever O** F*** game I attended. Scott McD stuck his body in front of the ball and big Clubfoot ran right into the back of him like the big oaf that he was/is.
I do remember a lot of whingeing about McDonald being offside for the first goal though…
KEVJ
When I finished my nightshift,there were 219 comments.
I read back,made a comment,it was No. 218
Keep your wee conspiracy theories inside that addled wee brain of yours,there’s a good lad. They belong with your other theories,like McGhee and Keevins.
Besides,you’re becoming past-boring. If I mentioned summat white,you’d tell everyone it was black.
I dunno what drives you,bud. But it’s driving you round the bend.
Davidopoulos
Offside, penalties, dives, professional fouls, didnae matter anyway, 3-0 us before a ball was kicked, with all those improperly registered players. Must have been about 50 points ahead of the deid club by the April!
We all have to give credit to the daily rectum’s contribution to zombie land. Without their constant diahorea the Huns might never have died. Today they gave credit to the lying King promising cake tomorrow and a wee alter boy article thrown in. Sick as they are they can only extend this period of belly aching laugh as they do the zombie tango. Thanks to this news/toilet paper they will never ever ever come back from the deady Bears. Briiliant. Do we have an agent in this company. Can’t wait for Scott Sinclairs goal on Saturday. Hail hail.
beatbhoy
Actually, I think they were relegated a few seasons before and my memory of that match was just a dream.
:)
67 -A magic number..
Hoping for another one
Start – Humping Clyde – wowee good volley -Tommy Gemmell
https://youtu.be/Zpf0w3CPMuk
European Cup Final —
https://youtu.be/OMBC3MOmJu8
December – Dundee 4 -Celtic 5 –a super duper Big Yogi.
https://youtu.be/JNa8ISKf1rQ
Davidopoulos
Ha, ha, good point!
And if it cost the billionaire a mere 100 pence to buy a top tier side, how much change would he have received from a 10p coin for one in the bottom tier?
TAURANGABHOY
While your post hits the spot,I draw the line at it all being due to an undercover agent.
Merely because there is no need for one.
The Daily Record leads the way as ever,and the SMSM reveals itself to be Ouroboros.
I wonder how long it takes for a snake to realise it is past the point of no return? And if,when realising the truth,it throws up?
The Banter —
Napoli v Rubentus -tonight .. TV item re a high security measures game .
Lovely new graffitto on the wall near the entrance to the away section –
” GOBBI – if you come from Torino we will kick your ass but if you come from the south -we will kill you “.
Gobbi =hunchbacks (a derogatory term for Rube fans – weighed down by the shame ) and the south refers to the fact that most of the away support will have travelled to Napoli from small towns in Southern Italy and Sicily . EG -There are 3 Juve Social Clubs in Sciacca -nearest town to Casa South of Tunis .
beatbhoy on 1st December 2017 10:17 am
Davidopoulos
Ha, ha, good point!
And if it cost the billionaire a mere 100 pence to buy a top tier side, how much change would he have received from a 10p coin for one in the bottom tier?
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He would win ownership simply by performing an entertaining little magic trick. Just wait until they find out that it wasn’t a magic trick and the Arsenal shares really have gone…
Does anybody know i f the Club has made an offficial complaint re Murderwell fans/missiles on Wednesday please.If they havn’t , why not?
Why is it we always seem to never do anything about these situations? If the ball was on the other foot we all know what the outcome would be, do we not.
KINGLuBO
new article posted.
Far too many times our players have been subjected to missiles,some very dangerous,and racial,sectarian abuse being hurled at them.If you add in physical attacks,re,Broony at Hundome,it is getting ridiculous we are not calling this behaviour out.The authorities are doing nothing ,we know this because the attack,and missiles at Hundome were totally ignored.The Huns were throwing paper balls at the Progres game and UEFA fined them,7 grand.Paper balls.If we let it slip by ignoring it,we could have one of our players receive serious injury.
We have witnessed the “Banned songs”being re instated by the Huns.with not a mention.This is what doing nothing gets you.I dont want to act like Huns,issuing statements every second or third day,but this is a serious matter.
Just heading down to Glasgow for overnight stay and the game tomorrow. Staying in sauchiehall st, when is good and reasonable to eat. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Good luck everybody.
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Morning all,going with AMERICAN. 3.00 Newbury.Good luck.hh
With all these picks from the big race at Newbury,I’ll make things easier by jinxing one.
WHISPER 300 Newbury
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1350 Newbury
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league
They come from bonnie Scotland, they come from county Cork,
They come from dear old Donegal and even from New York,
From every street in Glasgow they proudly make their way,
To a place called dear old paradise and this is what they say.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
There’s Fallon, Young and Gemmell who proudly wear the green,
There’s Clark, McNeill and Kennedy the best there;s ever been,
Jim Johnstone, Murdoch, Chalmers, John Divers and John Hughes,
And sixty thousand Celtic fans who proudly shout the news.
Celtic, Celtic thats the team for me,
Celtic, Celtic on to victory,
They’re the finest team in Scotland, I’m sure you will agree,
We’ll never give up till we’ve won the cup and the Scottish football league.
Repeat to Fade CSC
Newbury 15:00
Whisper
HH.
Cogry 3:00 Newbury ……the CQN Handicap Chase.