If you do not have a knot in your stomach, you should. Hearts managed to relegate themselves last season through inept performances against teams clearly below them in the food chain. They upped their game against Hibs and (especially) Newco, posing questions that the Budgeocracy has yet to consider. On Sunday, we face a team of usually-can’t-be-bothereds with a grudge.
In October, they started their Championship campaign by putting six goals past Dundee, whom they blame for siding with Peter Lawwell in the discussions that determined how last season’s league campaign would end. Then they beat Hibs, who they can always be bothered to play, in the Scottish Cup semi-final.
The new stands at Tynecastle act as a reservoir of resentment and Celtic are top of their list. Who else, other than their players, either managers, or the insightful new broom that was going to show football how it’s done in the business world, is there to blame for their relegation than Celtic.
And then there’s Eddie. You and I didn’t really discuss this at the time. A photo circulated showing the keeper took him out, but that was ‘fake news’ as it was not of the penalty incident in the 2019 final. Hand on heart; I think we got away with one then. A goal down in the second half, Odsonne Edouard took control; before you knew it, you were celebrating a Treble Treble.
I do not respect Heart of Midlothian FC whatsoever, but I respect any opponent who can so readily cultivate the unifying resentment that can produce results like the 4-0 that ended Celtic’s world record 69 domestic games unbeaten. This is a proper team, better than most in the Premiership and more than capable of winning on Sunday. If we are one inch less prepared than them, we will lose.
Before the Lille and Kilmarnock wins I saw a shroud of defeat ahead at Hampden. We may have turned it around just in time, but for now, the stomach remains knotted.
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…and Happy Birthday to Big J
Keepin’ it real CSC
DAVID66.
Cheers Mate.
I hope you and the family are all keeping safe and well, and hopefully the Celts will bring the Cup home once again tomorrow.
” We’ll be running roon Hampden wae the Cup”
Take care my Celtic/Drinking Mate….I would gladly pay £5 and more for a Pint of Beer this weekend…IF the Pubs were open
Boo Hoo.
LOL
COYBIG !
Happy birthday Big Jimmy hope you have a great day ….despite the pubs being shut.hh
Happy Birthday James
BANKIEBHOY1..
Thanks Mate.
Sadly its a very DRY Birthday…the Pubs are still Feckin shut…and I canny drink in the Hoose on my own. I find that a bit depressing, so Ive never been happy to drink alone in the Hoose.
I will watch the Celts Tomorrow with cans of Coca Cola methinks.
COYBIG.
HH and stay safe Mate.
Jimmy – When the pubs are open we will have a good old fashioned “Bevvy session ” and we will celebrate your 65th and a Quadruple Treble.
HH
D :)
VOGUEPUNTER and PETEC…
Cheers Bhoys.
Stay safe and be happy.
MON THE HOOPS !
HH.
I know what you really really want as a Birthday present.
Or do I?
Well Well
DAVID66 on 19TH DECEMBER 2020 7:22 AM
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We certainly will DAVID Bhoy.
65 PLUS a QUAD …equals 69 Pints of Beer…
Thats ME sorted…whit will you be having ?
LOL
HH Mate.
I hope letting Jozo gozo disnae hurt us.
Wham.csc
could someone repost the cork hibs v us pics again, cant find it now!
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Got it……..
The signif☆nce of that Goal.
At least 1 Year.
Grow a Pair.
Time to rumble.
Anger is am pm Energy.
Snookered
Love Pool
Love is theLaw.
🍺🍾🍺Big Jimmy Happy Birthday.🫖6️⃣5️⃣
Just to brighten your day.I was there now I’m sixty ten
Mon the HOOPS
Big Jimmy – Happy birthday have a great day 🎂🎉
Happy birthday, Big Jimmy, and many more of them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Big Jimmy and Sean’s daughter 🎉🎉🍾🍾
Good morning, friends from a damp and grey East Kilbride and a Big Happy Quadrofenian Eve. WE are on the cusp of history. I winder if we all, myself included, truly appreciate that? Going for 12 in a row – someone should write a song ;-)
Thanks to ALL you Bhoys for the birthday congrats.
HH.
COYBIG…Give this auld geezer a unforgettable Birthday present Tomorrow……Just beat that Mini Hun Mob !
HH.
Hoopy birthday big jimmy.
Hope you have lots more.get yourself a bottle of Buckie and give it laldy.
Not one Scottish team has ever won 4 Scottish cups 4 times in a row …
Neil Lennon possible history maker ?
If our main opponents/rival’s manger wins his first ever managerial trophy it will be exaggerated beyond belief ….
Neil will probably end up getting stick from some of his own even “if” he wins
Never underestimate the media that you don’t even read or listen too :-)
GFTB on 19TH DECEMBER 2020 9:10 AM
I see we have group planning a welcome to the manager and the team prior to the the cup final.
I wonder if there are any of the same ” fans ” singing Lennon, Lennon GTF and chasing team buses a few weeks ago.
There is a word for that I’m sure most of our more articulate posters would recollect.
HH.
Big Jimmy,
Shouldn’t it be 77 pints ie 65 + (4×3)?
Happy birthday Mucker
GP 9.17am
These “groups” that gather during a global pandemic and when others aren’t meant to be able to meet members of their own family … in my opinion lose all credibility… if unhappy with the “board” they have had a number of years to be annoyed… ReS12 now 11 has been “out there” for many years … why wait till the team “might” lose a title before voicing there concerns … I suppose the “protesters” can only answer that …
Hopefully you enjoy the game tomorrow and McChuils in 2021 to celebrate the 10 “if” Neil and the bhoys can deliver it (I still think it’s possible :-)
Happy Birthday bigjimmy.you take care mate
:-)
HH
All the best on your 65 th Big Jimmy
Happy birthday big Jimmy 🎁🍀🍀🎂🍺🍺
Let’s hope tomorrows game is better than 2019 final.
Happy Birthday, Big Jimmy.
” I’d never play him again’, ‘100%’ – many Celtic fans want Barkas left out of Cup final XI ”
I don`t know IF this was said at all let alone by `many` (or how many `many` is.
IF true, and just before a Cup Final,definitely not my idea of `support`.
Have a Gr888t day Big Jimmy
A very H888py Birthday 🏆🍀🎂
FRED COLON on 19TH DECEMBER 2020 9:28 AM
Big Jimmy,
Shouldn’t it be 77 pints ie 65 + (4×3)?
Happy birthday Mucker
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Yer right FRED…But 77 pints of beer is maybe a wee bit Greedy ?
LOL
HH.
BIG JIMMY
Happy birthday Big Mhan. Hang in there the beer will flow eventually.
Sean’s daughter happy birthday.
KEEP THE FAITH
happy birthday to my fellow john ogilvie f.p. (and may i suggest , get one of those draft beer kits … theyre greaaaaat :0 )
Dinnae underestimate tbe Human Body.
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