A five star performance from Celtic extended their lead at the top of the table to an incredible 17 points as Anthony Stokes and Gary Hooper dictated the pace and outcome of the game. Stokes made sure he got on the end of a Charlie Mulgrew corner on 14 minutes to head the opening goal from inside the six yard box. Six minutes later it was 0-2 when Hooper collected on the halfway line before playing a forward pass to Stokes. Stokes advanced into the box before slipping the ball to Hooper, who slipped the ball underneath Graham Stack from 10 yards out.
Hibs first genuine attempt arrived midway through the first half when Adam Matthews failed to deal with a long ball and was robbed by Stevenson but Fraser Forster saved. Wotherspoon then had a good chance 8 yards out when he met a cross from the left but his attempt went wide.
Celtic should have had a penalty when Anthony Stokes again rushed into the box before cutting back and had his ankles clipped but the referee waved play-on.
Two minutes after the break Charlie Mulgrew removed any remaining doubt about the result. Gary Hooper was fouled 23 yards from goal and Mulgrew thundered the resulting free kick into the far corner of the net.
Hooper and Stokes linked again when the former back-heeled for the latter but Graham Stack blocked the shot from 12 yards. Hooper’s second goal of the game arrived seven minutes into the second half when James Forrest passed to Mulgrew who fed Hooper. The striker’s shot bobbled over the diving Stack into the net.
A careless back-heel by Kelvin Wilson was collected by Gary O’Connor who crossed for Leigh Griffiths but Forster collected comfortably. The rout was completed when Stokes fed substitute Kris Commons whose wayward shot struck the knee of Ki and deflected into the net. Joe Ledley almost made it six when he won a header from a Ki corner but his attempt rebounded off the bar.
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Cassavetes: the devils final defeat will be his only victory. What does that even mean? eek this moroccan black is good ssshhhiii…word salad is being served with asbestos gloves…do monkeys get monkeys on their back?
Great performance today, i predict all this nonsense about a tainted title will cease…….. all the talk will change soon to a tainted second spot for Murderwell :)
Bada bing
About 5years ago at Easter road, boruc was booked by brines at the end of a game for applauding the hibs fans,mcclean was in the studio for setanta and made a comment along the lines Of “sometimes his gestures are a little more sinister” this was about the same time as the controversy surrounding artur blessing himself at ibrox and the Huns went of their nut
UC
they have never won it and never will says:So MacLean is a “sheep” the same way Lackie supports St Mirren along with Chico? For me ,that is the smokescreen these bigots have hidden behind for years.Enough is enough,these halfwits should be challenged whenever the opportunity arises.BTW did you hear MacLean’s commentary from Poundland yesterday?HH.
Before I go to my kip I’d want to say that the patter on CQN this week has been priceless. My favourite one liner (cant remember who wrote it) was…’I just want to see jackhammer on marble’. Keep em comin!
hh
Anyone been on Furher Furher recently
would love to see how they are handling all this
Huns or Motherwell 2nd
Well
Rico
McLean is a hun
Richard Gordon is a sheep
McCall team have not beat the Huns ever
Love
ps
Huns for me
I asked my mate b4 I logged on and he said he hates mcall after last year, I said but it’s got to be well for 2nd, he said he ain’t interested lol, only interested in the tic lol.
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
I agree, the hun have no chance of euro football, well will be paped oot first round of the qualifiers, don’t want them having two games
What is the Stars says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:48
I haven’t but spoke to a Bhoy who has and it would bring tears to a glass eye apparently. They are very down.
:)
Rico
What is the Stars says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:48,
I second that motion.
Árd Macha
What a laugh. I went to see Jay & Silent Bob Get Old at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh tonight, and part of the show consisted of Kevin Smith reading out Tweets from his Twitter page. One of them said (and I’m paraphrasing): ‘Mention ice-cream and jelly to the audience and see what kind of a reaction you get.’ Well, the whole place erupted. All the Tims in the house cheered, whereas the ‘others’ booed and shouted out the kind of filth we’ve all come to expect at Ibrox when anything Celtic-related is put before them. Funnier than that, the main abuse-hurlers got chucked out. Yet another great result today :-)
The Spirit of Arthur Lee says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:51
McCall team have not beat the Huns ever
Love
ps
Huns for me
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Surely that’s about to change, wonder what odds you will get on Huns not winning another game.
A guy from my area put a £1 on Celtic to win all their games and he got 2000/1 lol.
Huns go out of business and Motherwell to finish nowhere. Works for me.
Árd Macha
Quiz question
Who killed Rangers FC PLC (in administration)
a) David Murray for selling to a well known Vulture Capitalist
b) Aforementioned vulture capitalist aka Agent White
c) Jock Stein for winning the one thing they couldn’t have forcing them to waste tens of millions trying!
THE EXILED TIM says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:50
‘McLean is a hun
Richard Gordon is a sheep’
That has always been my impression.
Oh no….National Lampoon’s Animal House starting on ITV4!
T4
Proof that evil can be resurrected: sun on sunday. Bullshit. A dead hun will rise up again like a golem- more evil, more ugly and more revolting but still quintessentially hun.
This was taken in 1986,mate just posted it on Facebook.
Can you identify anyone?
Catch up tomorrow away to my scratcher!
tommytwiststommyturns says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:58
Classic!
Aaaaw comoan noo! Gotta be Well for 2nd really. Lesser of two evils.
Exiled Tim,
McLean is not a Hun, he’s a sheep, he just doesn’t openly go on about as much as Gordon does, I live in Aberdeen and he regularly hosts the Aberdeen FC Ball which through my business I have the displeasure to have to attend and believe me he’s no Hun.
Well done Rangers yesterday.
Crossmaglen Rangers that is.
Árd Macha
As lay myself down to sleep, I dream of the day gone by and smile as I remember I had to take a bath as I wis pourin’ w’ sweat frae trying to catch up with Celtic at the top of the league. Was absolutely mingin’ actually – was really worried I’d become a h**. But I comforted myself by gratifying my ego in my usual way. I became No 1 in the charts with my latest song. Wo! It sounded truly unbelievable through soap suds and bubbles accompanied by regular f***ts as backing. Rule is I make up a new one each bath – that’s why I don’t take many. Could do with being a better composer really. Not a great help with the birds either. They can smell a ra..naw me a mile away. Anyway thought I’d share my latest chart topper.
The inspiration came from this fandabydosy pantomime I’ve been hearing about at Ipox. I believe this is in the last act and the leading ‘animal’, C.W. Kermit – a sly toad – is serenading his smelly, transexual accomplice Miss Fishy Salmond – a wee fat pig. The sun is gloomily setting as Kermit begins
When no one else could understand me
When everything I did was wrong
You gave me hope for my salvation
You gave the nod to carry on
And your always there
To shake my hand
As all good masons do
That’s the wonder
The wonder of you
When you plead my case my heart’s a-flutter
You pull the strings and I’m set free
I’ll have the cash so I can run
‘n I’ll escape across the sea
And you’ll think that this will win you votes
But it will only make me notes
And all I’ll think is
“How daft can he be?”
God forgive me, King!
When I eat more lamb and drink more wine
I’ll pay from the cash that is not mine
I’ll buy more castles and more boats
Paid in full from the tax man’s notes
‘n you’ll think your crap will win you votes
As I hide in Monaco
But the joke is
You too will have to go!
AYE THE JOKE IS
YOU TOO WILL HAVE TO GO!
Sorry Elvis, but you know it’s for a great cause.
STAGE DIRECTION: Stage lights dim till out and the curtain slowly falls. But before the stage is in complete darkness, there is just the merest chance to glimpse the faintest outline of a big luxury powerboat, called ‘I Screwed Salmond’, in the wings. It has a large hold with a sign saying ‘DO NOT TOUCH THESE ARE CONTAMINATED GOODS. UNPAID TAXES AND RIPPED OFF CASH ONLY’.
As Fishy disappears into the dark unknown and oblivion, Kermit can be seen rushing towards the boat with a lot of paper stuff flying from canvass bags with ££ signs on them. Then the stage descends into total darkness. THE END, END, END, END, END, END – No, It’s not a stutter. It’s called pathetic licence.
Strangely, the performance is not met with the slightest murmur or hint of applause in the arena. Instead just a black (or maybe it’s blue – whatever. I’m no bigot), deathly silence reminiscent of a secret society get-together. Then the 2 remaining tiny lights in the Ipox arena start flickering so that the hoards in the audience can get out as fast as they can run. But hark and lo and all that Willie Shake-ye’r-masonic-hand-spear cr**ptmanship, Oh what a surprise! There is nobody there! Spooky if we sharp-witted, independent observers hadn’t all expected it! Then without further ado (more Willie stuff) the curtain finally CRASHES DOWN with such force the whole outdated eyesore of an apology for an arena comes crumbling down and is reduced to ashes.
If you are a good person and decide some day get your gas mask on and go to pay your respects at the ruins and if you find just a moment in your heart to stop killing yourself laughing, give due reverence to the sign put up by ALL honest and respectable football fans (notice they are all in green and white to show Scottish supporters were united in cleaning up the game – I said stop f*****ing laughing for a minute). It reads:
WE DESTROYED YOU AND RESTORED HONOUR TO SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
NO PHOENIX SHALL RISE AGAIN FROM THESE ASHES
NOR SLUG CRAWL FROM THE DEPTHS OF YOUR SLIME.
God, what a night’s free entertainment I’m providing here. Better than the tele; well, you’ve got to agree, BBC and STV anyway. Naw? Listen, I could be getting tax free wages if this was being published in Govan.
C’mon but slow down a bit the hoops! A’m jiggered trying tae keep up these days. Am no quite as fit as when I was 70 ye know. No Lennoxtown in my day son. Barrafield and great big leather bits wi rope laces and a ba’ that wid hae knocked ye intae the English 3rd division if ye heeded it full on. Still got the welts!!! Ye don’t know how lucky you young ‘uns are these days !!!!!!!!!!! = God! Pills and bedtime methinks. Nurse! Nurse!
Just realised :-) Doh
hen1rik
Your mate must have done that a while ago to get 2000/1
I looked at that bet just after we skelped them on the 28th, not even close to a third of that was I offered, and believe me I shopped around, have you seen his ticket
T4
SKY+’d it a wee while ago.
Never fails,too many lol moments to mention.
Strangely,my nephew disnae understand it. Just disnae get it.
Methinks students nowadays work too hard to enjoy themselves!
prestonpans bhoys
If you’re still up, thanks for that, dangerous days indeed. A poster in the last couple of days put up a
brilliant picture of George McLuskey celebrating, as soon as I find myself I’ll start hunting for you.
50th year right enough thanks for the good wishes.
KTF
Hoop hoop Hooray says:
19 February, 2012 at 22:58
Easy peasy c)
Rico :)
Aipple calling @bournesouprecipe you around?
Goodnight all.. We ve all just enjoyed one of THE great Celtic supporting weeks.. Today’s result being the icing on the jelly and ice cream…
HH
!!Bada Bing!! Kano 1000,
I only heard McLean’s commentary in part yesterday, cant say what I heard bothered me too much but maybe I missed the best bits or was too busy laughing!
they have never won it and never will
I stand corrected.
Met RG on a few ocasions, a sheep through and through, never met Mclean, he sure does hide it well then, he obviously has an inbred hatred for us.
Árd Macha @ 23:02
Their fire burns true!
Bruce/Bobby – Belushi up the ladder….in fact John Belushi all the way through the film! Loved it.
T4
Mrs Bma just said to me, HMRC wanted to shut down the jamfarts for a couple o hunner grand,
why are they naw wantin tae do the same way the hun for millions, am ah missin somethin?
Bma