The point was made to me after the game that it would have been better for Mick Beale to lose this game in an unequivocal manner. Instead, the result is the epitome of equivocation. His team picked themselves off the first half canvas, dominated the champions for most of the second period, so much so he tried to convinced himself they were a match, but conceded late and it was all for not’.
When you lose and you know you have lost, you move swiftly to the recovery position. When you are a loser but it is not evident to you, you are cursed to squat in sporting purgatory – spurgatory, is where Beale finds himself!
Celtic scarcely created a chance during that period, but late in the game, the persistence, first of Jota, then Aaron Mooy, Jota again and Giorgos Giakoumakis in the 88th minute permitted Kyogo his platform to score. In this instant, a title, Champions League qualification and the millions that follow, perhaps domination of the next era of Scottish football, slipped over the horizon for the bulk of the 50,000 in attendance.
The truism that goals change games was never truer than at Ibrox yesterday. Alfredo Morelos collected the ball inside his own half on the 5th minute, before playing a square ball into a space marshalled by Daizen Maeda. What Morelos didn’t realise, was that the entire pitch was pretty much Marshalled by Maeda ©.
Daizen’s interception made its way to James Tavernier, often a troubling sign for the home support. You may remember him from such films as ‘Costly Short Pass at Parkhead’. Tavernier’s pass to Goldson never came close to its intended destination before Daizen took control, dropped the shoulder to glide past the last defender before charging towards McGregor in goal. The keeper fell on the ball to no avail, Celtic were ahead.
The visitors then took control, passing around statuesque players in blue. Kyogo should have doubled the advantage but missed the ball, his time would come later.
Joe Hart did his best to make a contest of the half when a clearance hit the most significant frame in Govan since the great liners were built there. The ball was ushered back to Kent, who would have levelled but the keeper made amends by turning the ball onto the post. This moment revived Newco, who were never again out of the reckoning.
Celtic, usually so secure from corner kicks, conceded two chances to the head of Morelos, but “fitboy” (I think that’s what Greg Taylor called him) missed the target on both occasions.
With Taylor off injured, Josip Juranovic made his first start after injury, at left back. It did not work. Jura was disoriented, allowing Sakala to break forward. He fed Kent on the opposite flank. You and I knew he would turn inside and shoot, but Alistair Johnston, making a very impressive debut, could do little. Kent made smart work of the chance and it was game-on.
Moments later Sakala was going nowhere, but still inside the box, when Carl Starfelt lunged – there is no better word – in the direction of ball and player. Too soon, the ball was elsewhere, Starfelt provided a platform for Sakala’s right foot, it was a penalty. Tavernier lifted the kick into the roof of the net.
Celtic were on the ropes. Confidence was shot and the passing which was so fluid in the first period was never on point. Reinforcements helped little until the 88th minute. Then it happened, Kyogo!
For a squad ravaged by illness, which clearly affected the manager in a manner all too familiar, this was an excellent return.
Celtic should have had a penalty. Sarfelt’s shot was turned away from goal by a two handed save from Goldson. I didn’t see it and there were no appeals from Celtic players, so referee John Beaton gets a pass. VAR should have picked the oversight up but either it didn’t, or Beaton declined the opportunity to check. SFA, we have a problem and it is not getting any better. The handball rule in Celtic games has been an unexplained shambles this season. Explain, please or make way for administrators who do not choose when to speak publicly only when they perceive Celtic were advantaged.
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Back to work today and as many points clear as we were before I finished.
HH!
Cmon the Hoops !
Sorted
Some chuckles there P67, cheers!
How VAR can they go Uncle Tom?
They’ve successfully survived the first Co quarter and all bets are off, to infinity and beyond. Celtic’s only close rival as predicted by many, are officially referee’d to an embarrassingly exposed different level.
Carl Starfelt or Conor Goldson play the same positions but for very different clubs. We didn’t need VAR for Carl’s ‘foul’ we did for at least one of Conor’s blatant handballs, but didn’t get a sniff.
Celtic were openly cheated no ‘current’ Scottish referee is going to crucially VAR against Sevco, any time soon. Every Scottish supporter has been waiting since October when the circus began and not only have none gone against, despite a myriad of handball claims, none have even been called for review and scrutiny.
Despite thousands and thousands of supporters and our pounds, we’re still waiting on VAR for Sevco as Scotland degenerates to the land of music hall joke.
Young modern supporters, young modern CEO earn your bonus from within the same trench the rigged game is demonstrated week in week out. Stop the funding the SFA are not fit for purpose, oh and Uncle Tom is dead.
MOM Reo Hatate
If we defend better, particularly Jura, then we win.
No great worries for me. No away fans in a must win game against a team with a new manager.
I’d be more worried if I was them, they had their first choice back 6 available and still conceded pretty easily.
Theirs was no penalty, standing on an opponent’s foot is a foul, anything else which happens afterwards is irrelevant. Paul 67 you know why others get penalties and we’re denied stonewallers, they can’t all be incompetent
Paul67,
Greg said it best. That utter Orc – I hope he signs on again for thems, he suits thems.
The Truth is the Truth.
“Joe Hart did his best to make a contest of the half when a clearance hit the most significant frame in Govan since the great liners were built there. ”
Brilliant article Today. ;)
https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23224468.ifab-rules-show-rangers-vs-celtic-penalty-called-right-beaton/?ref=ebbn
that’s us telt
We played poorly for large parts of the game, they played as well as they could, but they still could only draw at home in a must win
You can’t coach a winning mentality, you can’t buy 5 leagues in 6 against your rivals or 4 trebles in a row a d a double. The majority of their players have lived through that in their time there.
They don’t seem to be able to deal with a serious challenge either in a game or over the course of the season
God bless Daizen Maeda
From scapegoat in waiting to world cup success.
Anges most consistent pick.
HH
BSR,
I hope Ange’s influence can keep Reo @ Celtic for as long as possible.
The guy really is on another level.
A real privilege to see what he does Every game.
I’m thinking Ange, when he is relaxing, is watching Live games from Everywhere in the World on a serious multiscreen setup…ala stock market.
The guys being signed are mostly Superb.
Al J – what a debut.
Roll on Saturday!!! A 3PM kick aff tae. :)
VAR is a FARCE.
We need to speak up or keep being shafted.
CONEYBHOY
Yep, as you say telt indeed.
Fast forward to Sunday. Injury time at Tannadice at 0-0. A Dundee Utd defender executes an exact replication of Goldson’s actions to block a shot. Penalty ??? Bet your life on it !
An Tearmann on 3rd January 2023 12:21 pm
God bless Daizen Maeda
From scapegoat in waiting to world cup success.
Anges most consistent pick.
HH
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Callum is the man there Big Chap, CCV closely followed.
Daizen totally neutralised their Captain. It was an awesome performance both offensively and attacking wise. Daizen disnae do runs, just fast sprints. When he burn’t Sakalah, defensively, in the 2nd half efter a torrid period it just showed that JJ was obviously a bug victim, it seems a few, re-phrase that, A Good Few Celts were under the weather but our Bhoys still dug deep and basically Won the League.
Wonderful game for Reo and Ally Johnston didn’t let us down. They nullified Callum as per usual but Matt is still off-form (form temporary and all that). Carl looks all at sea as a right footed CH playing on the left and wonder when we’ll see Kobayashi.
By the time we resume hostilities I’d expect some muscle in the midfield in the shape of Iwata, an upgrade up front in Cho and ideally a reincarnated Lubo / Rogic as an Attacking No. 8. (Maybe this is where we start to put Haksa ?).
Our supporters pelted with bottles and coins should be a great reason to ban them in April, and having a full Celtic house instead. What’s the point in 700 stuck in a corner and unprotected.
HH
A wonderful outcome. A total killer for them.
We were great until Hart’s brain fart. Taylor going off also changed the dynamic of the game.
Juranovic gave the least committed, most selfish performance I can remember seeing from a Celtic player. It’s sullied his otherwise excellent legacy. H cost us two goals and might have been more (incl Morelos free header). Get rid ASAP.
Collum is a cheat. A horrible, odious little jump the dyke.
They have a formidable record at Ibrox. To play so poorly, ‘ravaged by illness’ and still get a result is a great outcome. Well done Ange and his never stop bhoys.
None can outrun or equal the Power of MaedaBlast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhmlG-3RO8
I’m feeling a bit better about yesterday with time passing.
Yes the performance was worryingly poor, as it has been in a few scraped wins, but it always impacts more when it’s against them.
Deep down they acknowledge that a 9 point gap in January is hard to overcome – but it is not impossible. They will cite two further “Derby” games and that their performance will give hope to other teams who attack Celtic. The campaign to get behind the Mick Beale as Genius line has started. The Scotsman wrote :-
“Michael Beale’s ability to reinvigorate Rangers across his five weeks as manager – which have yielded 13 points from a possible 15, as the predicted Celtic slapdown did not materialise – hints that the Englishman could give the Parkhead club more to think about in the coming year than their recent superiority would have suggested was in the offing. For one, Beale has now extended his unbeaten run in Glasgow derbies into which he has imputed(sic) to eight games”
Obviously the sub-editor did not spot the illogical typo in using imputed rather than inputted but it made me laugh.
The ref excusers have circled their wagons and given “plausible” reasons why the Ibrox club got all the favours but the bottom line for us is- They’re still 9 behind. Nein?
VAR should have picked the oversight up but either it didn’t, or Beaton declined the opportunity to check
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I trust we’re seeking formal clarification on this.
PETERLATCHFORDSBELLY on 3RD JANUARY 2023 12:44 PM
So a well done for a team ravaged by injury, but not if you are a returning from injury, ravaged by illness defender, playing out of position ?
Did a Croat steal your girl ?
HH
ERNIE LYNCH on 3RD JANUARY 2023 12:12 PM
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On form today Mr67 – very funny.
I thought Starfelt had a great game yesterday and was unlucky to concede that penalty. His block to stop them scoring after the ball came back off our post is worth noting.
The Rangers deployed traditional SPL tactics yesterday, almost a throwback to the good old days with the forward line sitting in midfield when our defense had the ball, and punting long hopeful balls forward when the opportunity arose. It’s tactics we don’t see very often in the modern game, but when you face a more gifted, technical opponent, it’s natural to revert to your comfort zone. Ange will need to figure out how to combat this style of play because we are going to see it again in this league. He’s building us a team to compete in Europe, but we are held back by the style we need to adopt in Scotland.
On reflection, yesterday’s result was satisfactory. The manner we achieved it was cruel, but them’s the breaks.
Losing Taylor was a blow and I understand Ange’s reluctance in replacing him with Bernabei as he doesn’t look like he is a left back.
I remember Hearts targeting him in the 4-3 match and he looked completely out of his depth.
If Ralston is back soon I wouldn’t be surprised to see Johnston playing left back till Taylor is fit.
Given we were never going to be allowed to win yesterday for sure, I thought anyone who thought Thmes penalty was a penalty. Should have gone to Specsavers if you think so.
So a central defender now is not allowed to tackle any more, wtf. I’ve watched it over and over again and if anything the foul should have gone in our favour for a stamp.
We should have been awarded two pens, ok, softish, but had they been the other way, do be in doubt, they would have been given, guaranteed.
We were not good too, no doubt, but why JJ was brought on for Greg Taylor instead of Barnbea I will never understand.
MOM Rio and Ali Johnson
We live to fight another day, still 9 points in the lead.
KINGLuBO
BBC Shortbread The VARdict hosted by Hun Richard Foster and Uber Hun former ref and liquidation expert (remember that bullshit interview on tv) Stuart Dougal confirmed everything is working as expected and nothing to see here Timmy.
As for criticism of any player, make sure you have ALL the facts before you spout your pish
PAUL67…
How can you state that the Huns Penalty WAS a Penalty ?
Ive looked at it a dozen times this morning, and Starfelt CLEARLY did NOT Touch Sakala.
Sakalas boot CLEARLY makes contact with Starfelts Boot…..Sakala CLEARLY PLAYED for it….its called CHEATING.
To some extent I can see why Ref Beaton gave it in ” Real Time”, but WHERE was VAR to TELL Beaton to take another look on the Monitor ?
Starfelts ” CRIME” was to slide in alongside Sakala in order to BLOCK any possible Cross….Starfelt did NOT TACKLE Sakala.
Its NOT an offence to ” Slide In” in the manner that Starfelt did. Some have claimed that Starfelt was WRONG to ” Go To Ground” ……but THAT is NOT an OFFENCE either !
If Sakala HAD kicked the Ball INSTEAD of STAMPING on Starfelts Boot AND had ENGINEERED a CROSS…..and Starfelt BLOCKS it for a Corner or a Throw In…it would have been viewed as a GREAT BLOCK, and rightly so.
There was NO CONTACT on Sakala…he decided to ” Be Cute” when he kicked/stamped on Starfelts Boot…In simple terms HE CONNED the Ref, by CHEATING….What he did amounted to a ” DIVE”.
End of !
HH
Does any of the CQN community on here know Andy Walker? Andy or Ian Crocker mentioned live that the commentary team could listen in to the VAR checks in some way he then seemed to me to be repeating what he was hearing in his ear ” Go and check on the monitor John”. If this was said by the VAR officials and John Beaton did not go and check then we have another “Dougie Dougie” moment.
Hot Smoked on 3rd January 2023 12:59 pm
ERNIE LYNCH on 3RD JANUARY 2023 12:12 PM
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I had to go Bach to the olde thread to see what was said.
Anyone saying God is Dead, in a position of Authority, then saying they are the Divine wans.
If true.
o_0
Blasphemers extraordinaire – no offence to the maist excellent thought provoking canamalar’s handle.
MNCELT on 3RD JANUARY 2023 1:00 PM
On form today Mr67 – very funny.
I thought Starfelt had a great game yesterday and was unlucky to concede that penalty. His block to stop them scoring after the ball came back off our post is worth noting.
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As I posted on the PREVIOUS Thread, Carl Starfelt was EXCELLENT in the first half, but I felt he was ” Affected” by the shocking decision to award a Penalty against him early in the second half ?
He did okay in the second half, but not as well as his first half performance, when I thought he was Celtic’s BEST Player.
Think back to the disgraceful Penalty awarded against young BERNABI v Dundee Utd at celtic Park. THAT Bhoy was CLEARLY ” Affected” by that shocking decision, and Big ANGE took him off at half time, because of that. ANGE STATED as much after that game v Utd.
ANGE didnt have the luxury of taking Carl Starfelt off, IF indeed Carl WAS ” AFFECTED” by that shocking decision, so I cant imagine that ANGE even considered that move, which I seriously doubt.
HH.
Paul 67
Some excellent snippets of humour in today`s article but were you really saying it was a penalty or just emphasising the fact that, of course Beaton would give a penalty?
My guess on Jura coming on is that Ange thought he was a safer bet than Bernabei. He had already played left back at Ibrox before. An established World Cup international, he played at left back 12 times last season, 3 times in the Europa. I don’t remember him ever having a bad game.
Bernabeu’s defending can be a bit suspect, I was relieved when he came on
That awkward moment when they decide to roll out Stuart Dougal.
HOT SMOKED on 3RD JANUARY 2023 12:59 PM
ERNIE LYNCH on 3RD JANUARY 2023 12:12 PM
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Jim.you doubting my assertion?
Its correct jim.Ernie knows it..
Catch you at the corner soon j.
Hny to you.
HH
“the most significant frame in Govan since the great liners were built there.”
Challenge for 2023 is for somone to beat that phrase.
Two final takeaways from me on the penalties yesterday.
The Sevco players’ reactions.
Sakala – lying on the ground grimacing and clutching his knee (!) sees the crowd reaction and fist pumps them …
… then remembers his job is to feign injury
… so switches back effortlessly.
TV caught a close up of Goldson after his save.
Although his back is partly turned from camera you can see his shoulders sag and him mouth something like “damnit”.
He actually knows he is bang to rights.
But then collum stepped in.
GARNGAD TO CROY on 3RD JANUARY 2023 1:08 PM
Does any of the CQN community on here know Andy Walker? Andy or Ian Crocker mentioned live that the commentary team could listen in to the VAR checks in some way he then seemed to me to be repeating what he was hearing in his ear ” Go and check on the monitor John”. If this was said by the VAR officials and John Beaton did not go and check then we have another “Dougie Dougie” moment.
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IF TRUE, then you are CORRECT Mate.
PRESSURE SHOULD be applied onto COLLUM, to CONFRM or DENY whether he told Beaton to go to the Monitor or not ?
Im NOT sure how to apply THAT Presure personnally, but CELTIC FC SHOULD be DEMANDING ANSWERS, and so should COLLUM, IF he is being WRONGLY BLAMED for NOT Applying VAR Rules properly.
Collum MAY NOT be willing to be the Scape Goat for Beatons BIASED Views and NON Action ?
The TRUTH MUST be KNOWN…..NOW….I dont wish to read about Collum in three years time FINALLY telling the TRUTH…I want it NOW !
HH
HOT SMOKED on 3RD JANUARY 2023 1:20 PM
Paul 67
Some excellent snippets of humour in today`s article but were you really saying it was a penalty or just emphasising the fact that, of course Beaton would give a penalty?
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PAUL67…
IF your comment ” It was a Penalty” was IN FACT ” Tongue in Cheek”, then I apologise for reading your Leader wrongly ?
HH