Of course, it happened in our ’67 anniversary season. Celtic were drawn away to Albion Rovers in the Scottish Cup, as the Rovers dumped Queen of the South out of the competition last night. The tiny Lanarkshire club (arguably the smallest in Scotland) don’t have an illustrious history, but Jock Stein played more games for them than any other team. In Coatbridge, that counts.
I’m sure it makes sense for Kieran Tierney to have a shoulder operation while he’s out with an ankle injury but it’s very unwelcome news that the player needed the work. Despite upbeat reports I’m sceptical the op will not further delay his return. For a start, any notions of getting upper body work done are no longer valid.
Uniquely in European football, Celtic’s season is skewed to the start, not to when the prizes are given out at the end, which have become a meritocratic formality. With no European football after Christmas this season, the remainder of the campaign will be about getting ready for July and August, when the really important stuff takes place.
Kieran will miss three Champions League group stage games in total, last Sunday’s cup final and some atmospheric games to come; this will be the source of some regret to the teenager. In compensation he can look forward to picking up a league winner’s medal at the end of the season, and hopefully being in top condition for the qualifiers.
To be fair to Robbie Neilson, even when he was a success at Hearts he wasn’t overwhelmingly appreciated. This season it looks like the party’s over, so I understand why he would take a job at MK Dons which, on the face of it, looks like a dangerous step.
Dons are two points above relegation (to the fourth tier), without a league win in two months. The club has serious structural issues which any new manager would find difficult to compensate for with little more than a few fresh tactical notions. But at least Neilson can’t be blamed for relegation, should it happen.
He’s next year’s Jackie McNamara.
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Johnsen and Walker of the diets possess some of the little quality on display.
Those old wooden rattles on show were also used during WW1 to warn of gas attacks, lots of gas coming out of some arses on the pitch too !
Hardman Halliday gets nailed by Hearts player. It seems to happen every game that he ends up holding his shin/knee/haw maws. Mark my words, he’ll be out of the game in a couple of years. He doesn’t have the physique to mix it with some of the guys playing in Scottish football. Several Celtic players cleaned him out in the LC semi at Hampden.
Why is everyone asking if sevco qualify for a euro license as they have built up debts of £18m over the last 3 yrs
Has TGSL paid the £20m+ in PAYE/NIC that they surely still owe HMRC, after all ,they are still the same ragers 1872 ,are they not
Stayed in Whitley Bay the weekend of Borough game. What happened in Whitley Bay stays in Whitley Bay though. Except to say a wheelie bin and loads of alcohol were all involved.
MWD
Hertz one nil :0)
1-0 Hearts. It’s been coming, one way traffic for last 15 mins
DoBe DooBeDo
DoBe DooBeDo
Rough n Tumble
Poor control
Fotball might break out
Rough n Tumble
Poor control
HT: Jam Tarts One Nil
DoBe DooBeDo
DoBe DooBeDo
Oh dear!!!!
1-0 to the slightly less horrible!
HH
Wee huns score good goal
Poor team 1 – Very poor team 0
I have no time for either team, but it always has to be ABR !
Can’t take any more of Hun Fest … beddy byes …
To be fair, Hertz were exerting control over previous 10 minutes or so.
Keep going jinkyredstar, seems to be working! Seriously though this match is a puddle of widdle…
Maybe the slick city trader is shorting the Hun to get a position with the slightly smaller Hun…. Absolutely dreadful game….
But with enough Krombacher and Sutton poking them ,I will laugh it oot!!!
Braw.
Craigan seriously hurting.
Davidopoulus
Ok – Keyes- you’ve spotted my tactics
Seriously – they have pulled the last 2 games out of the fire and I believe the opposition bottled it
Hopefully Hearts don’t
Reversepsychologycsc
Quite like the centre for Hearts. Johnsen.
Was asked out for a pint by an acquaintance who is a Jam Farts fan tonight. Didn’t realise they were playing the uglies and he wanted to watch it in the pub! Absolutely brutal viewing. Best option would be to get hammered, but then there’s a risk I’ll start getting all honest with the natives….
I have tried to watch the game at Tynecastle as objectively as is possible whilst I desperately wanting one side to lose!
Here are my `objective` views:
1) For the first 20 minute , Sevco were the better footballing side but had no cutting edge;
2) Both sides struggled to string a series of passes together;
3) The ball was touching the line when the Sevco `keeper handled it;
4) Hearts harried the Sevco defence who struggled to deal with this `tactic`;
5) Hearts were the better side for the second half of the half and fully deserved their 1-0 lead;
6) For a support who supposedly love the Huns, the Jambos seem very happy to be beating them!
JJ
Tallybhoy- the guys who own it are from good stock, HH
Supersutton
I saw him in highlights on Saturday and thought Johnsen would give them problems.
Looks a player.
RS saying Foderingham Sevco’s best player.
EBThompson calls Tavernier “Tav”…..
Hot Smoked – perfect neutral-ish summation. I concur.
Soutar is pretty dreadful
God grief this Hun mob are absolutely rank rotten.
Zombie in full celebration as Dodoo scores. Linesman flags for offside. Mr Dignity losing the plot on sidelines.
FERGUSSLAYEDTHEBLUES on 30TH NOVEMBER 2016 8:30 PM
Not according to STV who today said they are a new club.
Credit to the linesman. Sevco “goal” rightly chopped off for offside.
Offside against Forrester for interfering with keeper. Right decision, keeper couldn’t dive for shot as he was beside him
Hun goal disallowed.
:-)
Well well well, am shocked the fishals got that right, defo interfearing
Oops – apron confiscated
Heineken don’t do dodgy disallowed equalisers but if they did…
Can`t quite understand the criticism.
I`m thoroughly enjoying this contest between two ” honest ” triers.
Like a good Juniors game
Oh dear.