I should have been home yesterday, will be lucky to get home tomorrow. Two cancelled flights and one cancelled train. Been on the road for 12 hours, seen two airports, lots of railway stations and still can’t get to Scotland.
I now have to accept I will not make the Scottish Cup tie tomorrow, but if the roads through Glasgow are as clear as I hear, I never had a thought the game would be cancelled. If stadiums, access areas and trunk roads are clear, football will go ahead at all Scottish Cup games this weekend. No matter how inconvenient it is for me.
Morton chairman Warren Hawke wants the game postponed to protect supporters’ “life and limb”. It is nothing to do with the fact his players have not run the length of themselves all week. Meanwhile Kilmarnock fans will travel to Aberdeen, confident in returning with approximately the same limb count.
You can be 100% sure Brendan Rodgers wants the game to go ahead. He wants Morton now and doesn’t want a second game cancelled before Ibrox. That being the case, it will happen.
This is a tough one to sit out. The Scottish Cup means lots, this season’s more than most, but thems the breaks.
245 Comments- Pages:
- «
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- »
MIKE IN TORONTO, wont give up till you get the photos. no matter how long it takes.hh.
HEN1RIK
I wondered where you’d been:))
HH
STARRY PLOUGH on 2ND MARCH 2018 8:22 PM
Me, Campbell Ogilvie, Hugh Dallas & our boy Craigy White hiding in the same lock up :)
What share of the takings do Morton take back tomorrow, is it only the gate money.
Doubt very much that Mr Hawkes would be looking for a postponement with a change to a midweek fixture and possible loss of TV revenue had the game been at cappielow ì.and is not the case that their supporters risk life and limbs every time they have to enter that stadium
HEN1RIK
Snawed in:)))
LEFTCLICKTIC on 2ND MARCH 2018 8:00 PM
Thanks
The draw for the semi-finals will be made live on Sky Sports Football at Ibrox Stadium following Rangers’ tie against Falkirk on Sunday, 4 March 2018. The draw will be made by Neil Alexander and Gordon Reid
With regards to gambling, I regard it as foolish to gamble a large amount on a long odds on event as the rewards do not justify the risk. But, I cannot see how a pessimist would not risk a samll amount with the prospect of great return sum if they genuinely believed in their pessimism re a Celtic title.
SFTB
I wonder if i could have you professional opinion Sir,is it Pessimism,Optimism, Voyeurismor Sado Masochism or whatever other ism that sees me renew my season ticket every season.
As for your earlier assertion that it is foolish to gamble on long{i think you meant short) odds a large amount on an event as the rewards do not justify the risk. We’ll surely that must mean that there is a risk,however small, that your in danger of losing your money and that must mean that there is a doubt as to wether you really believe 100% that your wager is safe. A return is a return after all no matter how much you gamble to get that return.
As for placing a small wager myself, thanks for the advice but in my experience it’s better invested in a romantic week in Sorrento. Let me assure you the returns are a lot greater than any fiscal gains. You should really try it
Beast from the east. :)
HEN1RIK
Souness is in there tae:))
STARRY PLOUGH on 2ND MARCH 2018 8:37 PM
Too far :)
If anyone could be so kind.
A repost of
BRTH and WITS earlier today about bobby sands.
Then others responses.
Cqn at its best.
Is Eilidh Doyle the Scottish athlete who put the horrendous comment up about Jock?
HH
Doyle mmmm
Saint Stivs
Here ye go..
BROGAN ROGAN TREVINO AND HOGAN on 2ND MARCH 2018 9:57 AM
On the Bobby Sands Diaries.
In the seventies and eighties I was very conscious of events in Ireland, and in the six counties in particular.
I would never claim to be an expert, or to follow the politics of the day in minute detail but being the son of an Irishman and a woman whose father had at one time helped to smuggle guns (rightly or wrongly) in the ’30’s, I took a keen interest in what was actually going on in “Ulster”.
As a teenager, I gradually became annoyed and angry about the sheer and blatant mistating of facts via the newspapers and the TV & Radio about things in Northern Ireland. This, in turn, led to many people in and around Glasgow being completely unaware and uninformed about what was happening there and how, to be honest, they were being misled by the media.
Lots of my friends had no idea that 3 of the 9 counties of Ulster were situated within the Irish Republic. Few, if any, had any knowledge about the Gerrymandering of elections or about the human rights breached by the internment policy or the shoot to kill policy of the Army and the RUC.
I recall getting into a heated argument with a really nice and good bloke about the fact that the British Government had been convicted of several systematic breaches of human rights in relation to the treatment of suspects in Northern Ireland Police Cells and Jails. This was just not reported on the BBC and so he simply did not know that it had taken place.
The five tehcniques of torture emoloyed widely across the six counties were simply denied time and time again with many people believing that “The British Government would never do such a thing!”
For many, it took the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six cases to open their eyes to the fatc that such things had happened, did happen, could happen and still be covered up.
I also got fed up totally with fans at Celtic Park singing the dreadful add ons to some songs which reflected the very opposite of what I felt any kind of United Ireland movement was about. Indeed when it came to a choice between going to see Celtic and, in my opinion, putting up with songs which glorified a completely false and ugly bigotry supposedly associated with Ireland, Celtic lost heavily.
For several years I chose not to go anywhere near Celtic Park for that reason.
Many of my friends had parents who took the view that Ireland, its politics and even its culture was something that should not be discussed as it was likely to be a source of “trouble”. Again, I stress that these were good people, well meaning people, who were doing what they thought was the right thing for their children and their family.
But I had reall difficulty in accepting that. Many of their parents and grandparents had made the same boat journey as my grandparents. How could you ignore that, or why it happened, or what had happened to the “homeland” they had left behind whether that be in this century or the last?
How could you ignore the “culture” of Ireland — especially the literary and political culture which were mixed and promoted by the likes of Sean O’Casey, Joyce, Behan, Synge, Liam O’Flaherty, Yeats and many others.
Of course there was internal and personal conflict as the troubles escalated and, as in all conflicts, there would be actions you agreed with and disagreed with. No one wants to see bombings and shootings on the TV screen but, by christ, it is an awful lot easier to live with on the TV screen in Scotland than on your doorstep in Derry.
I remember my dad coming back from a visit to Ireland in the late sixties or early seventies and describing the scene when he presented his Irish Passport at the border. The passport had been stamped many many times as a result of trips abroad and as a result he was viewed with deep suspicion by the soldiers. He had to watch as his car was emptied, stripped and dismantled over a course of hours. Wheel by wheel it was taken apart and searched. Such things were outwith the ken of the “comfortable” folk who chose to avoid a trip to Ireland.
I could never figure out how anyone of Irish extraction could adopt a “Whatever you say, say nothing” point of view – though I know many who did exactly that even down to the point of suggesting that you should avoid the topic of Celtic and Rangers as it will only lead to trouble.
I always thought that as being just plain daft and defeatest. You will never change anything for the better if you don’t talk about it and stick your head in the sand.
I recall P.W. Botha, then Prime Minister of South Africa, saying that he would never succeed in getting an act like the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973 passed in South Africa in relation to “The Blacks” as it was just so draconian and it removed so many basic human rights.
However, bit by bit, little by little, things have improved both in the six counties and elsewhere. There is far greater peace and reconciliation in Ireland as a whole these days and Irish culture is now out there and openly acceptable in mainstream pubs in the high streets as opposed to being confined to the likes of Derry Treanor’s style pubs which were often confined to the “Irish Communities”.
Yet in the last six minths no less a person than Bernadette Devlin has openly and very bluntly pointed out that the UK Government still really doesn’t care about Northern Ireleand, The Six Counties or the Island of Ireland as a whole. She has cited any number of instances where real progress has to sacrificed on the alter of the political expediency which keeps Theresa May in Downing Street.
The interests of the City and its money is paramount and must take precedence over the long term interests of the Town I Loved so Well and its citizens be they the citizens of Free Derry or otherwise.
The point of this long diatribe, for which I make absolutely no apology whatsoever, is that whether it be on this blog or anywhere else, there should always be a place, albeit a limited one perhaps, for the diaries of Bobby Sands or even any other contemporaneous commentator on the dreadful situation in the H Blocks or in Long Kesh in general, or the battle of wills between the hunger strikers, The British Government and even Republican Sympethisers who did not support the hunger strike for a variety of reasons.
Only by reading, undertsanding, listening and considering what happened then and what is happening now can you really form a view — any vew.
It may be uncomfortable reading at times but then again somtimes it is good to disturb the comfortable notions we have about life here or elsewhere.
It used to be said that history was written by the winners and that is still true in many respects. However, the internet, and forums like this, also give an opportunity for some to air real history as seen through the eyes of those who lived it as opposed to through the eyes of the vested interests who are often paid to report and “official” history.
For these reasons, I hope that HT continues to post the Sands Diaries for many years to come.
HH
BRTH
And the reply from WITS
WHAT IS THE STARS on 2ND MARCH 2018 10:12 AM
BRTH
A well thought out and constructive post from yourself as usual
Thanks
My own views on Bobby Sands and his comrades are too complex to get involved in here
However I will be as brief and objective as I can
I dont and didnt support The Provisional IRA…however they didnt operate in a vacuum..There were extraordinary events happening in an extraordinary part of the world.
I attended Bobby Sands funeral as did approximately 100,000 others.
It was an amazing event.There were people of all ages from all over Ireland and beyond.
Not all of these people were “Provo” supporters ( many were of course) but not all.
What I felt was no matter what one thought about the situation you coud never agree with the British Got policy that these were simply ordinary criminals bent on mindless destruction of an otherwise normal society
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The policy backfired on the British with the brave sacrifice made by the Hunger Strikers
All was changed …changed utterly etc
It was that boot lynsey sharp, claimed she didn’t know what it meant, lying dob
MICKBHOY1888
Forgot the game was on TV and Morton would be guaranteed their pot regardless of the attendance.
I am now confused about their motives.
GEAROID1988
no. It was Lynsey Sharpe whose tendencies are unfortunate.
Mickbhoy 1888
” As for your earlier assertion that it is foolish to gamble on long{i think you meant short) odds ”
SFTB said long odds ON.
Gearoid 1998
No. It was Lindsay Sharpe.
My misspelled `Lindsay Sharpe` was, nevertheless, the same one as others have identified !
JJ
Seems Steve Wright got mugged off on Radio 2 today, a guy fae Coatbridge asked for a shout out for Chucky Arla who helped clear snow from his driveway..
GEAROID1998 on 2ND MARCH 2018 8:47 PM
Is Eilidh Doyle the Scottish athlete who put the horrendous comment up about Jock?
HH
Doyle mmmm
Gearoid.
I’m pretty sure it was Lynsey Sharp who done that, she, of course, is a well known Sevconite.
Eilidh Doyle nee Child is a well known Jambo fan, who unsurprisingly is not too keen on Celtic either but has never slumped to the depth of Sharp.
Hail Hail
https://twitter.com/r_kilday/status/969561881911484416
D66, Hrvatski and Hot Smoked
Many thanks ghuys
VALE BHOY on 2ND MARCH 2018 8:53 PM
MICKBHOY1888
Forgot the game was on TV and Morton would be guaranteed their pot regardless of the attendance.
I am now confused about their motives.
******
Think Operation Stop Celtic.
Dundee could have agreed to play next week, but didn’t.
1) This deprived us of an opportunity to give game time to some players who have been out.
2) This deprived us of an opportunity to purge Lustig’s suspension.
Morton wanting tomorrow’s game cancelled.
See 1) above.
And to your good self JNP.
Mini hun then
HH
Play Dundee on a mild, light night in April with a full squad or next week in the freezing cold with key players out injured days before a big game. Come on think about it.
Steve Wright has previous. Back when he was on Radio 1 he used to have a running gag where he’d say “Let’s play some Scottish music.” and he’d stick on some shortbread tin music. It all went well until one day he stuck on an instrumental version of the Merry Plough Boy.
DAVID17 on 2ND MARCH 2018 9:06 PM
Play this midweek, give players who need fitness game time and increase the lead to 9 points ahead of next Sunday. Then win next Sunday and league over.
GARY67 on 2ND MARCH 2018 9:09 PM
League is over when we win next week anyway.
I would have played Dundee on Tuesday but a free week is not the worst, a wee bounce game will get some fitness back
!!BADA BING!! on 2ND MARCH 2018 9:13 PM
Indeed, Brendan will step up the intensity of training next week you would think.
mickbhoy1888 on 2nd March 2018 7:45 pm
SFTB I wonder if i could have you professional opinion Sir,is it Pessimism,Optimism, Voyeurismor Sado Masochism or whatever other ism that sees me renew my season ticket every season.
I can only judge your motivation on your postings here (perhaps, offline you are a completely different fella). However, based on your on-line persona, I’d confidently say that sado-masochism was a part of it. That’ll be £100 and a prescription for a self-lashing machine, please.
As for your earlier assertion that it is foolish to gamble on long{i think you meant short) odds a large amount on an event as the rewards do not justify the risk. We’ll surely that must mean that there is a risk,however small, that your in danger of losing your money and that must mean that there is a doubt as to wether you really believe 100% that your wager is safe. A return is a return after all no matter how much you gamble to get that return.
No, I used the phrase “long odds on” which describes 66/1 on. If I had said short odds, that would be accurate too but I emphasised the “on”. Of course there is a doubt the bet would not be a winner. Odds of 66 to 1 on means that on one occasion out of 67 that this lead is present, it can be blown. I have witnessed healthy leads blown and that is why I would never risk a large amount or a valuable commodit, like a house, on any bet, even one with longer odds on. Foinavon won the National, Leicester won the EPL, and someeday, sometime, celtic will lose a league. Now, you made much play of the lost league in 2005 but you skipped over all your predictions that we could lose a league in every one of WGS and NFL’s seasons. Do you not own your past, like?
As for placing a small wager myself, thanks for the advice but in my experience it’s better invested in a romantic week in Sorrento. Let me assure you the returns are a lot greater than any fiscal gains. You should really try it
Was this the reason you got lucky?
How Mickbhoy got lucky in Sorrento
Italiabhoy
“I think you are trying to play tricks with interpretations when its quite obvious what the problem is with what Paul67 has said. The assumption that the league is won is hubristic and certainly not supported by fact (clearly).
No tricks on my side. I used the two phrases that you listed in your post and I could not slide a fag paper between them. You, then, introduced other phrases that Paul had used but these were not views that I had commented upon. In the end, if a league is lost, both assumptions, that we will win the league, or that we are highly likely to win the league, will have proven hubristic.
“My assertion it’s probable that we will win the league is, I believe, one shared by most fans. But it acknowledges the weaknesses in our team and form. Something that the previous position makes no room for.”
I would agree that most fans think it is “highly probable” that we will win the league and that the bookies odds are just about right. Stating that we will win the league does not equate to saying that there are no weaknesses in form or team. You can win a league while playing badly so long as every one elsse is worse. The lisbon Lions did not win each league by bigger margins than the last. We should expect some wins by big margins and some by less. So long as they are wins, the margins will fade into lost memories very quickly.
Bada Bing
I heard that Chucky Arla from Coatbridge on Steve Wright eariier
Lindsay Sharpe was the one who slandered Big Jock
Eilidh Childs is the one who says she hated Celtic on her Facebook page.
Always like to see the two of them getting pumped at the Gateshead Arena especially when they are wearing their brit vests !
**** LAST MAN STANDING 10 UPDATE****
Thank you to the 78 teams who have registered for LMS10 and as we crashed through the magical 67, we have as always given a free additional entry. The winner this time is Shuggiebhoy67. Well done. Our next free additional entry is when we hit 88. Can we hit it tonight?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We are now welcoming entrants for the return of our Last Man Standing competition which starts Friday 9th March 2018.
The competition will follow the same format as before and to win the entire prizepot, all you have to be is the Last (wo)man Standing remaining at the end of the competition.
Not played before? Simply, select a uniquely different team from the list of football fixtures provided by us each week, and if you are the last (wo)man standing, then you win the prize. Remember you can only pick the same team once in any competition, so you need to decide when to play the big guns! Full rules will be emailed to everyone who shows any interest.
The cost to take part is £10 per entry ( you can have more than 1 entry if you wish), and just in case you falter in any weeks 1 to 3, then we even allow you to buy your history back for a further £10. How easy is that? Surely you must win it!
The prizepot is 50% of all entrance and “history buyback” fees, with the remaining 50% being paid over to good causes.
For LMS10, the remaining 50% will be split between our Lisbon nominated benefactor “CQN Helping OUR mate Mick” receiving 80% of the donated proceeds and our Seville nominated benefactor “Just another street dog”, a charitable cause that is run by one of our CQNers and his wife, receiving 20% of the donated proceeds.
You can read about these worthy causes here –
http://mymatemick.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Spanishstreetdogs/
So if you want to take part please send an email to cqnpredictor@gmail.com saying ” Count me in” and we will send you emails detailing the rules, how to pay your £10 and, of course, the first week’s fixtures.
Please also feel free to encourage family, friends and work colleagues to join in, as they more that take part, means a bigger prizepot and more monies raised for good causes.
In LMS9, we had 137 entrants which was a record. It would be great to beat this record entry level in LMS10.
HH
Celticrollercoaster and Jobo Baldie
It’s more beneficial for us not to have a game next week before Der Hun, rest and plan for it. Good grief that mob are mince let them salivate in the MSM shite about a title challenge, not going to happen!!!