It’s safe to say that Willie Collum’s work to raise the standards of Scottish refereeing goes on. On Saturday, after Reo Hatate was barged to the ground inside the Ross County box, Alistair Johnston was penalised for a similar (but less significant) event, which resulted in County’s penalty and goal.
It was a mercy that Alistair was not red carded for the incident, although the apparent failure to follow the Rules of the Game indicates that the VAR and referee were aware they were on shaky ground with the penalty award.
Celtic’s late penalty, when Yang was tackled above the knee by County’s James Brown, who made no contact with the ball, was of the stone wall variety, yet was missed by the referee and took two minutes of video analysis before a consensus was reached. Again, a red card could have been shown, but by this stage the referee must have been wanting to drift away quietly.
The appointment of external consultants across the city to advise the board what they should be doing is quite a thing. The Newco board know what to do, just as you and I know: run the club on a sustainable basis. All other improvements (the manager, recruitment, etc.) are merely window dressing.
Why spend on external consultants to be told what you already know? Running on a sustainable basis when you habitually run at a loss will mean painful budget cuts. My guess is that the Newco board do not have the stomach to tell their fans what’s in store, and would prefer an independent report to lay it out, with a measure of what consequences lie in store if they don’t. It looks weak.
Can we also agree that it was probably a good thing that Newco beat St Johnstone yesterday? More points dropped would surely have seen Clement sacked, which would release some of the tension around the club. All that tension will do nothing to soften the message, when the consultants’ report drops.
As for a supporters’ association and ultras group campaigning to get their manager sacked, have you ever seen anything as stupid and destructive? Demanding a manager is sacked is now a normal part of the ‘Rangers supporting experience’. It certainly happens oftener than trophy wins.
There is a learning opportunity for us in this. We will inevitably lose trophies and maybe a league in the future. The team will go through peaks and troughs and we will have poor managers, but demanding blood like this is toxic. You become a basket case that no manager with any proper choices would touch. We had a dose of this the night Ross County knocked us out of the League Cup in 2020. Mob rule makes it almost impossible to attract talent.
Football fans need to be able to accept losing with dignity. If they cannot do this, they should find another pastime.
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Kuhn training today.
” The protests and walk out are not finished”UB statement.
The Ibrox order to the caterers now,is to make sure the pies are burnt,with lots of jaggy bits sticking out.
‘Darn the hair’ do we care from the original song lyrics was never sung by the Celtic supporters who very quickly changed them, after Glen Daly’s record was released.
David Potter
Turkeybhoy
I’ve just texted Tam, the old rascal may even reply.😁
I loved the one on twitter yesterday of Charlton Heston as Moses parting the Ultra bears. That was funny.
I have to laugh at Boyd always complaining about PKs when that Fat barsteward got tripped up by fresh air against Dundee United. Chris Sutton must feel a terrible burden in the commentary room as the only one who has any brains and logical explanation of Fitba. My wee Celtic snowman melted but he lasted longer than the Huns title challenge.
Sean
Turkeybhoy on 13th January 2025 3:11 pm
There has been a regular poster missing for a few weeks,Tom Mc Laughlin.Anyone know why?
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Yes he has – one our our best, clever, fair-minded and respectful – we need him ‘back on the blog and back on he ball’ Hail HAIL
Tam has decided to take a break from cqn but not from going out boozing with me. Mad, impulsive fool. 😆
My guess is that the Newco board do not have the stomach to tell their fans what’s in store, and would prefer an independent report to lay it out, with a measure of what consequences lie in store if they don’t
excellent paul67 , hadn’t thought of that .
Fav Uncle: Breithlá sona duit 🎂🍀🥃
Why spend on external consultants to be told what you already know? Running on a sustainable basis when you habitually run at a loss will mean painful budget cuts. My guess is that the Newco board do not have the stomach to tell their fans what’s in store, and would prefer an independent report to lay it out, with a measure of what consequences lie in store if they don’t. It looks weak.
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Paul, re the “external consultants: of course as you say the board knows exactly what has to be done. There needs to be grown-up decisions and ‘cloth-cutting’ put in place, but the route-map, if they decide to do it, needs to be disguised and ‘sugar-coated’ to present it to a group of supporters that have no understanding of the nous, experience, rules, regulations and finance needed to run a multi-million pound organization. We have our share on our side that at times, even these successful times, would dispense with our executive, board,(Tory suits) management, coaching and scouting staff, any number of players, and replace them with their own ‘type’ of ‘well-meaning’ amateurs. Thank God they are few and far between and have no traction.
The harsh truth is that the Ibrox club is nothing without the legions that follow them. The supporters make them a significant football club – a ‘basket-case’ administration and recent on-field performance say otherwise. Therefore the executive is in the most awful quandary – do the right thing for the club and risk alienating your life-blood fans, or, appease those fans and risk losing the club in a financial whirlpool.
The starting point was David Murray which resulted in his Rangers FC being liquidated. The new club has had a long-list of ‘comedians and comic-singers’ executives backed by the millions of rich fans and directors. The club will not recover to become a leading player unless drastic business-led initiatives are put in place – is Stewart the man to start the process – who knows?
One thing I do know is that they go to bed at night and dream of him being their Peter Lawwell.HH
Well according to Neil McCann and Kris Boyd, AJ should have been red carded and Yang’s wasn’t a penalty 🤔
Wee mini interview with BR
https://x.com/ScotlandSky/status/1878824392882274321?s=19
HH
Bigrailroadblues
Thanks for the update re Tom McLaughlin.
Good to hear Tom`s fine and well. I can understand his decision to take a break. I often feel like that myself :-)
bournesouprecipe on 13th January 2025 11:21 am
Wee Nicola goes for Independence 👍
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BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 13TH JANUARY 2025 6:13 PM
bournesouprecipe on 13th January 2025 11:21 am
Wee Nicola goes for Independence 👍
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Somewhere under a rainbow!!!!
Good evening all from the Queens Park Cafe. Re Saturday game, how long does greg aitken keep his job? He makes mclean and dallas look impartial. That’s the discussion in here and I couldn’t post the comments made without a ban.😆
Just new our resident multimoniker would not let Bsr’swee Nicolas resignation go.
eh Darwin/tommy/jhb 5 monikers
You are to get the carpet!!
Stay anonymous Tam
Knew missed out a K,just the wan
Musta been who a wiz postin to
Troll
OK,not in a panic,YET,but we only have 4 weeks to the first leg of the play offs.We need to get our targets in,at least two weeks before that,get bedded in,at least one game.If its KT,that is not a problem,but anyone else needs time.I have an uneasy feeling,which I try to push away,that we are waiting to see the result of the YBs game first.Just years of conditioning from our Boards.
It would be just like us to make a balls of it.
Can’t help it.Its a nagging worry.
Transfer speculation
https://x.com/markmccadden/status/1878768750440398931?s=19
Cellic blogga and keef jackson speculate were paddy stewart directs them
https://thecelticblog.com/2025/01/articles-and-features/keith-jackson-just-gave-his-verdict-on-the-patrick-stewart-sit-down-and-its-bonkers/
HH
BRRB,
Tell Tom not too long a break.Times too short.
Turkeybhoy
We have 2 games before that round,and to coin a climbing adage assumption is the mother of all error.Dont panic pike things may be in hand.
Keep the heid;whit urr the huns daen?
HH
Turkeybhoy
I’ll tell him when he sobers up. 😁
The Bhoys are back in European action this month, starting with the visit of Young Boys to Celtic Park on Wednesday, January 22 (Kick-off 8pm) and will be aiming for three crucial points in their final League Phase home match.
As you have signed up to receive emails from Celtic, we are pleased to let you know that a limited number of tickets for this match will be available on general sale from 10am tomorrow (January 14).
Tickets for the match will be available to buy online only, priced £60.
Far too expensive, the Club need to realise a lot of folk are struggling right now,and not everyone can afford a season ticket
TB- I fear you may be right re incomings
In these troubled times great to have a weekend full of exciting sport with soccer and rugby providing a welcome escape valve.
excellent performance against Ross County and the new team setup worked well. Adam played the center forward position well with Kyogo a success out wide with a couple of goals annd Adam could have crowned his display with a score but for a brilliiant save by the outstanding County goalie.
Hopefully Brendan will see merit in this format and continue to use it in the future. Yang looked good and needs more game time. Arne, Calmac,
Mc Cowan and Sligo man Johnny Kenny will be delighted with his display and the lad looks physically stronger since he went on a successful loan at Shamrock.
Good three points on a tight pitch in difficult conditions.
Anybody know who gets the campervan after Wee Jimmy Krankie’s divorce?
Bada,
I really hope I am wrong.I think we will beat YBs,they are a poor team,but its the play offs,that’s the worry.There’s a scenario we can beat Villa and either get top 8,or a top seeding in the knockouts.You never know.We need new players in next week to be ready for the play offs.
ValeBhoy,
” Wee Jimmy Kranckie”
Is that from FF or is it from Kev J,Alias,among others ,Ordinary Joe.
Better Together.
Vale bhoy is a long standing moniker TB.
:-)
GH
As you have signed up to receive emails from Celtic, we are pleased to let you know that a limited number of tickets for this match will be available on general sale from 10am tomorrow (January 14).
Tickets for the match will be available to buy online only, priced £60.
Far too expensive, the Club need to realise a lot of folk are struggling right now,and not everyone can afford a season ticket
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a wee birdie told me today the tickets are unsold allocations from young boys and uefa and sponsors.
and it was hundreds not just a few dozen.
the plc pricing though is rampant profiteering, corporate greed.
£60 a ticket is outrageous, especially when season ticket holders were displaced, and families cannot afford the child tickets ar £32.
we got an extra home game, we got prize money, ever place higher gets us another 3ook euros.
no concessions either for the public sale,
did i mention greed.
maeanwhile liverpool kids are charged £9.
a wee observation as family finances bite.
the kilmarnock cup game has thousands and thousands of availability.
in my own circle people with seasonn books gave up on this as the cost of getting to champions league games.
i would hope this allows for the waiting listers and those who cant attend get a shot, however, the 17:30 kick off, dearie m.
mason, seriously who calls their wean mason.
Clements says” He felt alone in the Desert for 2 years,now things are moving on”
Wonder if he means the Caravans are moving on in the Desert.
Same script writer as Pedro,it seems.He loved his Caravans.
SS,
Mr and Mrs Mount.
Mr and Mrs Boyne.
Re AJ’s penalty. It was a pen, but had that been the other way round, VAR would have gone back to at least two players being offside before the penalty, so no penalty.
On another topic altogether, we are, for the sake of our health, being told to have an alcohol free January. Great , but how about a junk food free February !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KINGLuBO
TB- We need to keep pushing on for next season’s European campaign