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Season pivots. Gambling referees

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As the second half progressed at Pittodrie, our season hung by a thread.  Aberdeen looked the more likely, Celtic were not making chances, it was difficult to see where a win was coming from.  A week earlier, we closed out the game against Dundee United better, without reward, but the winner arrived yesterday, courtesy of Tom Rogic, Adam Montgomery and the always-dangerous, Jota.

Kyogo’s return to league duty brought a reward within 11 minutes.  The Japanese icon steered a David Turnbull cross off his chest into the net.  It was an unconventional finish that should have set Celtic on course for a comfortable victory against an Aberdeen team that struggled to find a pass.

The home side came out a different team at halftime and took advantage of a perennial Celtic weakness to score from a corner kick.  Scott Brown almost doubled the damage from a subsequent corner, forcing an instinctive save from Joe Hart.

There is a points gap that does not really matter how much you will improve, you are going to struggle to pull off a recovery.  We have seen Celtic recover from more than 9 points behind much later than this in the season, but those were exceptional times.  We don’t want to go there again.

Teams that win leagues find ways to win games, even when they are struggling.  Celtic needed to do this yesterday.  When Jota got on the end of that cross, the season pivoted.

You can bet on which team will be awarded more fouls in some foreign betting markets.  The probity of our match officials and their resistance to the debt spiral gambling can bring should be monitored. Unfortunately, it is not.

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  1. An Tearmann on

    Sounness v steau Bucharest player..ouch .

     

    Hurlock too in st pats day massacre.

     

    Mind a wullie Johnston 70 cup game davie hay stood over them and on them

     

     

    HH

  3. park the bus n blootir it on

    PHILBHOY on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 6:59 PM

     

    Do you have anger issues.

     

     

    I know people who can help.

     

    ××××

     

    Anger ? Anger ? ye say !!!

     

    Ach away n gie yer heid peace auld yin !!!

     

     

    Be careful or yon unfairhillbhoy eejit will jine in !!!

     

    And then yer heid will really nipp !!!

  4. park the bus n blootir it on

    MARSPAPA on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 7:07 PM

     

    PARK THE BUS N BLOOTIR IT on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 6:19 PM

     

     

    Apologies missed the biggest part of your point when cnp.

     

    ××××

     

    Hail Hail fella !!!

     

    Peace. ✌ 👍

  5. Philbhoy on

    PARK THE BUS

     

     

    Hoy!

     

     

    FAIRHILLBHOY an’ me are mates!

     

     

    He is a nice lad by the way!

  10. park the bus n blootir it on

    PHILBHOY on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 7:10 PM

     

    PARK THE BUS

     

    Hoy!

     

    FAIRHILLBHOY an’ me are mates!

     

    He is a nice lad by the way!

     

    ××××

     

    I know he his, and so are you.

     

    But ye canny be telling him ye know whit he’s like.

     

    Bliddy eejit that he is !!! 👍 😊

  11. Philbhoy on

    FAIRHILL BHOY

     

     

    We don’t drink during the week but the misses had a day’s holiday today so sipping a wee glass of Malbec before the quiz night starts.

     

     

    Lovely!

  15. EKBhoy on

    Was the dirtiest game of football in the 1962 World Cup , was it Uruguay , Italy with an English ref who ended up blowing the whistle on its a Knockout !

     

     

    Fadinmemoriescfc

  18. jph on

    Just saw lundstrum. It’s truly amazing footage. What’s also amazing is how truly corrupt scottish football is. Not only the refs, but sportscene coverage. The muppet who congratuled morelos for his assault on porteous, how many kids especially sevco fans heard him and thought this is how you win. Failing to display the lundstrum foul was part of the deal. And fuchs tackle was much worse. He got motm against us after.

  20. David66 on

    On a completely different topic.

     

     

    Anyone know what’s happening with “what’s app”?

     

     

    D :)

  22. What is the Stars on

    David 66

     

    Watsapp facebook and Instagram have been down world wide for several hours now

  26. mazzy on

    JPH

     

     

    I’m baffled as to why after editing out that violent, off the ground, Lunstrom (or whatever you call him) assault Sportscene stopped at that. I’d have thought the Nisbet goal could also have been chopped out as it was nothing more than an irritating wee inconvenience.

     

     

    An absolute effing disgrace by the so called national broadcaster. Hang your heads in shame.

  27. David66 on

    Cheers guys. Thought it was something to do with our wifi then text a few people there and they said theirs down also.

     

     

    Cheers

     

     

    D ;)

  29. THE EXILED TIM on

    Robbed from elsewhere

     

    It’s been nearly two years since the huns have had anyone sent off in scotland

     

    They have had four sent off in seven European games

     

    I have said it a thousand times with no apologies, euro refs without an agenda are the reason they keep getting papped out of Europe, they would be winning the CL if they had Scottish refs, that Lundstrum tackle was horrendous, not even a foul, the tackle on McArthy last week was shocking, as ever I could go on and on infinitum, what’s the point, all it does is raise the blood pressure and gets us nowhere.

     

    We just have to suck it up, end of, have resigned masel to this now.

     

    Every picture etc…..

  30. timhorton on

    Listened to Alex Rae last night on ssb podcast,what a hun.Should not be surprised you have to be one or a soup taker…….BBC for sure.

  31. Celtic Mac on

    Charlie Green on Talksport tomorrow @ 10am with Jim (Red,Blue &) White and Simon Jordan. Could be interesting if they allow phone in. Or even if they don’t. Wonder if 5WA will come up?

  32. park the bus n blootir it on

    Did Alex Rae not kick a players head twice, whilst player was on the ground injured ?

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    FAIRHILL BHOY on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 9:10 PM

     

    ××××

     

    Cheers man !!!

     

    I remember BFDJ on SSB at the time insisting that he never saw the incident and failed to understand what all the uproar was about !!!

     

     

    McLeish was trying to big up AR when he first signed for the huns as “our long awaited answer to Neil Lennon in midfield battles” lol !!!

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    Marspapa @7:34

     

    ××××

     

    👍 👏

     

    I don’t know how to post from YouTube but I’ll learn just for you.

     

    HH

  38. park the bus n blootir it on

    JACKIEMAC on 4TH OCTOBER 2021 9:19 PM

     

    Has anybody seem pb and ptbnbi in the same room?

     

     

    #guaranteedarisecsc

     

    lol 😊

     

    who’s PB ?

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