If you were comforted by what happened at Livingston yesterday you are a fool. A 0-3 win for Celtic on a difficult pitch is irrelevant in light of what happened with the scores at 0-0.
Kyogo received the ball inside the Livingston box. Livi captain, Mikey Devlin, clattered into the Japanese striker’s standing leg, bringing him down. Referee Don Robertson, who has already met his Celtic penalty allocation (1) this season, did not react. Stunningly, the Video Assistant Referee did not ask Robertson to check the incident.
It should have been a penalty, but referees don’t see everything. VAR saw what the rest of us saw, however, and for a team of officials watching the game to decide the incident was not worth troubling the referee about, tells you everything you need to know about how this season will end.
The decision has been made; it’s not coming our way.
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Paul 67,
I know its April the first, but that is a really depressing article.
Have you been pranked today ?
HH.
Simple question for the doubters out there, who don’t fancy us next week.
Who of this fantastic hun side would get into our first eleven exactly. My considered opinion, none.
Panic ye not
KINGLuBO
Reckon Paul didn’t write this article.
Maybe Paul’s a hun after all
When I saw the rerun of the tackle yesterday, I thought we were definitely getting a penalty. Silly me. Our board are failing us with the continued favour that is being afforded to Sevco. The evidence is there for all to see and brilliantly exposed by the likes of Alan Morrison (Celtic by numbers and the huddle breakdown). Pleasantly surprised by how well Hatate played in his comeback.
Avoid defeat on Sunday and we will win the league. My only concern is the left side of our defence. We expect sevco to come at us. Let’s go get them.
How can you write an article like this and we all just go along with it.
How can anyone renew with this patter?
Goodness me.
The club sit on their hands week in week out, we hear DD isn’t happy, big Peter has friends in high places but we say nothing?
What the fuck is going on with this head in the sand crap?
Win on Sunday and it’s on, it’s always been this way.
All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing…….. here we are.
Giveyourselvesashake.csc
April fools Pablo?
KLV
100% kinglubo.
The big televised games, the refs shite it.
It will be fairer and I expect us to win on Sunday, but we will need to score 3. Pen refs etc will still be in play but with the eyes of the world it’d harder to explain bias away.
Mon the Hoops
Win the 7.
KLV
P67
I agree to the extent that everything is being and will be done to prevent us winning this league.
What’s new though?
It was ever thus.
Not only does practically every game of theirs have a penalty or red card etc go their way you simply never read of a dodgy decision going against them.
When did you last read or hear , at least domestically , that rangers opponents were given a soft penalty or rangers had a player sent off for a red card that shouldn’t have been awarded?
The opposite is the same for us.
In real terms therefore there are 4 ways we are being disadvantaged.
The club really needs to deal with this. Maybe they are and Crawford Allan going is the start of real change. I fear not though.
No matter how hard they try though for the rest of this season to artificially balance the odds against us it’s absolutely still in our hands, albeit harder, far harder , than it should be.
Melvin Udall
I can’t find the article on BBC Sport Scotland’s website. I’m fairly sure that it was taken down it was such a cringeworthy fail. I’ve tried to put it on Twitter with no success. Maybe someone else could have a look into it and have more success.
Too many imponderables about Sunday to be confident this time.Will we get a fair deal from the officials.
Will MOR,once again show us just how good he can be.Been poor for weeks.We can’t lose the midfield.He has to step up.Calmac must play.
Bernardo has a goal in him,Iwata does not.Who will BR start.
CCV,Hatate,Kyogo,Calmac,MOR,and Khun maintaining his form,and the rest playing near as possible to their best,they won’t live with that.
The best of a bad lot is Walsh refereeing.Again as yesterday,VAR is a problem.
Can’t really remember a time,I have wanted to gub them as much.Nervous wreck.
If we do lose the league this season it is because of a combination of factors.
Appointing Rodgers.
Not buying the quality we needed for Europe and home.
Points dropped to the likes of St Johnstone, Hibs, Hearts etc.
The decisions that the huns have got from the masons is only a part of it.
Anyway, your pals on the board seem quite happy to be back seat bus riders. What goes around etc….
THE LONG WAIT IS OVER on 1ST APRIL 2024 2:22
Allen still there though.What a way for that snake to bow out,for them to win this league.Our Boards lack of Cohones,probably has him sniggering at them.Yesterday,proved to me,that the officials have his full backing.
TB
Agreed.
It will be a wild free for all for the few games remaining.
I still think we win the league.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUAsfpNhrA
Allan declaring himself, looks like giving the MIBS/VAR a free hand to cheat their way till the end of the season, he will be the patsy,and will disappear.
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ONENIGHTINLISBON on 1ST APRIL 2024 2:25
” My pals on the Board”
Not even worthy of a response.
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Burnley 78
Very interesting to read your thoughts on the now deceased Ken Gallacher. He started his career at the Herald as fairly neutral with regards to Celtic.
But his tone later became markedly vindictive towards Celtic in general and to Fergus in particular. He would alternate between sycophantic and slavish articles on Murray as the greatest living thingy and then, for balance, unprovoked libels on McCann as the antichrist.
There was one quite special piece of nastiness when Fergus questioned John Collins’ move to Monaco. His reasoning was that the Bosman ruling should apply only within the EU.
Gallacher went ape shit. He wrote that Fergus had embarrassed Scottish football in the eyes of the world. The unspoken line of argument in was that McCann must be removed and that he was polluting the air fine people like David Murray had to breathe.
Gallagher’s “neutrality “ to Celtic at the start of his time at the Herald was an outlier in my opinion.
His time at the Daily Ranker was generally pro them and anti Celtic.
He had the brief period of seeming neutrality and then reverted to type.
When he went to the Herald initially, the Herald was still a quality newspaper with the sports section having a reputation for balanced reporting. He couldn’t just go there and immediately start the pro hun propaganda.
Once he was sure he had his feet under the table, he reverted to type (no pun intended).
Gallacher
FANS WANT THE EXECUTIVES AND THE BOARD TO COMPLAIN, RAISE THE CONCERNS, GO PUBLIC, SPEAK OUT, HAVE A VOICE. stand up for us, and in general act like fans on the phone ins and hotlines.
Meanwhile in the PLC governance world, there are actions they cannot take when going public.
and even more so to be part of the “association”, you cannot complain.
you must use official channels and corrospondence, not in public.
what i would like to see though, each and every interview of a football department staff member, they raise a point, make a statement.
John Kenneddy yesterday, real opportunity to follow up on brendans comments from the hearts game, something alo g the lines of manager in the stand but i was happy to take charge pitch side but i can see we never got a penalty and am baffled by the non use of var, i mean what are we paying for.
and every week, roll out a different person to make similar statements, consistently.
we earn millions in interest, use it to pay the fines.
the crawford allen stage management of his own retirel, he will costs us, i am sure of that.
Also noticed yesterday we seem to be back to the days of linesmen sticking up flags and refs stopping play rather than letting game flow. We retained the ball in a good few of these so stopped us continuing and then letting VAR take over if something of consequence happened. And they were not clear cut offsides or am sure Sky would gave shown the replays. All these subtle ploys are in place for a good reason.
Paul67 – Yep I agree the point.
To enhance your view The Huns penalty was exactly the opposite. Ref played on VAR called him back
I watched on Hibs TV Hibs commentators saying “we are at Ibrox”
Also not sure of exact moment ref blew to have Pen retaken – probably when keeper saved it
The Hi so were given every opportunity
And will get the same on Sunday
Tough game for us given the Ref influence.
Hail Hail Hope and Pray
67ECW
Hi so. Typo should read Huns.
67ECW
I feel the Celtic are just about to enter a strong run of form which will see us win every one of our remaining games – starting next weekend. We have had a few good results recently without getting into top gear but the signs are there that CCV, Johnston, McGregor, O’Riley, Hatate, Kuhn and Yang are all ready for the final push. I also think James Forrest is going to have a role to play, especially is the Glasgow derbies.
As Bada Bing said @2.39 pm
Crawford Allans swansong
Our board needs to stand up
The non award for going through the back of Kyogo was stunning.
The pen awarded to the huns while their match was 0-0 was equally as stunning a decision.
It seems Crawford Allen is determined to go out in a blaze of glory as we now witness shameless decisions being taken by officials.
An dun
“The pen awarded to the huns while their match was 0-0 was equally as stunning a decision”
I suspect even the Hun players were stunned – not one claimed for it and they will claim for absolutely anything however unjustified.
Given domestic referees propensity to give them anything it’s hardly surprising they do.
Can’t believe the glare off that plastc surfce when the sun hits it makes difficult at times to identify players on tv at least. However a good win and performance, nice dress rehearsal for the big one next week.
Nicolas Kuhn is unrecognisal from the the nervy lightweight i watched in recent weeks, he had a terrific game yesterday. Great to see Reo back to his old trickery and playing well after injury and ready for next weekend, definately if Calmac can’t make it.
totally agree hankray about Kuhn – fidderent player now – reckon calmac or GT/AJ have been speaking to him about the spfl – keep having a go and we’ll get chances – don’t stop
During my time of watching Celtic (the best part of 70 years, can’t really believe that), I feel we have always been cheated. There are so so many instances of it that it can be put down to incompetence.
Yet this season, I feel, is the worst. Now it is simply blatant. Yesterday set a new low. How the VAR person didn’t draw attention to the foul on Kyogo defies any explanation. He cheated, pure and simple. The Club must make an official statement, demanding an apology from the SFA, It’s so ridiculous, especially in light of the nonsense at Tynecastle. If we don’t put some pressure on them, we know in advance what is going to happen for the rest of the season, so that the deid team win the league.
cannot be put down to incompetence.
Had the misfortune of being in company with Gallacher and Alan Davidson, around 1998,they told me they were still digging into Fergus’s past,convinced he had dirty money from somewhere, reptiles the both of them
I looked for the Gallagher article but found this James Trainer article on Kerrydale Street from a poster called Miller in 2005.
“November 19, 1998
SECRET FEAR THAT DRIVES ME TO WIN;
10 IN A ROW: Rangers chairman David Murray opens up on the
highs and lows of his decade in charge of Rangers and
promises that the best is still to come
Exclusive James Traynor
RANGERS owner David Murray doesn’t often allow his true
feelings to surface, but currently he is finding it difficult to
disguise a pain which has been gnawing away inside since the
end of last season.
After a period of almost total dominance of Scottish football
during which Rangers racked up 17 trophies the club met with
failure.
Celtic won the championship and the League Cup and Hearts
beat Rangers in the Tennents Scottish Cup final, leaving Murray
with nothing to show for a massive investment in time and
money.
Even now he winces when he thinks of that season, but it is the
vivid memory, and the pain of defeat with which he now suffers,
that combine to drive him on.
Last night as he looked back on a decade as Rangers’ owner –
come this Sunday, the 22nd, it will be 10 years since he paid
Lawrence Marlborough pounds 6million for the club – Murray’s
desire to avoid the miseries of another barren season could not
be disputed.
To hear him speak was to listen to a man who believes himself
to be charged with some kind of great and mighty mission.
Murray, who chose to talk only to the Record about his dreams
and ambitions for Rangers, said: “No one should doubt that
Rangers are the biggest club in the country, but I know that talk is
cheap in this business and that we will have to prove just how
big we are.
“That doesn’t really bother me because as long as I am able to
influence this club we will be the biggest and we will be the best.
“I have spent 10 years of my life, and I know that sometimes I
gave up too much of myself to Rangers, but I am not about to
give up now.
“Neither am I willing to stand aside and allow another club to
overtake Rangers. The failure of last season hurt me a lot and
that pain was something I didn’t need nor want.
“It is also a pain which I never want to suffer again, but by God
that sort of thing just makes me even more determined to
succeed. I am still as driven, still as enthusiastic and I will
welcome the challenge of anyone out there.”
Murray was referring not only to the Kenny Dalglish/Jim Kerr
consortium who are stalking Celtic, but also the as yet
uncovered groups who are bound to make bids to buy out
Fergus McCann.
If the past 10 years have taught Murray, who is one of Britain’s
wealthiest individuals, anything it is how to win and he believes
Rangers will continue to grow and prosper.
“I look upon these last 10 years as a having been a great era, but
it is over and Rangers are about to head on into a new era,” he
said over a glass of the finest red.
He was about to take in another mouthful of the most succulent
lamb – anyone who knows Murray shouldn’t be surprised to learn
he is a full-blooded, unashamed red meat eater – when he put
down his knife and fork.
It was like a Statement of intent and looking directly across the
table to make sure I hadn’t yet succumbed to the wine, he said:
“Bring on the next 10 years, there’s more to come for Rangers.
“Understand that I care passionately about what I’m doing with
Rangers and believe that in 10 years time we will still be setting
the pace.
“Too many of us have put too much into this club and we won’t let
someone come along and take it all away.
“What I’m saying here is that no matter who buys Celtic from
Fergus, they will need to have the deepest of pockets
imaginable.
“The fresh challenge would be good for the Scottish game and
lift the profile, but Celtic’s new owners had better be prepared to
spend.
“In the past, Celtic’s people maybe just haven’t fancied trying to
take Rangers on financially, but if I have to go in deeper to keep
my club up there then I will. I have done it too many times to be
frightened now.”
From anyone else such talk could be dismissed as no more
than empty rhetoric, but with Murray you just feel it is more than
bluster and besides, he does have a track record as a spender.
There have been times in his 10 years when he has taken
Rangers somewhere between pounds 15m and pounds 20m
into debt and he knows that if this season goes belly up like the
last one he could be looking at a potential debt of pounds 20m.
However, having taken the value of Rangers from pounds 6m to
approximately pounds 186m in 10 years he knows how far he
can gamble in pursuit of success.
This season alone he has allowed his new manager Dick
Advocaat to spend almost pounds 30m, but he refuses to lose
any sleep over it.
He said: “I don’t because I consider spending as much as
pounds 5million on someone like Andrei Kanchelskis as a
necessity. If a club like ours doesn’t do that then we fall by the
wayside.
“Look, I have many other businesses so I could find many other
things to worry about, but I love sport and I want Rangers to be
successful. I know this won’t be accepted by some people but
this isn’t about making money.
“pounds 56m has been invested in the stadium and in my time
pounds 200m has been turned over and after interest our trading
profit is minimal. Perhaps as much as pounds 60m has been
spent on players and I have even paid in about pounds 1m in
hospitality but never taken a salary from the place.
“I get six complimentary tickets the same as everyone else and if
I want extra I have to pay for them the same as everyone else.
“There are no free lunches for David Murray at Ibrox and I have
never taken part or been at the centre of any of the numerous
victory celebrations we have had.”
Murray disappears to celebrate success with a small group of
close friends, leaving the roar of the crowd to wash over the
players and management.
“Supporters don’t want chairmen hanging around, even though
they look to people like me to provide some kind of direction and
the new ways to keep moving the club on,” he said.
“I hope I can say that in my 10 years so far I’ve been fairly good at
that, but the day I run out of ideas is the day I’ll know it’s over. I’m
sure someone will tell me because I have good people around
me, I always have.
“But I’m not ready yet to step back and I see enough fresh
challenges, staying ahead at home and winning a place at the
European table, ahead in the next 10 years to keep my own
adrenaline flowing.”
He knows roughly how much it will cost him and he’s heard the
rumours that ENIC, who have invested pounds 40m in Rangers,
are uneasy at the club’s spending policies but Murray claims
these backers have always been supportive of his methods.
He said: “They could kick up a fuss but they don’t. Besides, I am
the owner of the club and so far most people seem to like what
I’ve done.”
Hmm.
Not sure about this one Pablo.
If the pot needs stirring … and the Celtic faithful are one of many spoons … fair enough.
But we can’t do it alone.
The players ..
… Currently told by our management team to be well behaved and calm …
… need to scream blue bloody murder and descend on refs like a pack of wild dogs ANY TIME there is the slightest bump or an upper body ball contact in the opposition box.
Likewise for any hard tackle or jersey pull outside the box.
Second, our board (who make it fairly easy for fans to think they are aloof) …..
… may very well be trying hard in the background to change organisations that have no interest, pressure or other motivation to change.
Whoopdedo.
Time to join the fans in the trenches.
Get bloody minded.
Starting with a quite intentional character assassination on Muir TODAY, 01 April.
If they are looking for help with the byline I’m happy to oblige.
Still photo of ICT handball. Still photo of foul on Kyogo.
“April 2015. April 2024. Nine years. Nothing has changed. Do they think we are fools?”
Decent wee bit of grub in Amore … deserts were amazing
Now back in the Brig trying to pick the winner of the Irish National …
Gambling is a mugs game … this mug loves it