The not-so-new reality

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A few points you can take to the bookies without losing your money:

If Joey Barton bet on the Barcelona-Celtic game odds of this being his first offence this season will be around 100/1. This ‘news’ has leaked at a time of choosing, not days after the practice started.

Joey Barton is a self-certified rule breaker, but if his induction process didn’t cover SFA rules about betting on football, a large portion of responsibility on this issue lies with his employer. And it’s not their first offence. I know many of the faces at Ibrox haven’t changed since the old days, but rules are not there to be ignored.

It’s palpably farcical to suggest anyone other than a died-in-the-wool fan wouldn’t “prefer to come to Celtic” than go to Newco Rangers, and even then, Scott Allan jumped at the chance to pull on the hoops. We could take our pick of anyone from Murray Park, or a supporters’ bus on its way to Ibrox, for that matter.

The world has changed. No one would pay attention to a St Johnstone player who said he rejected Celtic to go to Perth, claims that Joey did likewise are equally fanciful.  Welcome to the not-so-new reality.

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  1. PPBhoys,

     

    Don’t they pool the semi final monies, split between 4?

     

    Sevco stand a much better chance of two pay days, ( by making the final), by drawing the weakest team in the semi; Morton.

     

    Saints, sheep or Celtic would pump them rotten in a semi and they wouldnae get any gate money as they will have wrecked their pish stained side of the dump.

     

    Perfectly logical.

     

     

    EC67

  2. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    WINNINGCAPTAINS

     

     

    I am pretty sure Murrayfield hosts more matches than that. And their prices tend to be somewhat out of the range of the ordinary Joe.

     

     

    Check it,glad to be proven wrong.

     

     

    Btw,Georgia is the SRFU equivalent of say Alloa.

  3. aye there’s fella tims like those who actually make an effort to go and watch the Celtic

     

    Then there are so called fella tims whose only involvement in Celtic is a constant contribution of utter drivel on a blog because they haven’t got anybody else to talk too. Just like the auld wimmin constantly writing into the peoples friend.

     

     

    I know what category I fall into

  4. prestonpans bhoys on

    Euro,

     

     

    It’s pooled but the Hun’s could be well pished off after the next few league games however in any case they will turn up against us or the sheep. What’s the best money matrix from the draw ? Would us or the sheep get more than 20k against Morton, that’s my suggestion.

  5. Hello again all you young rebels.

     

     

    665 Million dollar extension almost completed at Chadstone

     

    shopping mall in Melbourne, it’s now one of the biggest in

     

    the world with a hotel coming next to it.

     

    Great place for a wee Celtic shoap a think.

     

    Oh and a cafe for ALMORE.

     

    H.H Mick

  6. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MICKYBHOY1888

     

     

    I’ve paid to get into every game I went to. I wasn’t allowed to get in for nothing as long as I wore a Halloween outfit and targeted my fellow Tims for a good kicking in the cells and no access to a lawyer or doctor for a few days.

     

     

    Your serve.

  7. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MELBOURNEMICK

     

     

    Cafe gets it,mate. Almore will start the petition in the morning.

     

     

    HH.

  8. BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS

     

     

    Edinburgh rugby plays there and they have tiny crowds. Glasgow Warriors has a vastly superior atmosphere at Scotstoun, Scotland has autumn internationals and the six nations so probably 5 games is the average for the year.

     

     

    They do host various concerts, U2 brings to mind and we played there when the Commonwealth Games were in town, can’t say I am aware of much more than that.

  9. I was only half in jest but……

     

    Us v Sheep = sell out

     

    Morton v Sevco = billy big time game for deluded Sevconian hun = 40k +

     

     

    So share a 90k gate with a reasonable chance of a final to add on.

     

     

    Sevco v us or Sheep = sell out

     

    Us or Sheep v Morton 20 k

     

     

    So sevco hun looking at a share of 70k, a right good rodgering and nae final money!

     

     

    Sevco V Morton on the Saturday

     

    Celtic v Aberdeen on the ploughed field Sunday, Thompshun as ref.

     

     

    EC67

     

     

    AlloagamestraightfromworkthemorrafairlookingforwardtomateaatparadiseCSC

  10. prestonpans bhoys on

    Well don’t expect a large crowd tomorrow but at least the pubs around the ground are not bursting at the seems! Which is nice :-)

  11. BMCUW

     

     

    O.K i’ll even take a Celtic cafe in the mall. lol

     

     

    LURKIN TIM

     

     

    We had a floatin pitch last night, never seen rain like

     

    it anywhere, and the bhoys wanted out with the baw.

     

    Naechance CFC.

     

     

    H.H Mick

  12. It will be interesting to see what odds the bookies offer on the draw – should be straightforward – 4 balls at random – any team has a 3/1 chance of getting any if the others at the semi draw

     

    Doubt you will get any odds on Sevco v Morton – nor on this being the Saturday game.

     

    Doris stokes Csc

  13. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MELBOURNEMICK

     

     

    My brother-in-law is over your wat for a few weeks. I congratulated him on it,being Australian it had to be better than London,Harlow,etc.

     

     

    He swore a few times and muttered summat about the rainy season.

     

     

    Seems he jested not.

  14. LURKIN TIM

     

     

    Think it must have been the novelty of playing on water.

     

     

    BMCUW

     

     

    Is he anywhere near our rebel peninsula? chance of a meet up.

     

    H.H Mick

  15. acgr @ outlook dot com - Get your FREE the Zadok ringtone on

    jinkyredstar, drop me a mail t my acgr address is you’re still fancying a swally next Wed.

     

     

    HH

     

     

    Lurkintim, did you get the ticket sorted out?

  16. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    MELBOURNEMICK

     

     

    Dunno,mate. I’ll ask my sis. He’s not the biggest football fan in the world-being married to Lorna saw to that(!)-but he’s ferry partial take a swally and good craic.

     

     

    I’ll get back to you before the weekend.

     

     

    HH.

  17. Melbourne Mick,

     

     

    Anywhere that treats torrential rain as a novelty…..makes me sick-as-a-parrot…;-))

     

     

    ACGR,

     

     

    Naw

     

     

    FTSFA

     

     

    H.H.

  18. I see Harry Forrester is allowed to tackle retro style without fear of a red card.Always get wee hawners the huns,don’t they.

     

    Imagine cheating and still being pish poor,if they had to rely on their own steam they’d be a junior outfit.And that applies to both the old corpse and the new entity.

     

    Hollow victories are all they get.They’re like Competitive Dad from the Fast Show,but a sinister version.With less talent or ball control.

     

    Hope Morton do them in the SF.The ‘ton should sign Andy Ritchie to take free kicks and corners against them.Reckon he’d be able to outrun Hamburger,too.

  19. “And it’s not their first offence. I know many of the faces at Ibrox haven’t changed since the old days, but rules are not there to be ignored”

     

     

    *****

     

     

    There are rules???

     

     

    Wasn’t Barton not Fink’s bet just imperfectly placed?

     

     

    And was it a wankee?

  20. Plus, at the time the awforitees didn’t know about the bet, so there’s nuffin’ they can do now, is there?

  21. Saint Stivs says SACK THE BOARD on

    forresters tackle tonight was feckin outrageous,

     

     

    the daftie has form , but no referee has yet collared him,

  22. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BABASONICOS71 on 21ST SEPTEMBER 2016 12:29 AM

     

     

    Delighted to see appreciation for Norman Finkelstein .

     

     

    Not too many stars around today.

     

     

    For me , he`s one of the bravest.

  23. Saint Stivs

     

     

    Nothing must stop them adding a 28th league cup in their 4 year history.

     

     

    Even Vince McMahon would baulk at this shite!

  24. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    BABASONICOS

     

     

    Aw,that’s unfair!

     

     

    MACJAY’s day is about to begin with you eulogising an pro-Palestinian anti-Zionist Jew,confirmed Maoist,Trot,and devotee of Marxist-Leninism.

     

     

    My apologies to the esteemed professor if I omitted any of his favoured hobby horses.

     

     

    In his defence-like he needs to hear it from me!-he is rarely wrong,and hates the establishment.

  25. Betfred cup my arse.

     

     

    Ah’m away to watch WWE Smackdown AwesomeAutumnFightFest to get me some Sporting Integrity.

     

     

    Oh, good!

     

     

    It’s the women. In a ladder match!

     

     

    Should be a tights contest.

  26. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 21ST SEPTEMBER 2016 12:57 AM

     

     

    I`ll gie ye howdy , Robert.

     

     

    Finko…………..

     

    As I say, issues before entrenched positions.

     

     

    confirmed Maoist,Trot,and devotee of Marxist-Leninism.

  27. BEATBHOY…

     

    I love sales.And I love massive sales massively. ;))

     

    = = = = = = =

     

    MACJAY…

     

    Finkelstein is a genuine hero.His style rubs people up the wrong way at times but he is fearless.

     

    I admire the way he never loses his rag and seems in total control of himself.He articulates his ideas in a way I can only dream of.

     

    I also think the way he states his case for Palestine but is vehemently against the destruction of Israel and Israelis is a shining light of humanity.He seems to refuse one side needing to be defeated.He leaves me in awe.

     

    Anywho,my tory friend,I really need to catch some shut eye.

     

    Take care bud.

     

    HH

  28. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    Bobby.

     

     

    Is Finkelstein really a confirmed Maoist,Trot,and devotee of Marxist-Leninism ?

     

     

    He seems far too intelligent .