The wings and news walking along London Road

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Early on it all looked so easy.  Kyogo had an excellent chance saved by McCracken in the Dundee goal, then our usually prolific striker shot wide from 12 yards with the goal gaping.  Dundee settled after that, although their earlier attempt, which forced a save from Kasper Schmeichel, was their only chance of the game.

Most of the grumblings around me focussed on the wings, where Luis Palma and Yang were given rare and even rarer time on the field respectively.  Palma was supported by the returning Greg Taylor, while Anthony Ralston was on the right with Yang.

Most of Celtic’s play went down the left, even Ralston’s most adventurous passing found Palma.  Yang was an isolated bit part to the occasion, so of course he would not be productive.

Brendan Rodgers likes to make changes soon after the hour but last night he moved after 55 minutes.  Alistair Johnston, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate came on for Ralston, Paulo Bernardo and Yang.  Within 5 minutes the contest was over.

At Motherwell on Sunday, Johnston scored with a well-timed run to the back post, last night, it was an equally well-timed run to the front post, were he scored from the narrowest of possible angles to the relief of the crowd.

Seven minutes later, Arne Engels carried the ball 60 yards before slipping it to Kyogo, who was tripped inside the box.  Engels rolled the resultant penalty into the net to conclude the scoring.  Many in the North Stand expected the penalty award to be overturned for an adjacent incident – but that will remain between us.

The walk along London Road was punctuated by news from Pittodrie that our nearest rivals had beaten the bookies second favourites for the title.  No one on the packed street was conflicted. – Aberdeen do not have what it takes to win the league.  A cup is another matter.

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  1. 6 changes, 3 points, AJ is a stud.

     

     

    Didn’t see all the game because, work, but Sportscene was fun.

     

     

    Well, Well, Well, Well, Well, Well, Well.

     

     

    Mon the Murderwell this Sunday, November 3rd.

     

     

    November 3rd is celebrated globally for various reasons. In the U.S., it is National Sandwich Day, honoring one of the country’s favorite foods, and in Japan, it’s Culture Day, dedicated to promoting the arts and celebrating academic achievement. It also includes more niche holidays, like Jellyfish Day, Smart Home Day​ and Clement Day.

     

     

    Clement day is one of the more obscure days of celebration. It goes back to the Emperor Clement who dared to tell his people how poor they used to have it and that they should embrace mediocrity. He was crushed to death with weaponised clementines, of a very orange hue, on November 3rd 175 A.D.

     

     

    Will history repeat itself?

     

     

    I maybe made Clement Day up. We do though have a St Clements day and he is the patron saint of metal workers and blacksmiths and is celebrated on November 23rd. Wonder if he could fabricate a new Copland Road?

     

     

    Can the Steelman topple the Saint of metal workers?

     

     

    Answers on a postcard.

     

     

    Happy Friday eve!

  2. Hot Smoked on 31st October 2024 12:02 pm

     

    Darwin on 31st October 2024 11:54 am

     

     

    Do you really believe Scottish Football is unbiased ?

     

     

    Even if it is subliminal, I think there is evidence aplenty of bias in favour of the Huns.

  3. onenightinlisbon on

    Totally agree Paul re Aberdeen and their prospects of winning the league.

     

     

    Success breeds success though and they are running on that at the moment.

     

     

    However we all know how this one ends….

  4. Alan Morrison from The Huddle Breakdown podcast has evidence of bias in Scottish football. He was on ACSOM with Paul John Dykes explaining and analyzing his stats a while back. It’s well worth a listen.

     

     

    T

  5. Hot Smoked,

     

     

    How can subliminal bias as you say have any tangible results ?

     

     

    Imo more and more are acknowledging the huns as toxic and really nobody does like them.

     

     

    Institutional bias is a myth nowadays. It remains only in the minds of those of a certain vintage.

     

     

    HH.

  6. The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on

    “Aberdeen do not have what it takes to win the league. A cup is another matter”.

     

     

    Yep, agree on both.

     

     

    McGrath buckled under the pressure of his penalty (much like the Hibs player did against them) and they celebrated at the end as if they’d won a cup/league.

     

     

    Champions don’t do that.

     

     

    Can’t wait for Saturday. By 8pm, someone will have lost their undefeated record.

     

     

    Celtic need to show up from the first whistle and remain focused until the last.

     

     

    Bring it on.

  7. GlassTwoThirdsFull on

    No slight on Ralston who is a great guy to have in the squad, but – and I’m going early on this one! – POTY AJ is looking like a top quality player. Need better backup wingers.

     

    Aberdeen continue to get results but their outperformance of points gathered vis-a-vis goal difference surely can’t be sustained over 38 games.

  8. P67

     

    “Many in the North Stand expected the penalty award to be overturned for an adjacent incident – but that will remain between us.”

     

     

    Everyone around me sat down after the initial celebrating saying “VAR will cancel it out for the pull at the start of the move” despite us seeing the ref let Dundee off with several pulls throughout the match. When it stood I had to wonder if this is what consistency looks like, e.g. this ref has decided that small pulls are not enough to punish.

     

     

    The cynics around me, when the penalty stood, immediately voiced concerns that it would likely not have stood if it were still 0-0 (I agree) and would allow the media narrative to maintain the “even out” mantra when either Rangers got a dodgy PK at Aberdeen OR Aberdeen get a decision against us this weekend :)

     

     

    Said is jest, but so is a lot of truth…

     

     

    QB

  9. Yang’s cross took a deflection to land for AJ. It was the same as Yang’s crosses all night. Aimless balls hoping for them finding a Celtic player.

     

     

    Front 3 were poor last night. We needed the subs to win the game. 6 changes is too many

  10. Hot Smoked on 31st October 2024 12:03 pm

     

    Hot Smoked on 31st October 2024 12:02 pm

     

    Darwin on 31st October 2024 11:54 am

     

     

    Do you really believe Scottish Football is uniased ?

     

     

    Even if it is subliminal, I think there is evidence aplenty of bias in favour of the Hun

     

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    Always glad to read your views.

     

     

    I don’t believe that there is a structured institutional bias against Celtic and in favour of the Ibrox club.

     

     

    Do I think that there is individual bias at various levels of Scottish Football, and Scottish society in general, against Celtic and in favour of the Ibrox club? Yes of course I do.

     

     

    “What school did you go to” was probably one of the most important questions on job application forms in Scotland from the turn of the century until relatively recently. My mother and father who were from Irish stock and were born and brought up in Govan, told me many tales of discrimination in the job market at that time. I had no concious experience of this when I left Uni and started to look for work, but I do remember the aforementioned question about school.

  11. I fully expected Aberdeen to get Beatoned last night, as has been the norm when that ref has been involved. As the game progressed there was little evidence to suggest he was favouring the visitors though, including a penalty award to the home team.

     

    Why In their hour of need, was the crafted helping hand not produced?

     

    It was only after the game, as Boyd was being unequivitable as to what the manager’s Ibrox tenure should be.

     

    He wants him out, as do an increasing number of the support.

     

    I wondered then, has this feeling spread to Ibrox facing officials? Or, has Willie Collum told them to behave themselves?

  12. October scorecard:-

     

    P7 W4 D2 L1 F13 A12

     

    Two home ties and five away .

     

    PS This includes the Sligo result .

  13. It’s hard not to think that we’ve broken the back of this league campaign already, October or not. They’re not making up 10 points on us and Aberdeen will fall away, at some point.

     

     

    I’d like to see us move Welsh, Ralston, Yang and Palma on fairly soon. Our back ups are not really up to the standard required.

  14. Forgetting the Dortmund game, Palma’s first half performance was the worst I’ve seen in a Celtic jersey this season…bar none!

  15. …..Continued, We only have to look at the unfettered access to our streets bestowed on the Orange Order to see examples of individual and group hatred of all things Celtic and Catholic.

     

     

    Unconscious, or, implicit bias on based on stereotyping, religion, race and ethnicity may be found in individuals within the game and in Scotland in general – but these days I see no structured institutional bias in football, or, in general in Scotland.

  16. Never mind the results last night, Aipple’s podium post deserves a shout out!

     

     

    Happy Clement day y’all.

  17. Greenpinata on 31st October 2024 12:58 pm

     

    I don’t think Anthony Ralston ever lets us down when called upon.

     

    HH.

     

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    He doesn’t – but the gap between him and AJ is marked. AJ’s introduction last night may have been the difference between the 2-0 result and a repeat of the St Johnstone 0-0 at Celtic Park early last season.

  18. Percentage win rates of Sevco Managers

     

     

    Ally McCoist- 72.46

     

    Micky Beale- 72.09

     

    Bill Struth- 68.40

     

    Dick Advocaat- 67.18

     

    Mark Warburton- 67.07

     

    Philippe Clement- 66.67

     

    Alex McLeish- 65.96

     

    Stevie Gee- 64.77

     

    Davie White- 64.71

     

    Scot Symon- 64.70

     

     

     

    Walter Smith had 66.3% win rate and Souness’s was 64.2% Van Bronkhorst’s was 61.7%.

     

     

    It doesn’t look like it’s the manager who is the problem- these guys are pretty interchangeable

  19. Hard going, but a win is a win after all.

     

    Could not resist hunting out hun response so checked into CJ NOVO 992. Very scathing and he comes across as a decent kinda guy, not a hun. Well worth a look see

     

     

    kinglubo

  20. An Tearmann on 31st October 2024 10:29 am

     

    St Stivs

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Good to bump into you last night,thanks for bonnet compliment :-)))

     

     

     

     

     

     

    HH

     

     

     

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    aye, it was nice to see you. i was on my own last night, sitting myself in a crowd of 57,000 or so, i actually dont mind being on my own, i can really concentrate on a game, but by half time i thought i should have just went with dan and sat wherever for the chat.

     

     

    having worked all over scotland, i literally know hundreds of celtic supporters from near and far, and i am on nodding terms with so many on a match day, but since the innis and gunn and dinner i have clocked nearly everyone that was there again on the match days.

     

     

    as the old saying goes, never met a cqner i didnt like.

     

     

    and to the match.

     

     

    palma for me has that young mans football dilemma, all the skills, plents of application, obviously fit, but his decision making dearie dearie me.

     

     

    taylor must have been mightly pissed off the number of times he overlapped, or made space and didnt get the ball from LP. who instead takes, 5,6,7,10 touches instead.

     

     

    remember brendans mantra “we were taking too many touches”.

     

     

    and then again, it took 3 great blocking tackles for dundee to keep the score level.

     

     

    i did watch our midfield last night, mccowan has both a great engine, and a great ability to find space. engels, back the bhoy please supporters, he contributes something every game, maybe take him off corners though, did any of his crosses find a celtic man.

     

     

    i watched all aberdeen this morning. they were once again very very good on the counter, loose balls picked up nearly always end up in a chance created.

     

     

    absolutely play our best 11 from the start, whoever the manager decides that best 11 is.

     

     

    pah pah pa.

  21. TexasTim re: Happy Clement day y’all.

     

     

    Cheers good sir! Hopefully sample something from your bar soon. Hope you and bthe good lady had a pleasant night out.

  22. Hot Smoked

     

     

    Ssshhhhwwwiiinnnghg

     

    No institutional bias eh

     

    Said poster yesterday was suggesting Celtic were duped,although the circumstances of its onset were of course nowt to do with institutional bias

     

    Slithering to fit every hole,

     

     

    Right I am away to see if I can dig up prison population and assault statistics on the Irish Catholic demographic in Scotland,I dunno now whether I will find any over the last century.i doubt it now idiot is suggesting institutional bias does not exist!

     

     

    Hope your good,your missed around the stairs of 106 :-))

  23. We were talking too long to have our winger 1 on 1 with their fullbacks, when that was sped up we got some joy coupled with AJ under and overlapping,Luis Palma does nor have the pace to go on the outside for any significant distance and Yang cuts in and is predictable, glad we won and other than the early shot Dundee were physical organised and very defensive.

  24. and to back up an experience, on the walk back to the car and all the way up to the louden, everyone was cheering the aberdeen win.

     

     

    it is a remarcable run they are on, 30 domestic games undefeated.

     

     

    back to march last season.

     

     

    i do think it needs to be caveated that it includes bottom6 split participation end of last season, and lower leagues opposition in the league cup , plus no europe, but even so, it must be some sort of record outwith celtics long unbeaten runs.

     

     

    really is quite funny reading the perma raging blogs, if second to the bhoys is unacceptable, 3rd to aberdeen is making them ill.

     

     

    would some prefer they didnt exist rather than living in this permanent hell ?

     

     

    espanyol fans are looking at them now just for the laughs.

  25. I raised the point last night that, contrary to popular opinion, Shinnie didn’t get a yellow or a red card, Aberdeen got a penalty for a handball, rangers didn’t get a sniff of one for Tavernier to score and they got a goal chalked off for a “toenail” being offside. Puts to bed the idea that Beaton was going to ensure his favourites did not lose last night. He did not in any way shape or form go out of his way to help them and Robertson, on VAR, did not attempt to sway him with dodgy lines that would have shown the toenail was onside.

  26. AT,

     

     

    as part of the geneology search i discovered my grandas granda, who we thought was the first of us in the port, had some jail time shortly after he arrived in 1882.

     

     

    i got the prison record, for GREENOCK.

     

     

    he spent 72 days locked up, with hard labour, i guess though his sentence was a bit lean because the offence was “assault by stabbing”.

     

     

    from the record, it is stated, he is irish, catholic, from coalisalnd, cannot read or write english, but speaks gaelic, weighing 8 stones, 5ft 4. and has a full set of digits.

     

     

    i also got a copy of the court records, on that weekend, at the port magistrates, 26 people are imprisoned. on a page of 24 records, 22 are born in ireland.

     

     

    that was surely institutional bias right there.

  27. boondock saint on

    As some folks have mentioned we were a wee bit slow moving the ball around the first half, but that comes when you make significant changes or peeps missing through injury. Kyogo’s 2nd miss was very unkyogo like. Thought our midfield was a wee bit short of invention the first half. I am a wee bit mixed with the thought’s of Aberdeen not lasting the pace as some have said, but they have a good manager and what seems to be a good group of hardworking honest players who see something happening that hasn’t happened in a while and that is something else to play for other than 3rd and below. I know the talk is that Big Adam should be good to go this weekend, but we were back to last year again with a misfiring striker, and no one to replace him through the middle. We need that 3rd striker in January.

     

    Happy Clement Day to all.

     

    Sean

  28. Yes, lots of changes last night, but well done to BR for being able to give key players some rest, fringe players some game time, and still secure a comfortable 3 points.

     

     

    Watched Sportscene and thought VAR did not do the Rangers any favours vs Aberdeen. Their offside goal was a bawhair offside and the penalty, while correct decision by VAR, could have slid past without too much objection. There’s an awful lot of comment about bias towards them on these pages, but nothing, in a very important game for them last night, suggests that it is widespread among the officiating community.

  29. If the following are a loose list of the rangers’ community mistakes which puts them in a slump at the moment, what are our successful characteristics/strengths (what’s opposite to mistake?)-

     

     

    EBTs

     

    ignoring the influence money has on clubs now

     

    failure to look at themselves when sevco started in the lower leagues

     

    over hyping Steven Gerrard

     

    lack of understanding of how modern clubs have to fit their model to their surroundings

     

    getting rid of gvb

     

    sinking money into an unproven manager who talks himself up

     

    trying to avoid another beale by investing money in a manager with an okish record who also talks himself up

  30. there was one baffling stat from the huns game.

     

     

    aberdeen only committed 6 fouls in the game, but had 5 players booked.

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