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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McGregor, Idah,Kuhn fit for Saturday
Greenpinata on 31st October 2024 3:52 pm
Anyone who has been brought up in the West of Scotland knowns about past institutional bias.
But this is a totally changed society than it was 40, 50 or 60 years ago where it was common , indeed standard practice to ask ” What school did you go to ” prior to employment etc.
Most of the country do not even identify with Religion now. Im not saying that is right or wrong, its just a fact.
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Agree with those common sense statements.
Some people see what they want to see, in order to believe what they want to believe irrespective of new facts, or, changes in society. They like to be always right, and so changing their views is an admission that they were wrong, or had incomplete understanding.
They’re wired to seek information, usually anecdotal, confirming their beliefs and reject anything that runs counter, even when there is ample evidence readily available. This is confirmation bias and is used by an individual(s) who needs a sense of belonging in a group, or, sub-group. HH
Darwin on 31st October 2024 6:33 pm
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See young sheep Shinnie put his foot in his mouth by telling the world they need to keep their foot on the gas. To be fair a reasonable analogy for that part of the world …. other analogies could be a bit dodgy
Part of Brendan’s pre-match pep talk being completed by the opposition….
HH
Idiot is Darwin
Idiot2 is Gerry F-wit
Idiot2 5.33
It wasn’t Idiot who made the post it was long term single moniker Greenpinata
Surely if folks ancestors had moved to a bigoted evil country then at some point along the line the descendants would be be making moves to live elsewhere?
Let me reinterpret your stupid bigotry
Surely if folks Aunts,Uncles and Grandparents moved as Catholics to the land of the reformation and filtered out to all sectors of society successfully why would they ‘want to go home’ when they are already there or as you so clumsily put it make moves to live elsewhere.
SFTBs
To use the whole of the BBC Scotland as a flagship for” Institutional bias” is maybe,just maybe,pushing that boat out too far.Now,I have no idea of the recruitment boss,head honcho,big cheese,at the station,regards football coverage,but,maybe he is a dyed in the wool, bigoted Hun himself,and he has the ultimate say on recruiting for said positions,and just loves to be in the same building as some of his former heroes.Not too keen on the Timmy ones.Would this one aberrant individual ,be responsible for blackening the name of a Corporation that
employs an eclectic mix of individuals throughout its many divisions.
On the subject of Schools,I think you will find,it is largely the various groups in the Orange Order,or their lackeys who have found some irrelevant position in Councils or Government who raise this matter.Totally ignored by the rest of the country.
I honestly do think,that the “Institutional bias” which was prevalent in the past,is a dying ember now,only hung onto by those previously mentioned,who happily decrease, year by year.
Normal people,are just to busy now,earning a living,getting on,their kids,welded to I Phones,going out,Restaurants,Concerts,Holidays.A far cry from the,20s to the 60s,when all they had was a miserable existence in poverty ,which was alleviated somewhat by the hatemongers, a theme repeated throughout history.Its gone.
Sinn Fein governing Ulster,Celtic lording it over them.Who’d a thunk it.
Sorry,too much time on my hands tonight,HH.
Pause for thought.
Half the world is starving, yet the yank led west wastes good food and money on pumpkins so the spoiled brats can carve out silly faces
I mean, WTF
kinglubo
SFTB,
Imo, you have it right, certainly with regard to BBC Sports Scotland. Sure, they acquiesed, gave in and apologised to the deid team when Chris McLaughlin had rightly reported about them and they took exception to his criticism, banning them from Ibrox.
Idiot 6.33
Agree with those common sense statements.
Idiot-Some people see what they want to see, in order to believe what they want to believe irrespective of new facts, or, changes in society. They like to be always right, and so changing their views is an admission that they were wrong, or had incomplete understanding.
=== Do Show your new facts
Where is the breakdown for the Irish Catholic community on
Health
Prisons to name 2.
====Changes in society-
Why have you never been able to gain a breakdown on Irish Catholics as we have in other ethic demographics
=== You are the one along with Grifter George who are happy to weaponize the Irish Catholic demographic,as you did do under JHB and in earlier answer when talking of orange bigots,but they are the safe(fellow unionist) target,they are diminishing in their own right,tho it does not stop you weaponizing institutional bias at tip of a grifters hat,but if searching for breakdown in Health,Crime,Prison population of the Irish Catholic diaspora in Scotland its called confirmation bias,little wonder the grifter is unelectable
Idiot-They’re wired to seek information, usually anecdotal, confirming their beliefs and reject anything that runs counter, even when there is ample evidence readily available. This is confirmation bias and is used by an individual(s) who needs a sense of belonging in a group, or, sub-group. HH
==== wired to seek solid info so that penny partime bigots who on these pages has tried to harness Irish Catholicism in a way to protect the same union the orange order strive for by seeking to inject fear and division
You are a handy chatel.sook that fleg.
÷===Not in any need of confirmation bias, listening to you gagging on the phone to a grifter is someone seeking and getting it from him,a synergy in compounding each other’s error while projecting your fear of the orange order
But don’t break down the minutae,of Health,Prisons etc it’s there in hidden detail,that is institutional bias
Stay safe in your bigotry,you need it,you and your grifter friend accentuate division yet when folk scratch the surface to show or ask of institutional bias in our community you give a bog standard unionist answer- none there,
I believe that anyone who has lived in England and Scotland would realise that the general approach of the populace regarding Catholicism is different.
spoiler alert,
on next on bbc4 is “how the celts saved britain”
this is not a documentary about the coronation cup final.
Look at the view Beaton had of the Aberdeen penalty, it was in front of his nose.
VAR had to pull him to screen.
Hot Smoked on 31st October 2024 7:52 pm
I believe that anyone who has lived in England and Scotland would realise that the general approach of the populace regarding Catholicism is different.
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serious question, are you or your descendants experiencing anti-catholic bigotory in your everyday lives ?
if you are call it out, make some noise about it, object.
meanwhile, last night, i went round to section 122 for the 2nd half.
where my ears were battered by “the jungle bhoys” singing the soldier song with the ugly and unacceptable add on.
disgraceful, and has no place at celtic park.
The Blogger Formerly Known As GM on 31st October 2024 7:58 pm
Look at the view Beaton had of the Aberdeen penalty, it was in front of his nose.
VAR had to pull him to screen.
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i dont know what paul seen from the north stand, but i was asounded of forehead when our penalty went to a long var check, what was the clear and obvious error that the referee was supposed to have made ?
the pull on kyogo by the defender was as clear as day.
as to the beed.
the constant rehiring of dodds and levein (an idea there for a detective show, two winkers trying to solve tax dodging crimes) everytime they are out of work baffles me.
Saint Stivs on 31st October 2024 7:52 pm
spoiler alert,
on next on bbc4 is “how the celts saved britain”
this is not a documentary about the coronation cup final.
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to be fair, it is the story of saint patrick and worth a watch.
“Saint Stivs on 31st October 2024 7:59 pm
Hot Smoked on 31st October 2024 7:52 pm
serious question, are you or your descendants experiencing anti-catholic bigotory in your everyday lives ?”
I can`t speak for my descendants but I don`t experience any. Then again, I am not a Catholic :-))
Also, I don`t see it as an `everyday`life bigotry. I feel it is more insidious that that and agree with the view that it is nowhere near as strong as it was years ago.
My main point was that religion seems to be more important here ( Scotland) than it is in England.
And it was just a point.
Turkeybhoy
To use the whole of the BBC Scotland as a flagship for” Institutional bias” is maybe,just maybe,pushing that boat out too far.Now,I have no idea of the recruitment boss,head honcho,big cheese,at the station,regards football coverage,but,maybe he is a dyed in the wool, bigoted Hun himself,and he has the ultimate say on recruiting for said positions,and just loves to be in the same building as some of his former heroes.Not too keen on the Timmy ones.Would this one aberrant individual ,be responsible for blackening the name of a Corporation thatemploys an eclectic mix of individuals throughout its many divisions.
Just as well I didn’t present it as a flagship then. Or a boat of any kind. I gave it as an example of an Institution where, for some reason or other, these factors still apply. I provided it as one example, nothing more. I did not accuse the BBC as a whole of that particular form of Institutional Bias ( it does have other biases though- for example- They give time and space to a number of Royal correspondents and Royal reporters but do not provide balance with any form of Republican spokespeople). In answer to the question of whether it was just one aberrant hiring person at Spotscene and whether others were blameless in this personal bias, I would ask a different question- Why do they allow this person to operate individual bias against the expressed policy of the organisation as a whole and the last of the land? If it is just an individual’s bias- why has it persisted? Why did the advances made under Archie McPherson , reversing the reign of Blue Peter Thompson, not last with the events of 2012? Why, in fact, did so many Newspapers and News stations reverse their reporting narrative about liquidation and the inevitability of liquidation following an administration that wasn’t exited, be transformed in an instant with some invented implausibilities, like “engine room subsidiary” and “basket of assets”? It was the Era of Great Forgetting across all Scottish Media, where they would not acknowledge the truths they were presenting the previous week, and that this new story was the truth all along. Every newspaper, every radio station. They all fell in line with this turnaround. And they sacked people like Spence and Speirs and others who did not play along.
That’s an awful lot of individual rogues in a lot of individual institutions.
On the subject of Schools,I think you will find,it is largely the various groups in the Orange Order,or their lackeys who have found some irrelevant position in Councils or Government who raise this matter.Totally ignored by the rest of the country.
I honestly don’t think I’ll find that at all. I know some of the people who object from within the Green Party, the Labour Party, the SNP and Liberals. It’s a popular perspective- they want separate schools to be close and they don’t mean the “nominally non-denomenational ones”. the only schools that would be discontinued would be the RC ones. A survey carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in 2002 showed that 81% of Scots believed separate Catholic schooling should be phased out, a rise of 5% since 1992. Among the Catholic community, 59% believed it should be ended, a rise of 12%. There just aren’t enough OO members to have brought this about. They are a dwindling bankrupt organisation without much influence and, as a recent viral video showed, many fewer trumpets than they used to have.
I honestly do think,that the “Institutional bias” which was prevalent in the past,is a dying ember now,only hung onto by those previously mentioned,who happily decrease, year by year.
Normal people,are just to busy now,earning a living,getting on,their kids,welded to I Phones,going out,Restaurants,Concerts,Holidays.A far cry from the,20s to the 60s,when all they had was a miserable existence in poverty ,which was alleviated somewhat by the hatemongers, a theme repeated throughout history.Its gone.
I agree and said so that the anti-Catholic hatred is diminishing and is becoming less acceptable. I disagree that hatred and bigotry are diminishing and becoming less acceptable. The New Right is on the rise and they are infiltrating even Celtic cyberspace- I don’t think we’ve cracked it and become perfect just yet. And neither do I believe you think that.
i dont know what paul seen from the north stand, but i was asounded of forehead when our penalty went to a long var check, what was the clear and obvious error that the referee was supposed to have made ?
the pull on kyogo by the defender was as clear as day.
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was the var check not for checking a foul in a dundee player earlier in the move? im sure it wasnt for the actual kyogo pull
Evening all.
Last shout (SFTB style) for tomorrows ‘Shipwreck’ treason meeting.
Those up early might notice a post from BRRB as it will be no longer ‘Sober October’
Unfortunately I will not be in attendance, as I will be ‘Up North’ celebrating my 61st year on the Earth with my nearest and dearest.
Anyone know why Jon Moss is being replaced as the the Scottish ref’s gaffer after less than two months in the post?
Nite y’all
Stay classy.
Tell your friends, they’ll like it.
It’s good to be a Tim.
HH
Brian
LETS ALL DO THE HUDDLE
Arne had a full handful of the Dundee players shirt craftily the ref was looking front on and missed it …. From my vantage point a clear foul
HH
Saint Stivs on 31st October 2024 2:37 pm
if this is liquidation day, could someone find me a person to play the last post on a pretend bugle.
pa pa.
pah pa pa pah
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Will this do?
https://x.com/MidiaPetronilla/status/1851678152172671361
The news reports from Valencia are absolutely horrendous
Saint Stivs on 31st October 2024 7:52 pm
spoiler alert,
on next on bbc4 is “how the celts saved britain”
this is not a documentary about the coronation cup final.
Just watched it. . A real eye opener. If you ever wondered you are smarter than the average hun the answer is right there.
A wee ‘All Hallows’ tune.
THE CULT (SHE SELLS SANCTUARY LONG VERSION)
https://youtu.be/ciUfdVs-p84?si=ws1p9sV-Q-FVUw-6
From Jobo
*SENTINEL CELTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2024-25*
*RESULTS FROM GAME #15 CELTIC 2 DUNDEE 2 (JOHNSTON, ENGELS)*
Good evening, friends.
A pretty short report from me on this one as there were very few highlights or major incidents to report on.
pre-match Brendan certainly wrung the changes but kept the balance of the team by doing this on both sides. On the right we replaced Johnston and Forrest with Ralston and Yang. On the left we brought in Taylor and Palma for Valle and Maeda. None of the 4 new starts showed enough to suggest they are of equal quality to the main men. 2 more changes saw CCV come in at the expense of the current player of the year leader Scales with Engels replacing Hatate in midfield.
Overwhelmingly in control of possession and with the ball remaining in Dundee’s half for 90%+ of the game we still huffed and puffed a bit for the first hour before finally making the breakthrough. Yang got to the bye line and his intended cut back for Kyogo was deflected into the path of the onrushing Johnston who got a left toenail to the ball to squeeze it home at the near post. Not long after that, Engels tussled for the ball just outside our own box and led the breakaway into Dundee’s half before playing a clever ball, blindsiding the defender, to Kyogo who was tugged to the ground. Penalty to Celtic, which Arne slotted away to keep up his 100% record from spot kicks.
Not too many other chances, just a couple of penalty box stramashes. But the game might have been different were it not for Kaspar’s fine low save in the first minute of the match.
We have now played 15 games this season, winning 12, drawing 2 and losing 1. We have scored 43 and conceded 14 (domestically it’s 37-6 and in Europe it’s 6-8).
A wee dip in the voting numbers but thank you to the 72 who joined in this time around (just below the season average of 75). Another close vote at the top, particularly for the runner up spot. The total votes cast for each player are as follows, with my own nominations asterisked.
Schmeichel*: 2
Ralston: 1
Carter-Vickers: 15
Trusty: 33
Taylor: 2
Bernardo*: 36
Engels*: 36
McCowan: 29
Yang: 5
Kyogo: 3
Palma: 1
Maeda: 0
Hatate: 1
Johnston: 51 (consecutive MOTM performances)
Forrest: 0
Scales: 1
And so, the players receiving POINTS for the game against Dundee are –
Johnston (51) – 5 points
Bernardo and Engels (36) – 4 points each
Trusty (33) – 2 points
McCowan (29) – 1 point
And the overall positions after 15 games played are –
26 points – Scales
23 points – Kuhn
21 points – Hatate
20 points – Bernardo and McGregor
19 points – Maeda
17 points – Johnston A
16 points – Engels
12 points – Valle
9 points – McCowan
8 points – Kyogo and Schmeichel
7 points – O’Riley and Trusty
5 points – Taylor
4 points – Carter-Vickers
3 points – Forrest and Idah
1 point – Yang
0 points – Holm, Johnston M., Nawrocki, Palma, Ralston, Turley, Welsh
*PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER*
The monthly award is based simply on the total votes received over that particular month. During October we had 6 games, 4 in the league (Ross County, Aberdeen, Motherwell and Dundee) and 2 away games in Europe (Dortmund and Atalanta). Third place with 151 votes is Alex Valle whilst the runner up on 168 was Alistair Johnston. But the clear winner with 194 votes is Liam Scales.
Monthly winners –
August – Calum McGregor 184
September – Paulo Bernardo 173
October – Liam Scales 168
We now look forward to the weekend as we try to book our place in this season’s league Cup Final. A Saturday tea time semi final at Hampden against Aberdeen, kick off 5.30pm.
Hail Hail!
My nephew, who lives in Valencia, has just texted me that the weather is replicating the other evening. Storm upon storm. Frightening.
SFTBs,
Many thanks for the reply.
An Tearmann on 31st October 2024 7:02 pm
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So, why all the tears about being a wee Catholic victim?
Suck it up or leave.
I contacted a friend who has a place in the zone in Spain being worst hit.His is a holiday home,but his wifes parents stay very close,and he can’t make contact.He is fearing the worst on the property front.The In Laws,???????.
Shocking scenes.
Parkheadcumsalford on 31st October 2024 9:59 pm
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If you oppose certain wars or seek peace for those wars then Direct Energy Weapons in the form of Cloud-seeding systems will be unleashed upon you.
Happened to Merkels Germany a few years back.
Arundhati Roy US Israel and Genocide in Gaza
https://youtu.be/_sfdcQO7bfc?si=0xsnlTYvOi9RdJUg
HH
FF,
” You can all go on as much as you like about the manager,players,Board.There are two reasons we are in this state,Referees and VAR”.
🤔🤔🤔🤔. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ferry Guckwit et al
No tears and no Catholic victim fake monitor
As generations before me have said education is the way out
Now if we can extrapolate data by ethnic origin(those brown people you feel invaded by) I call them neighbours,friends and work colleagues of Indian,pakistani for example do you not find it strange we can not extrapolate those of Irish origin? It’s down to institutional bias,neglect to provide,not acknowledging being of Irish origin until quite recently.
No need to suck it up as I am 100% comfortable in my faith,and why should I leave my home? I am content there too
You really should try educating yourself outwith YouTube,it may give you and your fellow grifter a bit of confidence
“Similarly on radio- Barry & Derek Ferguson- both employed despite being combatants with the English language as it is spoken”
😃😃😃
DeniaBhoy on 31st October 2024 1:55 pm, re: the match officials not overtly seeking to influence the outcome of Aberdeen’s game on Weds. From the match stats on the BBC website…
Aberdeen 6 fouls, 5 bookings
Rangers 20 fouls, 4 bookings
At 77 minutes Rangers had only one booking from I think 14 fouls, and at one stage Aberdeen actually had more bookings than they’d committed fouls!
I imagine the Aberdeen players were more than a little wary of making tackles for fear of being booked or later sent off.
Re ref bias.
As I said on these pages at the time, imo the game changer was the sacking of Crawford Allan. The refs knew he would support them at all times. They don’t have that now.
BELMONTBRIAN
Anyone know why Jon Moss is being replaced as the the Scottish ref’s gaffer after less than two months in the post?
Moss unexpectedly resigned from the post a few weeks ago.