Cup finals remain in our collective memories long after the event, cup final goals especially. For this reason, I want Kyogo to be fit tomorrow. He is a special player who has contributed greatly to our lives over the last two seasons. A star of two League Cup finals, he has yet to feature in a Scottish Cup Final. For what he has done for us, he deserves every chance to play.
Sentiment aside, Oh is a more than capable deputy. He will almost certainly play a part tomorrow and will add to his growing reputation.
Tomoki Iwata should partner Carl Starfelt in central defence. Celtic lack height in the team and Iwata in defence leaves us more challenged in this aspect when defending (and attacking) set-pieces. High balls into the box are the staple of lower league teams when facing top opposition as they lack the craft to breakdown an organised defence. Whenever Inverness get into the Celtic half, expect the ball to go wide then floated into the space above Iwata’s 5’ 10” frame. At the very least, we can expect him not to be easily shoved aside.
My rule of thumb is that Daizen Maeda does better against teams who attack Celtic and is less effective when they defend deep, denying him the space to exploit his pace and industry. However Ange Postecoglou will surely start him and Jota in the wide attacking positions. Liel Abada’s appearance is likely to be as a second half substitute.
In the continued absence of Aaron Mooy through injury, the midfield of Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate and Matt O’Riley picks itself. Inverness will do well to keep tabs on those three.
It is with a heavy heart I write about Billy Dodds. He seems an affable character that I have no dislike for. Whenever I hear his name, his part in the Grand Conspiracy to hide facts and money from the SFA, the SPL and HMRC, are first to mind.
As I highlighted on CQN in May 2012 at the height of the Rangers Oldco/Newco frenzy, ex-Rangers player Dodds wrote in The Herald, “David Murray came to me and asked if I would receive a payment that was due to me, after tax, through the EBT trust. And I said that I would. It was money that was owing to me when I had six months left on my contract and I moved to Dundee United. After the tax was deducted, that money was put in the trust fund.”
He was one of the few who went on the record to confirm that money paid into his EBT was contractual salary and was subject to payroll taxes, adding that David Murry deducted payroll taxes before paying into Dodds EBT. If this is the case, Dodds was very badly advised, given he became embroiled in an issue which afforded him zero benefit.
Police Scotland were quick to act against one side in the battle for the ‘bag of assets’ which constituted Newco Rangers, but showed no interest in evidence from Dodds. Welcome to Scotland, where conspiracies are written up by involved parties in The Herald but remain out of reach by the authorities. Billy remains available to give evidence, he’ll not be difficult to find at Hampden.
Win the Scottish Cup tomorrow. Do it for the world-record eighth treble, for everything we were denied during the financial doping years, for the decades spent when such successes were a fantasy. These are great days to be a Celtic supporter, enjoy them!
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C’mon BIG WAVY
Where’s the trust factor went in our Celtic Supporter
lives.
Have we been sickened by the fact that Celtic bhoys we
thought would be there forever, like us I suppose, on
the megaphone, urging everybody to sing the songs
and then, fecking off for a few Bob more.
Ange’s staying, trust me.
H H. Mick
Tictaewin
Not selfish at all. 👍🇮🇪
MELBOURNE MICK on 2ND JUNE 2023 4:03 PM
Bookmarked.
Ya big flamin’ Galah….
:)
HH
TICTAEWIN
Think I stood beside you one time, in the jungle I remember
a roll and spam was shared, and I think a spearmint chewing
gum.
No alcohol obviously, we were too young, but we did enjoy
ourselves with the dregs out of the empty bottles left at the
end of the game, that’s the ones that didn’t smash our skulls
H H. Mick
Derby games.
AN TEARMANN on 2ND JUNE 2023 12:43 PM
AN DÚN on 2ND JUNE 2023 11:11 AM
Just on the Romano tweet.
If Spurs have scheduled talks next week then it confirms talks have already taken place, which is not surprising.
Seems to me that Ange is their fall back option.
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Do you know what Fabrizio Romano is?
It’s what’s called a media dump! Rumour central.
Why do you attach Kudos to it?
Its % of correct guesses is actually v v low.
Its % of tfer confirmation is nigh on 100
How do you know talks already took place last week?
You don’t AD.but do add to the speculation friend.
i suppose it’s only natural with a surprising amount of Celts engage in the spec garbage that vents from media,not only our pathetic murraymedia but the bestest most marketable flatulence on the planets media.
For the record I am 100% Ang will stay.
I could give my reasons but I listen to him and I hear him and have confidence in him.
Who knows what tomorrow brings, but it don’t need to negative or spec negative,but Celtic will go on
Enjoy the final the morra.
A possible 8th treble eh
6 I have seen fortunately
Enjoy
HH
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BIG WAVY on 2ND JUNE 2023 3:49 PM
AN DÚN on 2ND JUNE 2023 3:15 PM
Keep it lit fella. All good valid points despite what the usual suspects can muster.
They’re still stuck at the denial stage.
“Not interested, believe I’ve a big job on my hands next season and want to improve us as a European team”
Nope? Then stop talking about bloody legacies or blowing smoke up our arse, whilst banging your chest.
HH
BIGWAVY
who are usual suspects?
I think your manufacturing wee enemies in your head.
Those usual suspects are they maybe Celtic fans that don’t get involved in a.the mintymeeja pash or b.the epl manager-a-go-round.
From my own knowledge I think he will stay and you won’t find that knowledge in any specloo roll wi Miguel delaney,his donkey or James forrest.complete and utter get the clicks shoit.well written shoit but shoit a lot join dots with that ends up like a weans spirograph
paint mess.
Listen I may be wrong.who ga feck!
Celtic will go on.
But I refuse to partake in a swirl of made up nonsense
especially the meeja wing of the bestest league in the world.
Enjoy the cup final,all the usual suspects,yirsel included I am sure will.
Enjoy
HH
Cheers TOM, but I am not planning on opening yet another Bookies Account right now.
HH
Junior Cup Final on alba. Cumnock v Glens 7.35.
OOPS…
Ive just had a look and William HILLS have KYOGO @ 7/1 to Score a Hat Trick.
So I was wrong about the odds on HILLS earlier……I can be a Chump sometimes, however…
BET365 have KYOGO @ odds of ONLY 11/4 to score a Hat Trick………THAT is a JOKE.
I took the 7/1 available with HILLS.
HH
The number of sources saying Ange is Offski is immaterial,
They just copy each other most of them haven’t a clue.
What we do know for sure is their is a vacancy at Spurs we also know that Ange has created waves since he took over the Celtic Job and his name will be linked with any EPL vacancy that occurs.
My opinion and it’s only an opinion is that he will stay with us for another year at least.
We will probably have a clearer picture of what’s happening early next week.
However as others have alluded the Spurs Circus has taken the Spotlight off the Cup Final which is a real pity.
Trebles are an exclusive commodity in recent years we have been spoiled but those of us of a certain vintage can clearly remember the bleak years.
Tomorrow we can set a World Record, The Huns for Years have lived off having the most Trophies, tomorrow we can just be one behind the combined efforts of the 2 Hun teams.
This is heady times be happy that you are alive today to watch Celtic and see History unfold.
Ange is a small part of Celtic History, if he stays with us he can be a bigger part , if he doesn’t we carry on, like all Celts have done before us.
No one is bigger than the Club.
Not on here as much now.Reading back the last few days,I know why I made that decision.Astonishing the amount of supposed fans that are swallowing the Media wishes.Other,” People in the know”,My Arse.They know as much as my Dog does.Does anyone on here,really think that if it was a choice between,Enrique,Silva,that Ange would get the nod?.If you do,you know nothing about the EPL,or it’s fans.They want what they know,or they want Bling.Do you honestly believe that what Bookmakers odds say,mean anything?.
Some demanding to be told.Go and get a life.Just keep reading the Record and the Sun,because they seem to be doing a great job of keeping you informed.So much for” I never read those rags”.You are kidding no one.
Looking forward to the World record tomorrow,the celebrations by the fans and the team.As for the future,Que Sera.
Frankie Dettori wins the OAKS on ” SOUL SISTER” at odds of 11/4.
I backed it @ 0/30 on Two Lines.
I am hoping for Dettori to Win The DERBY Tomorrow on ” ARREST” @ 3/1 for a very nice DOULD.
HH.
DOUBLE…Not DOULD.
Incredible going for 8 tomorrow.
I have been at the winning of 5 of the 6 possible to date. The 7 th was played behind closed doors of course.
The only one I missed was in the year of Lisbon. Our first.
Each time I witnessed it with a special and different family member or great friend
. Each time has been really special.
The older I get the more special they are. The more special and more frequent it seems.
Great Celtic times.
My old dad in 69 4-0 v Rangers
My daughter in 01 v Hibs MONs treble
My wee mum in 17 v Dons Invincibles and her last big game
My wee niece in 18 v Well
Our own Paul 67 v Hearts for the treble treble
Tomorrow with my son. Hopefully another.
I also was there when we blew it / were robbed by Bobby Davidson in 70 and we should have won another one for sure.
Great. Truly great Celtic times. Whatever Ange does he has played his part for sure if he wins tomorrow.
Candidates will appear over the weekend, Eintracht Frankfurt coach last game tomorrow, Spurs spoke to him in January seemingly, Tuchel might walk away from Bayern Munich after Oliver Kahn got sacked last week,Marco Silva,Rodgers,Spilletti……a lot higher profile than AP,don’t believe the shite in the rags,they’re desperate to see the back of him.Hes a very smart guy,his agent and DD were in town last week,who knows if they met up? Prediction Time- Ange will say’ this is not the end,it’s only the beginning ‘…🤞🤞🤞
BURNLEY78 on 2ND JUNE 2023 5:29 PM
magic post.
i know i am in a minority with this, but i love going to hampden, winning there is always special for me, and brings memories flooding back everytime.
i counted it up other day,
i have witnessed us win 28 things at hampden.
oh and a chamions league win for real.
i wish they would rebuild it, properly.
Inverness only sold 5000 tickets.
having praised up how scottish supporters were flooding to the football and attendance at their highest for 70 years, i am kind of scratching my head as to wht the whole town doesnt attend.
i am hoping the unsold 2000 have found thir way to celtic supporters,
the whole top tier of the south stand should have celtic supporters in it.
SS
Their football special train is £70, that may play a part and if it went to ET gets back at 00:02 🫣
aye, but their club is running busses from their car par, at only 15 return and a fiver for under 16s.
i think it is a really poor support.
5 trebles in 7 seasons, cmon the hoops,
Hi all
Long time since I’ve posted on here but from memory I recollect some of the fine folk on here meet at Babbitty Bowsters pre game? It was recommended to me by another buddy also. If I popped in their pre game tomorrow anyone up for saying hello and a pre match nonsense fest? Let me know or DM me on Twitter @Alan_Morrison67
Cheers! And HH
My first Cup Final was against the hun, 1969. I was 11 and the noise from our end was deafening. King Billy, Bobby, Big George and the great Stevie Chalmers. My first hun game after over 40 years was courtesy of my pal Prestonpans at Paradise on 8th April. Ffs that was even louder. Amazing.
Alan
Pop into the Victoria Bar and gie me a ticket. 😂 Please.
BRRB
And to make matters worse, you nearly got my daughters ticket because I thought my brother was in Greece, wrang month !
Prestonpans
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. 🙄
Obviously like everyone else I have no scooby if Ange is staying, which I hope he does, or is going to leave, BUT, and always the BUT, how the fcuk would you feel when you see your players getting the eff kicked out of them with impunity week in week out and just to cap it off you see your biggest rivals getting all the decisions going in their favour and you getting shafted by the officials, it sure would piss me off.
I must say had a look at the online DR they are well over the top. Even have candidates to replace Ange.
Now should Ange say he’s staying on Monday, their sales will fall below that 60,000, which is nice 👍
bawwy ebt in the record
“part of me wants ange to stay because beale has a full season to better him, and i think he will”
eh whit ?
Regardless of some saying the Spurs circus has taken the shine of the cup final and it has, this could all have been avoided. Simple just tell the fans the truth, what’s there to hide?
THE EXILED TIM on 2ND JUNE 2023 7:04 PM
Obviously like everyone else I have no scooby if Ange is staying, which I hope he does, or is going to leave, BUT, and always the BUT, how the fcuk would you feel when you see your players getting the eff kicked out of them with impunity week in week out and just to cap it off you see your biggest rivals getting all the decisions going in their favour and you getting shafted by the officials, it sure would piss me off.
*As Marvin aka Michael Lee Aday once said “you took the words right out of my mouth”
TOBAGO STREET on 2ND JUNE 2023 1:52 PM
4-0 to Celtic by halftime tomorrow then who knows what the final score will be? 5-0, 9-0?
*I have always hoped we would never equal or beat our 7-1 record but hopefully smash it the morra if only tae shut the hun smsm up, now I have no quarrel with the caley thistle mob, in fact I spent a wonderful couple of days up there 6 year ago when I took my Outlander loving daughters up for a visit to Culloden.
I was there at hunden 51 year ago when we absolutely destroyed an excellent hibbee side 6-1 thereby equaling the record at the time set by Renton, who else, when they beat Cambuslang, a side that had won the initial Glasgow Cup beating the Kinning Park side the week before, by the same score 3 months after we were founded practically to the day and 4 months before our first game against the deid team, and no their swifts as they now claim, with a side that contained our first captain, Burns Street Renton’s pride an joy James Kelly and our first goal scorer Pappart Bonhill’s son of Donegal Neilly McCallum who grabbed a brace that day.
I like my podcasts….I listened to quite an interesting one with Sam Allerdyce and Tim Sherwood…..Sherwood ex spurs boss if briefly
The girl Natalie someone who was asking the questions asked them both…..Will Ange be new spurs manager…they both said No….Sherwoods reasoning he thinks Ange might have unfinished business. ..but while slightly excited I then realised he was just repeating what Neil lennon had told them the week before !….
I seldom post on here – more a reader of this blog, and SC.
Regarding the media frenzy around Ange and the will he, won’t he leave…
A few observations.
Do Celtic have a tremendously important upcoming match?
Do Celtic have a highly successful manager who is adored by our fans?
Is there a managers vacancy somewhere in England’s top flight?
If the answer to all 3 questions is YES…what are the odds on the media linking our manager with any such EPL club?
Media trying to unsettle our players/fans/club in the run up to a major final – ☑️
Supporters fall for it and discuss the prospect of losing their manager, rather than focussing on our fantastic opportunity to win another treble – ☑️
Media mission accomplished – ☑️
I can’t believe the number of supporters who are stressing over this (potentially non) story. It’s all hypothetical folks.
We should, imo, put all thoughts aside just now regarding anything other than a potentially momentous day in the sun tomorrow. Let’s focus entirely on the match.
Judging by the players pre-match media comments, they are thankfully relaxed about the current media frenzy – and will be focusing on winning the cup.
With regards to what Ange should or should not say to the media…has everyone forgotten that Ange has no time for the lunatic press/media ghouls? He gives them blunt answers to stupid questions every single week of the season. Why would he suddenly roll over and fall into their trap of answering every question about links to other clubs? Cause if he does it once, he’d surely need to do it every time. And as Ange said this week – we’ve had this dance many times already this season. Ange is not going to give answers that suit these media ghouls. He’ll happily give them feck all encouragement with questions he’d rather not face repeatedly.
Another thing – how many of us think Ange has earned a new and improved contract? How many of us think the club would like to rip up his 12 month rolling contract (with limited financial gain to the club when he leaves) and tie Ange down to a longer term contract that has enhanced financial benefits should another club come calling?
I think we’d all agree that both Ange (via his agent) and the club would be open to improving his current contract.
In such a scenario (which is highly likely playing out as we speak) much negotiation will take place. The club will want to offer X. Ange’s agent will ask for Z. Hopefully they can agree on Y.
If I was Ange’s agent, I would be THRILLED with my client being linked with much higher paid jobs. It will aid him in any negotiations with our club. It’s called leverage (in negotiations).
If I was Ange’s agent, I’d be the one feeding the media frenzy. I’d be advising Ange not to say anything that would harm those negotiations.
Why should Ange come out and say he’s not interested in quadrupling his wage (and media profile) by stating he’s staying at our club next year. It weakens his agent’s negotiating position.
It would also be very arrogant, if indeed this media frenzy was actually unsubstantiated.
If Spurs actually came out publicly and said they wanted to talk to our manager, then it’s a different ball game. But they haven’t. SoAnge would look very silly to dismiss talk of joining a club that hasn’t actually asked about him.
Spurs may also be happy to see numerous managers linked with their vacancy, if they think it will help them tie down their preferred candidate. ie let their preferred manager think he might not get the gig if he tries to haggle for too much.
As I say, it’s all hypothetical anyway.
Let’s focus on (hopefully) a great, historic day tomorrow!
Phew!… I’m glad I got that off my chest lol
HH
this is my picture, i took it, i like when it randomly appears online around final day,
12 of us in the extended family went to the 85 cup final, i am thinking it was still a pay gate, and all the weans got bumped in,
the guy up on the crush barrier, a port bhoy, dougie, god rest him.
https://twitter.com/Highland__paddy/status/1664623794432929792/photo/1
The 7
https://twitter.com/LilZe_7/status/1664606276431560712?t=wsEyqmOrtBtP3vysICTCQA&s=19
HH
As to those who think Ange would not ask players to come from the other side of the world, and then leave for another job….gies peace!
HH
TONTINE TIM
It’s what hurts more than anything, I paraphrase our greatest ever manager Mr Stein when he said that we just need to score more to take the referees out of the equation, why the eff should we, it’s 2023 FFS, a level playing field is the least we should expect, yet if anything the cheating and the corruption is getting worse, this is my biggest gripe with the suits, always has been, the minimum they should do is stand up for the players and coaching staff, their silence is deafening, sadly, Dr John tried but was silenced, why, I really would like to find out the real answer to that one.
One sperr 🎫 still required
not paranoid enough.
why is a current referee allowed to do this ?
deaksey
@deaks1ey
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10h
Replying to
@RhebelRhebel
and
@ScottishFA
It’s the norm, clear pathway exists
RhebelRhebel
@RhebelRhebel
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10h
Wasn’t Bill Copeland Road the guy at last years writers award ceremony that was telling racist and sexist jokes when
@EilidhBarbour
stormed out.
It must be embarrassing for the
@ScottishFA
to see one of their refs with two notorious bigots, even if one is his Dad.
RhebelRhebel
@RhebelRhebel
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10h
Wasn’t Bill Copeland Road the guy at last years writers award ceremony that was telling racist and sexist jokes when
@EilidhBarbour
stormed out.
It must be embarrassing for the
@ScottishFA
to see one of their refs with two notorious bigots, even if one is his Dad.
https://twitter.com/deaks1ey/status/1664538125836722176/photo/1