From the studio after the game, Neil Lennon correctly noted that Daizen Maeda occupies a vault inside James Tavernier’s head. The Newco captain seldom gets to play on the front foot when up against Daizen.
Despite this, Tavernier didn’t react to a clearance over the top from Joe Hart until he sensed a wind even stronger than normal on a blustery day. That micro-climate was a surging Maeda, closing the ball down, as he always does. If only one of Tavernier’s tattoos read, “Don’t let Maeda run past you” the outcome of the game may have been different.
Tavernier’s clearance struck Maeda’s shin and gave Buckland no chance; it was the seventh touch of the ball from a Celtic player. Tavernier’s penalty early in the second half ensured his reputation continues to vacillate between being a liability and Newco’s most productive player. He is neither a good player, nor a bad one, nor an average one; what a curse.
Celtic extended their lead through the most bizarre penalty kick I have seen. The ball struck Connor Goldson’s extended elbow! I have watched a lot of football in recent seasons, and I have no idea how that’s a penalty. It hit Goldson’s arm, good grief! How many times have we seen this defender get two hands on the ball without conceding a penalty? The Rules of the Game clearly state, Goldson cannot concede a penalty kick, Newco have grounds for a grievance.
Matt O’Riley’s Panenka should have seen Celtic take control of the afternoon but the game changed early in the second half. Alistair Johnston got the ball before his extended leg was jumped on by Fabio Silva. John Beaton initially booked the on-loan Wolves player before VAR asked him to look at the incident. For my money, if Celtic had not earlier received a penalty kick for Goldson’s handball, this one would not have been awarded.
Goals change games and Newco’s first saw Celtic shrink in confidence. Beaton watched as Tomoki Iwata was tripped but let the foul go. Setting aside the big incidents for a moment, I was not happy with the distribution of fouls called by the referee in the middle of the field. ‘A homer’, as we used to say, influenced by only one set of fans shouting for an infringement.
With Iwata out of position, Newco broke forward and Cyril Dessers scored with his second attempt. At this moment, our season hung in the balance, but VAR called Beaton to the monitor for the foul on Iwata and Celtic held their lead for a while longer. Had the game gone level at that stage, I would not have fancied our chances of leaving with anything.
I wanted Callum McGregor on from the start but it was the captain who made the mistake that brought Newco level for the first time, with only four minutes of the 90 remaining. A careless square ball was intercepted and seconds later a shot from Sima spun off McGregor into the net.
At this stage Celtic were struggling to gain possession in the final third but Paulo Bernardo changed that with a diagonal run and pass to the feet of Adam Idah. Adam knocked the ball onto his right and shot below two flailing defenders, catching Buckland at his near post. It was a cracking goal from the Irishman.
That Celtic didn’t see the game out shows we still have some way to go. With Newco on the attack, Yang left Matondo, and was then sold down the line as the winger cut inside to send an unstoppable shot inside the far corner of the net.
A definitive game of two halves was heavily influenced by the wind. Joe Hart’s ball for Celtic’s opener was win assisted. In the first half, when Newco struggled to penetrate Celtic, they were unable to play their normal long balls down the line, an option made impossible by the wind. After the game, Cameron Carter-Vickers explained that it was difficult for Celtic to withstand an outslaught from a side with a full stadium behind them. This might be true, but we were also denied easy options to get upfield due to the conditions.
This was a rare game when both sets of supporters could feel happy at the end. Philippe Clement talked later about the character his side have to come from two goals down at the break. Brendan Rodgers has the end of the season he would have dreamed of six weeks ago. We’ll talk tomorrow about what it all means.
Alex McKillop’s family have sent their thanks for the many kind messages left about Alex, especially those who attended this funeral last week. Take care, all.
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Lefti/MU
Watch out for bbc overload/double shiftin with punditry re shortie and ‘ebt’scene.
first of many hopefully,
maybe minty will bail him out…na forget that :-)
HH
It was so quiet you could almost hear that bottle hit the turf…
Btw…I can’t stand that commentator Ian Crocker. His screaming voice really grates…plus his obsession with meaningless stats.
Brilliant piece by James Forrest on the Mc Foist utterances.Well worth a read..
Mc Cost.Who does my laptop know called Mc Foist !!!!!!!!.
MARSPAPA
Early on in the game (twice) a Rangers player being pressed and maybe getting robbed of the ball dived and grabbed onto the ball , foul to Rangers .
Was there a replay of these incidents , did VAR have a look and confirm they were indeed fouls
VAR doesn’t get involved in fouls outside the penalty box unless it leads to a goal.
AN TEARMANN on 8TH APRIL 2024 2:26 PM
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Spot-on re them working for BBC etc. It seems Minty’s parting gift was to ensure they all got gigs on TV, radio etc to help them pay back their “loans” to HMRC.
BBC are certainly doing their bit to help them all out.
AN TEARMANN
Lefti/MU
Watch out for bbc overload/double shiftin with punditry re shortie and ‘ebt’scene.
first of many hopefully,
maybe minty will bail him out…na forget that :-)
McCann’s tax appeal had nothing to do with his Rangers EBT payments.
It is tax due against payments received from his football punditry.
If you were successful in the semi final ballot that’s the tickets arriving today.🇮🇪
Everton deducted a further 2pts for second breach of financial rules.
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 8TH APRIL 2024 2:44 PM
McCann’s tax appeal had nothing to do with his Rangers EBT payments.
It is tax due against payments received from his football punditry.
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Cheers Tom.
How do you know that?
So, he wasn’t just happy cheating the tax man with his EBT, he also tried to fiddle his tax from his work as a pundit?
like a lot of the media, they will be self employed in their own company, and can then be renumerated as directors and consultants,, claim tax breaks on cars, clothing, accomodation etc etc. and take the profits.
so the company is taxed with corporation tax at 205 and the individual is not.
once a cheat and all that.
MU
“FOOTIE hero Neil McCann has lost an appeal in a long-running £200,000 tax battle over his work as a TV pundit.
The ex-Rangers ace, 49, faces the hefty bill after a tribunal backed an earlier decision that his arrangements with Sky could not be considered an independent business.”
Celtic have hit out at “appalling and completely unacceptable behaviour” during their clash with Rangers after a glass bottle was allegedly thrown at Matt O’Riley
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I wonder WHO picked up the Bottle, as it surely wouldnt have been left on the Pitch ?
Did someone pass it on to the Cops, or did a member of the Huns ground staff ” Dispose” of it quietly ?
They arent called ” The ANIMALS” for no reason.
HH
texastim
I see that there will be a total solar eclipse later on today visible from your part of the USA.
How does the weather look in terms of viewing it?
For those North of the Border you might be able to see a partial eclipse, just before 8pm. Need to be from a higher elevation to some extent, and unfortunately it is just around Sundown. Might get a glimpse from Glasgow.
PRESTONPANS BHOYS on 8TH APRIL 2024 3:01 PM
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Cheers PB. 👍
once more
CELTIC MAC on 8TH APRIL 2024 11:07 AM
The OriginalSadiesBhoy @ 10.34pm
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Celtic Mac. Thank you for your very reasonable reply on the last blog. My apologies for the ‘bag of laughs’ comment which was unnecessary. Like everyone else I was (slightly) disappointed that we did not get a win after our excellent first half performance but when I went to Mass yesterday I prayed that ‘we would not lose’ and we didn’t.
We are now at the business end of the season and I 100% believe that if we didn’t lose yesterday that we will win all remaining games and take the league title. Brendan is a very experienced manager. Clement has now had two goes at him and failed both times. His team were given a football lesson yesterday and I feel confident that Brendan has the nous and experience to guide our group of players through all six games from here on in.
I fully agree with the posters saying we must get 100% behind the team and manager from here on in.
There have been numerous incidents involving the huns support at Greyskull when we play there. Yesterday was the latest incident.
So what do we do going forward?
We invite them into our ground from next season while kicking out Celtic fans who have enthusiastically bought tickets when asked.
We need serious investment in our defence before we can consider ourselves a top team.
Only two of the 5 (GK icld) should be in consideration for a slot next year
TOM McLAUGHLIN
Cheers didn’t know that, I thought it was for a clear and obvious mistake …. as in our sending off at the Halfway line at tynecastle .
I don’t know if it was a foul for the defender grabbing the ball as I was distracted by my wee grandson showing me a PAW PATROL video on his tablet…. 🤣 🙈
When AJ brushed against Da Silva I felt genuinely sorry for the Portuguese. I was convinced he was having an epileptic fit and couldn’t understand why an air ambulance hadn’t been dispatched.
For their penalty, the difference between the VAR images and the un-edited footage is quite stark. The other thing that’s difficult to grasp is the claim that Gouldson was the victim of accidental ‘hand’ ball. He was pointing his elbow at the ball before it struck him. Guilty – an open and shut case.
1. PRESTONPANS BHOYS on
I wonder WHO picked up the Bottle, as it surely wouldnt have been left on the Pitch ?
Did someone pass it on to the Cops, or did a member of the Huns ground staff ” Dispose” of it quietly ?
They arent called ” The ANIMALS” for no reason.
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Did Brendan express any concern for his players safety?
Does Brendan give a flying monkeys about his players safety?
Does the PLC give a flying monkeys about anything apart from the shill spun balance sheet, and a robust Old Firm presence in the SPFL?
PS, The Old Firm is only a thing because Celtic season ticket holders went along with the PLC`s same club lie, same club price of tickets.
2012 = £49 – 2016 = £49.
Rangers died in 2012 replaced by Sevco in 2016 as far as Celtic fans input is concerned.
Celtic fans seem to have a soft touch when it comes to sleekit Replacement issues.
PS, Old Firm ticket prices have gone from…
2012 = Rangers = £49.
2016 =Sevco = £49.
2018 = Sevco = £52.
2023 = Sevco = £54.
Folk who call themselves Celtic fans have x 60,000 supported a PLC who have committed a fraud on their own fans by tricking them into sucking up the fraud at Ibrox.
PS, Celtic fan = Fraud sucking mugs x 60,000 covered for by PLC shill run blogs and their wide pond of carefully planted ugly bullied at school plants.
…..oot.
MELVIN UDALL on 8TH APRIL 2024 2:50 PM
TOM MCLAUGHLIN on 8TH APRIL 2024 2:44 PM
McCann’s tax appeal had nothing to do with his Rangers EBT payments.
It is tax due against payments received from his football punditry.
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Cheers Tom.
How do you know that?
So, he wasn’t just happy cheating the tax man with his EBT, he also tried to fiddle his tax from his work as a pundit?
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Wait, what? McCann gets paid for his punditry?!
418 –
It’s ‘his player’s safety’ if referring to the safety of a player.
Or
It’s ‘his players’ safety’ if referring to the safety of all the players.
You’ve forgotten an apostrophe.
MARSPAPA on 8TH APRIL 2024 3:33 PM
TOM McLAUGHLIN
Cheers didn’t know that, I thought it was for a clear and obvious mistake …. as in our sending off at the Halfway line at tynecastle .
I don’t know if it was a foul for the defender grabbing the ball as I was distracted by my wee grandson showing me a PAW PATROL video on his tablet…. 🤣 🙈
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Aaaarrgh! The dreaded Paw Patrol!
My 3yr old grandson loves it so I watch episode upon episode with him every Tuesday. 🤣
AN TEARMANN on 8TH APRIL 2024 1:33 PM
Poor wee Neil loses appeal
https://twitter.com/Insidermag/status/1777285336927723529?s=19
Excellent AT. Is this an isolated case, do you know, or is it the start of Hector trying to get their tax back from all the EBTeers?
Ave Ave
JACKIEMAC on
418 –
It’s ‘his player’s safety’ if referring to the safety of a player.
Or
It’s ‘his players’ safety’ if referring to the safety of all the players.
You’ve forgotten an apostrophe.
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Is that yoor application to be the new bullied at school MOD as Clunk and BSR were too p1sh and too easily fun oot? Lol
….oot.
Tavernier is a decent player … but a terrible defender.
418 on 8TH APRIL 2024 4:05 PM
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OOT ?…..Just stay OOT.
Low key stuff Pablo?
Sshh. Whisper it.
Celtic are tiptoeing to the title.
SMSM haven’t cottoned on yet …
… but the Sevco fans have.
Brilliant by Brendan at full time.
Grinning and backslapping away like the made men greeting Tommy (Joe Pesci) in Good fellas before you know what.
Inclement didn’t know what to make of it.
Continued in the post match interviews.
Inclement’s insecurity shone through as he doubled down on penalty calls.
Brendan gracious about the game and Sevco’s third goal.
That’s two Glasgow derbies on the trot at Ibrox where the referee has disallowed a Gers goal after consulting the monitor and the huns have cheered, thinking he had awarded the goal.
Dumb feckers.
Big Jimmy,
According to FF,it was a Buckfast bottle,and Reo kicked it off the pitch.Most on there were saying it was disgraceful,before the,”Well I hope we start to complain about all the missiles our players always have to contend with at their place”. Eh !!!!!!!!
They just love making lies up.Cant be held responsible for any actions.One even said”MON and Taylor were smiling in the direction of our fans”
Scum.
yes please
BACK TO BASICS – GLASS HALF FULL on 8TH APRIL 2024 4:35 PM
Tavernier is a decent player … but a terrible defender.
*to paraphrase the Blessed MON, he’s no even the best player in his hoose, his younger brother Marcus Joseph, playing in the Premiership has been capped by his country at u19 and 20 level.
I guarantee you like the last time nobody will be caught for the bucky bottle throwing and more importantly no action or threat of stand closure.
Jackiemac
“You’ve forgotten an apostrophe.”
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Apostrophes are the brainchild of Gramsci and The Frankfurt School, designed to smuggle in illegal non-white economic migrants of military fighting age inside a grammatical mark.
Its Marksist BS and we indigenous patriots will not stand for a left wing takeover of our freeborn right to use slovenly grammar.
Only dim times would pay £49 for a Grammar textbook
Say what you see (sic) csc