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Celtic Diary Thursday April 20: The Hype Continues

Celtic seem to be adopting a different policy to the weekends Cup semi final.

No one from the club is talking about it.

Everyone else is chucking their tuppence worth in, however, but its debatable whether or not its actually worth tuppence.

Ronny Deila, the manager who bridged the gap between Neil Lennon and Brendan Rodgers, arguably putting in the foundations for Rodgers to build on, has said his piece..

“It’s important the best team wins on Sunday and that the game is not decided by a decision of a referee.

“You saw again with Real Madrid against Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Big games can change on a bad refereeing decision.

“The fact we did not get that treble in my first season is killing me, still. 

“That referee’s non-decision in the semi-final when the ball is punched off the line and then we get a red card and lose, it still hurts me now. 

Ah, remember that one ?

“Would I still be there if we had won that treble? Yes, I think so.

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Deila lost his job because he made an arse of it in a semi final against “rangers”. Though to be fair he had already quit after the Ajax debacle. Or at least tried to. Gordon Strachan was offered an interim position, but refused to take it.

One might say that the Norwegian enginered his departure, but that would be cruel.

Speaking of interim managers, Dundee have hired Neil McCann as a replacement for Paul Hartley.

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Quite what encouraged someone to pipe up in a meeting “We need Neil McCann ” is beyond me, and one must fear for the mental health of the others who slapped him on the back and said “great idea “.

John Hartson added to the debate by ploughing through various Celtic websites and presenting the views as his own..

John Hartson urges SFA to take Don Robertson out of Celtic v Rangers cup clash

(Herald)

John Hartson warns that Rangers will go out to thwart Celtic’s treble dream

(Evening Times)

Celtic must beware of Rangers side desperate to stop Treble dream says Hoops hero John Hartson

(Record )

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All very tedious, and not even worth bothering with.

The media need to hype the game up, and glancing through the stories one would think that there wasn;t another semi final this weekend, but only a winner takes all clash between a side unbeaten domestically in around a year-the corresponding fixture last year, to be exact, and a new club with an inexperienced manager desperate to cling on to the tails of their far superior neighbour.

The most ludicrous piece came from former Rangers player David Robertson, featured on the Football Insider website, with a history defying introduction

David Robertson believes Rangers’ domestic treble winning side of 1992-93 is “more remarkable” than anything Celtic will achieve.

Former Gers left-back Robertson was part of a team that went unbeaten for 44 matches at home and abroad.

They reached the semi-final of the European Cup during that campaign, with Robertson playing his part in their success. 

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“If Celtic go undefeated in the league this season it’s pretty special but our achievement is far better,” said Robertson, as quoted by the Daily Record.  “I’m biased but what we did that season was more remarkable than anything Celtic might do this time.

“Our run included games in Europe as well as domestic football – and we became the first British club that season to qualify for the Champions League.

“It was at a time when the three foreigner ruling was in place, so our achievements were almost exclusively with Scottish players.

“I still can’t believe how much we achieved with such a small group. Unlike today, we didn’t have the luxury of squad rotation.” 

Or a grip on reality, either.

Speaking of reality, theres no chance John Terry will be playing for Celtic.

Or coaching or quite possibly even attending a game.

Though I’d clear that up.

Back to this weekends game, and the issue of refereeing competence/corruption has been discussed quite openly, which won’t matter come kick off time on Sunday, and perhaps it would be unfair on the man in the middle Willie Collum to do this at an official level.

Collum isn’t a great referee, far from it, but he’s streets ahead of some of the others-most of the others-and such is his ego he might even try to run affairs fairly.

The wee man loves to be centre of attention, and probably believes the crowds are there to see him, which means he won’t miss an opportunity to make the headlines if one presents itself.

With referee chief John fleming having alluded to the current lack of confidence in officials by asking managers to phone him if they have a problem, it seems Collum has been hung out to dry this weekend.

All any of us ask is that he plays it fair.

The papers, of course, instead of looking into the piss poor recent performances of referees are trying to make us look paranoid, like they did when Rangers , the SFA, the SPFL  the Bank of Scotland-well, at least one of their managers-and David Murray were all showing us we weren;t paranoid enough.

A conspiracy against Celtic? If there is it might just be the worst in history

Michael Gannon, a former Etims Knob of the Week, put his tuppence worth out in the Record

Our man Michael says, as conspiracies go, this one is about as much use as when old Guy Fawkes nearly blew his own coupon off under the Houses of Parliament.

History, of course , tells us that Fawkes was betrayed by his own men, although torture did play a part.

Gannon seems to have mixed this up with a script from a Carry On film.

These days it only takes half an hour on YouTube to have you convinced the royal family are shape-shifting lizards, Donald Trump is a Russian plant and aliens built the pyramids before flitting to Mars. 

Or, you could pick up the Record and be tempted to think Rangers survived the process of liquidation, like Woolworths, Enron and Third Lanark didn’t.

Do us a favour chaps. If the SFA were plotting to trip up the Parkhead men it might be the worst possible conspiracy in history. 

No. That one goes to the Scottish media, still telling the gullibillies its the same club.

Every club in the country has a list of gaffes against their clubs. There’s west-coast bias, Peter Lawwell running the SFA, same old Alloa, always cheating, you name it. Fans see what they want to see.

Referees and the other officials are human and they make mistakes. 

And its the job of the media to report on this and ask why there are so many mistakes, which affect all Scottish clubs.

Rather than put out piss poor attempt at comedy, here’s a thought.

Get John Fleming in the room and ask him what he has done so far during his six year tenure as chief, and what he intends to do to improve the quality of refereeing, because as far as I can see he’s stealing a wage at the moment.

But of course, that won’t happen.

Scotland football governing body has a free ride from the press. Then again, its not really the press in the true sense of the word.

Its just some guys with laptops working under the instructions of PR companies.

 

 

 

Which of course means that Celtic will win quite convincingly, and thats good enough for me.

 

The parking around Celtic Park has become a bit of an issue of late, with residents apparently fed up that around twenty five times a year a hugely successful business has its customers in town.

Its almost as though it came as a surprise to them after they had moved in, and they never questioned why their house cost a little less than a similar property elsewhere in the city.

If you want to register your thoughts on a move by the council to restrict parking on match days then email this guy..

jamie.rodden@glasgow.gov.uk 

 

There was no diary yesterday, work interfered, so we go back to Tuesday for this caption..

And this reply..

The Cha April 18, 2017 at 11:31 am · Edit · Reply

Caption: “But Mr Stein, you said your team would play so well to make the referee irrelevant”.

Jock: “### ####### ##### ###### ####”

Today…

 

 

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Bgbhoy
6 years ago

Come on now Ralph the only foundations left by ronny deila was Richards, cole molde and Maribor. The useless fuck has been shown up for what he is, USELESS. 4-0 he was gubbed the other day by the mighty molde? A solid 3 points from 12 so far this season

Don’t believe me though. Just ask Stuart Armstrong

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Welcome back Ralph and you’re on form.Has there been a policy directive from BR this week to players et al to not hype the semi up and just go out and do the business? It’s certainly worked.Glad to see Polaris is distraught after being caught cheating and receiving more of a ban than Broonie.Pesky Tims using the system er we all agreed to.

Caption:Agent Pedro uses Spock’s/Erik’s mind control technique to bring down opponents!

BJF
6 years ago

Pedro 4 nil ain’t so bad!

IRISHGUY
6 years ago

CAPTION …………….

Toro ( ze Bull ) ” Mooo Mooo Mooo

Pedro “One bad Semi Final and they resigned me Toro”

iain mcallister
6 years ago

pedro it’s a white flag for surrender, or get up you numan fu*ker.

charlie
6 years ago

caption the bull says wit the fuck are you greetin at …..ime the cunt wae the blade in ma back

6 years ago

First off, it’s a talking bull, so the caption must be:

Bull: don’t cry, Pedro!.. you’re joining the biggest and best club in the world!

Pedro: I know, but some people said that they’re actually dead, and I’m scared of zombies!

charlie
6 years ago

the gemmes startin over at james dolemans twitter

6 years ago

Will folk be allowed to sleep in the hotel whens its built or will their snoring upset Gerry McCulloch and his neighbours in Dalmarnock Village?

Of course, we could just all walk up en masse from the Gallowgate, not as if the Polis would have any issues with than now is it?

charlie
6 years ago

caption monti poves he wisnae lying about his appendage as he dresses up for hallowen

charlie
6 years ago
Kennymac
6 years ago

.(Pedro) …..6,7,8,9,10,here I come ready or not.(bull) not being the optional word.hail hail.

charlie
6 years ago
Kennymac
6 years ago

Sorry in my Pedro comment I put optional instead of optimal.

Pensionerbhoy
6 years ago

Ralph,

The silence from Celtic park is the best thing i have “heard” before these games. I cannot say it is psychological, but when we go around blowing trumpets before these matches, we seem to always end up with egg of the honest mistake kind all over our faces. The old adage can hold some truth sometimes “Do your talking on the pitch”.

As for conspiracies, such talk is ridiculous. The cheating is as plain as the noses on some people’s faces.

Caption: “The Talking Bull beats matador to Scottish sports journalist of the year award”.

or simply “Stop talking fucking bull”.

or “Traynor briefs Spanish wonder-kid for Scottish media interview”.

I know 3 is cheating but when on a roller-coaster and with access to an unlimited overdraft…………!!!

H H

Tony Carlin
6 years ago

bull says “right ya fud, yer pals on horses are on a tea break, me and you square go, and put yer chib doon!

6 years ago

Pedro talks bull.

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Remember Bhoys,Glasgow Cup Final live on STV Glasgow tonight.Go to a “mixed” pub and take delight in cheering on the young team.P.S. Wonder who the ref is??

Seamus O hooligan
6 years ago

You think its bad now Pedro,wait till you hear “The Bull”from the SMSM.

Bule Gila
6 years ago

Caption “OK, shake hands and we’ll call it a draw!”

schoosh71
6 years ago

What is the first thing Brendan done when he was made the Manager? Think about it? He broke up the CLIQUE. Chris Commons, Anthony Stokes, Charlie Mulgrew, gone, never to kick a ball for the Club again. Ronny Delia had these 3 and possibly Broony working against him as soon as he was in the door. He got the squad 50 “FIFTY” kilos lighter in the first 6 months of his rein and that second half of the season he/we got cheated out of a treble, with the team playing the high press football. Work hard every day, be introspective and humble is a great ethos not only for football players to live by. HH

Bgbhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  schoosh71

That ‘clique’ almost won him the treble in his first season though? Do people not understand how much of a cock this guy was? Had to be moved homes away from a pub because he was into all sorts, takes the team on to a training camp in Gran Canaria and isn’t seen for 10 days as he met a new bird, allowed some players time off and made others work depending on who you are. Team talks about women?? He was a twat!!!

Monti
6 years ago
Reply to  schoosh71

Schoosh?
” 50 kilos lighter “? Wow…..
Commons, Mulgrew and Stokes all served the club well, but their Celtic careers were coming to the end.
Cliques isn’t the right word to use, these were all experienced players for the club.
Was the Riccarton three a clique?

Deila used players in the wrong positions, hampering their effectiveness.
He dropped Commons ( incredibly ) v Maribor when Kris was our most potent goal threat.

Deila should never have been made manager, the team was going backwards, in decline, the football was shite and a third of the stadium was empty!!

Deila out!

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Monti

If we judge a Manager a success because the players lose weight,
then why not just bring in fitness instructors, they are an awful lot cheaper than bringing in professional fitba. Managers.
The truth is that Deila was a pretend Manager, his doctrine formed on you tube. anybody could be a fitba. X box Manger.
We now have someone in charge of fitba. who IS a real Manager and the change is obvious and palpable.

The Cha
6 years ago

Mm, we’ve got Barnes to thank for paving the ground for O’Neill and Mowbray to Lennon.

It’s certainly a novel interpretation!

Seriously, at some stage Rodgers will go and when he does we need a similar high quality replacement and not the old, lazy, disastrous “any cheap option will do”.

Caption: Bull “I might be doped up to zombie levels with swords in my back but you still can’t beat me ya Hun chunt”.

Cortes
6 years ago

Caption: “The Green Manalishi Strikes Again.”

maryhillbhoy
6 years ago
Reply to  Cortes

Cortes I do believe that’s the first Judas Priest reference on E-tims well done.
Judas goats don’t count nor do wee Judas hun loving bastards

Oztim67
6 years ago

Food for thought.

Take the Ross County v Celtic game as an example.

If RC had won the game and one of their goals was due to a penalty gained through simulation ( which it was of course) then the win is taken from them and a draw recorded.

If the same occurred and the game ended in a draw then the draw is taken from them and a win recorded for Celtic.

This may get rid of/ reduce these incidents happening again.

Caption: Bet you wish you had a jetski now, Pedro Bhoy.

6 years ago

Doing a bit of head scratching here,Just read The Sevco RainJurZzz are going for there 34th Scottish Cup.A 5 Year Old Club Going for there 34th Scottish Cup.Now im no Mathematician but even im not wearing that one.The Cretinous Agenda knows no Bounds.Brassneck McLeish bumping his gums about his team from Oldco would beat Celtic of Today etc.The Utter BS this Media Pedals isnt worthy of an arsewipe.Get it Roon Them 1 n All.HH The Celts Are Here.Seemingly Sir Minty Lancelot Murray was in talks with HH Craig Whyte for 6 Months before selling Oldco for £1.They must in all honesty Think we were All Born Yesterday.Roll on the 23rd Get The Tribute Act Humiliated.HH n Awrat.

jimmybee
6 years ago

Caption: Put yer flag up man whits wrang with ye,
Nothing I just need to know if yer a Tim bull or one of us so I can decide what to do next.

jimmybee
6 years ago

Caption: Cmon bullfighter get up whits up, it’s Good Friday I’m aff meat the day.

jimmybee
6 years ago

On the refs issue, I saw someone say that if Celtic get a dodgy penalty or offside goal where would that leave our so called agenda.
Let me say this, we don’t want dodgy decisions,we want fairness,if it so happens that actually there is no agenda, and they are just useless,then big changes have to happen.
I spoke to a m8 of mine,who is a ref, he got top marks,and passed all the fitness exams to be grade 1. He was passed over,for the spfl he firmly believes it’s because he’s not a mason. He says its rife with masons, and if your not one then you have no chance to get to the big league.
There lies the problem in this country.
All refs must declare if they are a mason or not,and which team they support. Only then will fairness come to a game of football in our country.

MattyBhoy
6 years ago

“Look on the bright side, yes you’re dressed like Liberace but at least it’s not a bowler hat and baton!”

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: No point sitting down Pedro, you have me in front of you & on Sunday it’s a pack of Lions you need to deal with!

Monti
6 years ago

Caption: Brother Pedro has just had next seasons warchest confirmed!
” snort snort “

Cartvale88
6 years ago

Caption
I thought I coulda made it in Scotland, boo goo!

They are so desperate to malign us, now a non story about a mobility on the A9.in the Evening Times
Missed you Ralph, today is great, Delilah, a legend in his own time. We would be further forward except for that donkey.
Agree love how everyone is saying nothing about the match at the weekend.

6 years ago

Caption,Pedro a Bullfighter.There is plenty Bull over at Ibrokes to be Fighting,Right Enough

Kris
6 years ago

So glad Celtic are taking the “talking on the pitch” approach to Sunday. I’m not alone in thinking Pedro is a a bit of a PT Barnum chancer.

Moussa and Sinclair are about to give the new Maldini and Barasi (Beerman and Bates) a lesson in man’s grown up fitba. 5-0 Sunday

6 years ago

Sevco(Pog Mo Thoin)Glasgows Green n White.

6 years ago

Sevco Boast of another Clubs History,Like somehow its connected to them,Five Stars on there disgusting jerseys.Like it symbolises something!5 Years of Existance?Dave King with his Warchest of broken ginger bottles.A fan base of Bigots and Cretins.Brassing there case to get into European Competition.Has that club moved on or changed in anyway from Oldco.Brassneck McLeish saying They have to stop The Celtic getting 10 In A Row by Hook or by Crook.Is that an trusted honest opinion off an X Manager???or is the JEALOUSY spewing out of these Vile Cnts or What!!!!CHEATS and LIARS!!!THE SEVCO WAY!!!HH GGAW!!

Martin67
6 years ago

Caption: Thanks for consoling me Bully. I could have won a speed boat!

Frank McGaaaarvey
6 years ago

A 2-game ban is IMO a lightweight punishment for Mr Schalk and his cheating but consider this, if the ref or one of his officials had done their job properly (no laughing at the back there!) then he would have received a yellow on the day and nothing more would have been said on the issue. For a player to be properly punished for cheating all that’s needed is for a sausage head ref to miss the incident? And the ref gets off scot-free yet again for being an incompetent (or corrupt) arse? There is more logic in the snot from my hooter than there is with the rules of Scottish football.

mike
6 years ago

I love all the talk of conspiracy’s being ridiculed in the Scottish bum wipes, Big Bad John Hartson saying today that he did not believe that the referee’s conspire to cheat Celtic and then goes on to tell of his two good goals being ruled out against the huns in League semi’s, both ruled offside by 1 and 2 yards.

But here is the thing JOHN, when are the decisions ever, ever ruled offside for the huns, answer never, never, never. and how is THAT JOHN? it is because decisions, never ever go against them JOHN.

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

we dont need big johns opinion on the specsaver loyals agenda against celtic we watch it every fuckin week

mike
6 years ago
Reply to  charlie

No we do not but he gave it, even after being cheated himself.

charlie
6 years ago
Reply to  mike

mike a hope john wisnae oan the soup during that interveiw he he

Rob O'Keeffe
6 years ago

Watching STV,pmsl.Classic,they asked jurors if they were Huns,knew Huns,had chased Huns all over Hampden(1980),knew CW or had read anything about him etc etc.All 15 didn’t admit to anything,where did they find these people?Guantanamo bay??

jimmybee
6 years ago

Glasgow cup final live on Celtic tcv and stv Glasgow in less than half an hour.
Fuck the Europa league Mon the young hoops.

mike
6 years ago

caption, I produce BS Pedro you talk it.

mike
6 years ago

Common you peepul, sing,

Follow, follow,
the words are minging,
and sound so hollow,
Hollow, hollow,
we are the billy boys,
the lyrics putrid,
an ofal noise,
from your pram,
throw out you toys,
get ready for a tanking,
from the bhoys,
Cos we are CELTIC,
The Tim Malloys.

Virgo non Gemini.

6 years ago

Donald Findlay QC was involved with Rangers during Minty Lancelot Murrys Era,Now here he is defending Craig Whyte a Conflict of Interests if Ever there was a Conflict of interests.Fcking Hun Corrupt Scum

6 years ago

Donald Findlay is In Craig Whytes corner for his criminal case,And yet Findlay was at Rangers with Murray.FFS TALK ABOUT SMELLING A BIG ROTTEN RAT

charlie
6 years ago

good goal by liams young bro lovely wee flick

6 years ago

Every single punter thats spent going to games during the EBT etc Is still getting shafted and no ones saying a snot about it,Strange!!!Murray White and Findlay are all connected Through Oldco.Suddenly Findlay QC is in Whytes corner for fraudulently buying Oldco from Murray..You couldnt make this BS up if ye tried,And not one single person sees the significance in This.SERIOUSLY!!!!!!GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION SPRINGS TO MIND!!!!ITS ALL A FCKING FARCE!!!!so who is Findlay really defending(Murray)or Whyte.Or even both.

6 years ago

Weered,Its a conflict of interest m8.Findlay was at Oldco with Murray.Whyte bought Oldco fae Who!!!!!CORRUPTION BREEDS CORRUPTION!!!!ISNT HE BREAKING THE LAW DEFENDING WHYTE against his Ahem Old Boss

6 years ago

Isnt Findlay in breach of the Law defending Whyte when he was at Oldco with Murray.Hun Bstards

charlie
6 years ago

weered will you no get stv glasgow online mate

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