Police Scotland will be on full alert in the Highlands today as the hordes who rampaged through Amsterdam descend on the small town of Dingwall for todays lunchtime Premier League game between Ross County and Celtic. n fact, there is talk of them bringing in a local expert to help keep the crowds under control with his no nonsense approach.<\/p>\n
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Back up will be available if needed.<\/p>\n
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So you’d better behave yourselves.<\/p>\n
After the midweek riots, which left Amsterdam in ruins during the week, the mayor of Dundee got in touch with his Dutch counterpart and the two have agreed to hold a candlelit vigil in memory of those who were affected \u00a0by the wrecking crew from Glasgow.<\/p>\n
Anyway, its time to move forward, and look ahead to todays game, which is live on BT Sports at noon.<\/p>\n
I had a quick look at the live webcam in Dingwall town centre to make sure there was no repeat of midweek events, and to be honest , it doesn’t look good.<\/p>\n
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Last word on the Ajax game goes to former striker Chris Sutton, who summed up the way we all feel;<\/p>\n
” When the going gets tough any team needs to earn the right to play. And when you are on the big stage, back yourself because that\u2019s what playing for Celtic is all about \u2013 the huge games.<\/p>\n
The players possess the quality, they just have to trust themselves more.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what Celtic didn\u2019t do in Amsterdam. Waiting to see what happened, as opposed to taking the game to Ajax, meant Celtic flopped.<\/p>\n
Now they have the proverbial cup final against Milan to show they\u2019ve absorbed that lesson. ”<\/p>\n
And with that the likelihood of Jorge Cadete getting to coach our strikers disappeared in a puff of smoke. Get the big fella back to remind the players , er, how to play and play with a bit of pride.<\/p>\n
Actually, lets give the last word on Amsterdam to their police chief, \u00a0a guy called Rob van der Veen, who said , of the police tactics;<\/p>\n
\u201cWe only use violence when we get violence in our direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe defend ourselves. That is how we work.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe don\u2019t attack people. What we do is focus on a person who has to be arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo officers in plain clothes will get hold of the guy, and a few other officers make a sort of ring round them to make sure they can do their work and take out the person that has to be arrested. ”<\/p>\n
Margaret Thatcher would have cried tears thinking she missed out on this guy when the miners went on strike.<\/p>\n
My Grandad was at the game, and he was having a wee bit of trouble at customs when he couldn’t find his passport.<\/p>\n
” Have you never been to the Netherlands before , ? ” \u00a0asked the official.<\/p>\n
” Yes, but I was in uniform and there were none of you dutch feckers anywhere to be seen. ”<\/p>\n
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Anyway, Neil Lennon is moaning about the early kick off against Ross County today, and he’s got a point.<\/p>\n
We could do with waiting until January for our next game to give us a chance to get rid of the imposters in the team, and start all over again.<\/p>\n
Apart from the defence, the rest can all go. If we can find a buyer , that is.<\/p>\n
Without checking, if someone scores a hat trick today ( thats three in one game for our younger readers, ) he will shoot straight to the top of our scoring charts.<\/p>\n
Shoot straight. Theres a laugh.<\/p>\n
Today, lets change the way we approach the game.<\/p>\n
Lets keep the tempo and the urgency high, from the start of the game until the finish.<\/p>\n
Lets show that we have been hurt by the defeat in the week, and we are going to start putting things right now.<\/p>\n
Slates can be wiped, supporters are notoriously fickle, and lets come away from todays game at least thinking we have a chance against Milan and Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Its time to restore some pride.<\/p>\n
Its time to come out fighting when everyone is against you. Like the support did in the week. Show some balls , Celtic, and lets make the football something to look forward to again.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, a super typhoon has hit the Phillipines. If it had hit Ibrox it would have been classed as a fecking amazing typhoon.<\/p>\n
Which brings us to our former foes down in the south side.<\/p>\n
One of todays papers has a souvenbir special featuring vintage pictures of Celtic and the now defunct Rangers, which cynics might call a desperate attempt to keep alive the obselete ” Old Firm ” tag, which allows the bigots to peddle the \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0” two sides of the same coin ” myth.<\/p>\n
This buch of handsome devils are the Rangers team from 1894, who won the first ever “Old Firm ” game, according to the paper.<\/p>\n
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And heres a picture from the last ever fixture between the two, strangely not included in their anthology.<\/p>\n
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The picture yesterday was taken from the 1957 League Cup Final, a 7-1 win to Celtic which, of course, can never now be repeated.<\/p>\n
The Scottish MSM, which performs so well usually, has had a few moments of triumph, and a few moments of shame. But we perhaps don’t seem to recognise just how difficult their job can be.<\/p>\n
Todays little teaser,<\/p>\n
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No, not her,<\/p>\n
Today, can you help the reporter piece together a possible story, or even an angle to a story, from the following clues…<\/p>\n
All of these can be found on the web.<\/p>\n
And then, can you explain how they missed it ?<\/p>\n
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