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WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?
They say God loves a trier...so he must really love those nutty Celtic fans who pollute the airwaves calling the various phone-in shows. I’ve noticed over the past couple of weeks that there has been a dramatic increase in Celtic fans calling in to ask about the Gers tax case and to come up with a “scenario” for debating. What they would like on the agenda is, if Gers are found guilty of “tax evasion”, should that not make it possible for the SPL / SFA to wipe off the record books any trophies won by the club in that period? Their “reasoning” is that paying players by this EBT scheme meant they could afford better players than everyone else and that “it wasn’t a level playing field”. Don’t you just love their concern for fairness and, dare I repeat you know whose phrase “sporting integrity”? Even worse, tonight on the RC phone-in Keevins, who is usually very wary about possible slander / libel charges, actually gave such a fan ( Paul or Mark, I think he was called) some credence. Instead of ridiculing this idea, Keevins comes up with the answer “Well that would be up to the football authorities concerned” should the tax case go against Rangers.
How sad are these Celtic fans? They obviously hate the fact that Gers have won 54 Championships to their paltry 42. They know that, barring Gers going out of business permanently, they will never overtake our total in a million years. How that must rankle! So, their campaign now will be to have some titles rescinded. Even if they DID manage to get the titles won by Gers in the disputed 10 year tax period wiped off the record books, they would STILL be miles behind Rangers in Championships won. That fact simply underlines our superiority. The fact that they are now resorting to such tactics, mounting this type of campaign, just makes us laugh at them all the more. They are second best – and always will be!
PARANOID CELTIC FAN ON PHONE-IN
Absolutely brilliant nutty call from a Celtic fan on the RC phone-in. “Peter” had a real go at Lee McCulloch and his appearance in the Old Firm game. Why was he allowed to play? Why didn’t the committee meet in time to reject his appeal? Then he went on to call McCulloch a “thug” and a “hammer-thrower” who went out to “maim” Kayal. To his credit, Keevins and co tried to enlighten this guy even reminding him that Loser Lenny had no problem with McCulloch’s tackle on Kayal. To no avail. The guy wouldn’t listen. He ended up being cut off by Delahunt once he’d called Keevins “nothing but a soup-taking Uncle Tim” – this a reference to why Celtic was REALLY founded by Brother Walfrid ( according to Professor Bill Murray in his book “The Old Firm”) What an embarrassment for the club which allegedly doesn’t have any bigots among its support!
TOP BUT STILL PARANOID
Those nutty Celtic fans who frequent the airwaves never cease to amaze – and horrify me. After Gers’ 3-0 win against ‘Well today both the Beeb’s and RC’s phone-in shows were swamped by various Celtic fans coming on to moan about the Rangers’ win. You’d think with them being top of the league and having an easy win at East End Park they’d have been in heaven but no....they always have to find a “conspiracy” somewhere. You could feel their pain at not going a further 3 points ahead, as some had obviously expected. According to these guys, Stuart McCall, having been a Gers player, sends his team out against Gers EVERY time to lose, or at least, not try! One came on and stated the “stats” proved it - but when the pundit pointed out that this season’s aggregate scores in the 2 games between the Old Firm and ‘Well showed 6-0 for Gers and 6-1 for Celtic, he just ignored the point! It was almost like a concerted campaign. One guy even came on claiming to be a ‘Well fan and made the same claim but the more he spoke the more you could hear his hatred for Stuart McCall – very strange! I’m beginning to think that Celtic fans get lessons on this at school. You’ve got to wonder about their mind-set if they REALLY think that a manager tells his team not to try against any side, let alone his former team.
MARTIN – THE SUNDERLAND FAN
The new manager of Sunderland, Martin O’Neill, has been in all the English papers this week stating that he has always been a Sunderland fan from boyhood and that growing up in Northern Ireland, his footballing hero was Sunderland’s Charlie Hurley. He is “honoured and privileged” to work for the club of his dreams now. I always thought that he had grown up as a fervent Celtic fan....or was it Villa...no, wait a minute...it was Leicester.
NEVER TRUST A REAGAN / REGAN
Former US President Ronald Reagan was basically a conman and a liar while in office so what should we make of his near namesake, Stewart Regan’s utterances in the wake of the Aluko ban? The SFA Chief Executive apparently tweeted “ It is important to stress our compliance officer simply presents the case to a panel who then consider the evidence and decide if a sanction is warranted”. If that were true, how come, before any panel is convened, this compliance officer offered Rangers a 2 match ban on Aluko which the club then appealed against? Obviously, this guy does much more than “present the case”. Plus, the compliance officer has to make a decision in the first place. If HE decides there is no case to answer then it doesn’t even get to the panel of “experts”. This guy isn’t even a football person; he’s a lawyer and as everyone knows, the law is an ass. So is our Chief Executive, apparently.
THOSE NICE MEN AT UEFA
Were you as amazed as me at the latest absurd decision from UEFA when they reduced Rooney’s ban from 3 matches to 2? I’d love to know what the “mitigating circumstances” were. If you remember, Rooney, behind his Montenegran opponent, lost his temper and booted the guy on the back of the leg, with the ball in front of the opponent and 3 yards away. No attempt to kick the ball, just the opponent. Straight 3 game ban...ooops....he plays for England and....er....they’ll be in UEFA’s big tournament this summer so....can’t have a “world superstar” failing to make an appearance. Reduce the ban, lads. Of course their decision was helped by the fact that they allowed Rooney, Capello, plus an England Admin Manager and 4 lawyers to argue his case. These are the same numpties who gave Whittaker a 3 game ban for throwing the ball off the Malmo player’s shoulder and wouldn’t let Rangers be represented by ANYONE at the committee hearing. Next to FIFA, this has to be the most corrupt sporting organisation in the world.
LOSER LENNY LOSING THE PLOT
I know managers have to be positive and “big up” their team and displays when they are up against it but Lennon’s post-match comments after their 3-1 win against Rennes take some beating! He claimed his side had been “magnificent” in beating “ a very, very good team”!!! Aye, right! Just look at the goals the Frogs conceded. It was the type of defending that you’ll never even witness from a poor SPL side. The 1st goal stemmed from a nothing shot from 20 yards out that looked to be going well past the post – until the useless keeper dived and weakly palmed it right out to the feet of Stokes, a couple of yards from goal. Never trust a Frog keeper, is my motto – especially ever since we suffered from Le Guen playing the useless Letitzi.
The second came from a punt up the middle that was nodded on by the Greek Geek who managed to out-jump the central defender ( suggests how bad HE must have been) then the other central defender has a lazy swipe at the ball with his boot and misses it thus allowing Stokes to run on to it and score. The third was schoolboy defending at its best – or should that be worst? The Celtic player runs up the left wing and THREE defenders, all ball-watching, run across to block his way, leaving the entire centre of the park empty for Hooper to run up, to take the pass, unchallenged and slot past the keeper.
Yeah, Rennes are a really good team, Lenny. At the other end, you had the “usual” bad Celtic defending at crosses that allowed Rennes to open the scoring when Majstorovic missed the cross. Then, the Frogs could have scored another couple, again thanks to abysmal defending from the Swede – or should that be turnip? Can’t wait for Gers to get in among that defence. Any SPL side would have buried those chances. Let’s hope Celtic continue in this vein because ‘Well will punish them on Sunday, if they do.
SENORS AGAINST BOYS
Tonight we saw yet another inevitable elimination of Scotland from a tournament, thanks to being cuffed by Spain. I always thought our best hope was that Lithuania might manage something against the Czechs in Kaunas but that hope was blown away in the first minute by a silly penalty being conceded. How come they didn’t do that against us? The Czechs showed us how it should be done by having the game sewn up in the first half against inferior opponents. As for us....I know we were playing against the World Champs and the best International side in decades but.... did we need to make it so easy for them?
They passed it around as if playing in a practice match. And why was that possible? Because we sat off them. Every time a Spaniard passed to a team-mate, there wasn’t a Scot within 3 yards of the recipient of that pass. So, the guy was able to look around and then pass it to another Spaniard who didn’t have an opponent anywhere near him. And so it went on...and on....and on. The passes were usually only 5 or 6 yard ones but even I could have managed that if nobody was standing anywhere near ME! Why didn’t we tell our guys to stand 2 FEET away from their nearest opponent and be ready to harass them as soon as the ball arrived at their feet? It’s already too late when you have to run 3 or 4 yards towards them to close them down.
What this game also proved was that guys like Adam, Bannan, Morrison are 4th rate. Add the chuckle Brothers, Berra and Caldwell at the back, with Hutton having a dire game, and even McGregor not looking too clever, and we were lucky to escape with a 1-3.
Where do we go from here? Nowhere! Look at our World Cup qualifying section. We are probably the worst side in it. The “minnows” are Wales and they have the likes of Bale, Ramsay and Bellamy! Then the “top” sides are Serbia, Croatia and Belgium. Throw in Macedonia and we’ll be doing well just to win half our games at HAMPDEN!
LEVEIN ALMOST GETS IT RIGHT
Off to Hampden later to see Scotland take on the Czechs in yet another “must-win” game. How many of THOSE have I attended over the past 50 years? For the first time in ages I’m going in optimistic mood, actually believing that we can win this one. The manager has ALMOST picked the best side available. I would never pick donkey Berra in a million years. Far better to have put young Danny Wilson in beside donkey Caldwell despite the fact that he has only played one game this season. At least the boy has talent – something that’s never been said about Berra ( or Caldwell for that matter) So I expect it to be the 4-5-1 formation, as usual, with sole striker, Miller. At least the midfield looks strong. I’d play Morrison on the right with Brown Fletcher and Adam in the middle and Naismith on the left wing. Some of them just have to support Miller and try to get a goal.
HIT BACK AT LIEWELL, GERS
I see in the media yesterday that loathsome Celtic Chief-Exec ( and therefore biggest failure) Peter Liewell...sorry...Lawwell had a pop at Rangers in his latest Press conference. He made fun of Gers’ claim that at the last minute a bid of £9 million had been put in for Jelavic. So, with a smirk on his fat, ugly face, he told the hacks that Celtic had had a bid of £29 million for Hooper from “ an unknown agent, from an unknown club from another universe.”
It’s this type of dig at our club that these repulsive people have been having for years ( think of T shirt slogans for example) and getting away with it. I want our new management team to stand up to them and hit back, if it’s all just a “ bit of banter”. Either owner Whyte or Director of Football, Gordon Smith should reply at their next conference. First they should repeat the fact that the Jelavic bid was real then they should make a comment to the effect that it’s easy to see why Mr Lawwell is sceptical about a £9 million bid for a Ranger as the Parkhead club doesn’t have a player on its books worth even HALF that sum. Then stand back and watch the self-righteous MOPES go ballistic!
CREEP THOMPSON – WATCH OUT FOR THIS GUY
As I’ve said consistently over the years, ref Thompson is the number one anti-Gers ref in the SPL. Further evidence of this could be seen in yesterday’s Edinburgh derby which turned out to be “tousy”, to say the least. I counted at least 4 straight red cards and 2 players who should have had a second yellow card and been sent off. Sproul, Murray, O’Connor, Stevenson – all lucky to be on the park at the end. And, all this from the ref who sends Gers players off at the drop of a hat – especially if your name if Kevin Thomson. Kevin Thomson was sent off twice by this creep for fouls that were ten times less innocuous than the ones at Tynecastle. Just watch what happens this season to the first Gers player who gives him an opportunity to get that red card out.
THOSE DELUSIONAL SCOTLAND FANS AGAIN
I couldn’t believe the optimistic reaction to Scotland’s World Cup draw in the papers and over the airwaves. How crazy are our hacks and the typical members of the “Tartan Army”? When I heard the draw, my first reaction was that we were in the “group of death” to coin the usual cliché. Even worse, out of all the other groups, the English got the easiest one by far. How jammy are they? The consensus of opinion seems to be coming across that this draw gives us a chance of going to Brazil in 2014. Not in my opinion. Just because we avoided the likes of Spain from pot one, we seem to think we got a break.
Looking at the teams in our group, I would say that from most of the pots we got the toughest possible opposition. For example, in the lowest pot we got Wales whereas it could have been San Marino etc. We haven’t really got a “minnow” in our group. Look at those countries again: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Macedonia and Wales. EVERY one of those could beat us – even at Hampden, never mind at home! We could conceivably end up LAST in the section. It could be a disastrous campaign that sees us ending up in the BOTTOM pot for the NEXT tournament.
For us, the only ray of possible light is that all the teams are much of a muchness. I can’t see any one team running away with the section a la Spain etc. That means that we could all be cutting each other’s throats and making it a very tight section. Apart from that, 2 things also need to happen to even give Scotland a chance: our manager has to get his act together and some of our younger, promising players such a Goodwillie and Danny Wilson have to fulfil their potential. I won’t be holding my breath though.
LAWWELL LIES WELL
Nearly fell off my chair when I read a headline this morning attributed to Celtic’s hypocrite of a Chief Executive Lawwell: “ People think we’re lunatics – we have a big repair job.” At last, I thought, he is finally admitting that Celtic was responsible for all the turmoil and negative headlines about Scottish football last season. Then I read the interview!
Not a bit of it. He was referring to ALL of Scottish football and implying that it was really everybody’s else to blame. Celtic was really the poor, wee, innocent, oppressed party in it all. That’s more like the Lawwell we all know. He then goes on to boast about Celtic’s charity contributions – not something Gers ever boast of although we have a Charity Foundation that continually raises massive sums of money every year as well as having a connection with UNICEF. “This is what our club is all about” the fat one boasts. Aye, right. Keep saying it loud enough, mate and.....
Later, he says, “ We can go anywhere in the world and people think we’re fantastic. It’s only here that we seem to have a problem.” Wonder why? Maybe it’s because that foreigners don’t realise how much so many of Celtic’s fans hate their own country and support terrorists! Or how so-called educated men running the Board can come out with the stuff about a bias against their club from...well.......just about everybody!
“The onus is on everyone to help calm the hysteria of last term” Lawwell claims....forgetting to add that it was SOLELY his club to blame for instigating that “hysteria” with its paranoid claims of suffering from “institutional prejudice” etc
Celtic’s “reward” for causing all that mayhem? A place for Lawwell on the new Professional Game Board that has been set up to help run the game here. I just hope that Rangers keep an eye open for some of this new body’s decisions in future. You can be sure that this creep will only be in there to further the interests of Celtic and damage Gers, if he can.
THE GREEK GEEK - SOMETHING I DISCOVERED ABOUT SAMARAS.
While on holiday in Crete, I got talking to a waiter about Gers and Greek football, as you do. I discovered from him that former Gers defender Kyrgiakos was born on the island. I also was told that Celtic’s Greek geek, Samaras, was also born on Crete. So, that makes it official; it is as Gers fans have always believed – Samaras IS a Cretin.....sorry....Cretan!
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