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Title With No Credibility..
Posted by: | CommentsThree SPL Managers Speak Out..
When one of your opponents, your fiercest rival speaks out about refereeing favouritism then it can quite easily be dismissed as sour grapes.
Two? Well just another manager unhappy about a defeat.
But three. Well that’s a different story.
Tony Mowbray, Craig Brown and now Gus McPherson* have all accused Scottish referees of bias towards Rankers this season. Whether it be penalty kicks denied, perfectly good goals disallowed or inconsistency in cautions there can be no denying…..the officials have collaborated in making the title run-in as easy as possible for the Establishment team.
25% of SPL managers have now spoken out about this blatant cheating, yet the SPL themselves do nothing about it.
They are just as guilty of making this seasons title one of NO CREDIBILITY.
*McPherson was once on the MM’s books, unusual for ex-players to break rank and criticise their former paymasters.
Team Tony Won’t Be De-railed
Posted by: | CommentsMogga Focuses On The Big Picture..
The easiest thing to do when it appears that everything you try goes wrong is to ……quit.
Since the day that Tony Mowbray stepped through the front door of Celtic Park I’ve heard ‘fans’ calling for his head. And that was before a ball was kicked!
It was the same when Ghordon Strachan took the job. Three SPL titles and a few cups later and the same fans were still wanting him sacked.
What we have to remember is some people will NEVER be pleased. (I’m sure these ‘fans’ were the very same that booed Neil Lennon for keeping possession!)
Anyway, as this season has unfolded there has been very little for Tony or The Faithful to cheer about. Going back as far as August when the Champions League qualifiers were drawn, what was the team we didn’t want?
Dynamo Moscow. Who did we get? Yip, the Russians. And despite a defeat at Celtic Park the Bhoys won 2-0 away in Russia to qualify.
Next round. Who don’t we want…..? Arsenal. Who did we get?
Yip, once again we draw the toughest tie possible. Unfortunately, we didn’t get through this one, nor did we carry any luck. Gallas’ deflection, Gary Caldwell’s own goal, the Eduardo ‘dive’ everything that could go against us…did.
Little did we know that would set the tone for the rest of the season.
Now, it’s well documented about the horrendous refereeing bias shown against us, not only in the three Derby matches, and the missed chances from a variety of our players.
But something else has been overlooked.
And I’m NOT making excuses here.
However, can we honestly say that we’ve carried any luck during the course of the season? Got the rub of the green? I can’t remember anytime.
How many times have Celtic finished with the same back four as we started with? How many of our back four, including Danny Fox when he was here HAVEN’T been injured at some point?
Only youngster Josh Thompson has escaped injury.
Then there’s Shaun Maloney. How long has he been out?
Even now, in the first week in March we can’t field a recognised defence, one that includes Jos Hooiveld, the centre back we so desperately needed.
All of this may sound like I’m making excuses for Tony. I’m not. The performances at times have been abysmal.
But we do need to give the team and management time to get it right. And to the critics who slate him for making so many changes at once, well, who was it that wanted rid of the so called ‘underachievers’ of last season?
Try looking in the mirror Bhoys….
Team Tony is here to stay, let’s get behind the big man.
Daily Record Shows True Colours Scandal!
Posted by: | CommentsEditor Has Sir Minty As Guest Of Honour
As if we didn’t already know just how biased they are, the Daily Record have once again nailed their colours to the mast.
While they try to convince us of media neutrality, the truth is, and has been for a long time now, the Daily Record’s Managing Director is fairly and squarely in the pocket of Sir Minty.
Celtic Fanzone have it on impeccable authority that the MD Bruce Waddell hosted a Sports Dinner in Edinburgh last week with the guest of honour being…….Sir Minty.
Yep. In the same week of a derby match Sir Minty is given the red carpet by the same media that claim we’re paranoid!
How can we expect fair coverage to be given to Celtic when the newspapers top man is entertaining our rivals biggest shareholder?
This is the same rag that accused Celtic supporters of assaulting Allan McGregor without a shred of evidence, tarnishing our name without a second thought.
And have they apologised? Nope, didn’t think so….
Surely it’s time for the Celtic board to take this man to task, after all he is the man in charge of the paper.
There’s no point in calling for a Bhoycott, we can chose to patronise who ever we want, however the next time your buying your daily paper think carefully about your choice.
Robbie To The Double
Posted by: | CommentsKeane Goals Give Hoops Win
A goal in each half was enough to give Celtic a valuable three points at the Falkirk Stadium this afternoon.
Robbie’s fourth and fifth goals since his arrival will go a long way to repay the reputed £65,000,ooo a week Celtic are paying him( Or is it £66M?).
And, Artur was instrumental in the Hoops defence keeping a rare clean sheet, despite Mogga making four forced changes from the side that started last week
Hopefully, we can string a few wins together and get some momentum going towards a day out at Hampden on the last day of the season.
Queuing Up To Take The Piss…..
Posted by: | CommentsEvery Man And His Dug Has A Say…
Funny that, now that the MM are sitting with a healthy lead at the top the manager with no surname has been bashing his gums about Celtic, the SFA, Appeal panels, the Oscars, Climate Change and everything else that suits him.
And what makes matters worse is the mainstream media continue to give him the space. (I suppose they have to as he’ll be redundant soon)
In fact they’ll give space to anyone, as long as the piece involves taking the piss out of Celtic or the Celtic support.
They’ve even stooped so low to have a headline with “Dougie The Best Scottish Ref”. It doesn’t take a genius to guess where that quote came from.
It’s little things like this that should be a constant reminder of what we’re up against.
Still you wouldn’t want to be one of them……
P.S. I can only guess this, but the supposed action against Scotland’s Shame singing the Famine Song doesn’t exist now, ofrwere the officials deaf as well as blind last Sunday?