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I’m Sure I Heard Shaun Maloney Mentioned….
Posted by: | CommentsOr Am I Just Hearing Things?
Watching Sky Sports News this morning the wee banner at the bottom happened to do a quick preview of tomorrow’s Scottish Cup tie at Kilmarnock.
Apparently, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Glenn Loovens have trained and look certain to be included in the squad for the game.
Then, something strange happened on my TV.
The next screen mentioned……Shaun Maloney!
Remember him?
According to Sky, Shaun will resume training next week. Of course they don’t say how long he’ll last before he’s injured again.
That’s anybodys guess.
Shaun Keeping Busy While He's Injured!
Here’s a picture of Shaun in case you’ve forgotten what he looks like……
Keep Our Heads Down And Don’t Complain..
Posted by: | CommentsThat’s Going Back The Way!
The media and no doubt some of the fans are getting fed-up with the referee, cheating and Rankers bias fiasco that’s still raging on.
Me too. To an extent.
You see, when you want something to change you have to keep on about it. Nagging away, annoying people, getting up the noses of the very same who like the status quo. Because they have what they want.
There was a time when you were encouraged to ‘keep your head down’ and ‘don’t say too much’ about your faith, your heritage and your opinion.
Well I’m sorry folks. None of the above now apply.
By fighting our corner we, Celtic Football Club, Celtic supporters, Catholics , Irish and every other ethnic person have gained some sort of equality in this country.
Do you think we should give it all away?
And go back to the ‘keep you heads down and don’t complain culture of the past.
No. Me neither.
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.
Short Memory Smith!
Posted by: | CommentsIs It OK To Complain About Tom Murphy, Wattie?
It’s really quite easy to make comment about other clubs when EVERY decision under the sun is going your way. But it hasn’t always been that way, has it Wattie?
Cast your mind back a couple of season’s ago to a game at Murderwell. To refresh your memory oh Loyal Cardigan (nicked that from Keep The Faith) you were less than diplomatic about the stand side linesman that evening a Mr Tom Murphy.
He was apparently wrong about flagging Kris Boyd offside before the huffy number nine scored, long after the whistle blew may I add.
In fact Wattie, you even questioned the origin of the linesman, (assistant referee’s) surname, implying his ‘Irishness’ was to blame for his decision. At the same time you reminded us that the same dude ran the line when Celtic won 3-2 at Paradise the season before.
So Wattie, have your day, say your piece and when the tables turn, which they will, the Faithful will take great pleasure in shoving your comments down your throat.
Well, maybe not, like your club, your on your last legs, so this might be your last hurrah.
The Wink That Said It All!
Posted by: | CommentsBoogy Does A Ronaldo On Celtic
Although most of the media attention will focus on the sending-off of Celtic captain Scott Brown, the ‘act’ that summed up what we’re up against came in the second half and was caught fair and square on camera.
With only six minutes on the clock, Dougie McDonald booked the Algerian defender Boogera for taking out Robbie Keane from behind. It was the third clout Robbie had endured after Kevin Thomson twice was allowed to follow through on him.
Well, with his name in the book, you’d have though the defender would ‘go canny’ with his tackling there after.
Not the Boogy one.
On another three, or was it four, occasions the same player committed the exact same foul on Robbie. And every time he escaped without further punishment.
But what make a farce of this whole affair was the last time of fouling, he was caught on camera winking, Ronaldo like*, knowing he wasn’t going to be sent-off.
What gave him the confidence to do this? How did he know? Surely the referee didn’t give him the nod?
Maybe I’m just paranoid….
* When Ronaldo winked after getting Rooney sent-off, the media castigated the Portuguese star as a cheat. Where’s the media story on Boogy cheating today?