"You've no right to be angry with John Collins". SPFL, season 2015/2016

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/09/12/2B39997D00000578-3191136-image-a-17_1439119672805.jpg

he's ready

expressing my delight at finally having a new thread LIVE and DIRECT from a bustling McDiarmid Park!

It's not raining. There is that.

I like the new yellow match ball. A bright and positive addition to this seasons SPFL.

got to say im not really very excited about the spfl this season. other than the fact that i'll actually get to go to a game for the first time since the 2011/12 season when i come hame for a wee visit next month #yas really hoping for champions league qualification from celtic. get that, and don't get humbled in the group stage, and i'll be very content with the season.

anticipating the title-race - and i don't think it's wrong to use that term, aberdeen spent most of last season within striking distance, although they were ultimately comfortably bested - being much less close this year. deila's been around for a wee bit now, and should be able to set-up a team to grind out the results, rack up the points.

it's nice (i think) to have hearts back in the top-flight.

yeah, st johnstone v ross county is on, i'd forgotten, enjoy the game Michael. Would be watching the Dundee derby if i could.

It's an easy game to forget - looks like a lot of our support may have done so! It's a pleasant enough evening to be outdooors and I'm just hoping for something better than Saturday's efforts.

I'm feeling a little fatigued with it too, did deliberate over renewing my season ticket but went for it.

Good to have a Dundee Derby so early.

I thought Aberdeen put a good effort in last season, the 17 point gap maybe implies otherwise. Ultimately fell short in the games where it counted - on the other hand, that's where Celtic proved their mettle.

celts trolling gers by going after scot allan. although they really are in dire need of defensive cover and a striker rather than another midfielder.

Allan began his career in Scotland with Dundee United,

Global scouting network in action.

Can't help feeling that all this gloating about Allan

1) reinforces same club same history old firm rivalry shite and
2) masks that we're selling our best players for millions and buying Scottish Championship level players for (relative) buttons.

New thread over here: "You've no right to be angry with John Collins". SPFL, season 2015/2016

lol, I am an idiot.

I should probably delete that, but I think I'll just leave it as a testament to the shambolic nature of everything to do with Scottish football.

Anyway, I had no idea who Scott Allan was until last week. Is he actually any good?

is that Lex Baillie on my blurry Celtic TV stream?

Scott Allan - no idea. Won the championship poty, fwiw.

Jozo Šimunović
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jozo Šimunović (born 4 August 1994) is a Croatian footballer currently playing for Celtic. Jozo or Provo as he is known to his friends recently joined the IRA when he first heard the rebel songs on his iPod on his flight over to Glasgow. He was heard singing in first class "they stood beside their leader the gallant Bobby Sands MP" he was then escorted from the plane when he kicked up fcuk because they had ran out of Magners "which is a good Provo drink"

Ryan Christie. Just what we need, another wee midfieldy guy.

Rumours the dons are close to signing stevie may. They're building quite the squad.

Nelson's comments on Collum amused me, unsurprised that they haven't provoked the furore they would if he was the manager of a certain other club.

I like Stevie May, good SPFL striker. Not too surprised it didn't work out down south for him.

Celtic's transfer window has been fairly hilarious in its ineptitude but I'm sort of not against the amassing of scottish prospects, just wish it was joined with buying some established players to fit key positions (defence, goalscorer).

LEFT BACK. WE NEED A LEFT BACK.

(and not a "can also play at left back" left back. An actual left back)

I've heard Robbie Neilson say before about practising for the eventuality of playing with ten men (against Sevco, I believe). Can't understand why the referees aren't closing ranks round Collum and going on strike. Isn't their integrity being questioned?

Stevie May's going to Preston, I think.

Hibs in for Islam Feruz? lol, good luck with that.

May to Preston done. Glad he's sticking at it in the Championship, though wish he'd stayed another season at Saints. His goals combined with last season's defence would have been great.

celtic weakened, Aberdeen strengthened this transfer window. the title race is on! (not really)

Can't understand why the referees aren't closing ranks round Collum and going on strike. Isn't their integrity being questioned?

Ranks closing, strikes not yet on cards.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34123366

"The Scottish Senior Football Referees Association (SSFRA) is compelled to express its disappointment at the ongoing trend of personal and unjust criticism towards our most senior match officials."

Remember one of the refs being criticised personally is Son of Dallas - who allegedly apparently ahem ahem not-saying-it's-true only ever reached the senior level because his dad was ahem cough "improving" his assessments when he was reffing at numpty level.

The first time I was aware of Son of Dallas was on this board - I believe Scotstvo saw him refereeing Pollok and was not terribly complimentary about him.

Any other transfers of note? I know Ryan Christie's straight back up the A9 again.

We've signed an 18 year old midfielder for the rest of the season who was previously at Stirling Albion.

In fairness most of our development side is now out on loan.

Looks like there will be a meltdown if Danny Swanson isn't signed, given that he's now been released by Coventry.

I don't understand Killie loaning out a young goalie to Derby County.

We sold VVD and sent O'Connell out on loan, which I think leaves us with a centre hoff pairing of any two from Jozo Simunovic (if we have actually signed him), Efe Ambrose (bomb scare) and Dedryk Boyata (see Efe Ambrose).

Oh, and I suppose Charlie Mulgrew is as good an option there as anywhere else (as good = as bad, logic fans).

I think our current centre forward options are:
- Leigh Griffiths

Ach, be plenty exercise for Craig Gordon with that lot in front of him. And for my drinking arm.

Still, we've got tons of midfielders, eh?

*cries*

Simunovic is definitely in, btw. Um, yay? (I still haven't read a single positive thing about him)

I took a quick look for Simunovic videos - found multiple copies of the same o.g.

Ronnie going for a more midfield-centric version of the classic 4-6-0?

Aye, we're a sore Leigh Griffiths away from that very line-up. Though I'm not convinced we have four actual defenders any more.

Carlton Cole

Hats off to Livi for the best stadium name in Scotland.

http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/fail/223912/thanks-to-modern-football-livingston-will-have-to-play-home-games-at-the-tony-macaroni-arena.html

Rangers not quite ready to join the big boys yet, innit

It's not the result i was expecting when I was insistent to my stepdad that I didn't want to watch it on the tv...but did anyway.

For the record, i'm disappointed in McLean for thar miss and the whole team for yet again failing to keep a first clean sheet of the season. Especially against lower league opposition.

Ross County could have a great season if they continue to play well the whole way through, rather than the usul half.

Ross County are third in the table for the calendar year so far.

I think we can safely say the wheels have come off the Aberdeen wagon.

fuck that pitch & fuck that ref

dunno how you sell your game when it's played on an ice rink and controlled by a clown

Mixu's no happy :D

https://twitter.com/alancormack/status/658368372212678656

"What's the point in fuckin training?"

FFS DEILA OUT

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It's taken 15 months and umpteen shambolic Euro ties but some people are starting to catch up.

Ronny Deila is a fucking joke of a manager. He consistently picks the wrong team and/or the wrong tactics and can't motivate his players or keep them fit. What aspects of football management is he getting right?

He might well win a treble this season. I'd still sack him. I think anyone with two years of Champ Manager under their belt could win a treble in this country with that budget/squad.

That was a fucking shambles last night.

I really wanted to like Ronny Deila. He seemed like a good guy with a ton of good ideas. He had a wee period when he looked like he was going to turn it round. But naw, he's crap.

He's certainly doing his bit to raise the profile of Norwegian clubs in the rest of Europe.

The problem with sacking Ronny D is who goes next? One of the advantages he had is that, while everyone got to go "who the fuck is this?", he was unknown enough that no one could say he was shite from the off - they had to have him prove it. Name any realistic managerial candidate and 75% of Celtic supporters will point out why he's shite. It doesn't matter anyway, cos no one decent in their right mind would come. Meanwhile, the ghost of Rangers, declared skint the other day, and with their former selves finally officially cheats, look like they're gonna squirm into the top division, and then who knows what? People have been saying since the last lot went bankrupt that it would happen to the new ones, but it's easy to see them just trundling on, somehow. I wouldn't be surprised if, despite all the well-blogged financial turmoil, they end up winning the league against an under-prepared and ill-managed Celtic in the next few years. Then everything's back to how it should be.

I saw one clown elsewhere on the internet suggest Kris Commons ;_;

nu-gers financials are in a mess as well, don't think they'll threaten celtic in the immediate future, possibly never gain.

so continued dominance of the spfl and embarrassment in european qualifiers/europa league group stages in perpetuity for celtic

and ronny deila is obviously not up to much. his youth and scandinavianness seemed to lull people into a false sense of him being progressive and perhaps a change in philosophy and approach was just taking some time to set in. but it seems like his fitness methods are ill-conceived rather than an improvement, and his team selection is woeful and tactical nous minimal.

no point in punting though, we will not get anyone significantly better

Did see a usually sensible Celtic supporting pal on Twitter trot out the old "we need some competition".

Join the Norwegian league.

nu-gers financials are in a mess as well, don't think they'll threaten celtic in the immediate future, possibly never gain.

Yeah, I guess, this is the dream - 10 in a row, 20 in a row - but the thing is multiple people in the know keep saying Sevco are done for, and then they keep on going. Their accounts have them needing £2.5m to make the end of the season, but I remember something like that a year ago, and the year before that - and all this stuff will hold them back a bit - but it looks like they're coming up nonetheless.

If only a Scottish team had recently shown that a Norwegian team was beatable in Europe.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/watch-billy-reid-ditches-dugout-6892473

that was a cracking game!

Great high tempo inventive start that disappeared as soon as Hearts put one long ball behind our back fannies. I saw mostly negatives after that. I think I need to stop watching Deila's Celtic.

Yeah you were completely on top first twenty minutes, but we came right back into it I thought. Gordon's save was terrific. Think a point each was about right.

Aye, you were well worth the point - totally sussed out how to get in and around our pish defence. Didn't see last week's debacle, but I'm not a huge fan of watching Celtic these days.

Why does the 'typical rangers fan' character on only an excuse have dreadlocks and two different coloured eyes? Are huns well known for dressing like the pimp from true romance? idgi!

That was odd. When they going to have Jonathan Watson taken out the back for a quiet word?

Absolutely. McAvennie still being his go-to guy in 2015 about sums it up.

has actual frank mcavennie even been near a tv studio in the last fifteen years or so?

At least he seems to have ditched Dennis Law

As a kid I only knew Dennis Law as an only an excuse character

MacAvennie was on BT Sport the other night when I was in the pub.

Rangers have signed Billy King! It had to happen.

Yeah, if ever a player was destined for Ibrox...

lol kickback's in a froth because the resident itker says we're freeing up a wage for a blockbuster signing. they've decided it's ryan gauld or o'halloran.

nominative determinism aside, it's quite a weird move though

Had completely forgotten Ryan Gauld existed.

Well, that was pish.

judge me on next year's league cup etc

Colin Kazim-Richards :-(

Celtic have signed Colin Kazim-Richards on a two and a half year deal.

Actually feel like the board are trolling at this point.

This is probably unpopular with 99% of the support or so. Can't think of a less popular signing that Celtic have made in my entire life.

It's conceivable that we might field an 11 featuring Carlton Cole and Colin Kazim-Richards. What a time to be alive.

There have been a few head-scratchers (Willo Flood springs to mind), but aye, this is pretty much universally being derided on every forum/social media outlet I can see.

I assume we've long ditched the "projects" system in favour of young loanees and crap old hasbeens.

well Kazim-Richards, at 29, is in his prime. unfortunately it's his prime.

Also, not sure he was ever been a been to now be a hasbeen. Anyway, he's crap and this is a really bad idea.

I can't even grammatically construct a sentence containing made-up grammar, that's how cross I am about this.

I have never heard of this guy but his stats don't look good.

Brighton signed him off that "win a player for your club off a can of Coke" deal, so he was a wee bit high-profile for a white. He's a bit of tit, by all accounts.

For a while. I have completely forgotten how to type.

he also played for turkey in the euros in 2008 and got a lot of attention at that time due to the fact that he's english

definitely remember him being ref'd on ilx for a while, especially wrt his name, when he plays for turkey they call him colin kazim kazim

despite the fact that kazim was merely supposed to be his middle name, mistakenly registered as the first part of an erroneously double-barreled surname.

Sounds a lovely chap though, eh?

http://www.benefoot.net/how-do-feyenoord-solve-a-problem-like-kazim-richards-easy-get-rid-of-him/

In other news, this made me smile:

https://twitter.com/TSBible/status/694092603428577280

I can't even.

I mean.

Fuckin

Look at this shite. Scotland's top two teams. Not a fucking player between them.

https://mobile.twitter.com/footbalIfights/status/695005652461182977/video/1

I thankfully never saw a second of the game, but I phoned my dad when I saw the score and my mum wouldn't let me speak to him because he'd only just got his heart rate and blood pressure back to an acceptable level (he'd turned off before the end and didn't know we'd scored, though I suspect my mum going "oh did it finish 2-1, that's not as bad" probably set him back off again).

I can't even summon enthusiasm for a proper moan. I just hate this and want it to stop. Manager, board, players, scouts, everyone. Just go away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35494299

"Are you shitting me? I won a fuckin watch when they gave me this job!" he said.

If it wasn't for Leigh Griffiths I couldn't watch this shower of shit.

My post-match chat with my old man was basically "Do you have anything to say?" "No" "Me neither"

Was depressing as all fuck yesterday catching five minutes of the Southampton game. What I wouldn't give for a Wanyama or a van Dijk right now. Or even some sensible use of the money we got for them.

SFA fail piss up in brewery test once again.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35525846

hundred and thirty odd years rigging it and they still fuck up the tombola

Can't wait till we get Liam Henderson back from Hibs to bolster the midfield...

MF Nir Bitton
MF Scott Brown (captain)
MF Derk Boerrigter
MF Stuart Armstrong
MF Kris Commons
MF Gary Mackay-Steven
MF Ryan Christie
MF Tom Rogić
MF Scott Allan
MF Stefan Johansen
MF Patrick Roberts
MF Callum McGregor
MF James Forrest
MF Joe Thomson

Yeah, it's some stockpile.

First home league win for Saints since the start of November, first league win overall since the start of December. Not a pretty game but at least we got something. Been brutal recently.

Saints almost salvaged my coupon. Hearts contriving to lose to the worst United team in decades beat me.

Celtic's defence not being as crap as I think they are did for me.

best beloved bearded mercurial Hellenic "striker" georgios samaras is moving to the nasl - the second tier of north american "soccer" - specifically an expansion team called Rayo OKC, owned by the owner of Rayo Vallecano

I didn't realise how hard he tried for us until I watched the shower of meh fucks we have now.

bring him home

been getting progressively estranged from the actual active following of celtic - i.e. bothering to watch the games or at least the highlights - for a while now. i check all the scores, read all the match reports, am on KDS every day etc. but with the time difference im dealing with im not ruining my early mornings on the weekend for the deila bus

the one game I was able to attend this year we did win 6-0 tho #talisman

I'm getting to a point where I'm not even arsed if I miss the highlights.

the inevitability of the promotion of rangers and the return next season to the eternal "old firm" soap opera really leaves me with a feeling of bored dread.

i mean - ignoring for now the fact that celtic have contrived through consistent downsizing to create a title race with aberdeen this season - a celtic dominated spfl for perpetuity frankly isn't that exciting either, but a few years away from the regular glasgow derbies has let me reflect on how i really don't need that kind of animosity in my life.

It's hard to admit but the most interesting thing in Scottish football for ten years is Rangers running out of other people's money.

been getting progressively estranged from the actual active following of celtic - i.e. bothering to watch the games or at least the highlights - for a while now. i check all the scores, read all the match reports, am on KDS every day etc. but with the time difference im dealing with im not ruining my early mornings on the weekend for the deila bus

You and me both, and I don't even have the time difference excuse.

... actually you and me both and thousands of others tbh

astonishes me whenever i return to scotland and find that people still care about this stuff

I'm meeting my mum for lunch today. Long gone are the days when I'd have insisted on a pub with a telly or rearranged for another day.

#bringbackSamaras

tbf to, errrrrrr, me, one of my problems is I used to know a whole lot of Celtic fans in London, but now I don't know a single one (where have you hidden them?)

I am watching Thistle v Celtic. It's brutal.

I saw the last 20 minutes. That was tremendously brutal.

Is Alex Schalk wearing a sports bra?

I'm totally assuming full Highlander bragging rights for cup wins over the last twelve months, even though I really hate Caley Thistle so much that I was actively supporting Falkirk. So, aye, well done Ross County. You made my old man very happy indeed. Though any more trophy wins and they might take down the photo of my him with the North of Scotland Cup that apparently still lurks within whatever they're calling Victoria Park these days.

Jackson Irvine's hair, though. Seriously. That's not a good look for Easter Ross where even mullets and stonewashed denim are probably looked at with a degree of envy.

"All the emotions, it was blank, all black, the fans were screaming."

Right cheery way to describe a cup winning goal.

Goth.

https://twitter.com/SeanLav7/status/711198027315355650?s=09

"fucking yas"

Griffiths is playing poorly tonight. The net effect on the team is to render it completely unwatchable.

Ronny following that proud Celtic traditional of baffling full back decisions. Currently got Scott Brown at right-back in order to somehow play with two forwards. Well, one forward, plus whatever Colin Kazim-Richards is.

oh dear

out of the Gordon Strachan playbook

This post from me from August:

anticipating the title-race - and i don't think it's wrong to use that term, aberdeen spent most of last season within striking distance, although they were ultimately comfortably bested - being much less close this year. deila's been around for a wee bit now, and should be able to set-up a team to grind out the results, rack up the points.

Nostradamus am urnae.

That was utter dreck. Scott Brown seems to have gotten worse with the addition of hair. Someone scalp him pronto. Oh, and Deila out, obv

sad day when youre delighted that hearts defeat aberdeen and give you some breathing space in the run-in. win the morra and celtic are 8 points ahead, with what, 5 games left? albeit with one against the dons.

"win the morra"

Not convinced that will happen.

Scott Brown seems to have gotten worse with the addition of hair. Someone scalp him pronto.

Done

whatever Colin Kazim-Richards is

still don't get it

Hasn't helped. Though while you're at it, can you tell Leigh Griffiths he's pish at penalties?

xpost

Actually pretty good stuff for the most part - though I was thinking we'd never score.

Is James McFadden wearing Scott Brown's discarded hair.

feel a bit sorry for ronny being a dead man walking and having to stick around for a perfunctory title celebration

who next?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSypZulEPDE

Lennon is a free agent after leaving English Championship side Bolton Wanderers but is not the only potential candidate.

Roy Keane has been mentioned as a possible replacement, while two other former Celtic players - David Moyes and Malky Mackay - have not distanced themselves from the job in recent weeks.

;_;

I will run several miles away from Celtic Park if McKay or Keane (or Lennon) get the job. I feel a bit sorry for Ronny - he seems a decent bloke, but the job was clearly very wrong for him, and he for it. Still, not exactly gutted to see him go.

The problems at Celtic go much higher than the manager, but he had to go.

I wouldn't let him see the season out - if you can't trust a manager to overcome a poor championship team (and they really were pish - we played badly and still got a draw, hit the woodwork twice and missed the sitter of all sitters) how can you trust him to overcome Hearts and Aberdeen to crawl over the line?

Our senior players are a shower of shit who decided long ago they weren't going to support the manager. Scott Brown in particular is taking the absolute piss.

Didn't know we were well off with Lennon tbh.

the disillusionment in the fanbase is running wild right now, feel like celtic either need a really promising managerial appointment - which i don't even think is feasible for financial reasons tbh - or a root and branch shake-up of the management - i.e. lawell out.

also i must confess soothsayer powers. my alarm woke me to go down to the CSC on sunday to watch the game, had a feeling that it would be crap and/or celtic would lose and went back to sleep for a few hours.

If Deila was to go now, would you trust Collins and Kennedy to limp us over the line? I wouldn't. We just need to brave this out, but they REALLY need to be confirming a replacement right now to give the new chap time to identify players and decide where we're going next.

If Deila was to go now, would you trust Collins and Kennedy to limp us over the line?

No, I would sack every one of them. I'd rather have me in charge.

Can you play left back - no, wait, that's the only position we've actually got someone good in!

Going to be a strange old atmosphere when/if the league is won.

poor dundee utd

Aye (except not for me, because Dundee's late goal just won me £25 that I thought was gone)

haha, thanks mixu!

So long Arabs, and thanks for all the underwhelming players.

Looks like Hibs are being Hibs again.

Odd as a Celtic supporter knowing that your club basically destroyed another one and got them relegated. Ho hum, the circle of life, if we have any players that start performing well then someone comes and snaps them up. c'est la vie.

got a wee soft spot for hibs but feel like I wouldn't mind them languishing for a bit.

Hibs!

Hibs have unHibsed themselves. What's the most Hibsy thing they can do in the next 45 minutes?

Couple of crackers from Roberts so far today. Beginning to think we might win this...

...and just as I type that they sub on Efe Ambrose :/

Champs!

Eventually!

Halfway to 10 in a row! Hullo!

Just watched last night's highlights. Bunch of fucking clowns at the back.

sweet efe ambrose has really carved a place in the granite slab of great celtic defensive bombscares.

also izaguirre away apparently :'-(

meanwhile at pittodrie hipster jambos and dons jumping on the sakte-tv fashion, best i can tell. so hot right now.

Didn't go to either of our post-split games so missed our pumping of the Dons and whatever that was last night. Was in Glasgow to go to a gig though, and saw most of the game in the bar. Two hilarious but wonderful goals. Would be astonished if we beat Hearts at the weekend to complete the clean sweep.

i wouldn't! we're pretty turgid rn. didn't do anything to earn the points tonight, just undertaken by a snoozy aberdeen

Yeah, we've had a win at Tynecastle this season though! Apparently if we manage it we're then the only side other than Celtic to have won a clean sweep of post split games (maybe just in the top 6?)

hibees 1-2 up against falkirk at "the Falkirk Stadium".

Hibs be Hibsing. You jinxed them.

oh dear

A superb display of Total Hibsiness in its purest form.

#HibsedIt now trending in Glasgow :-)

poor bastards still have cup final to lose before the season is out too

I should think they're well used to losing Scottish Cup finals by now.

They're totally due a break in that department #wishfulthinking

Smashing stuff today - not having 2/3s of the Brown/Biton/Johansen midfield really helped. Good to see such youth, pace and energy for a change.

So long Emilio Izaguirre. I'm sure I've slagged him off a few times but I do love a frustrating/frustrated full back who thinks he's a winger. I'd still have him in the team ahead of Teirney tbh.

That's just years of watching Celtic conditioning you into believing that the correct state of a full back involves thinking you're a winger.

Oh, and so long James Forrest. Cheers for being hilariously bad at running.

Eh? Where's he going?

Dunno, end of contract though afaik.

the, possibly apocryphal, gossip is that he was offered a new contract, turned his nose up at the terms, and the club withdrew the offer. so he's offski.

Emilio is gone too obv. I've got my fingers crossed if he heads to mls he winds up in Vancouver so I can see his "mercurial" talents once more

Brendan Rodgers to Celtic lol

legitimately surprised

"I always say a squad is like a good meal. I’m not a great cook, but a good meal takes a wee bit of time. But also, to offer a good meal you need good ingredients."

whatever, just deep fry this team and serve up a quick and greasy league title that will leave a feeling of guilt

Parkhead is now truly the Brendanbeu

Happy with Rodgers tbh.

thought he was fairly bobbins at liverpool at times, toothless possession football, poor defensively etc. and the logorrhea factor is fairly high... but considering the form of the celtic board i was expecting malky mckay, reappointment of lennon, or john hughes, or something. so considering that, and in comparison with the other big name candidate who was floated - moyes - im fairly happy.

"toothless possession football, poor defensively etc."

It'll be like Ronny/Lenny/Tony never left.

Quite sorry we won't get to see keane's enormous breakdown around christmas tbh

'mon the Hibees!

is it me or is Stubbs's pre-match press conference hilariously negative?

Have you checked Hibernians' record in Scottish Cup finals?

Mon the hibs

BBC pre-match coverage a quite horrific homage to "the journey". Featuring precisely no mentions of liquidation and quite a lot about relegation, I imagine.

Am I not right in saying that sometime we get as little as fifteen minutes pre-match coverage, and not this two-hour love-in? Still, Englandshire is getting about six hours of this bollocks. Imagine listening to Phil Neville talking about Alan Pardew for that long? I'd *almost* rather listen to Pat Nevin pretending he's a Hibs fan.

I'd *almost* rather listen to Pat Nevin pretending he's a Hibs fan.

:)

Awww wee feature on erratic underachieving hibs forwards with terrible hair. Takes me back to fitba threads of yore.

Aye, that was a surprisingly good feature, even though the cynic in me thinks it was a bit "We need a feature on Rangers, let's go with journey, achievement, glories past, let's not mention liquidation, rah rah rah. Hmmm, a feature on Hibs? Chronic underachievers with shit hair".

Peter Lovenkrands' accent will never fail to make me smile.

Fuckin go on

Just finished saying 1) i can see the hibs doing it but not in the 90 2) stokes has been right off the boil

I know nothing :D

Two minutes from not Hibsing!

Pitch invasion!! Get it right up ye's! What I wouldn't give to be in Leith tonight.

Something even my great grandfather has never seen!

Well done Hibees!

We've got the horses out now. Has George McCluskey scored?

There are only nine people alive on Earth who were alive when Hibs last won.

^ should be the line taken by the defence counsel should any Hibs fans end up in court over this. The jury will be blubbing by the end of their closing address.

I stay in Mount Florida so I saw the police horses cantering down Cathcart Rd a few minutes before I saw them on TV :)

https://twitter.com/SingleMaltSuds/status/734050698061619200

100 years on but James Connolly's team has finally won the Cup again.

rmde

Well done hibs!

Can't believe Sevco Hibsed it. (got them in-play at 28/1, which paid for the celebratory lolz drinks)

There are only nine people alive on Earth who were alive when Hibs last won.

Early contender for the basis of next season's thread title.

this was a much needed moment of celebration in the pub last night following the horror of the FA Cup final

Woke up to a text, sent in the wee small hours, from a friend who lives in Leith, saying things were "a bit mental" there.

Rangers finds it incomprehensible that no one, either from within the Scottish FA or Hibernian Football Club, has condemned Hibernian’s supporters following the violent scenes at the end of yesterday’s Scottish Cup final when Rangers players and members of our backroom staff were physically and verbally assaulted. We have not even had the courtesy of any contact whatsoever from Hibernian to ask after the wellbeing of those who were attacked by their club’s supporters.There must be a full independent investigation into the shameful scenes at Hampden. Rangers is also at a complete loss to understand why certain individuals have hastily attempted to gloss over the appalling events which unfolded at the end of Saturday’s final.

No matter how many times Hibernian’s chairman and Scottish FA vice-chairman, Rod Petrie, and certain other biased commentators wish to play down Saturday’s mayhem and violence, the truth must not be distorted. What unfolded on Saturday cannot and must not be put down to exuberance. That is a complete insult to Rangers, our supporters, and those individuals who were intimidated and attacked.

It was clear to most of those who watched in horror that the Scottish FA’s security procedures failed when Hibernian’s fans went over the top in their thousands. It is to be hoped that all of Scottish football will share Rangers’ disgust and any attempts to attach blame to our supporters for the disgraceful and violent behaviour, which led to our players and fans fearing for their safety, will not be accepted or tolerated by this Club.

We acknowledge that a tiny minority of Rangers fans also encroached on the pitch but only after having been faced with prolonged and severe provocation and in order to protect our players and officials who were being visibly attacked in front of them. Any club’s supporters would have done the same. This distressing and deeply disturbing episode would never have happened had Hibs fans behaved properly but as they swarmed across the pitch it became immediately obvious that the security procedures were inadequate and had failed.

These fans were allowed to rush, unchecked, towards Rangers supporters at the opposite end of the stadium – all the while goading and threatening them. This makes it preposterous to suggest Rangers fans were somehow to blame as some commentators appear anxious to do. This thuggish behaviour must be investigated and as many culprits as possible brought to book and formally charged. This is the second time in a year that Rangers fans have had to endure attacks by another club’s supporters.

It must also be said that it was not at all helpful to see leading members of the Scottish Government, including the First Minister whose parish is Govan, passing comment on social media without any attempt to condemn the behaviour of Hibernian’s fans. These failures are unbecoming of our elected representatives.

Certain media outlets have also attempted to distort reality. In the case of the BBC this is, of course, not news. BBC employees, in particular Stuart Cosgrove, believe Rod Petrie’s comments to be ‘balanced’ and others speak of a ‘minority’ of Hibernian supporters. Another, Tom English, who was not even at the match, would prefer the authorities to focus on Rangers fans’ reaction. We will not endure this insult.

So, let everyone be clear on one thing – Rangers demands that players, staff and fans be protected from the violence and hatred of supporters of other clubs. Rangers fully expects the Scottish FA and Police Scotland to take action to provide our people with a safe environment. When players are unable to accept medals at the end of a final because of fears for their safety and our supporters are alarmed and extremely concerned for the women and children among them, then surely every step must be taken to ensure that this is never repeated.

http://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/club-statement-60/

Rangers fully expects the Scottish FA and Police Scotland to take action to provide our people with a safe environment.

Why does this sound like a threat to me?

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s/b "the people", surely?

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Started in the third minute when Anthony Stokes provoked them by scoring against them, amirite?

https://twitter.com/TheGaffro/status/734161726057250816?lang=en-gb

the First Minister whose parish is Govan

"parish", ffs. What are they like? I'm sure any PR department forgetting the word "constituency" and instead chucking in a term associated with religion is just an unfortunate oversight.

I've seen someone on Twitter advise Tom English that naming him is probably actionable.

There were some huns at the pub quiz tonight discussing how Ra Peepul would never behave like those thuggish Hibs fans. I was a bit *cough* Manchester *cough* 1972 *cough* (somewhat out of earshot, to a sympathetic ear) before I decided I didn't want to test their stated ability to remain calm under such extreme provocation.

Let's be clear, I'm not condoning any dickwaddery or violence from Hibs fans. But the ironing emanating from Ibrox is too good to not do a bit of pointing and laughing.

Fair play to Kenny Miller's wife for going on Twitter and saying any reports of her husband being assaulted were bollocks. She took a bit of stick for it.

Also, I'm kind of confused as to which direction the Hibs fans were meant to go once they got on the pitch. Just head back again? Of course there'll be a bit of migration across the pitch. I wouldn't take that as heading right towards the away fans so much as just the general logistics of clearing the way for those following you on.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-record-fc-shameful-hampden-8022425

Still, Celtic fans are the paranoid ones, eh?

Our paranoia was never this hilarious.

Joey Barton has seemingly agreed terms to sign up at Ibrox. A match made in heaven, I'm sure we'll all agree.

http://20.theladbiblegroup.com/s3/content/16725fd1573859cb074532e8d24a60e3.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryvljjccqL8

Rangers' recruitment session, earlier today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryvljjccqL8

Was trying to find that tweet about Barton supporting Celtic (not too hard, right enough). Pretty sure he also weighed in on the side of them being dead at one point as well.

Season's barely over and the Gers are bringin' in the lolz, one way or another.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/478753917816569856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Lets try this again. On the plus side the little man has a another kit to add to his growing collection #hailhail

Hahaha. Did he not pull a Schteve, how you say, McLaren type accent thing when he was playing in France? I hope he turns into Rab McGlinchey within a fortnight.

this shake up of the league cup is daft no?

the plampfion's league

God yeah, following the draw on Twitter was hilarious. Even the SPFL gave up half way through.

Stubbs out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36426717

Lennon in

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36477421

Need a new thread to post FUCK SAKE NOT AGAIN in.

Efe Ambrose better not be on dis ting: Scottish football 2016/17

Rodgers out: SPFL 15/16

Err 16/17.

There is no defeat in a competitive European game to compare to this in the history of Scottish teams in Europe eh?

lol

shall we reflect upon that slovak graphic design firm

at least they were champions of a nation with an almost identical population to Scotland :/

Celtic supporters haven't been so upset about something that happened in Gibraltar since Operation Flavius.

I was maintaining earlier on Facebook that the Artmedia result was worse, and I'll stand by that - that was a proper fucking gubbing. This was getting-beat-off-Morton-in-the-cup bad. I may revise this statement after the home leg.

Also, this has the potential to ruin my Joey-Barton-mocking thread title ideas. Get your ideas in and we'll get a new thread up so I can consign this one to the dustbin.

Aye, Artmedia we were just completely destroyed, and it ended up being a deficit too great to overcome, so, aye, pending the return leg this isn't as bad.

I was a wee bit of a Rodgers naysayer when I heard he'd been appointed, but I kept my cynicism in check because I didn't want to mar anyone's positivity - because god knows we need some - but god damn it the team selection, formation, and substitutions tonight were garbage.

The fact that Nir Bitton appeared to have turned into some sort of Stefan Johansen didn't help. So utterly inept. I'm kind of hoping Rodgers gets to say "right, that's how pish we are, can I have some money now please", but I'm not sure he'll do wise things with it.

Oh, and some Hibs fans have helpfully pointed out to me on Facebook that they got scudded 7-0 off Malmo, which is probably worse than letting one stupid goal in against a bunch of part-timers. I'll let you decide if it's still worse than failing to score against said part-timers in the great pantheon of terrible recent Scottish adventures in Europe.

This is like when Billy the Fish and Fulchester United lost to Sudbury Lane Paperboys. Rodgers needs an Arbroath v. Bon Accord scoreline in the second leg.

YAAAAAASSSS!

(kinda)

was actually shiting it about this game, ha.

3-0 is still too precarious for this shitebag though, need 5-0 to be confident.

We actually look not-shit on a decent pitch with a big crowd against what is ostensibly a pub team. Yay.

(also no Nir Bitton is a huge improvement)

xpost lol the guys on Celtic TV were on about the disaster that an away goal for Imps would be

Roberts good to watch vs ostensible pub team. Forrest looking like he couldn't get in a pub team.

Off to Kazakhfuckinstan again if we win this.

Lolz galore as I just called my dad who's not been watching/listening/following

"What's the score?"
"3-0"
"For God's sake. Has Rodgers gone yet?"
"No, Dad, 3-0 to us"

http://i.imgur.com/AkxKHJj.jpg

IZZY! FUCK!

Doubling up the left backs - Brendan knows what it takes to manage Celtic.

we're shite again btw

Though Izzy was away anyway?

apparently not

all those tears for nothing ;_;

this second half is fucking shocking

Briefest bright new dawn ever

lol sorry about the coefficient everyone

I'll be putting on an English accent today, and possibly for the rest of the season.

How did I miss that Massimo Donati had signed for Hamilton? This is like when Jorge Cadete rocked up at Partick Thistle.

Was following Hibs and Hearts via Flashscore in the pub last night with a Hearts fan at the next table pretending to ignore me as I kept relaying updates to Neil really loudly.

And a wee bit of sad news for everyone, like me, who used to get all their football via the radio:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-36856082

Right, we have a new season. We need a new thread. Title suggestions plz

“We were told the SFA shuts at 5pm on a Friday"

I'll second that.

haha yes

someone start that thread already

no me but

fuck im using my old login again

Done.

“We were told the SFA shuts at 5pm on a Friday" - Scottish Football 2016/17