the best wee league in the world SPFL 21/22

joe hart will be on dis ting

continued on from can't think of a good title: SPFL 2020/2021

When I look at Celtic - which I try to avoid tbh - I just see Le Guen-era Rangers.

shhh

don't think we have any chance in the league this season. dont mind ange as far as i can tell - like him bamming up the press - but i feel he's on a hiding to nothing as there was too much of a rebuild needed.

feels funny to be happy that joe hart has signed for us. always thought he was a hugely overrated big haddy and a bit of a dick - love him now of course - but he's such a huge improvement over what we had.

james mccarthy signing almost pissed me off, should've signed him over a decade ago, when he was playing for hamilton, cunts a tim from castlemilk ffs.

i seem to remember we didn't take on mccarthy as a youth because he was too wee. which also boils the blood. neanderthal scottish football men

sound of the summer

Wit have I just listened to pic.twitter.com/lLa3etyrDL

— JayMcf (@jaymcfall67) July 25, 2021

hahahaha

Pretty good results for Scottish teams so far - Hibs could do with a goal though.

... but not for the other team.

Some result for the saints

I’m delighted. A tiny tinge of disappointment we conceded. Looking forward to next week.

fuck! that was rough. celtic all at sea really until edouard came on. massive result against a quality outfit

mad transfer window for celtic. big rebuild.

got rid of a couple of my bete noirs in hendry and christie.

french eddy the eagle (sorry)

kinda feel there's no way giakoumakis is any good

not often Celtic and rangers drop points on the same day. although Celtic not winning away is getting to be quite a predictable occurrence.

the dom debacle round parkhead way points to more banter years to come.

there's absolutely no chance that giakoumakis isn't 100% dung

Progressed from embarrassing themselves in the Champions League to embarrassing themselves in the Europa League.

Worst thing is that this isn't remotely surprising

kyogo 🙏

back to CP tonight - looking forward to maybe seeing giakoumakis, hatate, and maeda in the starting line up

hatate is a pler

should have brought ramsey on

https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-covers/400/0001/276/0001276820.jpg

Always wary of false dawns of new messiahs, but Hatate looks the absolute business.

that felt magic yesterday. didn't even manage to watch it (was working) but just checking the score and then watching the highlights were a joy.

still buzzing really. even found myself enjoying an oasis song earlier

lots more games to go though

aye, can either be "that was the night we won the league" or "mind that good game we beat the huns in that shite season"

So, as per fucking usual, Celtic are going to have to beat Rangers on their own as none of these other numpties are up to the task.

hearts looked pretty good in both second halves against celtic (at parkhead and tynecastle) - can rarely rely on them to do a job against the rangers II though

celtic just need to take it one game at a time - still think they'll drop more points. thankfully getting a bit more depth back for the bench - some finds this year in CCV, jota, o'riley, hatate, kyogo, jura and the new firmware updates we signed for rogic and bitton

there's absolutely no chance that giakoumakis isn't 100% dung
― Qamon (||||||||), Thursday, September 30, 2021 8:40 PM (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink

he's been playing well recently (dundee utd game notwithstanding)

Giakoumskis is good only because his is one of the names it's just fun to hear in a Scottish accent on Sportscene.

See also Baningime (pronounced to rhyme with thingummy) and JakAlnwick (all one word).

some amazing accidental partridge this week in the cinch

Get this celebration in the next FIFA pic.twitter.com/PrMBCojHSW

— Nat Quail (@DrNatQuail) February 10, 2022

am no greetin', ur greetin'

💚pic.twitter.com/vl5Wvhx5lZ

— The Celtic Way (@celticway1888) May 14, 2022

Well, that was a season that happened. We were economical with goals this season, just as well we saved them all for tonight just to be on the safe side.

Nothing short of another 9-0 will satisfy me.

we want 9

I'll settle for Morelos being sent off in disgrace... again.

Watching this Rangers team I have no idea how they've managed all these good results in Europe, they are total dogshit.

it is a mystery

That touch and finish from Jota were excellent.

Huns go absolutely mental as Dundee United sing 🎤🎶Lizzy's in a box 🎶🎤 as the minute silence was meant to be happening 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/AHINFDpoTC

— Michael Fagan's Fenian Army🍀✊️🇮🇪 (@TrebleKings67) September 17, 2022

nice!

Awesome. I'm not that surprised though, Dundee has always been fairly free of Orange bastards, unusually for Scotland. They're more into Tangerine than Orange... apart from the marmalade, of course.

Can someone please put me out of my misery and tell me what tune "Lizzy's In A Box" is sung to, because it isn't "Living In A Box" but it's something really famous which I must have heard thousands of times and it's driving me crazy.

KC & the Sunshine Band - Give It Up, innit?

Easter Road today.

Go on the originals😎 pic.twitter.com/UqZnp3Xmji

— Duffy (@AidanDuffy07) September 17, 2022

xp thank you! I was singing the na-na-na-na-na-na bit, but the new lyrics had completely wiped the original from my brain

Van Bronckhorst out.

Tom D.: Plz share your thoughts on Cameron Carter-Vickers. Imo he did not get enough playing time for the USA in Qatar and I just learned he's Celtic's captain, which surprised me.

He seems a pretty solid player to me.

He's not Celtic's captain though, that's Calum McGregor. I like him a lot and felt USA could have used him more.

Yes, he played well in the one game he started.

darvel 1 - 0 aberdeen

Darvel 1 Aberdeen 0

Jim Goodwin's wiki page currently has him as James Michael Cantbuyawin.

LOL XP!!!!

If one could overdose on schadenfreude, my St Mirren supporting mate may well be in danger

look at the state of Mooy today!

number 1 is aaron mooy
number 2 is aaron mooy
number 3 is aaron mooy
number 4 is aaron mooy
we’re all dreaming of a team of aaron mooys
a team of aaron mooys, a team of aaron mooys

Mooy is god!

rolls royce player imo

I almost get weepy about the day we signed him after the loan spell - what like he is our player now? Surely this is some kind of fucking trick or something - it can't be real!

I don't think he was fit earlier in the season but he's been awesome since he came back from the World Cup. My favourite player remains Hatate though.

stg VAR has just led to refs outsourcing their brain function. use yr eyes ya mad dicks

pler

𝐑𝐞𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥.pic.twitter.com/cBgUrIKGqX

— Everything Celtic (@aboutceltic) February 19, 2023

Love him.

beautiful sunday

8

What a day. I assume Ange is away though now :-(

PS Jim in Vancouver if you're still around, I was in Vancouver recently and contemplated heading to the CSC since I was very nearby on two occasions at the start and end of my holiday. Those occasions were getting scudded off of The Rangers and getting scudded off of Hibs so I'm glad I didn't, but I probably should have checked to see if that was a thing you did and if you fancied a 4am pint.

game’s gone

Brendan Rodgers has told Reo Hatate he must impress him to earn his spot in the Celtic line up.

Rodgers is such a dick.

Ha, does the man have no eyes?

I love Matt O'Riley an almost unreasonable amount btw.

decent night in europe for scottish football

You beat me to it.

Just checking other results and I notice that Fenerbahce scored in the 21st and 23rd minutes of stoppage time, which must be some kind of record.

... turns that was a mistake, they scored in 78th and 80th minutes!

Aye, mon the coefficient and all that.

chronicball

I'll get in early: Rodgers out

im generally p patient with new coaches/managers as a rule of thumb, esp since CCV is out of the lineup and theyre playing children at cb. but losing to kilmarnock and then drawing st johnstone at home does not inspire a lot of hope for the season, let alone champions league.

(xp) I refer the House to my post of Sunday the 13th.

rodgers relegating hatate to the bench is proof that god hates us

Still, at least we had that creepy guy from the Spanish FA at Hamilton Accies for a bit. That'll put us on the world map again

booooooo

Well there goes the coefficient! Embarrassing stuff and I fully expect Celtic to embarrass themselves too this season.

We appear to watching some terrible revival of the Tennents Sixes on BBC Scotland. Kris Commons has fair been at the pies since retiring.

Also I think every player at this "Masters" tournament is at least a decade younger than me. Pedro Mendes looks like someone's aged him using one of those "what will you look like in 40 years" apps.

👀

watched Celtic for the first time in a while against Livi last weekend, really impressed with O'Riley.
Brendan is probably more of a hindrance than a help at this point but Rangers don't look to be up to much this season.

o'reilly has been class, need more reo next to him in midfield tbh, rly loved that palma goal today. not a huge brendan fan but they shd win the season regardless. be lucky to get any results in the champions league tho.

rangers look dire so far so thats fun.

lol

Bye then Michael Beale. You weren't even comically rubbish, just not very good.

I love Matt O'Riley.

lampard in

celtic in europe, man

I just think of the Champions League as a way of getting into the Europa League.

need to get third for that !

Working out permutations of the ways we can fuck up qualification groups should be on the national curriculum

Absolute shocker of a VAR, obvs.

We need one point right? And Norway have to beat Spain and us? I don't think Spain are very good but Norway are shite even with Haaland.

Euro 2008. We've been here before. Georgia away is heralding unnecessary feelings of deja vu.

Believe me I'm trying hard to convince myself here.

Are you sure you're even Scottish? As soon as it went to VAR I suddenly remembered my place and why optimism isn't a thing that happens. Calling it for a non-existent foul then suddenly finding an offside decision that didn't flag VAR instead is this year's whatever-the-fuck-that-Hutton-against-Italy thing was.

https://gifer.com/en/Acau

Is this just rolling Scottish football forever?

someone has chucked a pie on the pitch “in anger” during morton vs dunfermline and i genuinely feel patriotic at how this image could only exist via scottish football pic.twitter.com/TVkGZvHjZI

— Adam Park (@admprk_) November 3, 2023

EPL fans can moan about referees and VAR all they like but they should check out Scottish referees sometime. Anyway, as I do periodically, I annoyed myself by looking at Rangers FC's stats for the season. In their last 8 games in Scotland (League and League Cup) Rangers have been awarded 8 penalties (it's actually 9 in their last 10). They missed two of them but, nonetheless, James Tavernier (that's the right back, James Tavernier) is now averaging a goal every second game for them - a scoring rate few of their strikers have been able to match in the last few seasons. To be scrupulously fair though, Celtic get their fair share of dubious penalty decisions too.

The one you've all been waiting for...

Penalties conceded versus Touches in the Box (against)....

*Runs for cover* https://t.co/e8fXnsY69O pic.twitter.com/iTtUuZqJD5

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 28, 2023

Penalty to Rangers!

In an attempt to stay relevant and bait some cheap interaction…

Rangers do get slightly more pens than avg (relative to touches in box) but not significantly so.

Aberdeen also above the avg line.

Celtic, Hibs, Killie, Dundee have right to feel aggrieved. pic.twitter.com/a1a0PG6I42

— Jaymes Monte (@ArabAnalytics) November 27, 2023

sevco = penco, backed by data

Tavernier's scoring record in general is better than a lot of actual forwards - he's scored 80 goals in 292 games for Rangers. He's once been their leading goalscorer for the season and twice been runner-up. Admittedly he does score occasionally from free kicks and open play too but nonethless...

serial loser but

Turns out Arbroath's sub keeper might be the best striker in Scotland at the moment.

Arbroath had to bring on their substitute goalkeeper as a striker

He just scored from 25 yards out

PEAK SCOTTISH FOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/rU72uJifCL

— Fitba Patter (@FitbaPatter) December 30, 2023

kyogo tho

KYOGO ON HIS LEFT! ☄️😮‍💨 #CELRAN | #cinchPrem | #COYBIG🍀

pic.twitter.com/oLT4L6usND

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) December 30, 2023

First goal was pretty good too!

Lovely hit, vague shades of that ridiculous Joao Pedro goal from the other night

definitely bumping this to valorise hatate’s worldy yesterday

reo is a gem

also rangers lost to ross county today, thats a spicy meat-ah ball

beautiful wednesday

gorgeous, stunning really

This lad making me proud of my hometown. What a hero!

Ball boy throwing the ball away is quality 🤣 Can’t believe they subbed him🙈 pic.twitter.com/LZFWCVPRMN

— Michael McCahill (@MichaelMcCahi10) April 28, 2024

woot

Last 20 minutes from Celtic was shocking.

only had the radio on and popped to the shops to avoid most of the angst

as many opportunities that rangers had to equalize none of them felt very dangerous, just a creeping dread lingering for about 20 minutes

Lackadaisacal, complacent, just doing enough to get by. It's the Brendan Rodgers effect!

It did have a feeling of the 3-3 game when it went to 2-1, and we were in severe danger of Hibsing it towards the end. Also for the love of God can someone just say no to Matt O'Riley when he goes towards the penalty spot with the ball in his hands?

Also Lundstram nearly snapping Johnson's leg in half, straight red every day of the week, Kenny Miller greeting that getting sent off for a potential career-ender is everything that's wrong with football these days, FFS, where do they find these loonballs*?*

* Ibrox, I know

(

I'm not sure why Rangers play John Lundstram, what is he for?

humiliation kink

Found out Paramount Plus has the Scottish league rights, gotta pick a club before next season. Hibernian? Good name + green.

all the good left wingers choose celtic

tbf James Connolly was a major Hibs fan

point in favor

Malky 'texts' Mackay now sporting director at Hibs so I would steer well clear:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/22/malky-mackay-cardiff-city-iain-moody-text-messages-fa

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24320514.hibs-fan-group-seethe-club-malky-mackay-appointment/

I very much like the cut of Adam Idah's jib. Hope we get to keep him.

hes been a welcome surprise

celtic shirt spotted at my school by a kid from honduras wearing the luis palma 7, le digo "son los campeones de escoterra!" and he was like si? and i was like yeah

*worn by

Another utterly shit second half performance by Celtic. They get worse after Rodgers' half time team talks.

So Rodgers won his double but we're going to get absolutely murdered (as usual) if we play like that in Europe next season.

absolutely, but adam idah has that dog in him

Didn't see the game, having arranged something ages ago for yesterday afternoon but have watched Idah's goal several times. Assume ok to forego the rest of it?

Well, nothing much happened. O'Riley and Hatate looked like they were already on their summer holidays.

ICT to go into administration after a training ground share with Kelty Hearts fell apart.

Scottish football is so back. pic.twitter.com/UhmF53Rcoz

— Raith Rovers Football Club (@RaithRovers) July 14, 2024

Thrilling start to the Scottish Premiership season.

I saw the last 10-15, a real advert for the game

Well played Raith Rovers, obviously had themselves down at the bookies for first managerial casualty of the season.

celtic have yet to concede a goal in 4 games, just absolutely cruised over the huns today

We probably should just admit we need a new general rolling Scottish football thread rather than this three year old effort getting revived once a fortnight.

Anyway, RIP Fabian Caballero which I didn't bother putting on rolling RIP thread because there would be approximately the same reception as when I noted Landry Nguemo on there. I literally had no idea Caballero had gone on loan to Arsenal for three games until I saw his death headlined as "former Arsenal striker.."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c77xvkk5515o

painful stuff

Par for the course for Rodgers in Europe. Pretty much all of our heaviest defeats in Europe have come under him. He's the ultimate flat-track bully.

Think he's going for the record in this one.

Was going to go to the pub to watch it. Didn't. Correct decision, well done me.

Celtic have three times conceded 7 goals in Europe - guess who was the manager on all three occasions.

Aye, and a 6-0 scudding for good measure.

Can’t lie, tonight’s result made me feel a wee bit better after Saturday evening’s result.

lol the good news is they dont have to play dortmund again

aberdeen 👀

holy moly. some game

Really was. I aged about a decade in the added time.

celtic are absolutely battering aberdeen

It's like watching Borussia Dortmund vs. Celtic. Oh well, Scottish football is still a pile of shite after all.

but its *our pile of shite*

*your, i just live vicariously through you
*shit, sorry to co-opt

Aye, there's the wheels off the Jimmy Thelin bandwagon.

Yep, same old shite.

bundesliga’s shite

Rodgers? Never doubted him for a second.

kühn as a kükumber

No Scottish players in the Rangers team I noticed. Not that there's many in the Celtic team either, two in fact.

less than stellar first half huh

Taylor is garbage, get him tae fuck.

i expect valle to get subbed on before long

carter-vickers keeping this from being 3-0

also trusty in the first half delivering a decisive blow against the idea of nominal detemrinism

LOL Taylor, keep him on.

lmao of course

celtic look so much more aggressive in this half, feel like theyre spoon-feeding kuhn to make more chances happen on the right wing

It's certainly not over, this game.

ffs

... as I was saying.

thank fuck

Kyogo leaving Celtic? ;_;

to rennes :(, but jota's coming back

talk of maeda moving to striker, kinda hard to see it tbh. not sure if idah is up for the starting role atp (though he's been a clutch sub at times)

Rennes are shite, Jota's done nothing since leaving Celtic and Idah's not in the same league as Kyogo when it comes to goalscoring, useful though he is. I repeat ;_;

YOTO ANNOUNCED

🇵🇹 🍀 pic.twitter.com/2TpecLlHdG

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) January 27, 2025

hell yeah

I missed Jota when he left, love Kyogo, not sure the balance has been restored. Balance sheet, perhaps.

Kieran Tierney on the way back in too, I hear?

summer window at the latest, allegedly theyre trying to get him back this window on loan

got to be honest, kyogo to rennes doesn't make a lot of sense to me. seems like his new agent has fucked it. I get he’s 30, wants to play in a ‘top 5’ league, and is targeting the next world cup. I’m not sure a relegation dogfight in the french (!) league is going to get him the exposure he’s after. maybe he’s getting a packet too - though doubt it

He doesn't seem to have enjoyed playing for Rodgers, which I can understand, he maybe just wanted out and anywhere half decent would do.

lol

lmao!

delicious

Gaun the Spiders!

They'll be dancing in the Sooside tonight.

Hahahaha hahahaha. Ha

Well, the football's not going too great so...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/rangers-search-for-feral-pigs-thought-to-have-been-released-in-cairngorms

Knew they needed to scout an appropriate replacement for Morelos etc...

St Mirren to the rescue again. Dear oh dear though, Rangers, what a state they are.

*bears booing intensifies*

Time for Stevie G to make a return?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/23/philippe-clement-sacked-rangers-scottish-premiership

Barry Ferguson in! Absolute top pandering to the Loudon Loyal there, well done.

So what happens now, do they sack Ferguson?

"who wants to be the new rangers manager" could be like a weekly contest

Good job Hibees, James Connolly would be proud.

the ra is all the way up

Aberdeen, useless as ever.

plus side, celtic likely to celebrate the league title at home next match?

Couple of weeks to wait though.