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Celts’ Highland Clearance Make It 15 In A Row!
Posted by: | CommentsSammy And Broonie On Target For Celtic…
A super Sammy strike and a penalty from captain Scott Brown were enough to take holder Celtic into the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup in Inverness today.
Lenny chose to shuffle the pack a bit with Kelvin Wilson partnering Thomas Rogne in the middle of defence, moving Charlie Mulgrew to left back and Adam Matthews returning at right back at the expense of Cha.
Also missing from the starting line up was Anthony Stokes, who dropped to the bench, Lenny favouring Sammy up front with Gary Hooper.
And that change in selection worked for the manager. With the game in a stalemate around the half hour mark, Georgios Samaras latched on to a Ross Tokely mistake to fire an unstoppable swerving shot from 16 yards to put the Bhoys 1-0 up.
The goal was no more than Celtic deserved having dominated most of the possession up to that point and seemed to settle the Hoops, although ICT very rarely threatened.
Although Celtic didn’t add to there lead until the second half, the Bhoys were never in danger.
And the game was put beyond doubt when man of the match Gary Hooper robbed ICT’s Procter on the touchline only to be scythed down by the defender for a stonewall penalty.
Up stepped Scott Brown to score his third goal in as many matches and and take the Celts safely into the next round.
As the game petered out, Sammy Hoops both missed chance3 to make the score a bit more convincing. Still, a victory over Terry Butcher and his men is always nice and made even sweeter with the way the game went.
Well done Celtic and well deserved!
Honest Neil Tells It As It Is…
Posted by: | CommentsAnd The Media Don’t Like It!
At yesterday’s press conference Neil Lennon did what he does best…..tell the truth!
On the back of The Sun running a story about his assistant, and former team mate, Alan Thompson frequenting the same pub in Glasgow as the Dark Side’s Allan McGregor, Lenny let rip.
Having been a victim of sectarian abuse, in fact he still is, Neil let the media know that THEY are as much to blame for stoking the fires of the religious bigotry as anyone.
On the one hand they tell us that this is wrong and that’s wrong, then they print a non-story to try and antagonise both sets of fans. Talk about hypocrites!
They then tried to get the Celtic manager to tow the party line and join the ‘poor Rangers’ campaign. The ‘Scottish football needs a strong Rangers’ bandwagon, you know the one I mean, the one that’s angling to let the Govan Mob off with breaking the law and evading taxes.
Well, they needn’t have bothered, because Lenny, as always, told it how he sees it.
Asked if he feels sorry for the mess the noisy neighbours in, Neil replied “No”. He then went on to tell a few home truths, and in doing so gave the media all the ammunition they need to write more sensational headlines.
What these people tend to forget is THEY need the manager of Celtic to do press conferences, THEY need Celtic more than Celtic need them, especially with the advent of current social media platforms.
And if they keep pissing off the sources of their work, then eventually they suffer the same fate as a certain team from Glasgow’s South side…….
Couldn’t come soon enough!
Open Letter To All Rangers Fans….
Posted by: | CommentsDear Rangers Fan,
The transfer deadline for Scottish football has now closed. As a lifelong Celtic supporter, it saddens me to see Rangers are in such a financial situation that they cannot afford to buy players.
Now there are rumours that this once mighty club are facing administration. I know there will be small-minded fellow Celtic supporters who will rejoice in the demise of your club, I am not one of them.
May I offer my sympathy to all those Rangers fans out there and to Mr McCoist and all the players, and wish them all the very best for the future.
Yours sincerely,
Pinocchio
War Isn’t Funny….Unless It’s The Govan Civil War!
Posted by: | CommentsReal War Isn’t A Laughing Matter…..
When it comes to bombs and bullets, war isn’t funny. People maimed and killed is no laughing matter.
But when it come to civil war, the corporate kind, like the one going on at the moment over on the Southside of the city….then you’ve got to chuckle.
Fingers are pointing in both directions, self employed owner Craig Whyte blames the old board for all the Ipox clubs ills, meanwhile the previous regime at Poundland are running to the tabloids selling their story to the very same people who KNEW all about the mess a long time ago.
Day in, day out, there’s claim and counter claim.
As a business goes, it’s intriguing to see the Govan Mob sell there best on field asset for £1.5M less than they were offered only a week previous. And they wonder why they’re going down the tubes?
What happened to the ‘phantom’ £9m that Liverpool offered in August?
Anyway, I thought it would be nice to show our noisy neighbours that we are still thinking about them in their time of need.
So, in case you missed any of the funnies circulating around the Celtic cyberspace I’ve reprinted a few for your amusement. If you’ve seen them before I apologise, I’m only the messenger….
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This is an appeal on behalf of Glasgow Rangers FC. Can you spare £2.00
per month to help a poor Rangers player but food and clothing for himself and his family? Yes, for only £2.00 you can feel superior to those poor demented h**s in your midst. Just send your donation to:
Help A H*n Association or HAHA as it’s known!
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Rangers fans are reminded that season ticket renewals for season
2017-18 are due by 5pm tonight!
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Transfer deadline news:
Rangers have failed in a last ditch attempt to sell Broxi Bear to
Edinburgh Zoo!
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The captain of the recently sunk ship Costa Concordia has been
summoned to Ibrox to explain how best to cope with a sinking ship!
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Rangers are about to add a big name to their squad. Administrator!
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And last but not least, a wee song, to the tune of American Pie….
A long long time ago,
I can still remember how
The tax case used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
that I could make our people dance,
And maybe we’d be happy for a while?
But February made me shiver
with every newspaper they’d deliver,
fab news on the doorstep,
I couldn’t take one more step
I’m sure I laughed until I cried
when I read about that football side
The laughter could be heard worldwide
*The day the Rangers dieeee*
So they’ll be singing:
“Bye, Bye”down Edminston Drive,
All the Tims will have a bevy cause the coffers are dry,
and poor fat Sally with his Frey Bentos pies
Singing this’ll be the day that we die,
This’ll be the day that we die!
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Simply NOT The Best!
Posted by: | CommentsLeon NOT The Answer…..
Chief Executive Peter Lawwell says he expects Celtio to come out of a transfer window stronger than when we go in.
This January you could argue that we’ve achieved just that.
The acquisition of defenders Fojut and Lustig, midfielder Ibrahim and striker Brozek gives Lenny a better choice of player for the run in, one that sees the Bhoys fighting on three fronts.
Overall we now seem to have enough cover in defence , similarly the midfield looks strong enough and the striking department has been bolstered with the addition of Polish international Pawel Brozek.
So, why did we make a last minute bid to bring Republic of Ireland’s Leon Best on loan from Newcastle?
God knows!
I tend to agree with our colleagues over at Celtic Quick News in the assertion that Leon would have been Simply NOT The Best for Celtic.
Lucky escape there me thinks….