Comments on: Barry Robson misjudges the mood of the Celtic fans

By: jockybhoy

jockybhoy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:24:44 +0000

Funnily enuff I was brought back here by the link from the “strachan shows more contempt for ‘tic fans”. Seems the tabloids looking for big headlines and a great way to strike at the heart of Celtic fans by trying to prompt off one of their big players. It’s a common tactic used by Scottish journalists but it is always a shame to hear players… ” You want to give the hypocrism a rest guys…?

By: WeKnowSFA

WeKnowSFA — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:42:07 +0000

Was resident in the East for a couple of years….at the moment, only during working hours.

Not a fan of the salt n sos!

By: quagmire

quagmire — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:23:28 +0000

Ah salt and sauce, a fellow east coaster I presume!

By: WeKnowSFA

WeKnowSFA — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:12:43 +0000

It’s the perfectly balanced way to life your life!

As long as there is no salt and sauce going on the chips.

By: Quagmire

Quagmire — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:55:35 +0000

Fair enough Ed, a chip on each shoulder should do the trick!!

By: WeKnowSFA

WeKnowSFA — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:05:20 +0000

Quagmire, an argument would be that referees were a major factor in three of the four home draws.

The away defeats at Tannadice and Tynecastle were the ones where the central defence were abysmal and suffering from brain-waves at regular points of the game and the home defeat to Hibs was one of they nights where naivety caused Celtic the points – again, could very well stem from the manager.

No one is saying Celtic are anything but poor – so many wrong footballing decisions / tactics and bad mistakes have cost them but to dismiss the referee factor is equally wrong.

The change in pressure on the players caused by dropped points creates a cyclical effect – its human nature. you only have to consider how people in serious debt behave – they start looking for major plays and gambles to wipe their debt out…but 8/10 times this behaviour only leads to further debt.

On one hand – Rangers consistency is the key, that cant be taken away from them.

However – to absolve refs from the blame because Celtic are crap is wrong. Equally, to absolve Celtic from blame because the refs are crap is wrong too.

It is possible to have more than one reason impacting on an outcome – striking the balance and determining portions of blame is the key factor….and one that would be impossible to agree upon.

By: quagmire

quagmire — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:43:58 +0000

Your managers gash, six league defeats and four home draws tells you where the clame lies.

But let’s blame the referees and the establishment, its the Celtic way.

By: john devlin

john devlin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:41:13 +0000

IF we hadn’t been on the wrong side of some horrendous descisions this season we would have been well ahead of Rangers in the league and to be perfectly honest we played well in Europe for the most part as well. So come on we can’t have it both ways. We are either being cheated or Tony is a bad manager what is it.

By: marko

marko — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:35:52 +0000

hope he is right about mcgready. he is a wee middin and canny defend either wae him in oor team. should have sold him first.

By: WeKnowSFA

WeKnowSFA — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:24:27 +0000

Quite a lot of debatable decisions in the 6-2 game.

Sutton’s opener still causes uproar to some Rangers fans.

There still hasn’t been video evidence to show that Rangers first goal actually crossed the line.

As mentioned, what appeared to be a perfectly good Rangers goal not being allowed. at a crucial time of the match.

Rangers being awarded what looked to be a soft penalty.

Haha….clearly the ref (was it WeKnowSFA favourite Dougal?) just set out to balance things up with some mental decisions for both sides….although most of them could probably be blamed on the linesmen!

A crazy game though, even though Celtic went 3-0 up early on, Rangers missed a few easy chances in the opening ten minutes as well.