Celtic Fans Wary Of New Point Scoring Low

Has every Celtic supporter read the statement from Club 1872 yet? If not they should because the contents of their statement contain just a little hint of the agenda that has been set for tomorrow. To cut straight to the chase there will be a minutes silence before the game to remember the 66 fans who lost their lives in the Ibrox Disaster of 1971. Nothing wrong with that of course, and to make it as clear as possible, I have NO ISSUE with remembering the dead in whichever way people see fit. Unfortunately this is less to do with remembrance and more to do with point scoring.

Glasgow Celtic Used As A Shield For Sevco Failings

Mark Warburton has been given a platform to speak again and as usual when this happens his whining but arrogant persona comes shining through. Tomorrow will see Celtic travel to Ibrox to do battle with his galaxy of stars (from English lower leagues) and judging from his comments, Mark has decided that his Sevco side will get an absolute skelping. How do we know this? Well incredibly Mark Warburton has decided to finally admit that there is a gap between the two sides, some distance in fact when you look at his comments. Warburton had more to say and his words are astonishing when you look at them in context.

Dear Mr McLean, Thanks For Your Efforts.... Here's Your Reward!!

Words fail me.....Actually no they don't because this sort of stuff is as predictable as an episode of NCIS and although you fully expect it from the corrupt SFA, it doesn't make the pain any less profound when they inevitably show the studs to our beloved club! Just minutes after writing my previous blog HERE. I am now going to sound like a complete hypocrite but you know I actually don't care because this latest decision from the SFA sums up EXACTLY what it's like to be a Celtic fan in this wee backwater known as Scottish Football: Why am I so angry? Well the officials for the game against Sevco on Saturday have just been announced and the referee will be none other than Steven McLean!!! Oh it get's better because not only will Mr McLean be in the middle, his sidekick Frank Connor has also been selected to be his assistant!

No Celtic fan needs the backstory on these two clowns but here it is anyway: Two years ago both men were part of the Scottish Cup semi-final officiating team as Celtic battled with Inverness Caledonian Thistle for a place in the final. Celtic were leading 1-0 when Leigh Griffiths saw his netbound header punched off the line by Caley defender Josh Meekings. So blatant was this act that Stevie Wonder could have seen it down a coal mine, yet not one of the three officials that day managed to spot it! Just in case anyone accuses this author of re-writing history or indeed paranoia, let's have a look at the incident in question:

There is just no way those officials could have missed that blatant handball and what makes the decision worse is that Celtic went on to lose the game, ending their hopes of a treble under then manager Ronny Deila. The officials that day should have saw their careers come to an end amid a thorough, independent investigation into corrupt officials in the Scottish game... They didn't and indeed the SFA are giving the impression that they have been patiently waiting to hand this game to Mr McLean as a reward for his efforts. It absolutely reeks and once again Celtic we will be up against it as predicted in my previous article. 

This author fully expects that shower to get at least a penalty on Hogmany and if these two officials have a hand in anything sinister their names should be dragged through the mud. Of course they won't and should the pair make a healthy contribution to the Sevco cause they will most probably find themselves handed another big match as a reward for their stellar efforts. If this blog sounds over the top then I make no apologies because it is absolutely sickening to know just what kind of ambush lies in wait for the Bhoys at Ibrox.

Confidence in our players to get the job done is one thing, confidence in the officials to be straight down the line is another and you only need to look at past instances such as the Cadete offside or the Kirk Broadfoot dive to see why myself and other Celtic fans will be worried come Saturday. For now though the SFA have shown they have finally rewarded Mr McLean for that Scottish Cup semi-final. They thought we'd forgotten... we haven't!!!

Hail Hail

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Taking Care Of Business

In just 3 days time Celtic will travel to Ibrox Park for a Hogmany clash that promises to be an all-action derby against the spirit of their once feared rivals Glasgow Rangers. Of course with the club having the same (worse in some cases) fans it's only natural that we want to inflict as much damage on them as we possibly can to lay down a marker for 2017. Well for now it's time to put that game to the back of our minds because the mighty Celtic have some business to take care of first, a fact that seems to be overlooked by our friends in the media and some Celtic fans in general. 

Good Laughs Come In Threes

Well Christmas is over for another year and as we head towards 2017 we are safe in the knowledge that we can always rely on the good ole Daily Record to constantly outdo themselves in the comedy stakes. Sometimes that paper resembles a struggling TV soap which in desperation for viewers and relevance churns out bigger and bigger action set pieces until it is so far removed from it's roots no one can take it seriously anymore. Perhaps that is the reason for these 3 Christmas crackers churned out by the Rancid Record over the past few days. Prepare yourself because these are absolutely mind bending in their logic.

Rob Kiernan To Fulham:

Today, the Rancid Record has a page entitled "Transfer News Live" Goodness know's why they didn't just name it "Made Up Bull" and be done with it. One of the main stories on this page concerns the Rangers defender Rob Kiernan, a man who was dubbed Champions League Class by a clearly unstable Davie Weir just a few weeks back. Apparently this "Champions League class" centre back is being targeted by English Championship side Fulham. Quite how this tallies up with Weir's claim is anyone's guess. Hold the laughs for now though because their not done yet, oh no! Not only are the cottagers desperate for Rob to put pen to paper, they are willing to fork out 2m for the privilege. Hmm somehow this one doesn't seem too likely

Odds Of Happening: About the same as Dave King inviting Mike Ashley for Christmas Dinner....

Rangers Lower League Stint Saved Clubs From The Brink:

Been a while since we heard this one trotted out isn't it? For years we have heard how Sevco are the saviors of Scottish football and once again the Rancid Record permits the bold Stuart McCall to peddle the widely debunked myth. Stuart also talks about Rangers being "punished" and informs us that the Bradford rugby team are in administration and people are attempting to save them. Goodness know's what they need saving from because the laws of going out of business don't seem to exist to these people... or is that just for Rangers? How many times does it need stated that the only club on the brink of financial Armageddon are the pretenders currently playing at Ibrox. Treat this rubbish with the contempt it deserves.

Odds Of Being True: About the same as a Level 5 PR statement....

Celtic Move For Darlington Nagbe Falls Apart:

Celtic's move for the 10 ten times capped American midfielder is OFF and while every other source confirms that Celtic pulled the plug, the Rancid Record has done some extensive investigating to get to the bottom of the story and exclusively learned that it was Portland Timbers who cancelled the deal. How did they acquire this information? By way of someone's tweet. Just how do these Record reporters do it. Surely there must be a future winner of the TRACE prize for investigative reporting in amongst that mob? 

Odds Of The Record Lying: Do we even need to answer this one?

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas and is looking forward to a Happy New Year.

Hail Hail

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Andy Halliday Keeps The Sevco Comedy Show On The Road

Their at it again folks... Everyone's favourite comedy has come up trumps, this time with an absolutely fantastic article courtesy of the Daily Rancid in which Andy Halliday, Sevco's very own Mr Rangers tells the world:

Heading For The Nearest Exit

When January 1st 2017 lands upon us it will mark the opening of the transfer window and by default, only Brendan Rodgers second since he took charge of Glasgow Celtic. Naturally all eyes are on who the manager will be bringing in to the club rather than out, yet part and parcel of BR's job will be to  clear out some of the players that he just doesn't think have a future in the EastEnd of Glasgow. Bearing this in mind let's take a look at five players that will almost certainly be moving on in January or in the summer.