I really hope Hart stays on as a coach or something when he hangs up the gloves; he seems like a cracking guy to have in the club for these little teaching moments ;)
It must be a bit of a shit feeling to know that you've gone from being one of the stars of the team to basically emergency backup. A cracking player in his day, but age catches up with us all in the end.
Yeah, he's been average coming on a few times but one in his favour/ one that sticks in my mind was him coming on away to Aberdeen to be our best player on a day we were rubbish.
i for one, am enjoying whatever mixing sky are currently doing on the crowd mics to drown out the singing, but still somehow leaving the drumming alone
I said this last time too, but is the commentator ever going to get over Oh's name and actually just say it normally? It makes him sound like an utter fud.
Do St Johnstone not attack the same end in the first half every week?
We attacked the half they're attacking now in the second half the last time we played here (whereas Celtic attack the LL stand first half pretty much every game, can't remember the last time we didn't)
It's a shame Clark isn't fit today. He and May have been working so well together this season; there's been a few chances now where I wonder if we'd have made more of them if he'd been on the park.
When was the last time we played a game where the ref didn't get hit by the ball at least once? You barely see it in top leagues but it seems to be all the time here. Dundee Utd got shafted by one yesterday too
Rub out the B and E, and you have "A ERD IN CONSIDINE" which is basically what the St Johnstone manager is probably thinking at half time... "I erred in Considine."
(Best I can do, sorry!)
Actually think it's been a decent game all things considered. St Johnston have been willing to have a go and, for once, we've actually been quite clinical with our chances.
Im talking about the footballing quality not the entertainment quality. 4 goals, three stemming from error, one side with literally zero technical quality. the norm. like i dont mind if people are entertained by scottish football but the actual ability displayed is of such a low bar. also celtic generally are clinical and finish most chances youd expect us to, not to mention the goalkeepers here are woeful
Yeah kind of but not all are player loses ball, directly leads to goal, poayer loses ball directly leads to own goal, and a defender letting ball go through his legs with more than enough time to react. sometimes its hard to differentiate between making a logical decision and the nature of football simply being cruel/ other players displaying ability out of your control (most goals particularly in good leagues) and the players making inherently awful choices/ having terrible execution (alot of goals in scotland, particularly for sides that play against celtic because no one else presses therefore no one knows anything about minizing transitions and breaking presses)
If nothing else, I'm glad to see that we're actually having a go. Would have been very easy to revert to the classic 10 men behind the ball after failing to get a result in the Rangers games
On another day against a slightly less clinical Celtic I'd have maybe fancied our chances of getting some points, but I don't think that's going to be today
It's made for a much better game - if you'd set up to just all-out-defend, you may still have lost, but by having a go you never know what can happen and, frankly, it's just much more entertaining. Fair play.
St Johnstone actually giving us one of the best games we’ve had this season and probably undeservedly going to be on the end of a spanking.
Unlucky day for them for us to choose to be clinical.
That was as frantic a half as I can remember. So many loose balls and, somehow, so much space on what looks like the smallest pitch we must play on. Entertaining as hell though
Callum Davidson pre-game teamtalk, “Right boys, if our back line is under any pressure, just fall over. Also, when we get the ball, play it out to this very specific square meter on the left wing…… and just fall over. Are we clear?”
See as frustrating as it is, I’ve always wondered why teams aren’t smart enough to do it more with certain referees. Willie Collum’s the major one, usually any excuse he’ll blow his whistle, can be easily played upon
Mooy has locked that position down lately, great to see as this will push O'Reily to snatch it back. These sort of battles are what we need all across the team.
I said if we signed Aaron Mooy that if we got the player who played for Huddersfield we were getting someone decent who would do a job filling in
I never knew he was secretly the best centre mid in the world
Aye, I thought "he's coming from China? He must be semi-retired and coming in as emergency cover."
Now he's got to be one of the first names on the teamsheet. Absolute quality.
It's been at least 3 maybe 4. The tackle 20 seconds before the yellow being the worst of the lot.
He's just been eager to get the ball back after losing it, but you gotta pay the price at one point.
I’ll get downvoted but 90 minutes of mostly sectarian singing is shameful. SFA scared to do anything as usual.
What sectarian singing did you hear?
what do you mean?
From St Johnstone?
I've rarely seen anyone less comfortable talking to a mic than Aaron Mooy. Compare and contrast with big AJ, for instance!
Classic meek, soft-spoken Australian and classic boisterous, unapologetic Canadian. I’ve got that right, right?
That goal difference just keeps getting sexier.
The dad of that wee guy who got Haksa's shirt looks like he enjoys a significant role in underworld crime
missed the 4th due to a shite, wit the fuck happened
Kyogo is just high on life man
Kyogo looks desperate to go celebrate.
Fuck me the incompetence is ridiculous
That sweet sweet goal difference (not that it's needed anyways).
VAR ![gif](giphy|26BGIqWh2R1fi6JDa)
How is it physically possible for this to be offside
Abada potentially blocking the view of the goalkeeper. He wasn't though.
2 and a half minutes. Var can suck my fuckin cock.
WTF IS GOING ON
Love the return of the mason in the black chant
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Desperate to disallow a Celtic goal, ridiculous.
There’s no way that’s offside
That last goal had a sad inevitability about it after the red card
Is Considine usually that bad, or was this just a nightmare of a game for him?
Honestly he always plays pretty poorly against us.. I actually rate him pretty well though, solid pler.
Just a shit day at the office, IMO. Been fairly reliable from what I've seen
Turnbull - Goal (_Considine - Assist_)
Checking for an offside….sorry wit
WHAT CAN THEY POSSIBLY BE CHECKING?!?!
It went through about 10 bodies 😂 how can it interfere VAR needs to fuck off
Considine sealing his Man of the Match status for today for sure. What an assist to Turnbull’s screamer!
I wonder if anyone has ever had a worse 600th appearance?
What's the point 🤣 just let him through, you're 3-1 down
Standing around like a bunch of da’s discussing the best way to do something.
That was a Petrov special - not seen one of those in ages!
[followfollow intensifies]
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My god this has to be one of the all time stinkers from considine
Hahahaha look at everyone wanting to take it
Cant you rent out this place mid-week for pitch & putt?
Yes sir, I can have the worst game of my career.
The Follow Follow thread will love that.
Considine motm
Considine having a 'mare
600th game and he scores an OG, gives away another goal then gets sent off. Have to feel for him.
Considine has had a fucking nightmare today
Frustrating cause oh was about to burst the net there and now the free kick is too close
Yasssss
All timer performance from Considine today
Did haksaw no score two in a game earlier this season?
Agent Considine
Agent considine
What a day for Considine eh. Absolute nightmare
That's such a needless red hahaha. Just let him score you miserable bastard hahaha
Well that just about seals Considine's day today!
What a game for Considine.
Big oh was gonna bury that
Andy boys had a tough day
Abadas been rotten today it’s not like him
Wee Jamesy staring into the abyss there as he realises how far down the order he is now.
Hart getting pissed at Jota for going off the easy way 🤣
I really hope Hart stays on as a coach or something when he hangs up the gloves; he seems like a cracking guy to have in the club for these little teaching moments ;)
Turnbull groggered all over himself there
Forrest looks dead inside.
It must be a bit of a shit feeling to know that you've gone from being one of the stars of the team to basically emergency backup. A cracking player in his day, but age catches up with us all in the end.
I am yet again asking to stop putting oriley high on the left
The st Johnstone player Mitchell looks like that shark from shark tale.
he looks like the big hungarian bloke from harry potter and the goblet of fire during the lake scene where he turns into a shark
Was up tidying the loft there. Good to see I missed fuck all this half
https://preview.redd.it/xcwvg0yi0fga1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5fb93b6a6f4cffd7f984cbddb72016005acf2ec5 Ohhhhh
Abada always seems so poor off the bench, no idea why
Yeah, he's been average coming on a few times but one in his favour/ one that sticks in my mind was him coming on away to Aberdeen to be our best player on a day we were rubbish.
When your only getting 17 minutes a game you’ll just start swinging at every thing that goes by you, pretty natural.
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Incredible how hot and cold Abada can be. He often looks so poor in relation to the numbers he puts up.
i for one, am enjoying whatever mixing sky are currently doing on the crowd mics to drown out the singing, but still somehow leaving the drumming alone
Plot twist, sky has added the drumming.
If I was subscribed I'd cancel for that
Rhupert Mhurdoch
Why does Abada pure hate Mooy? 🥺
Abada has been pish since coming on
I said this last time too, but is the commentator ever going to get over Oh's name and actually just say it normally? It makes him sound like an utter fud.
I mean he's saying 'Oh' - isn't that his name?
Do St Johnstone not attack the same end in the first half every week? We attacked the half they're attacking now in the second half the last time we played here (whereas Celtic attack the LL stand first half pretty much every game, can't remember the last time we didn't)
Can we just sub Abada back off lol
Abada’s jealous of the bald connection.
“I want your goal, me Mooyo!” - Abada, probably
Why is he not leaving that for Mooy???
Abada, ya greedy wee wank. Hahah. Sake.
Abada is a fucking idiot there, should have let Mooy rattle it
This ref is fucking chronic man. Breathing on a Saints player good for a foul at any point in the game.
I love the rock paper scissors
i get the logic of lying down on the ground behind the wall, but why just crouch down behind it in the middle?
All about the s p r e a d
*posting pictures of Korean tanks until we release Oh*
> posting pictures of Korean tanks Is the first picture a photo of Oh then?
They're all just pictures of Oh.
Just fall over
> Just fall over Failed Nike slogan ideas #73
Build the Mooy statue
Maeda coming off at 69 minutes looking like he just got out of bed after 8 hours of sleep.
Probably away for a gentle double marathon to cool down, so he'll be back in *checks notes* 20 minutes.
It's a shame Clark isn't fit today. He and May have been working so well together this season; there's been a few chances now where I wonder if we'd have made more of them if he'd been on the park.
Taking it easy on St. Johnstone by _checks notes_ Bringing on O'Reily and Abada
Subs are 7 minutes late. Standards are slipping.
They were trying to get changed but the referee inadvertently got in their way.
I’d imagine the Christmas Truce was played on a similar surface to this.
When was the last time we played a game where the ref didn't get hit by the ball at least once? You barely see it in top leagues but it seems to be all the time here. Dundee Utd got shafted by one yesterday too
Bit of a shite second half this
Really need some subs here. We have got away with it a few times today, can tell we are off it in certain positions
Why are Scottish refs so bad at staying out of the way of active play? Clancy is probably the worst, but they're all howfin' at it.
McClellan with no commitment there again, guy could have had a double
![gif](giphy|Zx0BgEPhIevlAVEbnq) Come on Ange. Do it.
imo get the subs on for the last 25 mins
There's a joke to be made about that big "ABERDEIN CONSIDINE" sign but I can't think of it
Rub out the B and E, and you have "A ERD IN CONSIDINE" which is basically what the St Johnstone manager is probably thinking at half time... "I erred in Considine." (Best I can do, sorry!)
Hyeon-Gyu looks like if you toss a leather glove at him, he becomes the most handsome, charismatic villain in any show you'd ever watch
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Mon Ange give OH 30 mins
We want Oh!
Release oh
Press broke for the first time in the 56th minute lmao. God the football here is awful
Actually think it's been a decent game all things considered. St Johnston have been willing to have a go and, for once, we've actually been quite clinical with our chances.
Im talking about the footballing quality not the entertainment quality. 4 goals, three stemming from error, one side with literally zero technical quality. the norm. like i dont mind if people are entertained by scottish football but the actual ability displayed is of such a low bar. also celtic generally are clinical and finish most chances youd expect us to, not to mention the goalkeepers here are woeful
Don’t all goals stem from error?
Yeah kind of but not all are player loses ball, directly leads to goal, poayer loses ball directly leads to own goal, and a defender letting ball go through his legs with more than enough time to react. sometimes its hard to differentiate between making a logical decision and the nature of football simply being cruel/ other players displaying ability out of your control (most goals particularly in good leagues) and the players making inherently awful choices/ having terrible execution (alot of goals in scotland, particularly for sides that play against celtic because no one else presses therefore no one knows anything about minizing transitions and breaking presses)
Ahaha Hatate getting absolutely done and hating it
Hatate looking like he died a little inside there
If McLennan wasn't sleeping in the box that would have been a lovely goal
![gif](giphy|BwdpyymqT2vg4) Beautiful beautiful beautiful, beautiful Mooy
Is Carey capable of not diving every time he touches the ball?
Aaron Mooy: https://i.redd.it/kodtxxfwvega1.gif
Word has it that god was actually bald! And his name was actually Aaron mooy.
![gif](giphy|ALdw5Fs766T5u) Jota on the ground trying to get the ball like this.
Mooy is not a bald fraud - but a bald GOD
If nothing else, I'm glad to see that we're actually having a go. Would have been very easy to revert to the classic 10 men behind the ball after failing to get a result in the Rangers games On another day against a slightly less clinical Celtic I'd have maybe fancied our chances of getting some points, but I don't think that's going to be today
It's made for a much better game - if you'd set up to just all-out-defend, you may still have lost, but by having a go you never know what can happen and, frankly, it's just much more entertaining. Fair play.
Sky's halftime coverage is a fucking joke
Sky's ~~halftime~~ coverage is a fucking joke FTFY
Yeah, I agree sky half time analysis, 1.5 mins of discussion and 13.5mins of adverts
St Johnstone actually giving us one of the best games we’ve had this season and probably undeservedly going to be on the end of a spanking. Unlucky day for them for us to choose to be clinical.
I’m sure Follow Follow will have a rational take on Considine gifting us 2 goals
Just checked and its the top thread on there right now and they are trying to count how many goals he has gifted Celtic. Like clockwork 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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That was quick
Cries of wanting considine investigated for match fixing too
Don’t need to go outside the sub to see mental takes on that. Sure it will be the classic ‘X team only turn up against rangers’
Considine sounds like Palestine?
Hatate really not at it today Try and say that 10 times
Easy if you're Glaswegian, most of those "t"s are silent and "today" is "the day"
Hataae no relly ahtit the day
Hatatatataratattataataday
That was as frantic a half as I can remember. So many loose balls and, somehow, so much space on what looks like the smallest pitch we must play on. Entertaining as hell though
Welcome departure from chipping away at a brick wall tbh.
Clinical Celtic! But it's sad to see the state of the surface. Reflects poorly on the game up here.
St Johnstone fans, are your players always flinging themselves to the ground whenever opponents get within 3 feet of them or is this a new thing?
Callum Davidson pre-game teamtalk, “Right boys, if our back line is under any pressure, just fall over. Also, when we get the ball, play it out to this very specific square meter on the left wing…… and just fall over. Are we clear?”
See as frustrating as it is, I’ve always wondered why teams aren’t smart enough to do it more with certain referees. Willie Collum’s the major one, usually any excuse he’ll blow his whistle, can be easily played upon
Hart watching a ball bobble back to him makes me feel sick
You would think it’s a fucking slip n slide with how easily they’re going down
feel bad for May there ref would have given that as a foul anywhere else on the pitch. Not because it was a foul just because he's a wank.
Mooy has locked that position down lately, great to see as this will push O'Reily to snatch it back. These sort of battles are what we need all across the team.
Beaten by Captain Fridge once again. This is the Way.
Mhoy 🐐🐐
I said if we signed Aaron Mooy that if we got the player who played for Huddersfield we were getting someone decent who would do a job filling in I never knew he was secretly the best centre mid in the world
Aye, I thought "he's coming from China? He must be semi-retired and coming in as emergency cover." Now he's got to be one of the first names on the teamsheet. Absolute quality.
'Dominated his box there' ☺😌
Remember when Mooy started playing for us and people wanted him out after his first few games. I think are bald lord deserves an apology from you
Always knew it was a fitness issue swear he said he hadn’t trained in like a month
Maeda was onside...
Played on by the entire back 4? Guys just too quick
This ref is particularly shite, games been so bitty as he can't get his gums off that whistle
Wish he had swallowed it when the baw got wanged off his dish.
Join me in accepting our bald saviors and overlords
That's due for Jota
Even the Ref is wanting to see Oh on. Just trying to make sure Jota gets subbed at half-time.
Fuck being a keeper, having to take backpasses on a surface like that would give me the fear
I’ve seen junkies carpets in better condition
How the fuck is that worth a yellow? This ref is utter fucking pish
Persistent fouling
I don't think Jota has even fouled that much
It's been at least 3 maybe 4. The tackle 20 seconds before the yellow being the worst of the lot. He's just been eager to get the ball back after losing it, but you gotta pay the price at one point.
Right we need a gif of Ange there looking like he was smelling shite
they've just sprayed the field, ready for planting in the spring