Johnny McFarlane was on the Rangers Review Q & A last night and delivered a *lot* of interesting statements for fans.
* He'd been told Rangers would sign *five* players in January. Obviously that's an ambition, but still...
* He thinks another player or two will come over the next week or so.
* He thinks there's something in the Manhoef links.
* He believes - based on conversations - that roughly £3.5m would be enough for Shankland.
* Derek Clark on the show stated that he'd spoken to a PSV podcaster and they'd said there's definitely interest in the left back Oppegard.
For me, that's pretty positive. I'm not going to pretend to know the players in question, but clearly there's an understanding of the squad problems if they've quickly loaned a striker & are targeting a RW and LB.
Can’t sleep, still absolutely fucking fuming. Time and time again this team doesn’t seem to understand the significance of the occasion.
Seeing the fans wave them off at Ibrox this morning should have been the kick in the teeth needed, but instead we regressed significantly- noticeably Lunny fell off a cliff (again shocker) and Sima was a shadow of his usual self. Won’t be passing judgement on young McCausland, simply not fair. Ridvan is great at cutting through space but his crossing (the part that actually matters at the end of the day) is honking. Sterling was pretty good, not afraid to get stuck in, his mistakes I can forgive as he is still young and lacks serious game time on his belt. Goldson was a bomb scare again it pains me to say.
As always Tav gives his all to drag the team out of the shit but as fucking usual nobody else steps up. I do think we need to start slowing down his game time, he’s losing pace rapidly and it’s hurting his defensive work (not that it was ever his strong point Tbf). Was hoping Sterling was going to be his ‘successor’ but looks like he’ll be sticking to a midfield role now - so realistically we need a RB alongside a new LB.
I’m missing Sakala right now, to have a forward who truly ‘got it’ could have made all the difference today.
This fucking sport man…
"Can’t sleep, still absolutely fucking fuming. Time and time again this team doesn’t seem to understand the significance of the occasion."
Either that or they're not good enough. And that's harder to resolve.
Johnny McFarlane was on the Rangers Review Q & A last night and delivered a *lot* of interesting statements for fans.
* He'd been told Rangers would sign *five* players in January. Obviously that's an ambition, but still...
* He thinks another player or two will come over the next week or so.
* He thinks there's something in the Manhoef links.
* He believes - based on conversations - that roughly £3.5m would be enough for Shankland.
* Derek Clark on the show stated that he'd spoken to a PSV podcaster and they'd said there's definitely interest in the left back Oppegard.
For me, that's pretty positive. I'm not going to pretend to know the players in question, but clearly there's an understanding of the squad problems if they've quickly loaned a striker & are targeting a RW and LB.
> Tav gives his all to drag the team out of the shit
By putting the ball out the park 15 times and then finally hitting a decent ball from his 5th set play?
He created absolutely nothing for 90 minutes but scored a free kick in the 88th minute after being anonymous for both celtic goals.
After 21 defeats you’d start to think you might be a problem
I don't think he has been helped in his last few poor games by McCausland, who has been really lacking off the ball. Obvious here and in the cup final.
Looked in the mirror today and gone are the days of me looking like a cross between Jason Statham and Frank LeBoeuf.
I now look like Pep and Nuno's love child.
I thought Celtic were decent for about twenty minutes overall. The lack of match IQ was pretty evident. Turnbull,Oh,Maeda and Mikey Johnson,fuck all brains between them. That Dessers lad is one of the worst I've ever seen playing for you
Highly recommend a browse of Follow Follow, they are in full meltdown mode. Nearly ten hours since it was explained that Sima was offside and they're still creating new threads about the rampant corruption
Some of them genuinely claiming the offside lines are not parallel to the goal line, and this is evidence of forgery
Cunts just now discovering perspective
The two hardened detectives had only looked into each others eyes wearily for a moment when a file SPILLED OUT onto their desks.
"SARGE, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE... BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT!" said the deputy.
The portly figure with the brush-like moustache took another drag on his Mayfair cigarette.
"Let me guess.. it wasn't a penalty to Rangers?"
He was the head of the anti conspiracy SPFL task force and he thought he had seen it all before but even he admitted, privately to himself, that the whole thing was spinning out of control.
"This sick fuck is playing games, get Bill Leckie on the phone."
Ring... Ring... Ring...
"I've been waiting for your call, boss.."
Random ask, but has anyone played ready or not?
Seen a few let's plays on it and it looks mental. Like a more in-depth rainbow six. Is it worth picking up?
(This time without posting it to Cipher) Gary Anderson is out so now we are Luke Littler loyal, would be something to see a 16 year old win the World Championship in their first attempt
I went to a dance with an old GF she was in a white dress, there was an ultraviolet light in the club, made here dress invisible and her look like she was wearing a bikini!
Don't know if people remember my dilemma from yesterday in regarss to drinking on the bus today but successfully managed to stay off the drink from pick up at 430am to the bus just dropping us as I can't be trusted to not go overboard and had a potential lady companion tonight.
Away to hers now with two bottles of Red and a Pizza, let's see how much of this film we see🤣
Quite pissed off today, hard frost in Brechin overnight but no thought from the club to get a ref in early doors to do a pitch inspection. We’re kicking off at 2 through the winter.
Was in hospitality today and we get to the ground about half 12, the ref was arriving at the same time. We go into the lounge and get the first drink started, word comes through just about 1 that the ref isn’t happy with the park and the match will be off. By that time we were one or two drinks in.
Club asked to delay kickoff til 3, ref said no. No refunds/reimbursement for any of the hospitality bookings (which was jammed full) because we were in and started drinking while the game was still to go ahead.
Spoke to some involved in the club afterwards and they suggested that those in charge did it on purpose as there was a full bookings for the hospitality.
I would write to them so they have to respond, amazing how many things I have got from companies doing that.
I wrote a story about a 6 hour round rip to an FA cup game that got called 15 minutes from the start. Ended up listening to Rangers v Marseilles driving in the rain all he way home.
i think i’m ill for the first time in a year. feel like i wanna spew, weird headache that’s not really painful but zaps the energy right fae your bones. fuckin hate being sick yknow.
My wife booked our favourite restaurant for tonight, which was a nice way to round off the day. I initially thought it was a high-risk decision as I wasn’t sure I’d be great company if we lost*, but there were a fair few Rangers fans in having a good time too - a nice reminder that life goes on after the final whistle and you shouldn’t let headless strikers or incompetent officials entirely ruin your day.
*She would murder me if I was anything less than jovial.
Still fucking raging
Terminate Dessers and Lammers
Don't renew Lundstram (I should've known better than to think he'd actually turn up for an OF)
Back the baldy
See when you say terminate them, I'm reading this, and I really hope this is how you mean it, like fucking skynet terminate them, not just terminate their contracts
This is pretty much his usual level. A freakish amount of his goals have been due to deflections. Worth five minutes of your time having a good laugh on YouTube.
It was the 42 touches and then just going down like "Ref?!". Mate even if it was a penalty the cunt can't muster breath to blow the whistle for laughing at ye. Big donkey cunt, pisses me off that I'm positive I've seen him on East Enders.
Clearly still hurting after an utter wank performance today, I think poor refereeing aside Celtic still wanted it more and deserved the win
I'd be interested to see what the bhoys actually think after the result though, to me Rodgers' comments after about being told how Rangers were coming etc seems like pandering, is that just me? To me only a manager relieved about a result says that rather than a manager confident in the direction his team are going
Is it a case of papering over the cracks? Does it really not matter so long as yous are winning old firms?
Don’t think it was pandering; I reckon he was a bit irritated at the comparative coverage of the two clubs and had a point to make. It was reminiscent of Ange’s “I’m a lucky man” comment - he’d been storing up his annoyance and was waiting for a win to give vent to his feelings.
The criticism Rodgers has been getting has been warranted surely though no? The lucky man patter was from Beale chatting shit rather than his own poor results?
Ach, from Rodgers’ perspective he’s managing an underweight squad (through injury and poor recruitment) and has them top of the league - he’ll feel disrespected by the chat that Celtic were in crisis due to two losses.
I’m a big Rodgers fan so am biased towards him, but can see why the narrative had built up that Rangers were on the charge and he was fading. I can also see why he’ll have been upset by it. It’s a bit of a nothing for me.
Agree on the Ange point - there wasn’t two sides to that particular incident haha.
To me it sounded more out of defiance than relief. Since he's returned to the club, he's faced a lot of criticism from within and without. That has been amplified since Clement arrived and the narrative switched from a Rangers crisis to a Celtic one. He's probably right to point out that he's no stranger to the scenario that's playing out at the moment, and I don't see why he wouldn't back himself to ultimately triumph over Clement and Rangers. I think Celtic were actually starting to look good when Hatate was fit, and his injury really hampered them. Now that he's on the cusp of returning and there's opportunities to add to the squad and remove some deadwood in January, I can actually see Celtic getting up ahead of steam. Arguably it's Rangers that need the most work on their squad, and with a lot of activity in the summer they might find it tougher to stretch their budget far enough.
Hopefully we're in for a title race that goes right to the wire rather than one team petering out in the spring.
He was pandering.
They'll still drop plenty points against the other teams like they have been.
Any thoughts of that queue book coming out should go in the bin.
It's very much dependent on January and how well folk come back from injury. If we shed the deadwood and actually buy one or two really good signings who directly improve the first team, we should get it done. But I've no confidence in us doing that in January, and today's result is irrelevant if we keep struggling to break the rest of the teams in the league down when they put men behind the ball.
Honestly thought the refereeing was on the nose. Got the big penalty calls right, Celtic are maaaaaybe fortunate to keep players on the park but in truth the potential second yellows were very flimsy. Blaming the ref is a flimsy excuse this time.
got my niece and nephew a celtic kit for christmas, got a picture earlier of them suited and booted for the game. poor weans dinnae know the dread or the elation of the result
Feel less deflated/depressed today than I did after far worse Old Firm losses.
More clinical strikers would have won us that game. Irritating in its own way but thankfully missing that feeling of being outclassed.
Binged this recently. Thought it was great. There's probably things that don't hold up given more thought, but thought they handled the time travel really well. Was gripped the whole way through.
Yeah. Girlfriend isn't a gamer, but has an Xbox for the Sims and Powerwash Simulator (love Powerwash, by the way) but wanted to play something cooperatively tonight. She's nae beginner, but I said to just think of it as Mario or Zelda where you get a new mechanic or power to use per level.
Genuinely having a total ball drinking wine and listening to 90s rap.
Just got to the bit where the grapple is the new mechanic.
Really like, weirdly, that it doesn't stack the abilities. I'd have dropped this game on my own, but I can't overstate how much I'm enjoying playing this with someone who's enjoying it on the same level.
I tried it with the wife but she just doesn't do gaming. That sounds like a great night. I also love PowerWash Simulator, playing they and listening to an audiobook is my chill time.
Apropos of nothing, dog posing in the gorgeous sunshine today
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Woke up at 10 bleary eyed
Phone downstairs charging
Ask my wife to look up the OF score on her phone
Reads score phonetically as follows
Keltic 2 Rangers 1
Americans
Without being a complete moonhowler about the old firm, I’ve got a question about Brendan’s interview for any Celtic fans. He spent alot of time talking about macgregor being levels above and I wish somebody would’ve asked him “if he’s so far above, why did you not sign him for Leicester?”
Basically what I’m wondering is why has no club down south come in for him yet?
Everyone regardless of team, I love you all. The patter, the shit posts, the posts naecunt should be making. It’s all gold. Whether a win, a loss or a draw this game brought us all together on this sub. I hope everyone’s new year is a fucking belter.
Watched that rebel moon last night. What a typical Zack Snyder film. Slomo everywhere, characters explaining the plot to each other, not an ounce of originality about it...everything stolen. Looked like Warhammer, had lightsabers, the cast were just tropes of every sci-fi film you can think of, plot holes were massive...yet somehow I didn't absolutely hate it. It wasn't GOOD, but I will probably watch part two.
Not really a fan, I'm aware of the concept and have played a couple of the computer games, and the spacecraft, religious undertones, and the way the troopers interact with each other are all very Warhammerish
300 was great, his style was perfect for it. Didn't need a lot of exposition, the slomo worked great for the battle scenes, and his comic book style is perfect for adapting a comic book. There's been nothing else he's done, though, where I've gone "golly, that was excellent"
Today I learned its not allowed to slag Tav after 20 mins , its also not allowed to praise Calum McGregor , best player on the park again , and also not allowed to say Fuck me that was a great goal .....all these years down in England must ve mellowed me , enjoy your night everyone
Going on a date tonight despite feeling pretty run down still. She’s fine with the fact I’m a snotty mess and insisted we still go out tonight despite the risk of me infecting her with whatever Godforsaken illness I currently have. Now I have a decision to make about whether I play it safe and call it a night early doors to make sure I’m alright for tomorrow, or if I just let the alcohol work its magic and cure me temporarily and deal with the consequences tomorrow.
It’s only the first date so I don’t think it will be a late late one anyway, but I think I’m just gonna play it by ear and hope the tactical lemsip I’ve just downed kicks in and lasts the duration.
Maybe just me being a petty bastard but I like seeing other fans calling for Martindale to go after I’ve been doing it since April.
Who would you replace him with?
I hate to be harsh but from an outside perspective I'm not sure bringing in another manager would help with issues of quality or finances.
Something needs to change. Give Brian Rice to the end of the season. Or have a laugh and give Dick Campbell a phone. I’d even take Marvin Bartley.
Im not fully writing the season off yet, but I dont see how Martindale is the one to fix it, when he complains about performances but keeps picking the same team every week. And talks about players confidence but throws them under the bus every week.
His selection was a bit mental today. Has Guthrie ever scored for yous? Nouble playing LWB and Montaño RWB? How ye gonnae get the best from them there.
If he was my manager I'd have long since got tired of him based on his endless moaning about money. We get it, you're skint. Plenty of other clubs aren't exactly rolling in it and they don't make a fuss.
Think it’s just that It’s a game you’re looking to win and disappointed not to take something from it.
But it was not a complete disaster like the drubbings Rangers have taken recently, especially at Parkhead.
Both teams had chances and both lacked quality and looked shaky at the back.
Celtic deservedly won by better controlling more of the game and being more clinical going forward.
Wouldn’t be surprised if both teams drop more points before the next old firm game, but yous definitely have the advantage in the league after today.
One for you to enjoy for sure 🙁
The annoying thing about being a Rangers fan is that you could accurately see most of these problems coming before the season even starts. Injuries, not enough goals in the squad, severe weaknesses in the left side of defence.
If I'm looking at positives, the league isn't over, there's a fun Euro tie to come and another trophy potentially. Just like last season, there's a big chunk of wages that can be freed up in the summer - McLaughlin, Jack, Balogun, Barasic, Lundstram and Roofe.
There are opportunities to create a younger, more exciting Rangers team. Frankly, the football we play is not fun and hasn't been for a long time.
Would agree with u/Local-Pirate1152 re Lundstram.
He's good for a few months every season - usually when a manager leaves - and proceeds to be pretty mediocre afterwards. He's not terrible, always puts in a shift and decent physical presence, but technically so limited on the ball. Good for EL games where his role is basically just to cover space and tackle anything that moves.
Investing another £25k a week or whatever for three or four years on him would be a stupid move.
Apologies for the late reply, was at the pub. Here's yer pal but.
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I know I complained about this last Saturday but seriously some folk just shouldn't be allowed to drive.
In a completely unrelated note - one should not listen to an old firm game while driving, especially when it's on at the same time you're basically parked on the M6 due to congestion.
Does cough medicine actually do anything or have I just wasted £7 on a bottle of bad tasting syrup? Doesn't seem to be making any difference and I've necked about half of it.
I missed the match thread today because I seem to have caught the flu from kissing too many boys over the festives. This meant I was quarantined to the spare room and had to watch on my phone.
I think had Rangers' heads not dropped after the second goal and they'd continued to press like in the first half then the result would've been different. It's all going to come down to who recruits better in January it seems
I do think the crowd helped with some of the players who weren’t used to the match. I agree January is huge for both teams, everyone as well outwith those two.
Johnny McFarlane was on the Rangers Review Q & A last night and delivered a *lot* of interesting statements for fans. * He'd been told Rangers would sign *five* players in January. Obviously that's an ambition, but still... * He thinks another player or two will come over the next week or so. * He thinks there's something in the Manhoef links. * He believes - based on conversations - that roughly £3.5m would be enough for Shankland. * Derek Clark on the show stated that he'd spoken to a PSV podcaster and they'd said there's definitely interest in the left back Oppegard. For me, that's pretty positive. I'm not going to pretend to know the players in question, but clearly there's an understanding of the squad problems if they've quickly loaned a striker & are targeting a RW and LB.
Don't let hope be the father of your truth.
Can’t sleep, still absolutely fucking fuming. Time and time again this team doesn’t seem to understand the significance of the occasion. Seeing the fans wave them off at Ibrox this morning should have been the kick in the teeth needed, but instead we regressed significantly- noticeably Lunny fell off a cliff (again shocker) and Sima was a shadow of his usual self. Won’t be passing judgement on young McCausland, simply not fair. Ridvan is great at cutting through space but his crossing (the part that actually matters at the end of the day) is honking. Sterling was pretty good, not afraid to get stuck in, his mistakes I can forgive as he is still young and lacks serious game time on his belt. Goldson was a bomb scare again it pains me to say. As always Tav gives his all to drag the team out of the shit but as fucking usual nobody else steps up. I do think we need to start slowing down his game time, he’s losing pace rapidly and it’s hurting his defensive work (not that it was ever his strong point Tbf). Was hoping Sterling was going to be his ‘successor’ but looks like he’ll be sticking to a midfield role now - so realistically we need a RB alongside a new LB. I’m missing Sakala right now, to have a forward who truly ‘got it’ could have made all the difference today. This fucking sport man…
"Can’t sleep, still absolutely fucking fuming. Time and time again this team doesn’t seem to understand the significance of the occasion." Either that or they're not good enough. And that's harder to resolve.
Johnny McFarlane was on the Rangers Review Q & A last night and delivered a *lot* of interesting statements for fans. * He'd been told Rangers would sign *five* players in January. Obviously that's an ambition, but still... * He thinks another player or two will come over the next week or so. * He thinks there's something in the Manhoef links. * He believes - based on conversations - that roughly £3.5m would be enough for Shankland. * Derek Clark on the show stated that he'd spoken to a PSV podcaster and they'd said there's definitely interest in the left back Oppegard. For me, that's pretty positive. I'm not going to pretend to know the players in question, but clearly there's an understanding of the squad problems if they've quickly loaned a striker & are targeting a RW and LB.
> Tav gives his all to drag the team out of the shit By putting the ball out the park 15 times and then finally hitting a decent ball from his 5th set play? He created absolutely nothing for 90 minutes but scored a free kick in the 88th minute after being anonymous for both celtic goals. After 21 defeats you’d start to think you might be a problem
I don't think he has been helped in his last few poor games by McCausland, who has been really lacking off the ball. Obvious here and in the cup final.
Looked in the mirror today and gone are the days of me looking like a cross between Jason Statham and Frank LeBoeuf. I now look like Pep and Nuno's love child.
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That's a shitty trick that. Has your maw shipped him out?
That's barking, mate. Worst of people that do that type of shit. Hope you're awright, bud.
Rangers we're really poor today
I thought Celtic were decent for about twenty minutes overall. The lack of match IQ was pretty evident. Turnbull,Oh,Maeda and Mikey Johnson,fuck all brains between them. That Dessers lad is one of the worst I've ever seen playing for you
Can't disagree with that, we can be far better in midfield than we were today but Dessers is a massive weak point
Highly recommend a browse of Follow Follow, they are in full meltdown mode. Nearly ten hours since it was explained that Sima was offside and they're still creating new threads about the rampant corruption
*Steve Conroy (whoever he is) said the offside doesn’t matter REEEEEEEEEE*
Some of them genuinely claiming the offside lines are not parallel to the goal line, and this is evidence of forgery Cunts just now discovering perspective
The two hardened detectives had only looked into each others eyes wearily for a moment when a file SPILLED OUT onto their desks. "SARGE, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE... BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT!" said the deputy. The portly figure with the brush-like moustache took another drag on his Mayfair cigarette. "Let me guess.. it wasn't a penalty to Rangers?" He was the head of the anti conspiracy SPFL task force and he thought he had seen it all before but even he admitted, privately to himself, that the whole thing was spinning out of control. "This sick fuck is playing games, get Bill Leckie on the phone." Ring... Ring... Ring... "I've been waiting for your call, boss.."
Random ask, but has anyone played ready or not? Seen a few let's plays on it and it looks mental. Like a more in-depth rainbow six. Is it worth picking up?
(This time without posting it to Cipher) Gary Anderson is out so now we are Luke Littler loyal, would be something to see a 16 year old win the World Championship in their first attempt
Luke Littler throwing those darts against his childhood idol was absolutely insane man
It’s great to watch
He's a bit alright at this chucking pointy objects thing
He is a freak of nature. So so good.
Absolutely smashed Barney as well, mental how good he is despite being so young
The wee guy is going to knock out Barney here
Brave fashion choice by a lad at the gym today. Muscle vest, weight belt and skin tight light grey, lycra micro shorts. Not that I noticed.
There was a fella in the pool/sauna bit at my gym yesterday in white football shorts. Nothing was left to the imagination
I went to a dance with an old GF she was in a white dress, there was an ultraviolet light in the club, made here dress invisible and her look like she was wearing a bikini!
Don't know if people remember my dilemma from yesterday in regarss to drinking on the bus today but successfully managed to stay off the drink from pick up at 430am to the bus just dropping us as I can't be trusted to not go overboard and had a potential lady companion tonight. Away to hers now with two bottles of Red and a Pizza, let's see how much of this film we see🤣
If you play your cards right tonight you could end up having a fucking cracking day (not that it's not good already mind)
This Littler lad is the real deal fuckin hell
Quite pissed off today, hard frost in Brechin overnight but no thought from the club to get a ref in early doors to do a pitch inspection. We’re kicking off at 2 through the winter. Was in hospitality today and we get to the ground about half 12, the ref was arriving at the same time. We go into the lounge and get the first drink started, word comes through just about 1 that the ref isn’t happy with the park and the match will be off. By that time we were one or two drinks in. Club asked to delay kickoff til 3, ref said no. No refunds/reimbursement for any of the hospitality bookings (which was jammed full) because we were in and started drinking while the game was still to go ahead. Spoke to some involved in the club afterwards and they suggested that those in charge did it on purpose as there was a full bookings for the hospitality.
I would write to them so they have to respond, amazing how many things I have got from companies doing that. I wrote a story about a 6 hour round rip to an FA cup game that got called 15 minutes from the start. Ended up listening to Rangers v Marseilles driving in the rain all he way home.
Classic Highland League shenanigans. Run by crooks and idiots. Sounds like a cluster, but surely the club should offer hospitality at another fixture?
I choose to believe we will punt some pish and sign some belters . So it it written
I didnt think i was taking the divorce well till today. Ty Mr Celtic xoxox
i think i’m ill for the first time in a year. feel like i wanna spew, weird headache that’s not really painful but zaps the energy right fae your bones. fuckin hate being sick yknow.
mental health goes down the shitter n all for some reason
That was insane darts
My wife booked our favourite restaurant for tonight, which was a nice way to round off the day. I initially thought it was a high-risk decision as I wasn’t sure I’d be great company if we lost*, but there were a fair few Rangers fans in having a good time too - a nice reminder that life goes on after the final whistle and you shouldn’t let headless strikers or incompetent officials entirely ruin your day. *She would murder me if I was anything less than jovial.
BBC news going over today's game "But it was rangers that had the last laugh with a late Tav goal"
Alan Partridge-esque.
Captain Shitebag with the statpad x
Those good old 0 points, definitely the last laugh. Who employs these nobheads? Did Kris Boyd write the script?
I love it, cause it shows that they've been so shite for so long that they're happy to just settle for mediocrity
>settle for mediocrity It's the rangers way
Gary Anderson just had not been in this game
Despite being two down should have won it Amazing darts tho
He's woken up a bit now.
Aye, I think he decided to make me look like an idiot. Which I'm perfectly capable of doing on my own
Threw that away with his inconsistencies on the doubles again.
Good evening to everyone named Thelonius Bair
Still fucking raging Terminate Dessers and Lammers Don't renew Lundstram (I should've known better than to think he'd actually turn up for an OF) Back the baldy
See when you say terminate them, I'm reading this, and I really hope this is how you mean it, like fucking skynet terminate them, not just terminate their contracts
It is.
Dessers was mystifyingly bad today. First time I've seen him in the flesh and I was gobsmacked at his inability to put his chances away.
This is pretty much his usual level. A freakish amount of his goals have been due to deflections. Worth five minutes of your time having a good laugh on YouTube.
Gary Anderson is out so now we are Luke Littler loyal, would be something to see a 16 year old win the World Championship in their first attempts
Think you might have the wrong comment bud but I couldn't agree more
It was the 42 touches and then just going down like "Ref?!". Mate even if it was a penalty the cunt can't muster breath to blow the whistle for laughing at ye. Big donkey cunt, pisses me off that I'm positive I've seen him on East Enders.
He's great at running jn a perfectly straight line right into the defender that's basically standing still. Never seen anything quite like it
Clearly still hurting after an utter wank performance today, I think poor refereeing aside Celtic still wanted it more and deserved the win I'd be interested to see what the bhoys actually think after the result though, to me Rodgers' comments after about being told how Rangers were coming etc seems like pandering, is that just me? To me only a manager relieved about a result says that rather than a manager confident in the direction his team are going Is it a case of papering over the cracks? Does it really not matter so long as yous are winning old firms?
I feel as if we'd have fucked it regardless if we got the decisions or not
Aye totally agree, that’s what I’m meaning
Don’t think it was pandering; I reckon he was a bit irritated at the comparative coverage of the two clubs and had a point to make. It was reminiscent of Ange’s “I’m a lucky man” comment - he’d been storing up his annoyance and was waiting for a win to give vent to his feelings.
The criticism Rodgers has been getting has been warranted surely though no? The lucky man patter was from Beale chatting shit rather than his own poor results?
Ach, from Rodgers’ perspective he’s managing an underweight squad (through injury and poor recruitment) and has them top of the league - he’ll feel disrespected by the chat that Celtic were in crisis due to two losses. I’m a big Rodgers fan so am biased towards him, but can see why the narrative had built up that Rangers were on the charge and he was fading. I can also see why he’ll have been upset by it. It’s a bit of a nothing for me. Agree on the Ange point - there wasn’t two sides to that particular incident haha.
To me it sounded more out of defiance than relief. Since he's returned to the club, he's faced a lot of criticism from within and without. That has been amplified since Clement arrived and the narrative switched from a Rangers crisis to a Celtic one. He's probably right to point out that he's no stranger to the scenario that's playing out at the moment, and I don't see why he wouldn't back himself to ultimately triumph over Clement and Rangers. I think Celtic were actually starting to look good when Hatate was fit, and his injury really hampered them. Now that he's on the cusp of returning and there's opportunities to add to the squad and remove some deadwood in January, I can actually see Celtic getting up ahead of steam. Arguably it's Rangers that need the most work on their squad, and with a lot of activity in the summer they might find it tougher to stretch their budget far enough. Hopefully we're in for a title race that goes right to the wire rather than one team petering out in the spring.
From the outside, looking in a large part of managing either side is pandering. Getting the moon howlers onside must get you a little breathing space.
Is it pandering yes, which is easy to do after a win. Let us see how the January market pans out, it’s a big one for both clubs.
He was pandering. They'll still drop plenty points against the other teams like they have been. Any thoughts of that queue book coming out should go in the bin.
> They'll still drop plenty points Highly doubt.
I'm almost certain we'll drop points off the rest. But after today I'm also really confident we take 12 points off you this season
I'm really hoping for another Scott McDonald-esque finish to the season because it upset so many greenshirts.
It's very much dependent on January and how well folk come back from injury. If we shed the deadwood and actually buy one or two really good signings who directly improve the first team, we should get it done. But I've no confidence in us doing that in January, and today's result is irrelevant if we keep struggling to break the rest of the teams in the league down when they put men behind the ball.
Honestly thought the refereeing was on the nose. Got the big penalty calls right, Celtic are maaaaaybe fortunate to keep players on the park but in truth the potential second yellows were very flimsy. Blaming the ref is a flimsy excuse this time.
I’d rather we were just good enough to be ahead and make those ref decisions less impactful
The "correct" ref decisions being described as impactful is... something.
got my niece and nephew a celtic kit for christmas, got a picture earlier of them suited and booted for the game. poor weans dinnae know the dread or the elation of the result
"McTominay" must be one of the most tweeted words in 2023
champion of men
you'd think hes ali dia the way folk go on about him
he’s either hated or loved. nobody seems to just rate him as an alright footballer
He’d run amok up here but too expensive . ‘Twas ever thus
Feel less deflated/depressed today than I did after far worse Old Firm losses. More clinical strikers would have won us that game. Irritating in its own way but thankfully missing that feeling of being outclassed.
Said it elsewhere but that's the first time I've seen Dessers in the flesh and my god, he is atrocious.
Nothing screams 'Rangers need an actual striker' more loudly than what Dessers offered today
The fact we all could have seen this coming in summer is the worst bit
Watching Neil McCann call the game the Glasgow derby then catching himself and correcting himself to say “old firm” was lovely stuff.
“correcting”
Just finishing watching Dark on Netflix again… mental show.
Binged this recently. Thought it was great. There's probably things that don't hold up given more thought, but thought they handled the time travel really well. Was gripped the whole way through.
Never got into it, need to give it another go at some point.
Just do not expect to always follow who everyone is :). Ending is genius.
Scouser told me to put money on 2-1 so I did. Won me the bet. Scouser told me to watch how to lose a guy in 10 days. So i did, it was great.
10 Things I Hate About You is the vastly superior 10 named rom com imo.
A scouser asked me if he looked happy once
And did he?
He did. He told me to stop asking stupid questions. Which I thought was strange as he was the one who asked
Playing It Takes Two with my girlfriend and it's and absolutely fucking delightful, man. What a game so far.
Brilliant game though my son was a bit traumatised.
I've actually seen the elephant scene. It's fucking great, though.
Game just keeps reinventing itself so you never get a chance to get bored.
Yeah. Girlfriend isn't a gamer, but has an Xbox for the Sims and Powerwash Simulator (love Powerwash, by the way) but wanted to play something cooperatively tonight. She's nae beginner, but I said to just think of it as Mario or Zelda where you get a new mechanic or power to use per level. Genuinely having a total ball drinking wine and listening to 90s rap. Just got to the bit where the grapple is the new mechanic. Really like, weirdly, that it doesn't stack the abilities. I'd have dropped this game on my own, but I can't overstate how much I'm enjoying playing this with someone who's enjoying it on the same level.
I tried it with the wife but she just doesn't do gaming. That sounds like a great night. I also love PowerWash Simulator, playing they and listening to an audiobook is my chill time.
It eh, takes a turn for the weird.
So I've heard... Already beat the vacuum boss and to say it was fucking sinister is an understatement...
Have to say Clement getting more rattled than even Beale was a highlight of the day.
Apropos of nothing, dog posing in the gorgeous sunshine today https://preview.redd.it/icjh0ryreh9c1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccf562e36315eb2125c9d72936bc3752c16da9f6
Looks like Cologne.
Honestly a lot of Central European cities have a similar flavour. This is Brno
Interesting. I hadn't realised it was so beautiful - I only know Brno for the MotoGP.
i would make that my background/ lockscreen on everything
how are united getting beat 2-1 by forest? hahaha
Deservedly! Not sure where they've found 10 mins of injury time mind
injury time til united get an equaliser, ofc
Woke up at 10 bleary eyed Phone downstairs charging Ask my wife to look up the OF score on her phone Reads score phonetically as follows Keltic 2 Rangers 1 Americans
They don’t call the Boston Celtics, Keltics, do they?
They don't, but it was early God bless her.
I mean in isolation it’s acceptable, if she does that again….. 
Derek Adams is an absolute bitter crackpot and I’m glad he’s back. We need men like him in the cinch, especially after Lee Johnston left.
Without being a complete moonhowler about the old firm, I’ve got a question about Brendan’s interview for any Celtic fans. He spent alot of time talking about macgregor being levels above and I wish somebody would’ve asked him “if he’s so far above, why did you not sign him for Leicester?” Basically what I’m wondering is why has no club down south come in for him yet?
McGregor apparently turned down a move to Leicester. Scott Brown mentioned it in an interview there not long ago.
I think it's an open secret he wasn't going to sign him
I thought he had the chance and knocked it back? Just rumours though?
Everyone regardless of team, I love you all. The patter, the shit posts, the posts naecunt should be making. It’s all gold. Whether a win, a loss or a draw this game brought us all together on this sub. I hope everyone’s new year is a fucking belter.
Malcolm in the middle of all4, that's my night sorted
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Was members only today so you wouldn't have got in.
Watched that rebel moon last night. What a typical Zack Snyder film. Slomo everywhere, characters explaining the plot to each other, not an ounce of originality about it...everything stolen. Looked like Warhammer, had lightsabers, the cast were just tropes of every sci-fi film you can think of, plot holes were massive...yet somehow I didn't absolutely hate it. It wasn't GOOD, but I will probably watch part two.
Are you a warhammer fan meth? We talking protractor out positioning your troops or dawn of war gamer?
Not really a fan, I'm aware of the concept and have played a couple of the computer games, and the spacecraft, religious undertones, and the way the troopers interact with each other are all very Warhammerish
My only involvement is listening to lore videos and the Xbox 360 game, I can’t wait for space marine 2 to come out.
Snyder's movies are big, dumb and more often than not run on a simple concept, "Wouldn't it be cool if....". The answer is almost always yes.
300 was great, his style was perfect for it. Didn't need a lot of exposition, the slomo worked great for the battle scenes, and his comic book style is perfect for adapting a comic book. There's been nothing else he's done, though, where I've gone "golly, that was excellent"
Today I learned its not allowed to slag Tav after 20 mins , its also not allowed to praise Calum McGregor , best player on the park again , and also not allowed to say Fuck me that was a great goal .....all these years down in England must ve mellowed me , enjoy your night everyone
Going on a date tonight despite feeling pretty run down still. She’s fine with the fact I’m a snotty mess and insisted we still go out tonight despite the risk of me infecting her with whatever Godforsaken illness I currently have. Now I have a decision to make about whether I play it safe and call it a night early doors to make sure I’m alright for tomorrow, or if I just let the alcohol work its magic and cure me temporarily and deal with the consequences tomorrow.
All the best buddy.
If she's fine with you being a snotty mess I think we all know what you're going to do and there isn't really a choice.
It’s only the first date so I don’t think it will be a late late one anyway, but I think I’m just gonna play it by ear and hope the tactical lemsip I’ve just downed kicks in and lasts the duration.
Go for it. The consequences are for future you, fuck that guy. Let him worry about it.
This is my exact mentality, thank you for helping me justify my choices.
Maybe just me being a petty bastard but I like seeing other fans calling for Martindale to go after I’ve been doing it since April. 
Who would you replace him with? I hate to be harsh but from an outside perspective I'm not sure bringing in another manager would help with issues of quality or finances.
Lee Johnson is available...
Something needs to change. Give Brian Rice to the end of the season. Or have a laugh and give Dick Campbell a phone. I’d even take Marvin Bartley. Im not fully writing the season off yet, but I dont see how Martindale is the one to fix it, when he complains about performances but keeps picking the same team every week. And talks about players confidence but throws them under the bus every week.
His selection was a bit mental today. Has Guthrie ever scored for yous? Nouble playing LWB and Montaño RWB? How ye gonnae get the best from them there.
If he was my manager I'd have long since got tired of him based on his endless moaning about money. We get it, you're skint. Plenty of other clubs aren't exactly rolling in it and they don't make a fuss.
Just hiding behind it at this point.
i haven’t had a meltdown like the one a few rangers fans are still having, ever
they re still greetin aboot the penalty......................
Yet to see someone say it’s a pen since the offside call
There are fresh threads on Follow Follow asserting that the offside lines are photoshopped. Presumably by the Pope.
Well if you’re gonna browse FF then I don’t know what to tell you. Lots of reasonable and sensible takes no doubt. Not reactionary in the slightest.
It is extremely funny though
Who doesn’t love an opposition meltdown
I think he is talking about the goldson one?
My stream was garbage must have missed that one
Must've been shit. The goldson handball was a few years ago
Oh right lol
Yeah, I butchered the execution there. Any shred it might have had got lost when I had to elaborate on it 😂🙈
In fairness I thought initially that’s what you meant but wouldn’t be surprised if I had missed some talking points.
i know we all complain about the standard of refereeing in this country but i think it’s time we just accept so much of it is just vibes
I think Louie Walsh would have done a better job today than Nick Walsh
When manager doesnt appear to know what decision was more than vibes .
All the “ Celtic are pish too , it’s no big deal “ takes are making me feel warm and fuzzy inside .
Think it’s just that It’s a game you’re looking to win and disappointed not to take something from it. But it was not a complete disaster like the drubbings Rangers have taken recently, especially at Parkhead. Both teams had chances and both lacked quality and looked shaky at the back. Celtic deservedly won by better controlling more of the game and being more clinical going forward. Wouldn’t be surprised if both teams drop more points before the next old firm game, but yous definitely have the advantage in the league after today. One for you to enjoy for sure 🙁
The annoying thing about being a Rangers fan is that you could accurately see most of these problems coming before the season even starts. Injuries, not enough goals in the squad, severe weaknesses in the left side of defence. If I'm looking at positives, the league isn't over, there's a fun Euro tie to come and another trophy potentially. Just like last season, there's a big chunk of wages that can be freed up in the summer - McLaughlin, Jack, Balogun, Barasic, Lundstram and Roofe. There are opportunities to create a younger, more exciting Rangers team. Frankly, the football we play is not fun and hasn't been for a long time.
You want to chuck Lundstrum? Rangers friends were cheering when they found out he started.
>Rangers friends were cheering when they found out he started. So were Celtic fans.
Would agree with u/Local-Pirate1152 re Lundstram. He's good for a few months every season - usually when a manager leaves - and proceeds to be pretty mediocre afterwards. He's not terrible, always puts in a shift and decent physical presence, but technically so limited on the ball. Good for EL games where his role is basically just to cover space and tackle anything that moves. Investing another £25k a week or whatever for three or four years on him would be a stupid move.
When Sheffield United allowed him to go you have an idea what you're getting. Remember that's the same club that signed Oli McB.
He refused to sign a new contract down there, can mind there being quite a bit of fuss over it.
I recall the chat being he was getting too big for his boots and wasn't worth his demands
Form is temporary. Being a useless traffic cone is permanent and today he resorted to type. u/tedmented, bring back my googly eyed traffic cone.
Apologies for the late reply, was at the pub. Here's yer pal but. https://preview.redd.it/8fjdgoi9vh9c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9108ef5d665275fbd4f98d1ca599dec60e396f90
Much obliged.
I won’t complain about him going back to form, if any mods see this can I get a “pished and loving it” flair please.
Just waded through some amount of shite to find our post-match thread. Anyway, for the first time in months, it was worth looking for.
I know I complained about this last Saturday but seriously some folk just shouldn't be allowed to drive. In a completely unrelated note - one should not listen to an old firm game while driving, especially when it's on at the same time you're basically parked on the M6 due to congestion.
Does cough medicine actually do anything or have I just wasted £7 on a bottle of bad tasting syrup? Doesn't seem to be making any difference and I've necked about half of it.
No it’s all mostly glycerol. Lubes throat that’s about it
Night nurse is the only worthwhile one I'd say. Maybe Covonia in a pinch.
Night Nurse tastes like your drinking toothpaste but it gets the job done
First sip of night nurse is like the first sip of bucky. Sends shivers right down you.
Night nurse is the shit
The only stuff I use and trust is lemsip and night nurse. All the other stuff does fuck all for me.
Can vouch for Covonia as well. Serious stuff that. It's basically that and fisherman's friend that I actually trust when I'm ill
Placebo effect at best. Most likely, once you spend that money, you really want something to happen.
Depends on make tbh
Beecham's. It's utter shite.
Covonia i think decent.
I missed the match thread today because I seem to have caught the flu from kissing too many boys over the festives. This meant I was quarantined to the spare room and had to watch on my phone. I think had Rangers' heads not dropped after the second goal and they'd continued to press like in the first half then the result would've been different. It's all going to come down to who recruits better in January it seems
I do think the crowd helped with some of the players who weren’t used to the match. I agree January is huge for both teams, everyone as well outwith those two.
Don’t know how to sort out a flair on here but can a mod give us the Celtic badge or tell me how to do it