On May 27th 2017 I was in O’Gilins Irish Pub in Lisbon watching Celtic attempt to make history.
The atmosphere in the narrow little bar was palpable.
However, it was probably like a chapel of rest compared what it was like at Hampden that day.
In the dying embers of the game the guy that Brendan Rodgers calls “the magic man” took possession of the ball.
Tom Rogic then slalomed past the Aberdeen defence to beat the brilliant Joe Lewis at his near post.
No worries.
The crowd in O’Gilins erupted and I can’t even begin to think what the Celtic end at Hampden was like.
The Invincible Treble is one of those achievements that will probably never be equalled in Scottish football.
Rogic ran to the Celtic fans and there was an exchange of hugs.
However, the supporters stayed where they are meant to be and there was no pitch invasion.
It was a historic achievement, but that’s what Celtic tend to do.
I was in Lisbon for the 50th anniversary of another such historic deed.
Consider then what type of club and what type of support base feels it appropriate to spill onto the pitch at Livingston after winning a league match.
After winning a league match…
The historic events of the summer of 2012 have meant that the Ibrox klanbase has looked on as major silverware has been distributed among much older clubs in Scotland.
Consequently, there has been little on-field evidence to nourish their tragic delusions of Herrenvolk supremacy.
The forensic truth is that Sevco has yet to win any major honours in their brief history.
Moreover, the embarrassing events at the Tony Macaroni Arena on Sunday tend to underline that reality.
As well as not knowing that a fee of one million pounds is not an eight-figure sum, Mr Gerrard was perhaps a rather off script in the post-match presser.
The main objective for the Sevco High Command during this transfer window has been Operation Sell Morelos.
Therefore, the confected narrative is that there are many clubs interested in the Colombian striker.
The figures being leaked to the usual suspects in the Stenography Corps are amazingly similar to the hole in the annual accounts.
Although I’m sure that Mr Gerard doesn’t want to lose the player there are chaps in the Blue Room who see things rather differently.
The next few days could be interesting however it plays out…
Not the first over reaction to a goal. Think Pedro and a late winner at Thistle not too long ago.
It actually accentuates the gap between the teams and in particular the expectations of their fans.
That’s what happens when you know your board has gone all in to stop 8 IAR this season with the Gerrard appointment.
It’s shit or bust and they know it, hence the over excitement and fans spilling onto the park.
There is no further room for error for the teams chasing the Champions.
We are just a couple of games away from being 2/3 through the league season.
When we entertain the Hibees in a couple of weeks time, the Dons have Rangers as visitors.
Something has to give and even a draw will see both drop another 2 points off the top, assuming Celtic looking after their own business.
The auditors calculated an £8m cash shortfall over 2 seasons according to the last set of audited accounts.
I doubt if this took into account the bloated playing squad and that the assumed forecast revenue from player trading has still to materialise which raises doubts as to the accuracy of the numbers.
The klansmen were an absolute riddy at weekend with their pitch invasion. Desperate isn’t the word but it does give us right good laugh. Jokers, every one of them. HH
He’s a bampot…who hasn’t got a barge pole mark on his person.
Yep i remember. Forked lightning directly above hampden as Rogic was about to score. Ah memories
His disciplinary record would be worse if the refs weren’t so biased towards Sevco. HH.
Yes,it really is OTT with these ‘mini-pitch invasions’(IF it makes it to print that’s how it’ll be portrayed,’mini’ being the essential word) it would never be tolerated if it were fans from the green half of Glasgow.I said ‘if that were Celtic fans they’d have been batoned back into place by Scotland’s finest’ I turned just in time to see a smile disappear from the face of a man who is afflicted with ‘thee most successful club in the World’ disease.
Scotland’s blatantly biased police force should be ashamed,no change there it would seem.As Peter Green sang ‘Oh Well!’
HH PMGB🍀🇮🇪
I can’t imagine any right minded scout or football manager is in the market for a striker with Morelos stature.
His disciplinary record, yellow/red card count and his limited goal scoring capabilities tell the bigger story.
He’s worth whatever rangers paid for him when they bought him from HJK, supposedly £1,000,000 but Stevie Gerrard would know how much for sure, he’s a financial whizz.
If The Lying King gets offered 5+ its getting took though it’ll be Undisclosed.
Will it not be revealed in the Annual Accounts anyway? Quiet in the cheap seats. HH