Firstly, hat tip to Belfast Media for this scoop.
You can read it here.
As I had already reported, this match tonight against Lyon has all the ingredients for the klan to bring their Unsurpassed Dignity to the attention of the Gendarmes.
Well, it looks as if that has already happened!
Spare a thought for the ordinary passengers who unwittingly booked a flight on Hun Air.
It must have been a thoroughly awful experience.
I noted with interest this from the Belfast Media piece:
A video shows one man, who is wearing a Rangers top, asking other passengers to stop filming the incident. When challenged and asked if he is “the police”, the Rangers man replies, “Yes.”
If this chap was speaking the truth, then I’m sure that the PSNI chap would be able to explain his behaviour to his superiors in Narne Arne.
No doubt the fine folk at Belfast Media area already working on this line.
That’s how a story grows legs, just like Partygate in London.
The British Prime Minister is still on the hook for the social activities at Number Ten last December when London was on Tier 3 lockdown rules.
His answers have been forensically questioned and is why the story is still live.
Dear reader, can you imagine the Stenography Corps going after the occupants of the Blue Room with the same journalistic vigour?
Nah, me neither.
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It’s reported in MSSM as football fans
It’s reported in the Daily rectum as “Passengers, on a plane from Belfast”.
Off topic slightly…but on the football front.
To play at the tempo we play for 90 minutes …requires a serious training regime.
Mix the two together …coupled with a ridiculous fixture list…and you will definitely get hamstring and muscle problems.
It goes with the territory.
As for the Kyogo decision..
It seems to me that if his hamstring hadn’t strained last night…it would have at training today or the game on Sunday.
We’ll never know…but Ange made a decision …which is what he’s paid to do…and it appears to have back-fired…but that’s football.
As for who plays as striker on Sunday…I’d stick Urhoghide up front…Based on his display last night he looks as if he could play anywhere…I thought he was sensational.
And finally…It’s a shame that criticism of Ange’s decisions has overtaken what was a fabulous night at Celtic Park.
A young team…pitched in against one of Spain’s finest…produced a performance of outstanding achievement.
Had this game put us through to the next phase of the tournament…it would be hailed as one of the great nights at Celtic Park.
Anyway…I prefer to dwell on the positives.
Can’t wait to murder Murderwell.
Hail hail.
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It was a fine result, but lets not get carried away here. It was a Celtic reserve team, but it was also a Betis reserve team.
You could argue that resting Kyogo last night would give him more time and hence less likely to break down on Sunday. but that’s just kicking it down the road, perhaps he would’ve happen at a critical point in the Final.
To me this is a sideshow and is simply a symptom of the underlying problem, which is that there’s no credible backup to Kyogo with both Ajeti and Giakoumakis being unfit (pun intended) to fulfil that role.
Kyogo played 20 games in Japan this season before joining us plus international commitments so he’s probably played almost a season’s worth already.
I would go with Abada up front, he’s played there before and carries a goal threat and if we can get some of Forrest and Johnstone out wide and Turnbull and Rogic just behind then we should have plenty of goal threat.
I don’t get the impression that Postecoglu would ever go “lump it up to the big lad” and would continue with his philosophy.
With hindsight it was a mistake to play Kyogo but it can’t cancel out the fact that the youngsters brought into the team beat the third placed in the Spanish league. Why are we not talking about the depth of squad rather than how light it is? Scales, Montgomery, Henderson, Shaw, Urhoghide, Soro, Welsh all passed with flying colours. That is seven reserves who can walk into the first team against any opposition. The injury to Kyogo was a gift to the media lets not wrap it up in a big green bow.
What a party it must have been when you have to hold an inquiry just to find out, firstly if it was in your house, and secondly if YOU were there……….. because you can’t remember.
One more thought.
RED CARD!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59560030
If you notice, even the Dundee Utd bench is outraged and screaming Fowl!
Hail, hail!
Great result: Celtic 3 v 2 Real Betis (dead rubber)
I don’t want to rain on Ange’s parade but I am seriously concerned about his decision making at times. My concerns are:
1. Why risk Kyogo at all? Came off injured. To prove a point that our squad isn’t strong enough? Not worth it.
2. Changing a winning formula: Juranovic 100% penalty record. Penalty duties transferred to Giakoumakis against Livingston (little match play, lack of confidence, big responsibility) resulting in one of the worst penalties witnessed at Parkhead. Two points lost that would have put a vulnerable Sevco under more pressure.
3. The substitutions against Bayer Leverkusen with 15 minutes to go. To prove a point that our squad isn’t strong enough? Not worth it. It sent the wrong message to BL who went on to win.
4. The substitutions in the semi-final against St Johnstone, taking off Jota and Kyogo with 5 minutes to go and the game not won at 1 – 0. Yes, we got through but we could have gone to extra time and potentially lost. To prove a point that our squad isn’t strong enough? Not worth it.
These are make or break decicions. Yes it could make Celtic. But it could break Celtic.
(Apologies if I got any of my details wrong, but the gist remains constant.)
I promise you, I’m not a pessimist. In Ange, I trust, but with reservations. We need to win the league this season and safeguard Sevco’s position as the Espanyol of Glasgow. (Sorry Phil, stole that line from you, but it was worth stealing.)
I’m grateful for this ‘gathering’ (covid rules apply – yes Prime Minister) to get this off my chest.
Rus T. Knale
So, basically Ange’s at fault for playing and not playing Kyogo.
No
He’s paid to make tough decisions and he has the balls to make them. I personally think someone on the board might just have uncovered a gem in Ange.
thats those Chelsea fans again
Are you sure they weren’t “football” fans as opposed to “Rangers” fans?
Quelle surprise!!!