Well now.
I’m told that last night in Limassol was even worse, in terms of levels, than when Pedro’s Sevco met with little Progrès in July 2017.
The likeable Portuguese spoofer having a rammy in a hedge with the Bears was a moment to wrap up and keep forever.
This chap in the Scottish government has helpfully crunched the numbers about the result last night.
The consensus opinion of the brave souls who actually watched the match was that the home side were worthy winners.
Today, their Twitter account has been on fire with some quality shithousery.
Chapeau.
I still think that Alex Rae driving a hearse as an earner has to be a wind-up.
It has to be!
It was awful to see happy fascists in Paradise this week with that late winner.
I had a footie PTSD flashback to Croker in 2009.
We thought we had won it.
It truly is the hope that crushes you.
I was in the press box that night, and to say that we were gutted when Gilardino levelled the match three minutes later on 90 minutes would be beyond understatement.
While Sevco are making a holy show on themselves in Cyrpus across the city, all is not well.
There are serious questions to be asked about the policy last summer of signing “project players”.
Of course, Mickey B eschewed that long-term approach and went for the finished article with his recruitment.
Unfortunately, for the Ibrox klanbase, what he signed was fully formed dross.
Make no mistake, what is unfolding across the city at the moment could be season-defining and beyond.
The winner of this SPFL campaign will get automatic admission to the newly enlarged Champions League.
It is fair to say that the disparity in income between Celtic and Sevco is already greater than the financial chasm that Fergus McCann faced in 1994.
Therefore, it is entirely understandable that the brethren in the Blue Room are reaching out to potential investors.
These guys might be among them.
This morning, I contacted a well-placed source who told me it was “possible” and that it was “a very fluid situation”.
For the avoidance of doubt, these Stateside chaps aren’t the benefactors of dignified dreams.
The Ibrox klanbase has developed a sugar daddy craving since the days of David Murray.
That’s why they were so easily taken in by the “wealth off the radar” pish when Craig Whyte stepped up and paid off the bank with the season ticket futures.
Those savvy Stateside investors will first want to see a business plan that guarantees a healthy return on their initial investment.
As I have written here many times since 2012, only Celtic can topple Celtic.
Unfortunately, a belief in the necessity of remaining faithful to the toxic Old Firm brand has not been fully excised from Parkhead.
It really hasn’t.
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May I suggest that Ipox try to contact our old coalman as a candidate for the vacant managerial role. He was wonderful at handling dross, The suffering that their so called supporters are complaining about is music to my ears, and they deserve all they get for the years they cheated Scottish football and were allowed to get away with it.
The end is nigh. And for all of us let’s hope it’s the finally.
For the short time Micky was there, he didn’t half make a mess of it. May it continue.
Lions led by donkeys. No.
Donkeys led by lio… No
Donkeys led by other donkeys.
Kris Boyd, Paul Gascoigne, Amy McDonald, Graeme Dott, Marti Pellow, Sean Connery, Gordon Ramsay, Jim White, Graeme Souness. King Charles, can you hear me? King Charles, your boys took a hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of a beating.
The People are revolting.
Entertaining rants @ Stevie Cool 1872
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O99tpYGtjHI
&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD82cmz6UjM
Phil, have a look at the US bond rates, going through the roof.
Metro bank, market cap £60m (i.e. you can buy them for £60m ) want investors (idiots) to hand the £600m to keep their show on the road.
Something,like 2007, is afoot.
Debt is becoming more and more expensive, we’re heading into the mother of all recessions.
I don’t think Sevco can survive this.
They’ve messed up at the worst possible moment in time.
I give them 2 years tops if the refs can’t get them into the champions League
The problem with the “Old Firm” brand is that it was jointly owned by Celtic and the Old Rangers. Somehow the new rangers were able to “renew” their ownership of the brand at a later date. Was this legal? Was this sanctioned by the originally joint owners Celtic who at that stage must have been the sole owners of the brand as the joint owner had ceased to exist? Is this why Celtic are unable or unwilling to stop the phrase being constantly used by the media and even ex Celtic players and pundits? I believe Celtic are happy to deny the existence of an “Old Firm” but happy to take any benefits there might be by the media promoting it.
Phil, would you leave Rangers in total control of the Old Firm brand? I for one wouldn’t
Speaking as someone who does not support either Celtic or Rangers the ‘Old Firm brand’ carries with connotations beyond football stretching back in Scottish society for over 100 years.
Time to move into 21st century and ditch the brand. It would benefit Celtic and in longer term Rangers as they would help them to take a long hard look at where they stand and what they stand for .
“Of course, Mickey B eschewed that long-term approach and went for the finished article …” and it looks as though a lot of them are finished tbf 🙂