Thursday, 20 January 2011
And So It’s Comes To Pass….. (Taken From The Old Blog)
I wrote this way back in March 2010 and so it’s come to pass that Lennon would be made a figure of hatred by the Scottish media ……

Celtic could pick Mother Teresa and the media would lambast them.
March 27th, 2010 in Celtic FC
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By GWG
So the media clock begins to tick down on Neil Lennon, how long will it be for the Media (Scottish) to begin the process of alienating and discrediting him to the public, they done their best when he was playing for us and there’s no doubt they’ll be back with pencils sharpened to a lethal point in their quest to demonise Lenny.
This is not a case of paranoid Timmy because history proves otherwise in the fact that the last seven Celtic managers have come in for some very obnoxious copy from the purveyors of lies, untruths, half truths, and down right slander.
1997 Win Jansen Who is that with the barnet? And the stream of opinionated rubbish that followed him right up until he stopped the ten-in-a-row.

1998 Jozef Venglos Dr Who? And the same regurgitated rubbish directed at him, despite the mans impeccable football credentials from the highest administrators in the game UEFA.

1999 Poor old John Barnes he didn’t stand a chance, rookie! And that was even before he put out a side.
2000. Dalglish’s Wife makes him take the job, he needs a golf course in his back garden!
Just some of the totally meaningless headlines that greeted the reluctant Scotland great.
Then along came the Irish, Martin O’Neill breezed into paradise like a breath of sweet nectar second division manager. And such ill-informed clap trap that was spewed onto our breakfast tables, stories about Desmond bankrolling his wages and he was a average manager with no tactical nonce ect ect ect . Happily the blessed Martin had a sharp legal mind and even sharper Lawyers and Barristers who quickly and very profitably seen off the media vultures particularly the Daily Record and the obnoxious little git Keevins who made O’Neill a very rich man when confronted with their bile in high courts.
Then we come to Strachan 2005 if ever a man that was able to put down the media with a rasp of his tongue it was him, no matter what they said or try to make him say he always has a put down for them…. they despised him.
2009 Mowbury. If there was anyone that was the opposite to O’Neill and Strachan it was Tony Mowbury the complete honest and open guy who found out the hard way that football is no place for nice guys, almost on a daily basis they hounded and harassed the guy to the point the looked like he was in the process of having a nervous breakdown, just as well his tenure came to a end yesterday or we could be writing something far more serious than the demise of a football managers job.
And so to Lennon. He has first hand experience of what the Scottish media are capable of and he’s nobody’s fool when it come to calling it as he see’s it, hopefully he will use his past experience’s to guide him through what will undoubtedly be a trying time for him and hopefully he will use the same past experiences to treat this bunch of deplorable and narrow minded low life’s with the same contempt they showed him and the Club and the Supporters.
Good Luck Lenny & God Bless
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Friday, 21 January 2011
TheBhoycott….. (Taken From The Old Blog)
It’s no wonder that the Celtic Supporters Association are organising this boycott. For decades we have been treated as second class citizens in a country that despises us but loves the colour of our money, so much so they are not slow in raising their ticket prices when we ( and “them” from across the river) comes calling.
IMO the boycott should be extended to certain media hacks and their editors because “THEY” are the purveyors of much of the hatred and bile that the west of Scotland is steeped in, we don’t need them!! And it would be no great loss to us if they were made to work for their money by presenting the facts of matters instead of their self opinionated made up version of events.
It’s the media (Scottish) that are the cause of all the vile and bile that is distributed through their rags to the masses that eagerly swallow it up and regurgitate it in the stands.
Last week I was shocked to hear the Famine Song being belted out at Hamilton by Hamilton supporters of all people. Kilmarnock still continue to sing their version of the Billy Boys but still the same words as their big brothers at the cesspit. Motherwell take the piss by playing the Hocky Cocky when Celtic do the huddle, and meanwhile over at the vile den nothing changes, they still belt out their full repertoire of hate and evil but nobody hears it but cough and you are front page news.

I’m all for any action (s) that brings my beloved game into the 21st century instead of the continuous medieval bile that ingrained in this country. I look at the game in England with deep envy, professionally run, professionally refereed, professionally presented, and weep with embarrassment at the antiquated armature job that’s done in Scotland……

SECTARIANISM IS AN ANTIQUATED LIFESTYLE~~~~ STAMP IT OUT!!
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Sunday, 23 January 2011
Gers On The Brink Of Oblivion….. SOON!!(Taken From The Old Blog)
once again it takes the writer and good friend of Celtic FC
Phl Mac Giolla Bhain to open the unspeakable can of worms that surrounds the TAX evasion of Glasgow Rangers FC or better known now as Lloyds FC …. the chances of anyone finding this gem in any of the Scottish media’s pages or broadcasts is zero…. Well Done Phill

Rangers’ legal battle with HMRC took a serious turn for the worst in recent weeks. The case, which concerns the club’s use of an Employee Benefits Trust (EBT) to pay players without paying PAYE or National Insurance contributions, puts Rangers FC’s future on the line. In a startling gambit, Rangers’ lawyer, Andrew Thornhill QC, has had his second approach to settle the case out of court rebuffed. In this most recent offer, it is understood that the Ibrox club offered an amount just under £10m.
But this was not Rangers first effort at making this problem disappear. Upon taking on the case in the spring of 2010, Thornhill approached HMRC asking what it would take to settle. When that did not elicit a response from the British governments representatives, he threw out an offer of £3-5m. This was summarily rejected. However, at the time, this was not seen as significant: simply a lawyer doing his job to evaluate all options and test the depth of resolve of the opposition.
However, this most recent approach comes with the background of the initial phase of the First Tier Tribunal, which was held in late October 2010. Several of the witnesses called by Rangers were forced into damaging admissions and retractions under cross-examination. The entire case was scheduled to last for two weeks, but Rangers were not even able to complete their rebuttal of the charges- that they had knowingly operated an illegal tax scheme. HMRC’s lawyer is widely considered to have “roasted” several senior representatives of the famous Glasgow club. With the tribunal scheduled to re-start in May 2011, the flat rejection of this offer is sure to send a wave of panic up to the top of the marble staircase and beyond.
It is understood that it would take an offer to pay HMRC 100% of the original underpayment accrued interest- a total of £36m- to get HMRC to engage in negotiations over the amount of penalty which would be added. The final amount of the penalty, which has already been billed to Rangers (approx £24m), is scheduled to be determined in a separate tribunal if Rangers’ guilt in operating a tax evasion scheme is established in the current process. HMRC’s enthusiasm for going to court can be explained by a desire to establish case law and eliminate any doubt over the use of EBTs to pay contractual obligations such as salaries and appearance money. (Contrary to erroneous speculation in the print media, image rights form no part in the current case against Rangers).
One can only speculate whether Alistair Johnstone and the Rangers board still retain their jaunty confidence in the “expert advice”7; they claim to have followed. Their flat dismissals of the risks surrounding this matter and their willingness to write a cheque for £10m today seem to be in conflict. One financial analyst familiar with the case said: “It looks like the seriousness of their position is dawning on the Rangers board. This looks like they have figured out the maximum amount of money they are able to pay and have decided to offer it now rather than risk almost certain insolvency should they be forced to pay even close to £64m”

Find this and many more riveting articles about this subject as well as many others on Phil’s site at

http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/

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Rangers’ legal battle with HMRC took a serious turn for the worst in recent weeks. The case, which concerns the club’s use of an Employee Benefits Trust (EBT) to pay players without paying PAYE or National Insurance contributions, puts Rangers FC’s future on the line. In a startling gambit, Rangers’ lawyer, Andrew Thornhill QC, has had his second approach to settle the case out of court rebuffed. In this most recent offer, it is understood that the Ibrox club offered an amount just under £10m.
But this was not Rangers first effort at making this problem disappear. Upon taking on the case in the spring of 2010, Thornhill approached HMRC asking what it would take to settle. When that did not elicit a response from the British governments representatives, he threw out an offer of £3-5m. This was summarily rejected. However, at the time, this was not seen as significant: simply a lawyer doing his job to evaluate all options and test the depth of resolve of the opposition.
However, this most recent approach comes with the background of the initial phase of the First Tier Tribunal, which was held in late October 2010. Several of the witnesses called by Rangers were forced into damaging admissions and retractions under cross-examination. The entire case was scheduled to last for two weeks, but Rangers were not even able to complete their rebuttal of the charges- that they had knowingly operated an illegal tax scheme. HMRC’s lawyer is widely considered to have “roasted” several senior representatives of the famous Glasgow club. With the tribunal scheduled to re-start in May 2011, the flat rejection of this offer is sure to send a wave of panic up to the top of the marble staircase and beyond.
It is understood that it would take an offer to pay HMRC 100% of the original underpayment accrued interest- a total of £36m- to get HMRC to engage in negotiations over the amount of penalty which would be added. The final amount of the penalty, which has already been billed to Rangers (approx £24m), is scheduled to be determined in a separate tribunal if Rangers’ guilt in operating a tax evasion scheme is established in the current process. HMRC’s enthusiasm for going to court can be explained by a desire to establish case law and eliminate any doubt over the use of EBTs to pay contractual obligations such as salaries and appearance money. (Contrary to erroneous speculation in the print media, image rights form no part in the current case against Rangers).
One can only speculate whether Alistair Johnstone and the Rangers board still retain their jaunty confidence in the “expert advice”7; they claim to have followed. Their flat dismissals of the risks surrounding this matter and their willingness to write a cheque for £10m today seem to be in conflict. One financial analyst familiar with the case said: “It looks like the seriousness of their position is dawning on the Rangers board. This looks like they have figured out the maximum amount of money they are able to pay and have decided to offer it now rather than risk almost certain insolvency should they be forced to pay even close to £64m”

Find this and many more riveting articles about this subject as well as many others on Phil’s site at

http://www.philmacgiollabhain.com/

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Monday, 24 January 2011
A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (Taken From Old Blog)
A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N ….. the unspeakable word never to be voiced or printed in the Scottish media when it concerns Ranger FC, sure they can use the word to describe Dundee / Livingston / Gretna / Motherwell but not Ra Gers.
When you ask the question to any of the mainstream media in Scotland “Are Rangers In Administration” you get the reply “certainly not!!! They are financially inhibited” or ask the editor -in-chief Traynor at Scotland’s so called national newspaper and he’ll tell you that Lloyds bankers are helping Ra Gers with their finances, oh yeah!! If they mean that Lloyds are helping to administrate the financial running of the club then it does indeed mean ADMINISTRATION!!

Does the likes of the Daily Record & the BBC (Scotland) really believe that we are all gullible that we can not tell what the word ADMINISTRATION means, just in case they do here’s a short description of the word.

“Administration, as a legal concept, is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent companies and allows them to carry on running their business. The process – an alternative to liquidation – is often known as going into administration. A company in administration is operated by the Administrator (as interim Chief Executive) on behalf of the creditors as a going concern while options are sought short of liquidation. These options include recapitalising the business, selling the business to new owners, or demerging it into elements that can be sold and closing the remainder”.

The revelations of this weekend that Ra Gers tried to make a deal with HMRS and offered to pay “part” of the money (10 MILLION Quid) owed to the country tells it’s own tale, for ages we have been told that Ra Gers had nothing to fear from H.M Taxman and everything has been above board which asks the question, why offer to pay anything if you have nothing to fear….. Looks like we’ve been getting told porkies again from the bastions of untruths and make believe that is the Scottish media.
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What A Week!!
Celtic Blog 28/01/2011 (Taken From Old Blog )
Well. . . . . . . .
What a week it has been! Hearts stared as title challengers, every man and their dog had them down to come to Parkhead this Wednesday just gone and take more points off of a ‘struggling’ Celtic team, a team with a ‘makeshift’ defence, with Charlie Mulgrew slotting into the CB position following the hamstring injury that big Dan the man picked up in the previous game. It was a non giver, this would be the day Celtic and Neil Lennon would fall to pieces under pressure again.
No.
120 mins of exhilarating football later, Jim Jeffries, Billy bluenose Brown and the Jambos left with their tales beneath them, 10 points off of Celtic at the top of the SPHell and effectively out of a title race that every other straight minded person (us Celtic fans) in Scotland knew they never had a chance of ever winning!
It really was a fantastic performance from Celtic, with Ledley, Kayal and Hooper standing out in a more then convincing performance. I would go as far as saying that it was our best performance under Lennie, and I include in that the spanking of Aberdeen at Parkhead (let’s face it, Buckie Thistle would of taken the same amount of a pish Aberdeen team) and the Georgios Samaras show at the cesspit!
I am more then confident now that we will go on and romp to the title, with a possible Treble in our sight. We have a tricky CIS semi – final now against a rejuvenated Aberdeen this Saturday (why we are playing League Cup semis on a weekend I have no idea). Aberdeen are hell bent on revenge after we inflicted them to their heaviest ever defeat earlier this season and they should not be taken lightly. Craig Brown has set them up to play from the back, with a mix of youth in young Peter Pawlett and experience in ex Celt Paul Hartley. However, another performance along the lines of the one midweek against the mini huns and I have no doubts that we will be in the CIS cup final.
As I write this I am taking absolute great pleasure in mocking the hun who sits next to me with pictures of Kris Commons!
What was it that Sir Nae Legs once said? For every £5 Celtic spends we will spend £10. . . . . Aye good one David!!
I think that this is a great bit of business by the PLC.
Commons was by far one of the best players in the Championship and I look forward to him pulling on a Celtic shirt and scoring a 30 yard screamer against the huns at the cesspit in the Scottish Cup in 1 weeks time!!
Hail Hail all!!
Joe Bhoy @ TheCelticWay.net

Friday, 28 January 2011
The Bhoy Has Done Well (Taken From Old Blog 28 January 2011)
Great to see the bhoy Forrest being rewarded for his loyalty and endeavours to make a place in the first team squad his own.
James has been at Celtic since he was 9 years of age and was coached by (among others) by Tommy Burns who used to tell him
“That once you got there, the hardest thing was to stay in the team. He said it wasn’t easy to get in the first team but staying there is harder.”
The youngster has been outstanding in his breakthrough to first team football this season scoring 4 goals in 15 appearances his last one was
a cracker against Hearts this week, sadly he was injured and had to be subbed but he has been rewarded by a new five year contract worth
5000 quid a week which will rise on a seasonal basis.
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
Face To Face With Scott Brown~~~ Taken From Old Blog 6th February 2011
Scottish Cup Rangers v Celtic 6/02/2011
Ibrox.

El Hadji Diouf or otherwise known as the Senegalese Spitter found out today that coming to Scottish football aint no cakewalk and that his reputation does indeed proceed him. Scott Brown gave him the sort of welcome his past deserves with some tit for tat tackling and plenty of face in face that would make Chuck Norris tremble, Brown gave him the kind of attention that the Senegalese Spitter did not bargain for with some meaty challenges and a GIRUY attitude and if Diouf thought that Ian Black from Hearts was the best Scottish football could offer him then he was sadly mistaken. Throughout the game Brown harried and pressurised him to the extent that the so called hard man and bad boy of football was hooked in the second half just after Brown had scored a fantastic goal to level the match then much to Diouf’s annoyance he stood in front of him no more than a foot away arms raised and with a stony stare that would have frightened El Diouf’s camels,
this was Scott Brown’s “who’s the daddy” moment and no backing down even when referee Murray rushed over to book him for it, some may ask where in the rules does it say that what Brown done was a bookable offence, only in Scotland can the rule’s be made on the hoof so to speak. But no doubt about it Scott Brown had El Spitter firmly in his pocket in this game, and if he thinks that was bad there’s much more to come from various other hard men in the Scottish game…….. Welcome to Scotland!!
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Meet The New Boss~~~~ Same As The Old Boss
Taken From Old Blog 1st Posted 6th June 2011

This coming season see’s us (the Celtic Family) promised A new deal ….. A new era of transparently… A new era of fair play…. A new beginning…
Considering that the new president of the SFA (Campbell Ogilvy)is by his past record no friend of Celtic one must assume that he wont be doing us any favours.
It’s not just the Ogilvy appointment that make me very wary of the coming season but indeed the proposed (cosmetic) changes that are being spun, consider this,
Peat AND Regan last week told the media that changes are coming “Depending” on the acceptance of their agenda by the full SFA board, something like 12/13 members of which 7 of them will be redundant to the needs of this new openness… turkeys voting for Christmas? Any right.
Then of course the disciplinary committees (them secret ones) will be done away with and replaced with …. well a new committee (to be announced).
BIG changes to the refereeing format…. With Fleming taking over from the shamed and disgraced Dallas (we’ll come to him in a minute) it should be pointed out that Fleming IS / WAS Dallas’s right hand man and was one must assume privy to his inner thoughts on a variety of matters, personal and professorial, but not to worry new referring training and techniques will kick in by the time the season kicks off and who better to oversee these new standards that Craig Thompson AND Steven McLean both of whom have been promoted to the lofty ranks of referee recruitment and education executives we must assume that the SFA likes to keep all their “educational” and who they recruit in the same bed, just a point of interest though, these pair are indeed the same pair that stitched Lennon up at Bigotcastle,
och… I’m just being paranoid… or am I?

Dallas….. aye the prince of darkness himself.
SACKED… for being a found out BIGOT no question of that we’ve all seen the e-mail and read the “alleged” deal he tried to make with Regan to call off the referees strike, this has always annoyed me as the media (Scottish of course) have never attempted to highlight and follow up this allegation as the glaring question has never been asked, IF Dallas had the power to call off the strike then indeed he must have had the power to call the strike in the first instance. Also why is this disgraced BIGOT still on the SFA books as a UEFA refereeing observer when indeed he should be working as some ablutions attendant.
Talking about people in jobs that shouldn’t be….. The sensational news that Martin Bain has been “suspended for alleged irregularities” one must ask the question if this effects his position as a director of the SPL? A simple question… yes or no, trouble is nobody in the media wants to ask it, personally I think the guy deserves a answer as the former male model is far to old now to go back to the modelling game and that high forehead don’t do him any favours either.

But all this will be totally irreverent as Pate’s successor eagerly awaits to announce the new Director Of Football Performance a new post created to enhance the national sides chances in Europe and the rest of the world step forward….
Sir Walter Of Myth aye that’s right all SFA business is on hold till the “New Committee” appoint Walter as the tactical guru that will oversee the rise of the Scottish game again, some say that the gubbing his side gave Killmarnock in the last game of the season really sealed his coronation but I don’t believe that I think it was 0-0 gubbing he gave Barcelona in 2007 a real lesson in technical football.

So we kick out the old and bring in the new and as Pete Townsend of the WHO famously wrote

“There’s nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray
We don’t get fooled again
Don’t get fooled again
No, no!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss”

Many of us have been around for a long, long time and have heard all the patter before, hell I can even remember the Ibrox Klaxon that was supposed to drown the sectarian crap of the late 60s but I’m still listening to it in 2011 if anyone believes that this new era will bring about the changes that are indeed necessary then don’t go waiting for it to happen this season or the next, or the next, or the next, or the next, Scottish Football IS sectarian football, same as the powers that oversee it always has been always will be. Anyone expecting a clear out at Hampden are in for a big disappointment it wont happen, all the new designer names and initiatives will still be the same old…. Same old.
However one glimmer of light that is quickly becoming a beacon of inspiration to us all is…. The Internet… no longer do we have to suffer the lies/ untruths/ and the downright slanderous copy from the media (Scottish) they absolutely hate and despise us not only for being Celtic supporters but for our new found right to reply THE FEAR US!! now…… no longer can they print what their own agendas are without being found out by the lies that lie within the bile they print we can now address “issues” that are not true or half baked and opinionated. Most of the Celtic sites have excellent people that can expose those that would do us down, we all know who they are…. I would ask every admin of Celtic sites to highlight and expose those same rags and the broadcast media wherever it’s found and show them up for what they are.

We’ll Never Walk Alone~~~~

THIS~~IS NOT THE END……
THIS~~IS JUST THE BEGINNING!!
Neil Lennon 15th May 2011

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Millions of Celtic fans woke this morning with that sinking feeling that has become far too common in the past few years. Celtic’s humiliating defeat at the hand of FC Utrecht was put simply so disastrous that the fans prayed for the same rain that had threatened to delay the game. This wasn’t a humping of St Mirren, or a shocker at Artmedia, it wasn’t even the embarassment at Clyde. It was so much worse.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, seemed to work for Celtic all night. The tactics, the players, the referee, the passing, the tackling and the mentality all seemed to be so far wrong that you wouldn’t be surprised to mistake Celtic for a junior U-15′s team. Celtic’s inability to string two passes together meant that the team never even looked like could carve a chance, never mind a shot on target, combined with every 50/50 going Utrecht’s way, Celtic were constantly chasing the match. Neil Lennon’s newly built side looked uncohesive which is to be expected considering there was a serious lack of European experience. But really what was most worrying was that our entire team looked devoid of any skill or ability, as if it had been sapped from them before kick off.

Yes, the two consecutive early penalties didn’t help but even at that point Celtic needed only a goal to put the match at rest, but with what can only be described as a lanky strain of pish upfront, Celtic never had a chance. Indeed, it took 81 minutes and a lame prod from Fortune before Celtic even recorded a shot on target. As for the bizarre substitutions of Juarez and Brown, Lennon showed huge inexperience on the night as he sat on the sidelines shell shocked.

But really, what else did we expect? Our most experienced player in Europe was Shaun Maloney, who has spent much of his career on the sidelines. The players brought in are all lacking of that and to be fair, they are young and untested at this level. Let’s not forget that all Celtic managers struggle notoriously in their first European campaign. It’s through defeats like this that the team can develop a mindset outside of SPL football that demands 100% concentration, simple football and being prepared to be under the kosh for the majority of the match. So for that, yes the players and manager are to blame but this is a recurring trend that we fans have had to put up with for too long.

£10 million pounds was made from Aiden McGeady’s sale but we have yet to see this materialise from the Celtic board (Make up for our Champions League exit?). And with news today that Anthony Stokes may sign, it seems our board have learnt nothing. Yes we have brought in some good looking players for the SPL but it’s only ever enough to just placate the fans. They said we needed experienced players, and we aimed for the likes of Bellamy, James and Campbell – all going elsewhere. We’ve yet to sign a big name player to galvanise the fans and squad, instead opting for a differing array of “projects” for nominal fees. This is understandable, but we need balance, we need an experienced star. Take out Robbie Keane from last season and then think – would we even have scored any goals?

Now we are out of Europe Celtic need to spend and not repeats mistakes of the past, a limited inexperienced team can only go so far. Players become good players because of the one of two great players around them, whether it be on the pitch or in training. We don’t have that, we just have a rag tag of potential for us to pin our ever critical and ludicrous hopes and expectations upon.

Last game: Celtic 2 – 1 Motherwell

Celtic form after 5 games:  LWWLW

By Séan Walsh (twitter.com/walshybhoy)


Josh Thompson saved Celtic from yet another embarrassment in front of subdued Celtic Park yesterday evening. The Parkhead stadium looked to be holding around 20,000 faithful fans, as many supporters choosing to spend their cash and time actually enjoying themselves rather than have to sit through what can only be described as turgid and depressing stress. Recent seasons have seen the fanatical support dwindle in numbers as well as many passively protesting against the PLC by refusing to buy overinflated merchandise to show their discontent. You might expect that the Celtic team wanted to redeem itself for letting the club down at the weekend, even answer calls by critics that the team ‘don’t understand what it means to play for Celtic’, well those expectations would be unfulfilled.

Celtic began the game with the rather odd omission of arguably their player of the year (which doesn’t say much) Andreas Hinkel and passionate goal stopper Artur Boruc. Rightly removed from the squad altogether was Georgios Samaras, whilst Marc-Antoine Fortuné relegated to the bench. Even more oddly was the inclusion of ‘captain’ Scott Brown and on loan Landry N’Guemo. Brown has failed to shine since his record £4.4 million move from Hibs whilst the dynamo Cameroonian N’Guemo has seen a stretch of poor form throughout the past 3 weeks. The failed midfield pairing was yet again entirely anonymous and between the two players amassed a performance for maybe a midget sized player.

The opening half was nothing short of lethargic petulance from the boys in Hoops. The expected passion, hunger and drive to try win back some shred of credibility was non-existent and instead the few Celtic fans in the stadium were treated to a performance akin to a teenager grudgingly going to visit his grandmother. The side did itself no wonders as it was booed off the pitch at halftime.

The second half was very much the same if I am to be honest. Motherwell took the lead barely after kick off and Celtic fans worldwide groaned in a fashion they are used to. Only 19 year old Josh Thompsons strike from a corner meant Celtic fortuitously escaped a growing torrid of abuse from the Bhoys. Not much later, Thompson utilised a corner to head the ball into the net, thereby securing the 3 points and avoiding allowing the current league leaders a chance to win the championship tonight against Dundee United. Fair play to the youngster, he has undoubtedly been given the worst possible start to his career – coming to a club impatient with youth players, being dropped into first team action despite only playing a few professional games and unfortunately been put under a huge amount of pressure from inept performances from the rest of his team. His two goals yesterday at least shows he hasn’t entirely given up unlike his other fellow “professionals”.

Celtic now awaits yet another anxious match at home to Hibs on Saturday, and now more than ever, watching Celtic has become a painful chore.