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What Would McCall & McCoist Know About Managing Celtic?

Media Darlings But Failed Managers… There is no doubt in my mind when it comes to the SMSM looking for an opinion from someone their experience doesn’t matter one little bit. The only thing that matters is they will say what the media want to hear. Take the current fiasco regarding Celtic manager Ronny Deila’s job. We’ve already had failed manager but media whore Chris Sutton attack not only the…

Are The Celtic Support Beginning To Wake Up?

Moyes Lack Of Respect A Wake Up Call… When someone says to you ‘don’t take offence‘, you know it’s highly likely you’re going to take offence, otherwise why say it? So when former Celt Davie Moyes comes out with, “I’m saying this with total respect, but I don’t think the Celtic squad is good enough to reach the levels they want. That’s a no-brainer if you ask me. You can talk about the quality of…

Media Myth About Ronny Split Support…Part Three.

SMSM Parameters… Any manager who Celtic appoint will be given a certain target to meet in order to keep his job. That will always definitely be to win the domestic league. Winning a cup or two and progressing in European competition will be desired no doubt, but wouldn’t necessarily cost any manager his job. So, when the SMSM came up with a whole new set of criteria and parameters for Ronny…

Media Myths About Ronny Split Support …Part Two

Dog With A Bone! Having planted a seed with #1 Myth, the SMSM proceeded to move onto #2 Myth by exploiting some of the Celtic supports dislike for John Collins. Although JC was an excellent player for the Hoops, the way he left the club to join Monaco in 1996 has left a bitter taste with a section of the support. The media know this, and started to peddle Myth #2, ‘he should have his own…

Media Myths About Ronny Split Support…Part One!

Are We Too Blind To See? From the day Celtic announced the appointment of unknown Norwegian Ronny Deila as manager, the SMSM went full steam ahead to create a series of myths about the new man. Following on from the previous attempts to destablise the club with concerted campaigns against Gordon Strachan, Tony Mowbray and latterly Neil Lennon, Ronny was seen as an easy target. New to Scotland,…

Sevco v Celtic.Time The Hacks Took A Lie Detector Test!

The Great Liquidation Lie Unfolds… It was always going to happen, Celtic at some point were going to draw Sevco in a cup tie for only the second time. During the first, as you will recall, the new club not only failed to score but didn’t register a single shot at Craig Gordon’s goal, in Celtic’s easy 2-0 win last February. More of the same in the second encounter would do fine. [Tweet “And it IS…

Stick Together And Win….

Or Waste Our Time Arguing? The Celtic support at this moment in time are split. Those of us who want the club to let Ronny Deila and his team continue to the end of the season and those who want rid of him, now. Both sides will think they are right, as is the case with most arguments. Both sides will think they know best, and neither side will give an inch. Facts and figures will be thrown by…

Ronny’s Honesty Misplaced In Scottish Football…

The Truth A Novelty Here! When Celtic manager Ronny Deila was asked after the Hamilton match on Friday night if HE thought the Dedryck Boyata tackle was a sending off, he said yes. At the time he was certain the big defender had warranted a red card. That was his honest assessment of the situation. Sure he could, maybe even should, have made no comment until he analysed the incident further but…

SMSM View: Collum Bad Guy – Thompson Good Guy!

Hypocrisy Of The Highest Order… Before I go on, Celtic’s performance on Friday night at Hamilton was poor to say the least. Having said that, we did create enough chances to win the game, even missing a penalty into the bargain. Our senior players, in particular Broonie and Mikael Lustig, struggled badly and didn’t come anywhere near the level expected of the two. It might have been the surface…

Happy Mothers Day….Fancy Going To See Morton?

TV Shaft Celtic Fans Again…. This morning, a full two weeks after the draw was made, the SFA announced the fixtures for the Quarter Finals of this season’s Scottish Cup. Celtic will face Greenock Morton at 12.00 noon on Sunday March 6th, with the match being shown live on SKY TV. The time and date of the game, to be played on Mother’s Day, will ensure that Celtic Park will be a very sparsely…

Fortress Parkhead? Not While The Whingers Attend…

Moaners Make Opponents Job Easier! Although it’s not a new thing, the moaning coming from the stands at Celtic Park is at a totally new level these days, and all we’re doing is playing right into the hands of our opponents and making our own players jobs so much harder. And the game doesn’t even have to kick-off for the greeting to start! [Tweet “As soon as the team is announced, social media…

On Loan Celts Enjoy Derby Success!

Bhoys Play Their Part… Hibs enjoyed a bit of derby cup giant killing over Premierships third place Hearts last night at a packed Easter Road with the help of two Celtic players! On loan Liam Henderson and former Hibee Anthony Stokes were instrumental in the Edinburgh sides 1-0 victory, a result that keeps Hibs on track for their first Scottish Cup success since 1902. [Tweet “We all know that…

For Aberdeen It’s Controversial, For Celtic It’s Paranoia…

Media Bias At It’s Best! You’ve got to laugh. When the hopeless Willie Collum gives a ludicrous penalty decision against Celtic as he did in an Old Firm game without even facing the play, then it’s paranoia from us Celtic fans when we complain. [Tweet “Yet, when the same Willie Collum gives a soft penalty against Aberdeen, then according to our ‘impartial media’ it’s deemed to be controversial!…

Where Have The Saturday 3pm’ers Gone?

They Moaned But Don’t Show Up.. If you do something long enough, you start to suss out when people are just bullshitting you. I’ve come across a lot in my time, not always catching on at first, but eventually letting the bullshitters give themselves away. And it looks like the ‘if the games were on a Saturday at 3 pm’ I’d go to more games, bullshitters have done just that. Gave themselves away.…

Liquidation Doesn’t Apply To Football Clubs…

According To Hack Graham Spiers! On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Administration Day, or Valentine Day, I heard an absolutely ludicrous statement on Radio Scotland’s Off The Ball evening programme. [Tweet “I don’t normally listen to to most football radio shows, as I recognise the agenda a mile away when it comes to our club, but last night as I was working, I thought I’d like to hear how…

Three Points Priority…

Job Done Over County! It doesn’t matter what football team you are, when you’ve lost your last league game, the priority is to get all three points from your next, and Celtic are no different in that respect. Having suffered a 2-1 defeat to nearest rivals Aberdeen at Pittodrie ten days ago, the whole objective to yesterday’s home match against Ross County was to get all three points. If we manage…

As Celtic Appoint Gentlemen, Sevco Appoint A Bigot…

Ambassadors Reflect Clubs Ethos! Since their inception in 2012, Sevco have, with the aid of a compliant media, tried their best to hold on to Celtic’s coat tails at every turn. The whole idea that the two clubs have any correlation is pure fantasy, they are absolutely poles apart, on and off the field. And this week, that fact was proven once again. [Tweet “Yesterday, Celtic announced the…