The Official Scottish Football Thread

[technodup]

Driver101 said:

Rangers fought really hard, but Celtic players were absolutely horrific. How many times did Boyata, Brown and Ntcham simply pass the ball out the park?

Brown's done.

I don't think anything else needs said, Rangers ran the show and Celtic fell apart. Stevie G learning from last time to show them zero respect.

[Driver101]

technodup said:

rown's done.

I don't think anything else needs said, Rangers ran the show and Celtic fell apart. Stevie G learning from last time to show them zero respect.

He's looked off the pace this season. It's probably no coincidence that Celtic have been playing far better when he's out.

Today's performance was inexcusable. Everything he did today was a mess. He was far from the only one though. It's just unbelievable that so many players played so badly in the same game.

Fighting for the ball and not giving it back after a restart isn't very sporting.

Rangers played at if their lives depended on it today and Celtic thought they just needed to turn up to win.

[Jockman]

selmahoose said:

Back to normal at last.

Only because you have a Scouser in charge

[DocJock]

Great finish, but Hanlon defended worse than my Gran (and she's deid)

[Driver101]

A lot of huffing and puffing so far, but not much end product.

Fine goal though.

[DocJock]

Aye, both sides wanting one touch too many where it matters.

[Strocky]

The better and hungrier team won, Ntcham should be sold in the window and Brown should take up the offer from Oz

[technodup]

Not a good day for Edinburgher. Hibs lost the diddy derby and Rangers ran amok. But in other news he'll be pleased that Police Scotland have been clamping down on terrace racists. Maybe not so happy it's HIbs fans they're catching though.

More about Scotland's shame here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46712726

[Driver101]

The guy that caught could hardly have been less lucky.

The live camera panned on to him for a split second and it was clear as day what he shouted.

I thought it was just too obvious at the time.

[Edinburger]

technodup said:

Not a good day for Edinburgher. Hibs lost the diddy derby and Rangers ran amok. But in other news he'll be pleased that Police Scotland have been clamping down on terrace racists. Maybe not so happy it's HIbs fans they're catching though.

More about Scotland's shame here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46712726

Not the finest day for Hibs but it was only a matter of time ‘til we lost a derby and given the injuries and absentees, there it was.

I’ll ignore your quips about Scotland’s shame and diddy derby.

That guy’s behaviour has no place at Easter Road so I’m glad that’s been addressed. But what disappoints me is the quote “there is no place in Scotland for hate crime and I want to reassure the public that reports of such incidents will be treated seriously”.

So one bloke makes a racist comment and the police pursue him. Thousands of fans at both derbies yesterday sing about “up to our knees in fenian blood” and that’s ignored. Strange, eh?

[technodup]

Edinburger said:

So one bloke makes a racist comment and the police pursue him. Thousands of fans at both derbies yesterday sing about “up to our knees in fenian blood” and that’s ignored. Strange, eh?

Masons innit.

[Edinburger]

technodup said:

Edinburger said:

So one bloke makes a racist comment and the police pursue him. Thousands of fans at both derbies yesterday sing about “up to our knees in fenian blood” and that’s ignored. Strange, eh?

Masons innit.

In Glasgow there was 50,000 fans singing about fenians and child abuse.

In Edinburgh there were a few hundred fans singing about fenians and Leigh Griffith’s issues. And there was one racist fan.

And yet it’s the Edinburgh game which got all the negative headlines.

Unbelievable. It does such damage to our game and our culture and no one wants to address it.

[simoid]

Edinburger said:

In Glasgow there was 50,000 fans singing about fenians and child abuse.

In Edinburgh there were a few hundred fans singing about fenians and Leigh Griffith’s issues. And there was one racist fan.

And yet it’s the Edinburgh game which got all the negative headlines.

Unbelievable. It does such damage to our game and our culture and no one wants to address it.

What’s unbelievable is your anti Rangers bias and inability to even pretend to be objective: no chance was every non-Celtic person in Ibrox singing ‘fenian blood’ and also absolutely no chance did the solitary bit of racist abuse in Easter Road happen to get caught on camera. Why portray it like that? Why not treat the matter with the respect it deserves instead of hyperbole?

[simoid]

Interesting wee day as Rangers make the first transfer move. Defoe could score a barrelload and provide serious competition/support for Morelos (providing no ‘too good to turn down’ big bids come in for the latter.) He posted Tina Turner’s autobiography on his Instagram story in December, so this one was foreseeable. Steven Davis looks like happening too for yet more quality experience.

[DocJock]

Davis is a good player, but he's been a yard off the pace for Saints for the last 18 months.

Maybe he'll improve again with regular game time.

[Driver101]

It'll be interesting to see what Defoe has left. Quality player in his prime.

I take it Bournemouth are having to pay a big percentage of his wages? The 18 month takes him to the end of his contract.

A few interesting names being mentioned for quite a few teams. I wonder how many turn out to be correct.

Edited by Driver101 on Friday 4th January 08:33

[AbzGuyGTI]

Driver101 said:

It'll be interesting to see what Defoe has left. Quality player in his prime.

I take it Bournemouth are having to pay a big percentage of his wages? The 18 month takes him to the end of his contract.

A few interesting names being mentioned for quite a few teams. I wonder how many turn out to be correct.

Edited by Driver101 on Friday 4th January 08:33

Yup he'll either bang them in or flop like quite a few of the big names that make a move to scottish football at the end of their career....i believe they'll be paying around 30-40k a week for him and Bournemouth pick up the rest...prob around a 60/40 split!

For me it's very short term thinking from Rangers...loan deals on players with no prospect just proven names with a half decent past....no succession plan and only focusing on trying to win the league but at what cost to the club long term....!

[Strocky]

“But all three incidents were seen in their entirety by match referee John Beaton so no retrospective action can take place on this basis.”

A glittering career as a Ref in WWF awaits Brother Beaton

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46721277

Funnily enough the elbow on Christie by Morelos that happened nearly exactly where Simunovic was red carded for last season in front of Douglas “red card red card” Ross was missed by both the Ref & Linesman wasn’t cited, I wonder why?

Edited by Strocky on Friday 4th January 10:34

[simoid]

Sutton is making a total fool of himself. SFA are “corrupt” or “cowards” and “it’s a stitch up”.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/footb...

Are you writing for Sutton, Strocky? You both seem to have the ridiculous establishment conspiracy theories flowing freely. It’s quite amusing.

The way I see it, the refs referee the game as they see it and the SFA have to stick with the ref. On Saturday, both teams got away with yellow/possible red card offences but that’s what referees do and always have done in the Old Firm games. And other Scottish derbies for that matter.

It’s what makes our game so special. A fierce spirit where the boundaries are pushed. Coming out afterwards and saying it’s because of Masons is ridiculous whether your a forum troll or a journo troll and most of the world is laughing at you both

[Driver101]

It's nowhere near as bad as what Gerrard said after game one of the season.

The only difference is Sutton has a bit more substance to his point.