Celtic Banter Archive October 27 2016

27 Oct 2016 12:28:35
Makes me laugh to think that the actions of a couple of Sevconian directors at last season's Scottish cup semi has gone a long way to piling misery on their own club. Wind the clock back 6 months imagine IF Broony had scored his spot kick in the shootout or Griffs free kick in the last minute had crept over the line how different things might have turned out, we probably would have went on to secure the double and there would have been no "over exuberance" on that day from Sevco directors to piss off DD. If DD hadn't witnessed ( to steal a Timalloy phrase) the bigots in suits over exuberance I believe there would have been no BR no Dembele no Sinclair no Toure and no rejuvenated Broony hence probably no CL and no domestic domination. We would of plodded on with what we had and hoped for the best, never thought at the time how a defeat from them could turn into such a positive. Lesson to be learned here keep yer gob shut and never piss off a billionaire.

27 Oct 2016 13:11:56
Stevie some on here think I made up the "bigot in a suit" character but I assure you he exists as does hundreds more in the creaky old main stand at Ibrox.
I have said on here before I used to take my two young nephews to see their team (there dad's illness prevented him taking them) and we were ensconsed in the main stand and the number of "respected" "shirt and tie and suit" businessmen in that stand who came out with the most vile outbursts had to be seen to be believed, they really think they are entitled to everything and have no dignity.
I can fully empathise with our majority shareholder as their antics are what I had come to expect, over the top "we are the people" celebrations trying to rub peoples noses in it, but what goes round comes round and they must be regretting their "superiority complex" now hail hail.

27 Oct 2016 14:09:17
I know they exist Tim and are alive and kicking and we're in the 21st century. You see them in their droves in the South west stand at Hampden for games against Celtic, the only time you see them join in with the rest of their support is when the vilest of songs are being sung. Although they are supposed respected businessmen they are far worse than the typical knuckledragger you get at Ibrox. Years ago I was unfortunate enough to work with one, this guy worshipped the ground his daughter walked on but came out with a quote one day which has stuck with me he said " I love my daughter to bits but if she was to marry a Catholic she would be no longer a daughter of mine". That's deep rooted bigotry that's been passed down the generations and can't be cured.

27 Oct 2016 16:20:31
Stevie we tend to think of bigots as poor, working class uneducated people who do not know any better, and in a way they don't as that is how they have been brought up and in some ways they are victims of their environment and maybe excuses can be made for them.
But these guys in suits, the wealthy busisnessmen with the university educations who DO know right from wrong, like as an example, the QC Mr Findlay, who by all accounts is a very clever, well educated man and has seen first hand the grief bigotry can cause, yet STILL sang all those songs he knew were wrong. These are the worst kind of bigots.

27 Oct 2016 16:43:09
IT appears the decent Rangers fans nearly all died with the club in 2012 . The Rangers supporters are now mostly made up of people who have no interest in football but in Protestant supremacy, which surfaces in their bigoted and sectarian singing . Their interest in The Rangers football "success " is so limited that they contribute nothing extra to their club.

27 Oct 2016 21:22:31
So true Stevie. I had a good 'friend' (Protestant) and him, his wife myself and my wife used to go out for a meal every weekend. He was not the sharpest knife in the drawer but a damn hard worker (brickie) and would do you a good turn before a bad one. They had two kids who we used to babysit at our house etc. etc. He followed, what was then, Rangers and the usual banter took place. He joined the orange lodge and changed practically overnight. Told his daughter how evil Catholics were and to stay away from them. His wife asked if that included my wife and I. Long story short, they split up, he joined the vile and venom brigade at ibrokes and sunk to various lows.

27 Oct 2016 21:41:05
Intelligence and wealth tends to amplify the traits as they belive they are untouchable . The only positive is the bigots in suits can be identified at a distance without uttering a word and be avoided. Identification from afar or a few words is a skill that the Mrs didn't belive existed after living down south. She can do it now too :) . It's a bit of a strange one but I'm genuinely surprised if I get someones team wrong. It would be an interesting study and grant for a uni instead of determining if cod have accents. There seems to be a part of the bigotry that overwhelms and is thier character.

27 Oct 2016 07:05:05
I don't for the life of me understand the criticism of Gordon - especially tonight. He came out for the ball - and would have been vilified if he hadn't - mistimed the challenge, but pulled out of it: I don't get the comments saying this was dangerous or even how it could be claimed, as Sutton did, that he connected with the players neck! But asides from that, what about the saves he made? Don't they count or is it just a case of having to find fault wherever possible? And for the comment about him being defended because he is Scots, what utter rubbish.

27 Oct 2016 07:32:06
Thought Gourdon had a good game incident where he came off his line is no more than a yellow he hardly touched Boyce even Stewart and Craigan thought that, love Sutton but think he was trying too hard to sound balanced and unbiased.

27 Oct 2016 07:46:35
On the most part I rate Gordon as a shot stopper and if he stuck to that he would be fine. Unfortunately, for him he does not dominate the goal area and often mistimes his runs. When he comes out the box, it reminds me of Alan Rough and I cringe.

27 Oct 2016 08:48:33
How often has CG found himself in that position though! It was only a yellow, and I can only hope that when he makes these challenges that he KNOWS he's only going to get a yellow.

27 Oct 2016 08:57:53
Gordon had a good game but there was no real need to do what he done.
The guy wasn't baring down on goal he was heading wide.
The defenders were recovering.
Even if he was going to close down why jump up now the air?
Should stay on feet and guide the guy even wider.
But I do think that was a small mistake in a good game where he made good saves.

27 Oct 2016 10:29:48
Gordon made very good saves at 1-0 or it might have been a different game as we dominated but failed to capitalize for a long time.
These rushes of blood are far too frequent however, for a very experienced keeper and if he had been sent off, it would definitely have been a different game with all three subs already used.
I agree with Rab; there are shades of Alan Rough with a mixture of ridiculous and sublime although he is the best we have at present?

27 Oct 2016 17:03:58
Gordon was good last night, he got plenty of opportunities of making good saves at shots he should save and he did very well at that .
His judgement of leaving the penalty is still questionable and he made a hash of it last night . The ref could have given any colour of card and I think he got it right, but Gordon must watch this trespassing out of area . Rightly or wrongly he will get a red card sooner or later if he continues.