2006: Happy New Horror, Celtic
2006 isn't even 2 weeks old but already Celtic have been plunged into a double crisis after a horror showing at Broadwood Stadium and with the news that some of their top players were caught engaged in dubious song singing.
This writer observed a couple of weeks ago that Celtic's defence was due a gubbing of fair proportions and it's worth saying that Clyde did not disappoint. Not that we can take anything away from The Bully Wee's performance. They outplayed, outclassed, and outfought as lacklusture a Celtic performance as there has ever been.
Celtic met new depths this weekend in this game but some of the over the top reaction and hysterical hyperbole truly needs some people to get a grip. This was a freak result that caused Celtic to get caught cold. They didn't show Clyde the respect they deserved and along with 2 debutants should be a game which is put into proper context.
Celtic have been sinking for several weeks but this one was not the one which knocks the stuffing out of the Strachan juggernaut. That battlefield will be decided in the Scottish Premierleague not is some town whose name escapes me. What's it called, again?
On the topic of this being the worst defeat in the history of the Old Firm, that honour still goes to the game involving Berwick who knocked a team who were to go on to contest a European Final that same season. Celtic are hardly European class, like Rangers are, these days.
So, how about debut bhoy Roy Keane? If this performance is anything to go by, Keano will be an angry guy. As a well-known perfectionist, the Cork man does not mince words when it comes to lethargy. Let's hope he gives some of the Celtic players a rocket up the arse for the Killie game.
Further trauma for Celtic came in the form of a poor quality video which allegedly has John Hartson and Stephen Pearson doing things which they should probably regret. The morally outraged on one gutter level Rangers web forum even orchestrated a campaign to bring the dodgy video to the attention of the Scottish press, who weren't exactly clamouring over one another to print a shocking indictment once they saw the "evidence."
Clearly the outing of Donald Findlay is still fresh in their minds as the video didn't exactly implicate Hartson and Pearson in anything more than heresay and attempts to implicate their actions in some way which is counter-intuitive to most normal folks.
The ghost of Findlay does run deep and fresh in the minds of some. There were even some mad rantings of accusing Aiden McGeady of getting up to similar shennanigans even though he wasn't in said video. Such hatred is not very healthy, folks!
This writer observed a couple of weeks ago that Celtic's defence was due a gubbing of fair proportions and it's worth saying that Clyde did not disappoint. Not that we can take anything away from The Bully Wee's performance. They outplayed, outclassed, and outfought as lacklusture a Celtic performance as there has ever been.
Celtic met new depths this weekend in this game but some of the over the top reaction and hysterical hyperbole truly needs some people to get a grip. This was a freak result that caused Celtic to get caught cold. They didn't show Clyde the respect they deserved and along with 2 debutants should be a game which is put into proper context.
Celtic have been sinking for several weeks but this one was not the one which knocks the stuffing out of the Strachan juggernaut. That battlefield will be decided in the Scottish Premierleague not is some town whose name escapes me. What's it called, again?
On the topic of this being the worst defeat in the history of the Old Firm, that honour still goes to the game involving Berwick who knocked a team who were to go on to contest a European Final that same season. Celtic are hardly European class, like Rangers are, these days.
So, how about debut bhoy Roy Keane? If this performance is anything to go by, Keano will be an angry guy. As a well-known perfectionist, the Cork man does not mince words when it comes to lethargy. Let's hope he gives some of the Celtic players a rocket up the arse for the Killie game.
Further trauma for Celtic came in the form of a poor quality video which allegedly has John Hartson and Stephen Pearson doing things which they should probably regret. The morally outraged on one gutter level Rangers web forum even orchestrated a campaign to bring the dodgy video to the attention of the Scottish press, who weren't exactly clamouring over one another to print a shocking indictment once they saw the "evidence."
Clearly the outing of Donald Findlay is still fresh in their minds as the video didn't exactly implicate Hartson and Pearson in anything more than heresay and attempts to implicate their actions in some way which is counter-intuitive to most normal folks.
The ghost of Findlay does run deep and fresh in the minds of some. There were even some mad rantings of accusing Aiden McGeady of getting up to similar shennanigans even though he wasn't in said video. Such hatred is not very healthy, folks!
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